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Govt extends deadline for linking PAN with Aadhaar till Sept 30
“Notwithstanding the last date of intimating/linking of Aadhaar Number with PAN being September 30, 2019, it is also made clear that w.e.f. April 1, 2019, it is mandatory to quote and link Aadhaar number while filing the return of income,” it added.
Diseases cost the African Region $2.4 trillion a year, says WHO
To achieve the health-related SDG targets, countries must invest adequately in the development of resilient national and local health systems to effectively, affordably and efficiently deliver the integrated packages of proven cost-effective interventions contained in relevant programmatic global strategies and plans to target populations in need.
CPI announces assured pension of Rs 9k per month
It also announced that it was for the implementation of the one rank one pension to all the retired defense personnel, universalisation of the PDS system, ensuring allocation of six per cent of GDP to health sector and the functional autonomy of the EC, CAG, RBI, CBI, CVC and other institutions of oversight.
India’s 82 % of the population suffers from high stress levels
It is extremely important to increase awareness about a heart-healthy lifestyle for everyone, and not just for people with existing health problem to reduce the risk of heart disease and improve quality of wellbeing”, says Prasun Sikdar, MD and Chief Executive Officer, Cigna TTK Health Insurance
China pledges to ‘sharply’ expand financial market opening as trade talks loom
“We are quickening the full opening of market access for foreign investors in banking, securities and insurance sectors,” he said.
Jobs, healthcare, drinking water top priorities for voters: Survey
According to the survey, better employment opportunities (46.80 per cent), better healthcare (34.60 per cent) and drinking water (30.50 per cent) were the top three priorities of the voters at the all-India level,
Rahul Gandhi promises big-bang minimum income scheme; 20 % families to get Rs 72K annually
Making the announcement at a press conference here, Gandhi said five crore families and 25 crores will directly benefit from the scheme. “Final assault on poverty has begun. We will wipe out poverty from the country,” he said Gandhi said the Congress has studied the fiscal implications of the scheme and consulted renowned economists and experts before finalising the scheme.
‘87% women would quit over sexual harassment, bias in hiring’
Around 92 percent of respondents said they would be more likely to stay at their job if their company was quick to respond to a public scandal by fixing errors and communicating internally and externally, it said.
PMSYM scheme: Government eyes over 1 crore enrolments by April-end
“We have already enrolled 25.36 lakh unorganised sector workers under the PMSYM scheme so far. We are enroling about one lakh subscribers every day. We are hopeful that we would be able to enrol a total of one crore subscribers by end of April, 2019,” Dinesh Tyagi, CEO, CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd (CSC SPV) told PTI.
FPIs pour in Rs 38,211 cr in March on improved global liquidity
As per Harsh Jain, chief operating officer of Groww, the cooling of US-China trade war and no hike in interest rates by the US Fed has made India attractive to FPIs. Other factors like stable crude oil prices have also helped