He said, clothing, footwear and electronic sectors are large job creators and need big reforms.
The committee has recommended Rs 8,000-10,000, Rs 13,000-15,000, and Rs 15,000-18,000 including PPE costs for isolation beds, and ICUs with or without ventilator, respectively, to all hospitals. Currently, hospitals are charging Rs 24,000-25,000, Rs 34,000-43,000 & Rs 44,000-54,000 (excluding PPE cost).
The Planning Commission was better than the Niti Aayog as it used to take up the issues of the states with the ministries concerned.
Ahead of the second phase of polls in the state, Banerjee's letter, which was released by the Trinamool Congress on Wednesday, seeks to drum up support from opposition leaders by stating how non-BJP states have suffered due to the saffron party led Centre's actions.
LNJP is an exclusive hospital with 2,000 beds dedicated to combating coronavirus.
'Water is not an economic resource, but we treat water as an economic resource meant for the benefit of human beings.' 'Water is more of a life source than an economic resource.'
Arvind Panagariya heads the government's main economic advisory body.
By 2022, there is a plan to make an mRNA-technology vaccine, for which it has tied up with Canadian firm Providence Therapeutics.
India annually spends Rs 4.5 lakh crore on importing petroleum products, and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari feels methane is a cost-effective import substitution. But is it? Pallava Bagla examines the pros and cons.
The procurement and distribution will be centralised though the government is yet to take a call on the initial number of doses that will be procured.
'The CoA feels that if David has declared and is not taking remuneration from India Cements, he is not in conflict'
Niti Aayog's plan to create a 'New India' in less than four years should invite scepticism, argues T N Ninan.
'If the 7 million estimate is true, then either our understanding of the past was all wrong or the economy has changed dramatically but so surreptitiously that we did not even notice it,' says Mahesh Vyas.
The ease of doing business has not picked up in a vast number of states and Union Territories.
'Most vaccines do target the Spike protein, in which there are changes in the variants but vaccines stimulate our immune system to produce a wide range of protective antibodies'
Existing trade deals, especially the 2009 pact with the Asean bloc, have been panned by the Centre for not boosting exports but flooding the domestic market with cheap imports. Subsequently, New Delhi has called for reviewing FTAs with Japan and South Korea. Going by that, a trade deal with the US is unlikely to be beneficial, say experts.
The Centre has asked states and union territories witnessing surge in new COVID-19 cases and high active caseload to continue with the strategy of 'test, track and treat' that had yielded rich dividends at the height of the pandemic and accelerate vaccination for priority population groups in districts reporting higher infections on mission mode.
"I categorically state that the central government has no plan to impose any tax on agriculture income," Jaitley said in a tweet.
Panagariya urged the government to undertake labour law reforms and make land acquisition more flexible to attract the multinationals.
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