-Counterview.net According to a report released by the United Nations on June 6, 2021, India's ranking of achieving Sustainable Development based on the 17 Social Development Goals (SDGs) set by the 193 countries in the 2003 agenda, which was 115th last year, has slipped to 117th position this year. India ranks not only the lowest among the BRICS countries -- Brazil, the Russian FedeRATion, India, China, and South Africa but also...
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Over 4.5 lakh non-PDS beneficiaries received food grains: Delhi govt
-PTI/ Business Standard The Arvind Kejriwal government on Sunday said it has provided food grains to over 4.5 lakh people who did not have RATion card under a new scheme in the national capital. Starting from June 5, the scheme allows those who don't have a RATion card to avail five kilogram of food grains by showing their Aadhaar card. "The scheme caters to people who do not possess RATion cards, including unorganised...
More »GST brought down on 14 COVID relief goods -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu Council leaves the 5% tax levied on vaccines unchanged. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday decided to waive the tax levied on two critical drugs against COVID-19 and mucormycosis — tocilizumab and amphotericin B — and reset the tax RATe to 5% for 14 major pandemic relief items, till September 30. Non-BJP-ruled States registered a strong dissent, terming the continued imposition of GST on critical COVID supplies and...
More »Over 4.5 lakh have received RATion: Delhi govt.
-The Hindu Scheme is a walk-in process and does not require beneficiaries to pre-register More than 4.5 lakh residents have been provided free RATion by the Delhi government so far and efforts are under way to iron out issues related to the supply of RATion at a few sites over the last few days. According to the Delhi government, as much as 5,000 MT of dry RATion has been provided at centres in...
More »Doorstep delivery of RATions sounds like a good idea -- but it actually raises many hard questions -Reetika Khera
-Scroll.in The debate over the proposal has turned into a political slugfest. Crucial questions remain unaddressed. In 2016, the Delhi government ran a pilot in 42 out of its roughly 2,500 Public Distribution System outlets. At these outlets, Aadhaar-based biometric authentication was introduced at the time of sale of grain to RATion card holders. A survey was done by students of Lady Shri Ram College at one of the pilot PDS outlets, incidentally...
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