Covid scourge: Maha postpones public service exams indefinitely
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Covid scourge: Maha postpones public service exams indefinitely. Image Source: IANS News
Mumbai, April 9 : In view of the massive Covid-19 spread, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government has decided to postpone the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) exams scheduled for April 11, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced on Friday. The government has decided to postpone the MPSC s pre-service non-gazetted Group B Joint Pre-examinations, 2020. The fresh dates of these exams shall be announced later after a review of the Covid situation in the state, he said.
The decision followed a high-level overview of the pandemic situation with Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil, Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat, Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde, Water Resources Minister Jayant Patil, Relief & Rehab Minister Vijay Wadettiwar and others.
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From hospital, Pawar keeps vigil on national, state politics
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New Delhi: Sharad Pawar, president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) address a press conference at his residence in new Delhi on Sunday March 21, 2021.(Photo:Wasim Sarvar/IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Mumbai, April 2 : Despite recuperating in the Breach Candy Hospital, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar is keeping a close watch on the national and state political developments, a top leader said here on Friday.
Shiv Sena MP and Chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut made the observation after calling on Pawar at the hospital where he is convalescing after an emergency endoscopy procedure performed to extricate a gall-bladder stone on March 30.
Maharashtra to reinstate 5% stamp duty on property registrations
The state government had slashed the stamp duty charges to two per cent between August and December last year to boost the real estate market, which was facing a slowdown due to COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown
PTI | April 1, 2021 | Updated 12:01 IST
The Maharashtra government on Wednesday decided not to extend the two per cent stamp duty waiver on property registrations from April. It said it would reinstate its earlier system of five per cent stamp duty on property registrations from Thursday.
The state government had slashed the stamp duty charges to two per cent between August and December last year to boost the real estate market, which was facing a slowdown due to COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown. It was made three per cent between January 1 and March 31.
Wednesday decided not to extend the two per cent stamp duty waiver on property registrations from April. It said it would reinstate its earlier system of five per cent stamp duty on property registrations from Thursday. The state government had slashed the stamp duty charges to two per cent between August and December last year to boost the real estate market, which was facing a slowdown due to COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown. It was made three per cent between January 1 and March 31. State Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat on Wednesday said that there would not be any changes in the stamp duty rates announced in September last year.