Punjab Assembly Passes Resolution to Check Depleting Ground Water
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WWW.YUGMARG.COM FOLLOW US ON REGD NO. CHD/0061/2006-08 | RNI NO. 61323/95 Join us at telegram https://t.me/yugmarg Friday March 5, 2021 CHANDIGARH, VOL. XXVI, NO. 35 PAGES 12, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Deputy CM meets State cabinet Singla hands over Plan was approves several appointment letters Guv, expresses to 78 newly set for gratitude for key recruited Root: employment bill recommendations employees of PWD, Siraj of 6th Finance education Commission department PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 6 PAGE 12 EPFO retains 8.5 pc interest on deposits for 2020-21 AGENCY on interest rate would be send to the fi- its subscribers and still allowing EPFO NEW DELHI, MAR 4 nance ministry for concurrence. After with healthy surplus to act as a cushion getting the finance ministry's nod, the 8.5 for providing higher return in future also. Retirement fund body EPFO on Thurs- per cent rate of interest for this fiscal There is no over-drawal on EPFO corpus day decided to retain 8.5 per cent annual would be credited into the EPFO sub- due to this income distribution," it said. rate of interest on provident fund de- scribers' accounts. Talking to PTI, K E Raghunathan, an posits for the current financial year for its The interest rate would be officially EPFO trustee said the EPFO would have more than five crore active subscribers. notified in the government gazette fol- a surplus of around Rs 300 crore on IED blast in The Employees' Provident Fund Or- lowing which the EPFO would credit the maintaining 8.5 per cent rate of interest ganisation's (EPFO) apex decision-mak- rate of interest into the subscribers' ac- for the current fiscal at par with 2019-20. Jharkhand ing body Central Board of Trustees de- counts, the statement said. During the period from 2015-16, the kills 3 security cided to fix 8.5 per cent rate of interest "For FY'2021, the EPFO decided to EPFO prudently started investing in eq- for 2020-21 at its meeting in Srinagar on liquidate investment (in equity) and the uity through exchange traded funds personnel Thursday. the financial year 2020-21," a labour under the chairmanship of Union Minis- interest rate recommended is a result of based on the NSE 50 and BSE 30 indices. "The Central Board of Trustees ministry statement said. ter of State for Labour & combined income from interest received The investment in equity assets start- RANCHI: Three security (CBT) recommended 8.50 per cent annu- According to the statement, the 228th Employment(Independent Charge) San- from debt investment as well as income ed from 5 per cent for FY'2015 and sub- personnel were killed and al rate of interest to be credited on EPF meeting of the CBT, EPFO was held on tosh Kumar Gangwar. realised from equity investment. This has sequently went up to 15 per cent of the two injured in a Naxal-trig- accumulations in members' accounts for Thursday in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir As per the practice, the CBT decision enabled EPFO to provide higher return to incremental portfolio. gered IED blast in the forests of Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on Thursday, officials said. Three men of the special unit of the state Over Rs 650 cr discrepancies police, Jharkhand Jaguars, were killed in the improvised explosive de- Punjab Assembly passes resolution vice (IED) blast that took found after raids on Pannu, place around 8:45 AM in Hoyahatu village under Toklo police station area of the district. A jawan of Kashyap and others: IT Dept the Jharkhand Jaguars and a Central Reserve AGENCY Police Force personnel to check depleting ground water NEW DELHI, MAR 4 from its 197th battalion were injured in the blast, The Income Tax Department has de- they said. tected financial irregularities of over SAD MLAs stage walkout Rs 650 crore after it raided two film Taj Mahal production companies, two talent management companies and a lead- vacated after over fuel taxes ing actress, the Central Board of Di- hoax bomb call AGENCY rect Taxes claimed on Thursday but CHANDIGARH: Members of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thurs- did not take any names. NEW DELHI/AGRA: day staged a walkout from the ongoing budget session in Punjab The statement from the CBDT ent management companies as Kwan The Taj Mahal complex Vidhan Sabha at the end of zero-hour after raising slogans against came as raids on the homes and of- and Exceed. in Agra was vacated on the ruling party to reduce the Value-Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and fices of Bollywood actor Taapsee The second film production Thursday morning fol- diesel in the state. Speaking to the media, SAD leader Sharanjit Pannu, director Anurag Kashyap and company that was raided belongs to lowing a hoax bomb call, Singh Dhillon said that the state government should reduce