Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s accusation that the Railways is not running enough trains to ferry migrant workers sparked a Twitter war with Railway minister Piyush Goyal.
Home Minister Amit Shah and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal had accused opposition-ruled states of not allowing trains for migrant workers to enter their states.
Railways officials said over 4.5 lakh passengers have reached their home states via Shramik Specials so far. A majority of these trains — 272 of 363 — were headed to UP and Bihar.
The projects will be kept alive by allocating token amounts, but some ‘critical’ and ‘super critical’ ones will be prioritised, rail ministry officials say.
In an interview, Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav spoke about the reasons behind unifying 8 railway services, restructuring of the board & other issues.
US has been asking India to remove price caps on high-end medical devices under the proposed trade deal. Healthcare industry in India against rollback of price controls.
Railways has put out new tenders for equipment to manufacture 44 Vande Bharat train-sets, but this is set to delay launch. A senior official has alleged ‘sabotage’ in tweaked tenders.
Referring to India's decision to pull out of RCEP, Piyush Goyal said it had demonstrated for the first time that trade cannot be dictated by diplomacy.
According to data with the Association of Private Airport Operators, liquor imports for duty-free sales amounted to around $97 million, or 0.02% of total imports in 2018-19.
Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.
Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector.
Not only did S-400 record its longest hit during India-Pakistan 88-hour conflict, ability of the system to shoot and scoot in a short time, which allows it to evade enemy fire, was also proved.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
No one should believe the fairy tale that Uttar Pradesh will be able to create jobs for migrants who return from more developed states. The workers will, in due course, return to their host states. However, they have been through a traumatic time, justly feel they have been hard done by. Arranging safe transport home for them, through a combination of rail and state transport buses, was possible, ought to have been done in late March itself. 2. My greater worry is that the economic recovery will be slow, sluggish, not all the jobs that have evaporated will come back. All these people back in their villages, some carrying the virus, other poor households as well will need to be supported with monetary transfers and PDS supplies. For that matter, urban households as well. The Centre and the states have to share the financial burden. The only sacrosanct principle at such a desperate time is : People do not starve to death in a democracy.
As the African proverb says, when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffer.
No one should believe the fairy tale that Uttar Pradesh will be able to create jobs for migrants who return from more developed states. The workers will, in due course, return to their host states. However, they have been through a traumatic time, justly feel they have been hard done by. Arranging safe transport home for them, through a combination of rail and state transport buses, was possible, ought to have been done in late March itself. 2. My greater worry is that the economic recovery will be slow, sluggish, not all the jobs that have evaporated will come back. All these people back in their villages, some carrying the virus, other poor households as well will need to be supported with monetary transfers and PDS supplies. For that matter, urban households as well. The Centre and the states have to share the financial burden. The only sacrosanct principle at such a desperate time is : People do not starve to death in a democracy.