Ranchi: Three armed criminals shot at and injured a rice trader, identified as Roshan Bhagat, at Daruhatu village under Bundu police station area of R.
Ranchi: Trade and business bodies on Wednesday said rising fuel prices are likely to hit various economic activities in Jharkhand in the coming days. It may be noted that petrol was sold at Rs 89.17 per litre while diesel was priced at Rs 87.26 for one litre on Wednesday.
President of Federation of Jharkhand Chambers of Commerce and Industries Pravin Jain Chhabra said, “The rise in fuel prices has directly impacted the cost of transportation of goods, which is eventually being paid by the consumers.”
He said that there are many industries, particularly the mining sector, where excavating machines, drillers, conveyors use fuel as a major input, will face major challenges as their operation will become costlier.
Rickshaw pullers wait for customers on the Mahatma Gandhi Road in Ranchi on Tuesday
RANCHI: With the second week of the Swasthya Suraksha Saptah (health safety week) involving several curbs on citizens nearing an end on May 6, various trade bodies and other associations have demanded further extension of the restrictions to slow down the Covid pandemic.
It may be stated here that the state government had enforced the health safety week on April 22 and extended it further by a week on April 29. Meanwhile, the infection rate, which was at 13% on April 21, rose to 15% on May 3.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren had recently said that the daily spike in cases has stabilised while the number of recovery has improved significantly. Speaking on the issue, Federation of Jharkhand Chambers of Commerce and Industries president Pravin Jain Chhabra said that the prevailing restrictions should be extended by at least a week again.
Ranchi: The Hemant Soren government faces an uphill task to fulfil the budgetary proposals of Rs 91,277 crore for the 2021-22 financial year and is very unlikely to generate the target revenue unless meticulous planning and implementation were not made, experts said on Thursday.
Notably, finance minister Rameshwar Oraon presented the proposals in the ongoing budget session on Wednesday in which the government expects to mobilise Rs 23,265.42 crore from taxes and Rs 13,500 crore from non-tax sectors. It is also hoping to get Rs 17,891.48 crore as central assistance, Rs 22,050 crore as tax share from the Centre and Rs 14,500 crore from public debt.
Ranchi: The district administration here on Tuesday said it will conduct random raids at places that witness a high footfall in the city to ensure compliance of Covid norms such as wearing of masks and maintaining social distancing after people were found flouting the norms.
The initiative, which began a few months ago, was impacted during the vaccination drive due to preoccupation of officials, but will be resumed, said sources.
Although the daily number of cases has come down to around a half of what Ranchi was recording during the peak of the pandemic, the district administration does not want to let its guard down and ensure cases do not rise again.