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क्या नए बजट में मध्यम वर्गीय लोगों को मिलेगी राहत ? वित्त मंत्री ने दिया जवाब

हर साल बजट आता है तो नौकरीपेशा लोगों की नज़र इस बात पर होती है कि उसको टैक्स में कोई छूट मिल रही है या नहीं. बीते कई सालों से इस मोर्चे पर मायूसी मिलती रही है. हालांकि, अब भी वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण टैक्स छूट का वादा नहीं कर रहीं. बस ये कह रही हैं …

क्या नए बजट में मध्यम वर्गीय लोगों को मिलेगी राहत ? वित्त मंत्री ने दिया जवाब Read More »

Can free PDS boost tepid pick of inter-state ONORC? Experts don’t think so

One Nation One Ration Card ensures that National Food Security Act beneficiaries can lift their entitled foodgrain from any Fair Price Shop, anywhere in India using existing ration card … “Portability is low among inter-state migrants due to fear of losing identity is large among them,” Dr Nitya Nanda, Director of CSD had said while …

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Ensuring social protection in post-Covid era

Dr Apurv Mishra from the Prime Minister’s EAC mentioned that the report on ‘Status and Pathways for Portability of Cash and In-Kind Transfers in India’ came at a time of intense and cascading global challenges. The short-term disruptions with COVID-19 have posed a new set of challenges for the government like financial crunch and lack …

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Big worry

The theme of World Environment Day, celebrated on June 5, was plastic pollution. While this is a major global environment concern, there are several other local issues that need immediate attention. In West Bengal, this is the groundwater crisis. According to the state Pollution Control Board, in more than half of the blocks of Bengal, …

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