-The Hindu Around 41% of OBC-owned units are located in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan. Chennai: Other Backward Classes (OBC) own nearly 30% of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in the country. As on March 31, 2022, the number of MSMEs owned by OBCs was 23.31 lakh units, out of a total of about 80.16 lakh units in the country. Of the OBC-owned units, around 41% are located in three States —...
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Is the govt. doing enough for the Jan Aushadhi scheme?
On Janaushadhi Diwas this year (i.e., March 7th, 2022), Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi stated that the poor and the middle-class benefited from the 'Jan Aushadhi Kendras' that were set up to provide generic drugs at affordable prices. He said that the poor and the middle class saved around Rs.13,000 crore through these stores during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of COVID 19 crisis, the 'Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India'...
More »Inflation is now the top concern: Reserve Bank of India
-The Telegraph Rising prices have now come to confront central banks globally, particularly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Mumbai: The RBI has brought inflation control to the forefront of its agenda. Pilloried for going soft on prices, the central bank sharply raised the inflation forecast for the year and warned it would withdraw its accommodative stance if inflation strayed too far away from the target. The RBI has been prioritising growth over inflation for...
More »Tamil Nadu Government To Revise Property Tax, Chief Minister Explains Why
-PTI/ NDTV.com "I appeal to the opposition (AIADMK, BJP) parties and our allies (Congress, left parties) not to politicise but stand by the government in facilitating the local bodies to take up pro-people initiatives," MK Stalin said. Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday said his DMK government was constrained to revise the property tax to ensure funds flow to the newly elected civic bodies so as to facilitate developmental...
More »Push the policy needle forward on migrant support -Mukta Naik and Varun Aggarwal
-The Hindu Amidst the scattered experimentation now, the Centre must offer strategic policy guidance for inter-State coordination Only two years ago, in the wake of a nationwide lockdown, India was left shocked by the plight of migrant workers walking hundreds of kilometres, facing hunger, exhaustion and violence, to get to the safety of their home villages. The dire circumstances of the migrants tugged at our collective heartstrings. They became the focus of...
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