After an explosion at Sigachi Pharma factory, Modi expressed his grief & announced an ex-gratia for families of the deceased & Rs 50,000 for those injured from the National Relief Fund.
Parts of a mountain collapsed Friday in the remote province of Enga. PM Modi says India ‘ready to offer all possible support and assistance’ to the country.
The relief fund will be used to provide livelihood assistance to affected people and for temporary rehabilitation works in in Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Kanyakumari and Tenkasi districts.
Amid row over PM-CARES, the finance ministry has issued a memorandum outlining the procedure by which a person or institution can contribute to the NDRF.
Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa had earlier announced financial packages of Rs 1,610 crore and Rs 162 crore, for those in distress because of Covid-19 induced lockdown.
A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.
Speaking at the digital Off The Cuff, Gita Gopinath also said there was a lot of uncertainty around DGP forecasts, which are being revised based on ground realities. Read the full text here.
Modi govt feels states should have no problem in mobilising CSR funding since donations to states’ disaster management authorities for Covid-19 qualify as CSR.
The revenue dept under finance ministry has gone a step ahead, appealing to officials to donate a day’s salary every month until March 2021. This has added to the resentment.
Bengalis are hurt over a statement by the Delhi police calling Bangla a ‘Bangladeshi language’ and the lines Azad sang have unwittingly become protest music in Kolkata now.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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