the 27 his partners who launched the now Kashyap, the sources said. “Ev- officials said. SHASHI PAL JAIN study the matter. Immediately per cent tax imposed on petrol and diesel and not pass on the en- shuttered Phantom Films continued idence of huge suppression of in- They said an unidentified CHANDIGARH, MARCH 4 swinging into action the Speaker tire blame to the central government. "We are ready to support in Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad for come by the leading film production person called the 112 them (the Punjab government) in their protest against the central emergency response of Vidhan Sabha announced to government in Delhi on the hike in prices but before starting the the second day. The searches also house compared to the actual box of- number of the Uttar Expressing concern over the de- constitute the committee which protest in Delhi, we demand that the state government should re- covered some executives of celebri- fice collections has been unearthed," Pradesh police at around pleting ground water level in the would submit the report within duce the tax they have imposed on petrol and diesel. ty and talent management companies the statement from CBDT, the ad- 9 am and claimed that a state, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha to- three months. KWAN and Exceed, officials said. ministrative body of the IT Depart- bomb was kept inside day passed a unanimous resolution The Speaker said that the mat- A day later, without naming the ment, claimed. "The company offi- the monument that is urging the Punjab government to ter was too serious and as the wor- saved for the coming generations. erations. Both the Ministers said people or companies searched, the cials have not been able to explain dis- conserved by the Ar- take immediate steps for saving the thy members of the house have Unanimously welcoming the that the government is already sen- CBDT said the entities searched crepancy of around Rs 300 crore," it chaeological Survey of ground water of the state. taken up this issue so it is the moral announcement of the Speaker, the sitised towards this issue and no were mainly engaged in the business said. Evidence related to "manipula- India (ASI) . Meanwhile, the Speaker of duty of the house to intervene in entire house thanked him by stone will be left unturned for this of production of motion pictures, tion and under-valuation" of share Punjab Vidhan Sabha Mr Rana KP the matter. Mr Rana KP Singh thumping the tables . Taking part noble cause. Earlier, the discussion web series, acting, direction and tal- transactions of the production house Singh today announced to consti- urged the Punjab government to in discussion Cabinet Ministers Mr on this crucial issue was embarked ent management of celebrities and amongst the film directors and share- 8 cows found tute a high level committee for ex- depute the Principal Secretary Wa- Manpreet Singh Badal and Mr by MLA Mr Harminder Singh Gill other artists. Official sources holders, with a tax implication of ploring the ways and means to ter Resources department for as- Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa said whereas Leader of opposition Mr identified the entities raided as Pan- about Rs 350 crore has also been dead mysteriously recharge the water table. The deci- sisting the committee. He said that that water is the most precious re- Harpal Singh Cheema, MLAs nu and the four former promoters of found and is being further investigat- sion came after MLA Mr Kuldeep besides looking into this grave source for human existence. They Rana Gurjit Singh, Mr Harinderpal Phantom Films -- Kashyap, director- ed, it alleged. "Evidence of cash re- near Garhshankar Singh Vaid, while participating in matter the Committee will also said that the state government led Singh Chandumajra, Mr Kuldeep producer Vikramaditya Motwane, ceipts by the leading actress amount- the debate on deteriorating ground propose ways and means to by Chief Minister Captain Singh Vaid, Mr Gurpratap Singh producer Vikas Bahl and producer- ing to Rs 5 crore has been recovered HOSHIARPUR: At least eight crows were found water table in the state, proposed recharge the water table so that this Amarinder Singh is duty-bound to Wadala, Mr Aman Arora, Mr Kan- distributor Madhu Mantena. They and further investigation is going on," dead under mysterious the constitution of a committee to precious natural resource can be save the water for our coming gen- war Sandhu and others. also identified the celebrity and tal- the CBDT claimed. circumstances in the fields of one Charanjit Singh at village Possi in Garhshankar sub divi- sion on Thursday. India confirms 17,407 Haryana budget Film inspired by Narendra Modi soon Garhshankar Forest Block Officer (Wild Life) AGENCY the message of universal brotherhood and Rajpal Singh told that a new COVID-19 cases session likely KOLKATA, MAR 4 how the Indian culture espoused inclusive- team led by him includ- ness.