One-time disbursement of Special #FestivalAdvance,to amount to Rs4000Cr
If given by all state govts,another 8000Cr is expected to be disbursed& employees can spend on any festival
Interest free advance of Rs 10000 under #SpecialFestivalAdvance,to be paid back in 10 instalments
Govt employees will get pre loaded #Rupay card of advance value&scheme will be available till March 31st 2021,for #FestivalAdvance scheme
For #LTCCashVoucher scheme,cost will be Rs 5675Cr for central govt employees who opt for it,leading to demand infusion of 19000Cr #DemandPush
For PSUs&PSB employees who opt for #LTCCashVoucher,cost will be Rs1900Cr&demand infusion will be for 9000Cr
To avail of #LTCCashVoucher,you have to buy goods with #GST of 12% or more,via digital modes
With #COVID19 derailing travel plans,cash voucher in lieu of LTC,a good move
Apart from aforesaid #DemandPush measures,@narendramodi gov will spend Rs 25000Cr on #Infra, including Water supply,Urban development, Roads,etc,over&above Rs 4.13 lakh Cr,allocated to Infra,in the #Budget
States will get interest free,50 yr loans,of 12000Cr,for capital projects
Silly Opeds by those who know nothing about Economics,say that @narendramodi govt is not seized of the problem,which is so wrong
After Rs20.97 lakhCr #stimulus in May +addnl 90000Cr in June,comes this 73000Cr stimulus,in Oct
Just last week,#RBI too announced #TLTROs of 1 lakhCr
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#RetailInflation in Sep@7.34%,Vs 6.69% in Aug,is due to rise in food price index which rose from 9.05% to 10.68%,MoM
Uptick in #foodinflation is temporary &driven by #COVID related supply disruptions--We had bumper crop last year&FY21,should see bumper agri production,yet again!
By Dec,#CPI should ease& inflationary pressure will abate,due to #BaseEffect& #Kharif arrivals
Note:Kharif sowing was up between 50-88%,for most crops,despite #lockdown
With INR@73.11/$ level,threat of imported inflation is minimal
Banks have sanctioned Rs 1.87 lakh Cr,to 50.7 lakh units under the Rs 3-lakh crore Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme,#ECLGS,of @narendramodi govt💪
Rs 1.36 lakh Cr has been disbursed to over 27 lakh units in #MSME sector,impacted by slowdown caused by #coronavirus pandemic
Ambit of scheme,expanded to include #MSMEs with turnover of up to Rs 250Cr&individuals for business purposes
As of 5thOct2020,Rs 17460Cr of loans to individuals have been sanctioned,of which 5939Cr has been disbursed
As @narendramodi ji completes 20 remarkable yrs of being at the helm,it is time to re-plug my book #TruthandDare,which captures everything--from the #Gujarat model of development,which saw 15% growth in 2005-06,to new age #Modinomics,which has lifted over 75mn people from poverty
Price of #NaturalGas will be determined by market forces,to increase affordability👇
It will debottleneck E&P sector& make e-bidding,competitive &transparent
Another decision by @narendramodi gov is the approval for 16.6km Kolkata East West rail corridor,that will connect Howrah on West Bank of Hoogly river,with Salt Lake City on East bank
Total project cost,8575Cr;will boost mass transit system&be ready by Dec2021 #CabinetDecisions
BIG news is,double lane,9.02km #AtalRohtangTunnel in Pir Panjal Himalayan range,built at altitude of 3000 metres from mean sea level
@narendramodi govt builds world's longest,high altitude tunnel that can handle 3000 cars and 1500 trucks per day,at speed of 80km/hr--Infra push💪
It has state of the art electro mechanical system,including semi transverse ventilation system, SCADA controlled firefighting, illumination&monitoring system
#AtalTunnel is extremely significant for India's defence&will reduce Leh-Manali-Lahaul-Spiti travel time by 46km/6 hrs💪
Built by BRDO,#AtalRohtangTunnel has telephone facility at every 150 metre stretch,a fire hydrant every 60 metre,emergency exits at every 500 metre,turning cavern every 2.2km, air quality monitors every 1 km, broadcasting&automatic detection system with CCTVs,at every 250 metre
#LabourCodes provide exemplary flexibility to industries;Definition of "fixed term" employment has been changed,making it easier for firms to hire contractual workers
Fixed term/Contractuals®ular workers will enjoy equal benefits,in many spheres,to protect Contractual workers
Social SecurityCode by @narendramodi govt will universalize social security by bringing informal&platform workers, under its ambit
Firms with less than 20 workers can join #EPFO to get social security benefits
Big move by @narendramodi govt to give informal sector a safety net
Internal workers will be free to voluntarily join employee state insurance,#ESI,scheme for getting healthcare benefits