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Govt may sell 25% stake in LIC in phases
As part of the proposal, the government will also move an amendment in parliament for an authorized capital of Rs 20,000 cr which will be divided into 20 billion shares, the people said.
A ministerial panel set up for asset sales will decide on the size of the public offering while the cabinet will consider changes to capital structure of the insurer, the people said. Taking the insurer public will help instill “discipline” and unlock value, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said in her budget speech in February, without providing details or the time line for the sale.
Govt looks to implement all 4 labour codes in one go by December: Gangwar
The draft rules of the three codes on industrial relations, social security and occupational safety, health and working conditions are likely to be circulated by the first week of November for feedback.
The labour ministry is expected to finalise and implement rules of the three codes along with already firmed wage code rules by December this year. Thereafter, these four codes would become law of land to complete game-changing labour reforms in the country.
Talking to PTI, Labour Minister Gangwar said, “Government is doing all efforts to complete the labour reforms by implementing the all four labour codes by December this year…”
Global leaders at UN meet: If virus does not kill us, climate change will
With Siberia seeing its warmest temperature on record this year and enormous chunks of ice caps in Greenland and Canada sliding into the sea, countries are acutely aware there’s no vaccine for global warming.
“We are already seeing a version of environmental Armageddon,” Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said, citing wildfires in the western US and noting that the Greenland ice chunk was larger than a number of island nations.
Primary healthcare focus area of govt: Kant
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said by increasing spending on healthcare, reducing out of pocket expenditure and ensuring availability of qualified doctors, India can provide a continuum of care.
Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi, Kant further said the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), which is a digital, portable and cashless health insurance scheme, is one of the most remarkable steps in this direction.
Parliament passes bill to punish those attacking healthcare workers
The bill intends to ensure that during any situation akin to the current pandemic, there is zero-tolerance to any form of violence against healthcare personnel and damage to property.
Under the proposed act, the commission or abetment of such violence will be punishable with imprisonment for a term of three months to five years and with a fine of Rs 50,000 to Rs 2,00,000.
In case of causing grievous hurt, the imprisonment shall be for a term of six months to seven years and with a fine of Rs 1-5 lakh.
Lok Sabha approves labour reforms amid union protests
The three bills – the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, the Industrial Relations Code and the Code on Social Security – are part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious moves to liberalise conditions for investment.
Lawmakers from Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party said during the debate the new laws would provide social security benefits to workers, including ride-hailing companies like Ola and Uber.
Govt’s eVIN system to track distribution of coronavirus vaccine: MoS Health
Choubey said the phase-1clinical trials have revealed excellent safety of the two candidate vaccines indigenously developed by BharatBiotech in collaboration with the ICMR and Cadila Healthcare Ltd, and now their immunogenicity testing is in progress. Their phase-2 clinical trials are ongoing.
World’s top companies urge action on nature loss ahead of U.N. talks
“Healthy societies, resilient economies and thriving businesses rely on nature. Governments must adopt policies now to reverse nature loss in this decade,” the companies said in a statement.
Others to sign included IKEA, Unilever and AXA .
Business for Nature, the coalition which organised the statement, said it was the first time so many companies had issued a joint call emphasising the crucial role healthy ecosystems play in human well-being.
Rajya Sabha passes bill to punish those attacking Healthcare workers
The healthcare service personnel include public and clinical healthcare service providers such as doctors, nurses, paramedical workers and community health workers; any other persons empowered under the act to take measures to prevent the outbreak of the disease or spread thereof; and any persons declared as such by the state government, by notification in the official gazette.
Centre approved anti-viral medicines to treat COVID-19 patients, says SC
The top court was hearing a plea seeking registration of an FIR by the CBI against ten Indian pharmaceutical firms for manufacturing and selling these two medicines for treating COVID-19 patients allegedly without valid licences.
A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian referred to the New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2018 and said these medicines have been permitted by the government for using in treatment of novel coronavirus patients.