-The Economic Times The deadline for linking of PAN and Aadhar had been extended several times and now the new deadline is March 31, 2020. So, if a person doesn’t link his PAN with Aadhar by the said date, his PAN shall be inoperative. As per Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, every person who has been allotted PAN and who is eligible to obtain Aadhaar, shall intimate his Aadhaar...
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Gujarat govt seeks time to reply to PIL seeking to end 'cow vigilantism'
-The Indian Express The PIL sought to end “unlawful activities in the name of cow vigilantism” and submits to have been filed in the interest of the Dalit community, particularly on the behalf of those in villages. Ahmedabad: In a public interest litigation (PIL) filed at the Gujarat High Court (HC) in 2016, following the atrocities on Dalits in Una alleging killing of cows, the respondents sought time to reply on action...
More »Punjab on alert as marauding locust army ravages wheat crop in Rajasthan
-The New Indian Express Locusts also known as 'tiddi dal' is a group of short-horned grasshoppers which multiplies during migration from long distances in destructive swarms and devours the vegetation wherever it settles. CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has issued an alert of a locust attack in all the districts bordering Rajasthan. As it is apprehended that the swarm of locust may come towards the state after they have devoured wheat crop over...
More »Health activists in Karnataka oppose NITI Aayog proposal on district hospitals -Afshan Yasmeen
-The Hindu Bengaluru: The NITI Aayog proposal to hand over district hospitals with 750 beds to private medical colleges, citing the public-private-partnership (PPP) arrangements in Karnataka and Gujarat, has come under severe criticism from health activists and doctors, who feel it will further compromise quality and access to healthcare, mainly for the poor. They have demanded that the move be dropped without further consultation. The Centre’s top think tank recently released for...
More »Price turnaround: These farmers aren't crying -Gopal B Kateshiya
-The Indian Express Food inflation isn’t a bad thing, at least for onion growers. Rajkot/ Bhavagar (Gujarat): AS THE winter sun turns red on the western horizon, Kishor Ranpariya and Haresh Saipariya discuss the overall crop situation and wholesale price trends. The former has just returned after selling 63.51 quintals of onion at the agricultural produce market committee (APMC) mandi in Rajkot, about 25 km from his home in Rataiya village in...
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