Snippets: PF interest crediting begins
PF interest crediting begins
The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has begun crediting interest at the rate of 8.5% in the employeesâ accounts for the financial year 2019-20. An EPFO circular says all regional provident fund offices have been instructed to credit the interest without any delay. It says the employees can now check their PF balance on its website. It announced the new interest rate only last week.
NEP: Pokhriyal for task force formation
After reviewing the implementation of New Education Policy, 2020, Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal recommended the constitution of a task force for coordinating NEP implementation between educational institutions. He suggested a review committee and an implementation commiÂttee headed by secretary, Higher Education be formed. Pokhriyal has recommended the constiÂtutiÂon of a task force for coordinating of NEP implementaÂtion between higher education and school eduÂ
In less than a year, over 200 Maoists surrendered under the Dantewada police campaign.
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Surrendered Maoist cadres with their weapons at a press conference; (right) rebels, who have given up their arms, pledge support to the ‘Lon Varratu’ campaign in a village. (Photo | Express)
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CHHATTISGARH: Holding a sickle, Kosa Markam is trying to learn the nuances of farming at Katekalyan village in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada. The last few months has been a new learning experience for him. Till mid of last year, Markam, an ex-Maoist cadre, was being trained in handling explosives and guns.
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Two women naxals, collectively carrying cash rewards of Rs 7 lakh on their heads, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarhs Dantewada district on Monday, a police official said.
The gunfight took place at around 5:30 pm in a forest between Kalepal and Kakari villages under Kuakonda police station limits when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-naxal operation, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava told PTI.
The encounter, which lasted for about half-an-hour, broke out when the patrolling team was cordoning off the jungle, he said.
After the guns fell silent, the bodies of two women ultras along with a pistol and a muzzle loading gun were recovered from the spot, Pallava said.