Central Vista project expenditure not even a drop spent on health sector, says NITI Ayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar

Kumar also noted that the government has issued health insurance to 500 million people under Ayushman Bharat. “We have created so much infra but yet it is short, this (the central vista project) is politicised,” he said. Rajiv Kumar, Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog. NITI Ayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar, in an interview with CNN News18,  said […]

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COVID-19 | Govt may include oxygen concentrators, delivery-related equipment in PLI scheme: Report

The government had in April waived customs duty on import of medical oxygen and some oxygen-related equipment such as cylinders, concentrators, and storage tanks, effective for a period of three months. Oxygen concentrator (Representational image) The Centre is mulling permitting duty free import of components used in the manufacture of oxygen concentrators, and including conentrators […]

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COVID-19 impact | 35 million workers withdraw retirement savings worth Rs 1.25 lakh crore from PF accounts

The Centre, in March 2020, permitted EPF subscribers to withdraw 75 percent of their PF balance or three-month wages, whichever is lower, as a non-refundable advance. [Representative image] Since April 1, 2020, more than 35 million workers in the formal sector have withdrawn money from their retirement savings, or provident fund (PF) accounts, indicating the […]

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Jobs data shows COVID hit services, construction sectors; agriculture shines

Representative image Employment in the non-financial service sector fell 8 percent in the pandemic-hit 2020-21 after a steady rise for four years, while jobs in real estate and construction contracted by 11.8 percent, continuing the decline since 2016-17, according to Ashoka University’s Centre for Economic Data and Analysis. In a report published earlier this month, […]

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