Poverty levels below 5% ,
claims chief of center’s think tank
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NITI
Aayog CEO BVR Subaranaiyam had following take on Indian economy after recent
release of Household Consumption Expenditure Survey ( HCES ) ,
●
Decline in
Poverty – Less than five percent of Indians are expected to be below poverty line
, and extreme destitution has almost gone away .
●
Broad based
growth – The growth is ‘ broad based ‘ and not limited to a few . This is
shown by spending by the Rural population rising faster than their Urban peers
.
●
Increase in
Income – Expenditure on food items such as Pulses and cereals has dropped
to 5% per capita consumer expenditure –
and higher Expenditure on conveyance , consumer durables and consumer services
indicate that people are earning more
and need to spend less on food .
●
Diversifying
food habits – Within food consumption of beverages , processed food , milk
and fruits is going up . This indicates
more diverse and balanced food consumption
Uttarakhand to bring in
damage recovery bill
·
The Pushkar
Singh Dhami government in India Uttarakhand is set to introduce the Uttarakhand
public and private property Damage recovery bill during the budget session of
assembly set to start from Monday .
·
The Bill provides for recovery of cost of damage
to public and private property during protests from those involved in the
incidents .
·
A tribunal headed by a retired judge will
investigate the charges against the accused .Uttar Pradesh and Haryana has
similar laws in place . This is coming
after recent Haldwani riots in which a police station was badly vandalized .
·
The government later decided to build the police
station over the property that was recovered from the anti encroachment drive .
Ahead of Lok Sabha
elections , Modi launches projects worth Rs. 48,100 crore
·
PM Modi on Sunday launched projects worth Rs.48,100 crore from Rajkot.
·
Earlier in the day he inaugurated Sudarshan Setu , India’s longest
cable-stayed bridge of around 2.3 km linking Okha mainland to Beyt Dwarka ,
built at a cost of Rs.980 crore .
·
The PM inaugurated five AIIMS in Rajkot ( Gujrat
,) , Bhatinda ( Punjab ) , Raebareli
(Uttar Pradesh ) , Kalyani ( Maharashtra ) and Managalgiri ( Andhra Pradesh ) .
Sudarshan setu
World
Trump
coasts to another victory in the race for Republican nomination
·
Donald Trump has won the Carolina Republican Primary by defeating his rival
Nikkie Healey .
·
Trump got around 60 % of the vote while Nikkie
Healy got 39.5% . By this win Trump has gained 47 delegates while Nikkie Healy
got 3 delegates .
·
There are 2492 delegates total , to win the
Presidential candidature from Republican side one need to get at least 1215
delegates .
·
Trump till now has got 110 delegates while
Nikkie Healy has got 20.
Zelensky
says 31,000 troops killed in Russia war
·
Ukrainian President Zelensky on Sunday said that
31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died fighting against Russia . He said that
figures quoted by Russian media and Putin which is 3 lakh and 1.5 lakh
respectively is a lie .
Israel
, Hamas face off in Gaza as efforts for a cease fire gather momentum
·
Talks between Israel and Hamas are going on to
end the war in Gaza . It is being mediated by US , Qatar and Egypt .
·
Hamas and Other Islamic states demand is to
immediate ceasefire . Israel on the other side is planning to expand the war in
Rafah .
·
US NSA. Jake Sullivan said in an interview with
CNN that the negotiators” came to an
understanding “ on the basic contour of the hostage deal during the talk in
Paris . The deal is still under negotiation.
Melie
echos Trump on U.S. visit , says ‘ make Argentina great again ‘
·
Argentina’s president Javier Milie met former US
president Donald Trump on Sunday .
·
Milie is a longtime Trump supporter .
·
The Policy of the new Argentina President is Pro
US .
