(LiveMint) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government on Tuesday approved a scheme for the home delivery of ration supplies, fulfilling a key election promise made earlier this year. Announcing the Mukhyamantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojana scheme after a cabinet meeting, chief minister (CM) Arvind Kejriwal said the scheme, once launched, will also be synced with the central government’s ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme for inter-state portability of ration cards. The entire process will take 6-7 months to implement, Kejriwal said. Beneficiaries will still be able to choose to collect their ration from shops. Under home delivery, aata (flour) will be given instead of wheat. Ration packets will…
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(ET) Thousands of farmers under the banners of different organisations took out a “tractor march” in Ludhiana on Monday in protest against three ordinances introduced by the Central Government and the fuel price hike. Farmers are protesting against three ordinances, The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020, The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020 and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020. Sarabjit Singh, a farmer said, “We are protesting against the three ordinances passed by the government. Every farmer is facing losses. The government is helping corporate firms to do business in mandis and we are protesting…
(ET) The pandemic has forced Indian Railways to innovate its business model and look for new streams of traffic through its zonal units. A case in point is a move by the Palakkad division of Southern Railway to transport refined palm oil packed in 15litre tins and 10litre carton boxes in 42 BCN rake from Panambur station to Lucknow. KAMCO power tillers have also been sent from Palakkad station to northern eastern states. Recently, South Central Railway had also made a first-of-its-kind move to run international parcel express carrying dried red chillies from Guntur to Bangladesh. To aid this process, zonal and divisional railways, under the respective zones,…
(ET) In a much-needed relief to handloom sector in times of losses due to coronavirus crisis, the UP government will provide rebate to weavers on power consumed in their units. The scheme will be applicable in retrospective effect from January 1, 2020. According to t department of textile and handloom, weavers will be given a rebate of Rs 3.5 per unit in different categories. The cost will be borne by the department. In an order dated July 17, additional chief secretary, textile and handloom, Rama Raman said small weavers having carding machine of 0.5 horsepower would be given rebate of Rs 3.5 up to 120 units. In an order dated July 17,…
(Hindustan) देश में पिछले 24 घंटे में रिकॉर्ड 37,148 कोरोना संक्रमित मिले हैं और इसके साथ ही कुल संक्रमितों की संख्या 11,55,191 हो गई। इसमें 4,02,529 मामले सक्रिय हैं। इस दौरान 587 लोगों की मौत हो गई और मृतकों की संख्या बढ़कर 28084 हो गई है। अब तक 7,24,578 मरीज कोरोना को हरा चुके हैं। देश में कोरोना संक्रमण बढ़ने की रफ्तार अब अमेरिका और ब्राजील जैसी होती जा रही है। गौरतलब है कि बिहार में गुरुवार से दोबारा लॉकडाउन है। राज्य सरकार ने कोरोना के बढ़ते संक्रमण को रोकने के लिए कई पाबंदियां लगाई हैं। धार्मिक स्थल भी बंद…
(ET) Researchers at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) have found a major fault line along the coast in the Krishna-Godavari basin in Andhra Pradesh and predicted that it could trigger earthquakes and tsunamis in the future. The researchers said the fault was once active and it may become active again. This poses a major earthquake threat to the north coastal region of the state, particularly the port city of Visakhapatnam. They have described the long fracture line in the offshore of the KG basin as a “major coastal hazard in north Andhra Pradesh”. The UoH team took up the research in collaboration with…
(PTI) State-run hydro giant NHPC said it has inked a MoU with Green Energy Development Corporation of Odisha Limited (GEDCOL) to form a joint venture for developing floating solar energy projects in the state with initial capacity of 500 MW. “A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between NHPC Ltd and Green Energy Development Corporation of Odisha Ltd (GEDCOL) on July 20, 2020 through video conferencing,” a regulatory filing said. The two entities may collaborate and cooperate to form a joint venture company (JVC) to plan and develop techno-commercially feasible floating solar power projects of 500 MW in Odisha under UMREPPs (Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Power Parks) scheme…
(ET) Talks about selling a 20 per cent stake in Reliance Industries Ltd’s oil-to-chemical business to Saudi Aramco have stalled over the valuation, four sources familiar with the matter said, as the energy market has been hit by COVID-19. Aramco wants India’s Reliance to review its price for the oil-to-chemical business as the global valuation of oil assets has tumbled due to falling demand for crude, one source said. A second source said Aramco wanted to “revisit” the valuation. Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani told shareholders on Wednesday a deal had been delayed due to “unforeseen circumstances in the energy market and the COVID-19 situation”.
(Hindustan) सुप्रीम कोर्ट के ऐतिहासिक फैसले के बाद अब अयोध्या में जल्द ही राम मंदिर का निर्माण श्री रामजन्मभूमि तीर्थक्षेत्र ट्रस्ट के द्वारा शुरू किया जाएगा। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की सहमति के साथ ही तारीख को अंतिम रूप देने के लिए अयोध्या में बैठक भी हुई। ट्रस्ट के सदस्यों ने प्रधानमंत्री को आमंत्रण भेजने की पुष्टि की। इस बात की संभावना है कि कल की बैठक में मंदिर निर्माण की शुरुआत की तारीख को अंतिम रूप दिया जा सकता है। सूत्रों से मिली जानकारी के मुताबिक, तारीख तय करने को लेकर होने वाली बैठक में कल मंदिर निर्माण समिति के अध्यक्ष नृपेंद्र मिश्रा भी उपस्थित होंगे। बैठक में प्रधानमंत्री…
(ET) Railways will move to 100 per cent electrification in the next 3.5 years and by 2030, we will be owing the world’s first large “Clean Railways”, said Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal. “Railways will move to 100 per cent electrification in the next 3.5 years and 100 per cent Net Zero operator in the next 9-10 years. By 2030, each one of us will be a proud citizen, owning the world’s first large Clean Railways,” said Goyal at a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) event. “Prime Minister has promoted–One Sun, One World, One Grid. India is taking the lead role in the International Renewable…