-PTI The court was hearing a PIL alleging that the statutory cess levied from real estate firms for the welfare of construction workers was not being utilised properly. Where has a whopping amount of Rs 20,000 crore, MEAnt for workers’ welfare, gone? Spent on tea parties or vacation of officials? Even the Comptroller and Auditor General doesn’t know, wondered the Supreme Court. These posers were put to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)...
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New IIP series shows severe impact of demonetisation on manufacturing sector -Manas Chakravarty
-Livemint.com In the December-March of 2016-17 period, manufacturing growth was the lowest compared with the same period in the past five years, shows new IIP series The new Index of Industrial Production (IIP) series, with the base revised to 2011-12, tells us that, in the period December-March of 2016-17, manufacturing growth was the lowest compared with the same period in the past five years. This is very likely a result of the...
More »After cap, rise in complaints that hospitals hiking price of non-stent components -Deepak Patel
-The Indian Express Responding to specific queries on the issue, Bhupendra Singh, NPPA chairman, told The Indian Express that “examination of hospital records is in process”. AFTER the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) in February ordered a cap on the prices of coronary stents and directed hospitals to issue separate bills specifying their cost, the drug pricing watchdog has started receiving consumer complaints against hospitals which are allegedly hiking the prices...
More »Women labour in drought-hit Karnataka on a mission to revive water bodies -Vikram Gopal
-Hindustan Times These women have come together to force the administration to give them designated work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. The scorching heat and glaring sun don’t seem to deter the spirit of villagers clearing weed and silt from a dry lake in Bevanahalli, Mandya district. Sowbhagya, one of the labourers, from the 75-member group is worried about completing the task assigned on time. “The authorities gave us...
More »Mother's Day gift: 'Maa' to watch on mid-day MEAl for school kids
-PTI From cleanliness in kitchen, to quality of food being served to children, they will keep an eye on minute details, UP Basic Education Minister Anupma Jaiswal said. Lucknow: It’s a Mother’s Day gift for lakhs of children and their moms in Uttar Pradesh. ‘Maa’ will now keep an eye on mid-day MEAls served to students in state-run primary schools to ensure that they get nutritious food prepared in hygienic conditions. “In...
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