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Modi govt. clarifies in Supreme Court it’s not paying for migrants travel fares

Modi govt. in Supreme Court clarified it’s not paying for migrants travel fares…

As reported in ThePrint, the Central government cleared out in front of the three-bench headed by Justices Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah in Supreme Court (SC) that it wasn’t paying for the railway fare of the migrants traveling through Shramik Express and that state governments have been paying the respective ticket fares. The Centre on Thursday clarified the same to the SC during a virtual hearing vis-à-vis a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the problems migrants across the country have been facing due to COVID-19 lockdown.

Earlier the Centre had said it would pay 85% of the total railway fare and the state government would bear the remaining 15% of the cost. National BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra had earlier this month claimed that the Centre has been paying 85% of the railway fare for the migrants. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who represented the Centre, in his statement to the SC clarified that either the state that sent migrants or received the migrants have paid for the rail fares.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi had earlier criticised the Centre and Railways for completely ignoring the Congress party’s demands that migrants should be made to travel free of cost to their homes. The day Congress announced to bear the entire travel cost of the migrants, Centre announced the 85:15 percent formula of cost sharing of tickets between the Centre and the concerned states.

As per ThePrint, a senior officer from an opposition-ruled state who said the back-and-forth on the issue was an ?eyewash, stated, After maintaining for so long that they (Centre) are bearing 85 per cent of the cost, at least today they have admitted that it is the states, which are paying for the travel of the migrants.

ThePrint had reported, Explaining the discrepancy, a railways ministry officer said the central government had never said it is bearing 85 per cent of the cost of the tickets, but maintained that it is paying 85 of the cost of running the trains. The ticket fare comprises 15 per cent. Running a train involves several costs. Ticket fare is just part of it. What the government has told the court today is not at odds with what was said earlier.

Also read: Migrant labourer found dead in toilet of Shramik Special Train in UP

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Nitin Gadkari graces screening of ‘Me Vasantrao’ at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur

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Radhika Dhawad | Photographer : Nitin Mankar | Photographer : Bhavesh Mahalle | Nagpur

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari graced the special screening of Marathi movie ‘Me Vasantrao’ – a movie based on the life of Hindustani classical singer and violinist Vasantrao Deshpande.

The screening was held at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur on Sunday evening in the presence family members, friends and the cast of the movie.

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Mayor Dayashankari Tiwari kicks off polio drive in Nagpur

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Nagpur Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari, on Sunday, launched Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) door-to-door polio campaign drive. He, along with Deputy Mayor Manisha Dhawade visited Rognidan Centre in Mahal, Nagpur and inaugurated the campaign by giving polio drops to a toddler.
As per NMC officials, ten Zonal Medical Officers and Ten Health inspectors would visit every house in their respective zones, in order to vaccinate children between the ages of zero-five to immune them against polio.
NMC had recognised Sunday as the official day for polio vaccination. Under Polio Ravivar, they plan to vaccinate more than three lakh kids in Nagpur. They also urged Nagpurkars to vaccinate their children at pulse Polio Booths near their homes from 8 am- 5 pm, on Sunday.
NMC Standing Committee Chief, Corporator Vijay Zalke spoke to Nation Next regarding this campaign and said, This year’s polio drive is going to be bigger than last year. We are planning to vaccinate around 3- 3.15 lakh kids. NMC is bearing the cost of infrastructure and execution. The state government provided us with the doses.
He further stated that there were special teams to vaccinate the homeless during night. ?When it comes to the health of Nagpurkars, money is not a factor we should think about, said Zalke when asked about NMC’s current financial crunch.
As per Zalke, vaccination facility would also be available in slums,, factory areas and other outskirts of Nagpur.

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Congress legislator caught watching porn in Karnataka Assembly

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Congress leader Prakash Rathod, on Friday, was caught on camera while allegedly scrolling through few adult content clips in the State Assembly. This turned out to be a huge embarrassment for both, Congress and Rathod as regional channels aired the video, in which he was ?caught in the act.
The MLC member was present in the house during the proceedings of the legislative council. While the house was in session, Rathod was watching adult content on his smartphone.
However, he threw these charges under the bus and said, I was looking for materials for a question I wanted to ask the government in question hour.
?When I was looking for question material, I deleted too many messages as my phone storage was full. What the media has shown or seen, I don’t know. I would never do such things or see such things, he added.
This was not the first time in Karnataka that such an incident had happened. Back in 2012, three Bharatiya Janata Party ministers were caught on camera allegedly watching adult content in the State Assembly. Following the scandal, they resigned from the state government due to public embarrassment.

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