Cabinet decision to scrap toll for light vehicles at Mumbai’s five entry points is significant as it has been a longstanding demand of parties such as undivided Shiv Sena, BJP & MNS.
On Monday, the Mahayuti cabinet passed 33 decisions while on Wednesday, 25 decisions were taken, according to the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) press note.
The govt had suspended MPLADS in April last year and said the funds would be used for managing health services and the adverse impact of the Covid pandemic in the country.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs raised the price of ethanol extracted from sugarcane juice to Rs 63.45 per litre from the current Rs 62.65 per litre.
The new MSP on paddy is Rs 1,940/quintal. The rates of bajra and other kharif crops were also hiked after a cabinet meeting headed by PM Modi Wednesday.
Prime Minister Modi is expected to underline the role of ministers of state and may ask Cabinet ministers to give their deputies adequate responsibilities.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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