-Financial Express Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Former MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari in 2020 had set a target of increasing MSMEs’ share in exports to 60 per cent from 48 per cent and 5 crore additional jobs by 2025 apart from the jump in GDP share. Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Increasing MSMEs’ contribution to India’s gross domestic product (GDP) from nearly 30 per cent to 40 per cent by...
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FIR on minister for assault on Odisha Government officials -Subhashish Mohanty
-The Telegraph Both the victims were admitted to the Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital, Baripada A case has been registered against Union minister Bishweswar Tudu for allegedly beating up two Odisha Government officials, of whom one suffered a fracture. The incident took place at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district on Friday afternoon and the FIR was lodged late evening. Both the officials were admitted to the Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and...
More »This tree lover donates 20 tonnes of sandalwood for the State’s Haritha Nidhi programme -B Satyanarayana Reddy
-The New Indian Express The tree lover has planted over one crore saplings and trees across the State, apart from distributing lakhs of saplings which he grows on his land. KHAMMAM: The Telangana Government had permitted Daripalli Ramaiah to sell red sandalwood, but the environmentalist and Padma Shri awardee chose to donate 20 tonnes of the precious wood for the State’s Haritha Nidhi programme. The tree lover has planted over one crore saplings...
More »106 deaths in Delhi in January due to cold, claims NGO; Officials deny
-PTI/ The Hindu Delhi reported one of the longest cold spells this January At least 106 people, mostly homeless persons, have died in Delhi this month due to cold conditions, non-Government organisation Centre for Holistic Development (CHD) has claimed and written to ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal requesting him to make proper arrangements for such people during winters. While officials from the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) denied that deaths have occurred due to...
More »NCEE questions Govt.'s reluctance in opening schools despite the lifting of curfew in Bengaluru
-Press release by National Coalition on the Education Emergency (NCEE) dated January 22, 2022 Schools in Bengaluru remain closed while malls, theatres, pubs and restaurants have been kept open. As of 21 January, the weekend curfew has been lifted as well. The decision to keep schools closed is having catastrophic consequences on children. Schools had only recently started opening after remaining mostly closed since March 2020. Their being closed again spells...
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