Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia also said that AAP govt made 41% less revenue last year due to Covid pandemic and has earned 23% less in the current financial year.
Delhi CM Kejriwal said the ban is in place seeing the severe pollution levels during Diwali for the last three years and appealed traders to not store crackers unlike previous year.
Sisodia said he has also written to Home Minister Amit Shah about the oxygen crisis during Covid second wave and urged him to direct the LG to approve the formation of the committee.
The salary of Delhi's MLAs hasn't increased in 10 years, hence the Delhi CM requested MHA that their salary and allowances be at par with MLAs of other states.
The court was hearing a fresh challenge to the new excise policy which alleged that it is illegal, unfair, arbitrary, and violative of the Delhi Excise Act of 2009.
Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board organised the first vaccination camp near Nigam Bodh Ghat where 150 homeless people got the jab. Another camp will operate at Dandi Park Saturday.
Addressing a briefing, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said the Centre has rejected the Delhi government’s proposed doorstep ration delivery scheme citing 'funny excuses'.
Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia informed that the expenditure increased due to Covid surge, and jumped from Rs 4,965.58 crore in 2020-21 to Rs 8, 511.09 crore in 2021-22.
Copper plant in Thoothukudi was closed after protests turned violent & police firing left 13 people dead. Job losses one of major impacts, says study by NGO CUTS International.
Kashmir as a crisis has fallen off our headlines and from the top of our collective minds. Which is precisely the most important change for the better.