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]]>Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) that made the decision.
Students in pre-primary or Balvatikas at government and government-aided primary schools would be eligible for the program. These pupils were previously excluded from the program. Nutritional gardens in schools will also be promoted by the government.
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]]>Central employees currently get a dearness allowance at the rate of 17 per cent. However, employees will now get a DA at 28 per cent of their basic pay, according to a report.
The central government had earlier increased the dearness allowance by 4 per cent in January 2020, 3 per cent in June 2020 and 4 per cent in January 2021. According to the calculations, the total hike will become 28 per cent (17+4 +3+4).
Apart from central government employees, even central government pensioners and those receiving family pension from the central government will be benefited from the latest decision to hike DA. Therefore, the decision will also hike pensions received.
Dearness Allowance/Dearness Relief is paid to central government employees/pensioners to adjust the cost of living and to protect their basic pay/pension from erosion in the real value. Dear Allowance/Dearness Relief is revised twice a year from January 1 and July 1.
Previously, DA was hiked by the Union Government in October 2019 by 5 per cent. Prior to this, the dearness allowance was at 12%.
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]]>The revised rules now allow the Centre’s free Covid19 vaccine doses, on the basis of parameters such as population and the burden of illness as well as progress in the vaccination effort, to be allotted to States and Union Territories. It will take two weeks till 21 June to execute the Decision.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Union claimed under the updated rules “vaccine spill will adversely affect the distribution.”
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]]>The government delivers subsidized grains, recognized as food-insecure, to about 800 million qualified recipients under the Food Safety Act. They are also eligible for Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana for five kg of free grains.
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]]>The Central government has received international support in the form of Covid-19 medical supplies and equipments from several countries around the Globe. These supplies have helped the country very much. Due to this, several people are receiving better treatments.
Although the supplies received are not enough, but it has helped to save many lives. The health facility in India is worse and during this crucial time, receiving help from other countries, gives hope. Hence with this help, the govt. supplied the instruments to the states and Union Territories.
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]]>It sis much than anyone’s expectations or the government’s budget. Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman had marked a transfer of Rs 53,511 crore. The transfer of the amount is extremely surprising, but it will also provide a huge breathing space for the government.
The Chief Economist of ICRA, Aditi Nayar said,”The surplus to be transferred by the RBI to the Government of India is considerably higher than the budgeted level. This will offer a buffer to absorb the anticipated losses in indirect tax revenues during May-June, owing to the impact of state lockdowns on consumption on discretionary items and contact-intensive services”.
The RBI took the decision on the basis of the Jalan Committee formula. The committee recommended that the RBI must maintain a contingency risk buffer of 5.5 per cent of its balance sheet, at all times.
Earlier, the RBI transferred Rs 57,128 crore to the government for the accounting year 2019-20.
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]]>The Union Health Secretary, Rajesh Bhushan sent a letter to the chief secretaries of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and West Bengal. they are advised to follow the release f the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and plan accordingly. The order also stated that the health ministry is ready to provide all the support necessary for the same.
The guideline issued by the health ministry are:
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]]>The restrictions are currently working in other regions of Gujarat except these 36 cities. Restrictions currently are imposed in Gujarat in other parts will continue between May 18, 6 am to May 20, 6 am.
Mr Rupani also said that the government will take actions on whether to extend the night curfew and other restrictions after May 20. The government has only allowed the continuation of essential services and activities within these three days in view of the centre’s guidelines. Offices will have to ensure the employee strength of 50 per cent on working days. The strength in marriages must be of 50 people whereas in funeral it must be 20.
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]]>He tweeted in Hindi,”The new form of Corona that came to Singapore is being said to be extremely dangerous for children, in India it may come as a third wave. My appeal to the central government: 1. Air services with Singapore to be cancelled with immediate effect 2. Priority on vaccine options should be worked out for children too”.
सिंगापुर में आया कोरोना का नया रूप बच्चों के लिए बेहद ख़तरनाक बताया जा रहा है, भारत में ये तीसरी लहर के रूप में आ सकता है।
केंद्र सरकार से मेरी अपील:
1. सिंगापुर के साथ हवाई सेवाएं तत्काल प्रभाव से रद्द हों
2. बच्चों के लिए भी वैक्सीन के विकल्पों पर प्राथमिकता के आधार पर काम हो— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) May 18, 2021
Delhi Chief Minister’s tweet came in the middle of the concerns raised about the third wave of Corona. Many experts say that this is very likely to target the children. At the current time, the first and second wave has hit the elderly and the young at most.
The Principal Scientific Advisor of the government informed that a third wave in ‘inevitable’ and advised that the vaccines must be updated to deal with the new strains.
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