-The Hindu Business Line They await a comprehensive Relief and rehabilitation package from the Centre “The governments here have been asleep for far too long. They should listen to us and solve our problems. If they can’t, they should just go,” thundered Vidya More, a 38-year-old farmer widow from Osmanabad district of Maharashtra. Her frustration is understandable; her husband committed suicide about eight years ago when he couldn’t get enough from his two-acre...
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How a ration shop in Dantewada is restoring normalcy by providing grains -Gargi Verma
-The Indian Express Thanks to the efforts of district police and administration, villagers are recovering from Naxal violence. Raipur: Twenty-eight-year old Devi Podiam, a resident of Potali village in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, is used to allocating two full days at the beginning of each month just to walk over 10 km to a ration shop in Tirkapara in order to get monthly supplies of rice and other necessities for her family....
More »Centre refuses to give more funds to Kerala for flood Relief
-The Hindu Utilisation certificates not given for 50% of money sanctioned after 2018 deluge, says Centre The Centre will not allot any additional assistance to Kerala from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) as it has failed to produce utilisation certificates for 50% of over Rs. 3,000 crore fund allotted to it after the 2018 floods, a senior Home Ministry official said on Thursday. The Kerala government had demanded an additional Rs.2,000 crore...
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-Livemint.com If crude oil prices surge on tensions in West Asia, our import bill could soar India’s December trade figures deepen concerns about the health of our economy. Official figures show that merchandise exports dipped 1.8% from a year earlier to $27.36 billion, marking the fifth straight month of decline. A consolation is that imports fell by a larger 8.8%, helping narrow the trade deficit. But the Relief could be temporary. If...
More »Bid to extend 15% tax Relief duration -R. Suryamurthy
-The Telegraph Lower corporate tax of 15% valid till March 2023 The government is exploring the possibility of extending the duration of the corporate tax Relief to new units beyond March 2023. Sources said the commerce ministry had taken up the issue to extend the benefits to seven years with the finance ministry. The ministry has argued the duration should be higher as the time taken from conceptualising a project to actual production could...
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