SBI,Canara Bank and United India to reimburse Covid vaccine cost
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Venkatachari Jagannathan ( IANS) |
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Chennai, March 6 : Government owned two banks and a general insurance company has decided to bear the Covid-19 vaccination cost incurred by employees and their dependents who are 45 years of age with co-morbidities.
While the two banks - State Bank of India (SBI) and Canara Bank - will reimburse the cost of vaccination - Rs 250 per dose per head - incurred by their employees who are above 45 with co-morbidities and their dependents.
In its circular, United India has also pointed out that at government hospitals, the vaccination is done free of cost and urged the employees to get their jab done there.
Meanwhile, the unions in the general insurance sector are urging the other three government companies - National Insurance Company Ltd, Oriental Insurance Company Ltd and New India Assurance Company Ltd - to follow United India s example.
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MUMBAI: From Friday, private car owners can use their driving licence to operate a goods transport vehicle too. This new rule has come into effect across Maharashtra following a circular issued by state transport commissioner Avinash Dhakne to the 50 regional transport offices on Thursday.
Earlier, licences were issued for two separate categories transport and non-transport. But now it will be perceived as licences for ‘class of vehicles’ which in this case is a light motor vehicle (LMV).
“The implementation of this rule was long overdue,” said Dhakne. “In fact, a 2017 Supreme Court order allows use of the same licence for transport and non-transport vehicles. But citizens complained of harassment by enforcement agencies when they were caught driving transport vehicles using a regular licence. Now, they can safely use the same licence to drive two different categories of vehicles, but both LMVs.”