Piyush Goyal will present Modi government’s last budget today
Piyush Goyal is handling the finance ministry in the absence of Arun Jaitley who is undergoing some treatment in United States of America.
The ministry had clarified that the budget would be an interim one and not a full-fledged budget as the assembly elections are set to be conducted in the month of May 2019.
This will be the last budget of the current Modi government.
Goa government bans cooking and drinking in public
The Goa assembly passed amendments to the Goa Tourist Place Protection and Maintenance Act on January 31st, 2018 prohibiting cooking, drinking alcohol, and littering in tourist places.
Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar who tabled the amendment said that the bill aims to protect tourists and keep the attractions clean and nuisance-free.
An individual can be fined up to Rs. 2000 for any violations and a group can be fined up to Rs. 10,000.
NITI says the unemployment report not published as the data is still being processed
NITI Aayog held a press conference on Thursday in response to the leaked NSSO report which said that the unemployment is rate is at a 45-year high of 6.1%.
The agency said that the NSSO report data is still being processed and the government will declare the full report once the process is completed.
The agency also clarified that the job situation in the country cannot be so bad since the country is experiencing a GDP growth rate of more than 7%.
Earlier, two members of the National Statistical Commission involved in preparing the NSSO job survey had resigned from the position over government’s reluctance to publish the report.
