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[ad_1] A day after the central government announced the ‘Agnipath’ scheme for recruiting younger soldiers, former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh joined others in criticising the government’s move to replace a “perfectly good working system”. Earlier, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel had warned that the move to hand over guns to the youth and train them to kill might create a destabilising situation in the country. Questioning the logic behind the ‘All India All Class’ method of recruitment, Amarinder Singh, who was posted with the Sikh Regiment, said that this measure will kill the already existing single class Regiments. “What is the rationale to do so, I do not understand,” Amarinder was quoted as saying by The Indian Express. Pointing out that a similar exercise had turned futile, Amarinder told IE, “These regiments have been performing well in their present character so why change it? I do not agree at all with this move. These regiments have their own traditions and way of living and how do you expect a person who is not from that background to understand that.” Amarinder also stated that the proposed four years of training was too less a time to get ready, as a minimum of six-seven years is required. “There used to be a seven-year service period and a reserve liability of seven years. But four years is too little time for a soldier to be effective at the cutting edge,” he told IE. Raising questions on the intention of the scheme, Chattisgarh CM Baghel told journalists at a press conference, “It (the scheme) means that the jawans will be taught how to fire a gun and then let them off into society. What do they intend to do? If they are recruiting people into the forces, then allow them to continue till 35 years. By then they will gain maturity. You are going to recruit an 18 year old boy and leave him at 22 giving him a gun and a gun license…aap kya banana chahte hai desh ko. Kis disha main le jana chah rahe hain, while adding, “You have bad intentions. You are trying to instigate the youth. Give them jobs for 20 years.”. Rajasthan CM Gehlot, who was present at the same presser, joined in and added, “And who will be those youngsters? Will they be workers of the RSS or the BJP? It is to be seen. You are going to teach them to handle weapons for four years. You had promised to give 2 crore jobs every year. They don’t have an answer to that. Unemployment is at an all-time high, people are facing problems…and they have floated a new ‘shagoofa’…only time will tell what is their approach.” Yesterday, the government, while unveiling the ‘Agnipath’ scheme, said that the forces will start a mass recruitment drive in 90 days to employ 46,000 ‘Agniveers’ this year in a bid to lower the average age of the Indian army and, the eligible age for selection being between 17.5 years to 21 years. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] It has been two years since the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who was found dead at his apartment in Mumbai on June 14, 2020. At the time of his death, Sushant was 34-years-old. After much political turf war and media scrutiny, his case was transferred to the CBI, which is still investigating it. His death witnessed various debates on news channels with a number of new angles coming out including the one related to drugs and mental health. While the debate was at its peak, Sushant’s close friend Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik had to spend some time in jail, while his other acquaintance, Siddharth Pithani, as of May 2022, is yet to get bail. Notably, Rhea had to face a tough media trial after numerous speculations against her. However, she slowly came back to public life and attended the wedding of Farhan Akhtar and Shibani Dandekar in 2021. She was not seen at the recently concluded IIFA ceremony. Searching through Showik’s Instagram photos, one can find a picture of him and Sushant together. Also, he had uploaded a post on Sushant on the first death anniversary of the actor. Pithani, on the other hand, was recently given permission by the court to attend his wedding in 2021 only to surrender a few days later. Among Sushant’s three sisters, Shweta Singh Kirti was the most vocal on social media. Shweta, who lives in the US, had fuelled the ‘Justice for Sushant Singh Rajput’ social media just days after the latter’s death. She also posted a photo of Sushant Singh Rajput on her Instagram page, with a caption that read, “ “It has been 2 years since you left your mortal abode, Bhai, but you have become immortal because of the values you stood for. Kindness, compassion and love for all were your virtues. You wanted to do so much for so many. We shall continue to model after your wonderful virtues and ideals in your honor.”She added in her caption: “Bhai, you have changed the world for the better and will continue to do so even in your absence. Let us all light a lamp today and perform a selfless action to bring a smile to someone’s face.” [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] As many as 16 states and Union territories, mostly smaller states except for Bihar and Odisha, did not receive any compensation when the Centre released Rs 86,912 crore in mandated relief to states for April-May 2022, along with arrears, on May 31. Sources said these states were not given any aid because no amount was due to them as per the compensation formula. The Centre had front-loaded release of Rs 1.59 trillion under the special back-to-back loan mechanism by October for FY22, to compensate for the shortfall in the designated cesspool for the full year. Given that the monthly GST collections had accelerated from October by remaining above Rs 1.3 trillion/month, the states in aggregate collected Rs 70,000 crore more than estimated for FY22, thereby reducing the compensation requirement by an equivalent amount in FY22. However, the extra amount raised as loan was used to clear arrears of past years. The Centre had also received Rs 60,000 crore more than the Budget estimate of Rs 5.3 trillion in Central GST in FY22. Usually, the Centre and states receive GST in a 48:52 ratio. Of the Rs 86,912 crore released to states on May 31, 2022, Rs 47,617 crore was compensation arrears up to January 2022, Rs 21,322 crore for February-March and Rs 17,973 crore for April-May 2022. While most of the big states received compensation, 16 states and UTs including Bihar, Odisha, J&K, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya did not receive any funds. Odisha has been witnessing one of the highest growths in GST collections. The state reported a 54% growth in SGST collections on year in FY22. In April, the state reported 52% growth on year in SGST receipts. Thus, the sharp increase in GST collections reduced the compensation requirement for Odisha in FY22 substantially. It may have reached close to 14% growth annually in April-May 2022, a threshold below which states are compensated to achieve the above growth rate. Under the GST compensation mechanism, which is constitutionally guaranteed, state governments are assured 14% annual revenue growth for the first five years after the tax’s July 1, 2017 launch. However, Bihar has not seen that kind of growth in April 2022 as its GST (SGST and CGST) collections declined by 2% on year. However, the state did not get any compensation as the advance releases in FY22 got adjusted for the shortfall reported till May 2022. The Centre has so far released a total of Rs 8.22 trillion to the states as GST compensation till May 31 2022, including Rs 1.6 trillion in FY22, even as the collections of cesses for this purpose fell way short of the target. The Centre arranged back-to-back loans totaling Rs 2.6 trillion to bridge the shortfall in the cess pool in FY21 and FY22. Given the robust trends for April-May 2022, and the anticipation of sustained healthy momentum of activity, analysts expect CGST inflows in FY23 to overshoot the budget estimate by Rs 1.15 trillion. That would also mean about Rs 1.3 trillion in extra SGST receipts in aggregate to states, which will cease to receive GST compensation from July 2022. The Centre is expecting monthly gross GST (CGST and SGST) collections to average Rs 1.4-1.5 trillion in FY23 compared with Rs 1.2 trillion factored in the Budget. [ad_2] Source link

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