Soon, cheaper generic drugs at railway stationsNEW DELHI, July 19:
People can soon buy generic drugs at cheaper prices from rail-way stations, the Government informed Parliament today.
The Ministry of Railways has decided to allow its premises tobe used for opening Janaushadhi outlets across the country underthe Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana.
The campaign has been launched by the Department ofPharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers, to providequality medicines at affordable prices to the masses through spe-cial outlets
"Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers has, in view of Railways'pan-India reach, approached Ministry of Railways for proliferationof such kendras over railway network. The two ministries have, inprinciple, agreed to set up such kendras at railway premises.Deliberations to work out the modalities between the two min-istries are going on," said Minister of State for Railways RajenGohain in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
At present, 22 exclusive chemist stalls and 15 chemist cornersare operational on the Indian Railways network.
Besides, medicines for common ailments and painkillers,which do not normally require doctors' prescription, are also beingsold through existing 339 miscellaneous article stalls at variousrailway stations. (PTI)
NEW DELHI, July 19:
The number of digital trans-actions, which grew significant-ly in the aftermath of demoneti-sation last year, has startedshowing a declining trend sinceMarch 2017, according to offi-cial data.
The number of digital trans-actions has come down from119.07 crore in March 2017 to118.01 crore in April and furtherto 111.45 crore in May, P PChaudhary, Minister of State forElectronics and IT, said in awritten reply in the Lok Sabha.
The number of digital trans-actions was only at 71.27 crorein October 2016. It went up to83.48 crore in November 2016and shot up to 123.46 crore inDecember 2016.
The increase in digital trans-actions was witnessed afterdemonetisation of Rs 500 andRs 1,000 currency notes onNovember 8, 2016.
These transactions num-bered 114.96 crore in January2017, and about 101.18 crore inFebruary 2017.
To another query whethercommission is charged on cash
transactions under digital econ-omy, Chaudhary said scheduledcommercial banks have the free-dom to levy charges for variousservices, as per a Reserve Bankof India circular dated July,2014. (PTI)
859 complaints againstIAS officers: GovtNEW DELHI, July 19:
A total of 859 complaintswere received against the offi-cers of Indian AdministrativeService (IAS) working acrossthe country, Union ministerJitendra Singh said today.
The complaints were receivedduring the year from January 1,2016 upto June 30, 2017, he saidin a written reply in response to aquestion in Lok Sabha.
Of the total complaints, 93pertain to IAS officers workingwith the government of UttarPradesh, said Singh, Minister ofState for Personnel, PublicGrievances and Pensions.
"Appropriate action can betaken against officials only after thecases reach finality," he said. (PTI)
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Azad, PC flay Govt on KashmirNEW DELHI, July 19:
Critical of the Government'shandling of Jammu andKashmir, the Congress todaydemanded that it take the nationinto confidence and spell out thesteps being taken to bring nor-malcy in the State.
Rejecting the Government'sclaim that the situation inJammu and Kashmir hadimproved, the party's seniorspokespersons, Ghulam NabiAzad and P Chidambaram, saidin a statement that casualtieshad been reported from the Stateeveryday since July 10.
"The Congress repudiatesthe Government's claim andcalls upon the Government totake the nation into confidenceand disclose what it is doing tobring about normalcy in Jammuand Kashmir," the two leaderssaid in the joint statement.
Eight pilgrims, six jawans anda child had been killed in July inthe State, besides many incidentsof clashes between civilians andsecurity forces injuring numerouspersons, they pointed out.
"Yet the Government claimsthat the situation in Jammu andKashmir has improved. Such a
claim defies belief and commonsense.
"The statement made by theGovernment yesterday is wrong,misleading and clearly at variancewith the situation on the ground,"Azad and Chidambaram said.
The leaders were referring toMinister of State for HomeHansraj Gangaram Ahir's replyto a written question in the LokSabha on the situation in theState.
The Congress has been criti-cal of the Central government aswell as the PDP-BJP ruled stategovernment over the handlingof the situation in Jammu andKashmir. It also called for tak-ing all parties and stakeholdersinto confidence to help bringnormalcy to the state.
The party fears the situationis going out of control in Jammuand Kashmir and has favouredinitiation of dialogue with vari-ous stakeholders.
Kashmir has been on the boilsince the death of terroristBurhan Wani in an encounterwith the police last July.
Chidambaram had onSunday criticised the "maximal-ist" approach of the CentralGovernment in Kashmir. (PTI)
