Ranchi (Jharkhand), May 12 (ANI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren attended the 5th meeting on COVID-19 via video-conferencing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking on this, CM Soren said that in a short span, he urged prime minister to simplify MGNREGA and amend tax system. "I put all my points that we need to take more steps to help the workers, simplify MGNREGA wages, amend the tax system, help increase the wealth collection power of the state, keep employment and save lives of people. It is true that the economic situation of the country is not in a good condition. In this situation, our state is completely dependent on Centre," said Soren.

COVID-19: Jharkhand CM Soren urges PM to simplify MGNREGA and to amend tax system

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Wednesday's launch would be a technology demonstration mission. NewSpace India Ltd is the commercial arm of ISRO which would launch client vehicles and has secured the order from the European Space Agency for its latest mission.
"The 25-hour countdown started at 3.08 pm on Tuesday and right now the preparatory works (for the launch) are going on," an ISRO official told PTI on Tuesday.
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Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar also stated that the Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System,' launched under I4C in 2021, enables immediate reporting of financial frauds to prevent the siphoning off of funds by fraudsters and so far, over Rs 3,431 crore has been saved in more than 9.94 lakh complaints.
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The budget is expected to be presented with just over four months remaining in the FY 2024-25.
The TDP-led NDA government had previously promulgated an ordinance approving a Vote-on-Account budget of Rs 1.3 lakh crore for the period from August to November.
Earlier, the previous YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP government had presented a Vote-on-Account budget in February covering April to July, ahead of the state polls.
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COVID-19: Jharkhand CM Soren urges PM to simplify MGNREGA and to amend tax system

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