Cess introduced in budget will boost states agri infra: Govt
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Last Updated: Feb 16, 2021, 07:55 PM IST
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The agri cess introduced in the Union Budget 2021-22 will finally go towards boosting APMC mandis and related farming infrastructure, all of which are governed by states, a top government functionary said on Tuesday, rejecting criticism that the cess deprives states of revenue as its receipt entirely falls in the Centre s kitty.
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The agri cess introduced in the Union Budget 2021-22 will finally go towards boosting APMC mandis and related farming infrastructure, all of which are governed by states, a top government functionary said on Tuesday, rejecting criticism that the cess deprives states of revenue as its receipt entirely falls in the Centre s kitty.
Four steps have been taken for modernisation of Anganwadi centres and upgrading facilities there, Parliament was told on Friday.Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani said that revised joint .
The government has taken initiatives under the Atmanirbhar Abhiyan to spur domestic production of steel.
The average growth rate of industrial production of eight core industries started showing signs of recovery after a steep decline in April 2020 but still clocked a decline of 1.3 per cent in December, compared with a contraction of 1.4 per cent in November. Only the coal and electricity sectors clocked positive growth in December 2020, government data shows. The eight core Industries includes coal, crude oil, natural gas, petroleum refinery, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity.
The Covid-19 pandemic adversely impacted some of the major economies of the world such as the US, European Union, the UK and Japan. Similarly in India, several sectors were affected due to the nation-wide lockdown to help curb the spread of Covid-19. However, after the pandemic-imposed lockdown was relaxed, improvement has been seen in several sectors of the economy.
Tripura identifies 12 ‘aspirational rural development blocks’
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Newly recruited government employees mandated to serve in them for at least one year
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Newly recruited government employees mandated to serve in them for at least one year The Tripura government has selected 12 Rural Development Blocks (RDB) as aspirational in a measure aimed to take development activities to the grassroots level of the State. New recruits in government services will be given a posting in these backward blocks under special initiatives planned by the State government.
“Newly recruited government employees will have to mandatorily serve for at least one year in any of the 12 selected Blocks. These Blocks are lacking progress and development,” said senior Minister Ratan Lal Nath.
Noting that there are 10 crore labourers in the organised sector and 40 crore in the unorganised sector, Gangwar said the government is making efforts and running programmes to shift the workforce employed in the unorganised sector to organised sector. Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority of the government, he said in a written reply to a starred question.
The government has taken various steps for generating employment in the country, the minister said.
The measures include encouraging various projects involving substantial investment and increasing public expenditure on schemes like Prime Minister s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) and Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY).