States need to cooperate with Centre to combat drug menace: Amit Shah
He vowed to eradicate the drug menace from the nation and pledged that not a single kilogram of narcotics will either enter India or be smuggled out of the country.
He vowed to eradicate the drug menace from the nation and pledged that not a single kilogram of narcotics will either enter India or be smuggled out of the country.
A higher amount is being devolved this month to enable states to accelerate capital spending and finance their development and welfare-related expenditures, centre said.
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan has urged all states to prioritise achieving their plantation targets by addressing bottlenecks and mobilizing available resources.
The bypolls to six seats in the Upper House in four states were necessitated following the resignation of the members.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has directed the States and Union Territories to ramp up surveillance at popular tourist destinations to ensure heightened safety standards in preparation for the peak tourist season from November through March.
Dr. Satish Poonia is appointed in-charge and Surendra Singh Nagar co-in-charge of Haryana. Laxmikant Bajpai (MP) has been made in-charge of Jharkhand.
She further added that long-term interest free loans will be provided to States for financing such development on matching basis.
The installment amounting to Rs 73,000 crore is in addition to the tax devolution installment due to states on 10 January 2024 and the installment of Rs 72,961.21 crore already released on 11 December 2023, said the Ministry of Finance.
The Maharashtra SIC is without a Chief Information Commissioner and functioning with only four Commissioners even though more than 1,15,000 appeals/complaints are pending, the petitioner said.
During the GST Council meeting, states pointed out that dues being demanded from some firms is much more than their turnover.
