Senators introduced legislation Thursday to extend COBRA to help unemployed workers and their families with health coverage., a NBC affiliate in Ohio, reports. "U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Robert P. Casey (D-PA) introduced a bill Thursday to extend the 'COBRA' subsidy which helps unemployed workers and their families afford temporary health care [coverage]. The bill would extend and expand...
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Coconut shell powdering units are mushrooming in the district, thanks to a good market and Government support.In the recent past three units have come up with Government support by way of subsidy. District Industries Centre (DIC) General Manager R. Ekambaram says Government has granted subsidy to three units, all of which have received the subsidy under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Policy.The...
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Wednesday decided to constitute a team to view the Kannada filmand submit a report to it by Monday. A Division Bench comprising Justice V. Gopala Gowda and Justice B.V. Nagaratna passed the order on an appeal by the producer Priya Hassan, who had challenged the State’s decision not to extend subsidy to the film. She claimed that her film is the first in Kannada to be produced, directed and acted by...
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Growers Federation has, in a memorandum to the Union Government, sought an increase in the subsidy being given for quality upgradation of coffee to 50 per cent from the existing 20 per cent-25 per cent.In a statement here on Thursday, several signatories to the memorandum, including the former vice-chairman of the Coffee Board, S.M. Kaverappa, members of the federation Pandanda Naresh, N.S. Udayashankar,...
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Sikkim government, local farmers and other stakeholders of agriculture sector in the state have urged the Union Government to extend its fertiliser subsidy support to organic fertilisers while implementing the newly proposed direct subsidy system.The appeal was made during a public consultation on the fertiliser subsidy reforms, organiaed by Greenpeace India here yesterday.Sikkim has adopted an organic...
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farmers' community and the Sikkim government Monday demanded fertiliser subsidy reforms, saying the state, which has adopted organic agriculture policy, is not benefiting from the central government's policy of providing subsidy for chemical fertilisers.Expressing their disappointment, farmers in the state have urged the central government to extend its fertiliser subsidy support to organic fertilisers...
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Gangtok, Oct 26 The farmers' community and the Sikkim government Monday demanded fertiliser subsidy reforms, saying the state, which has adopted organic agriculture policy, is not benefiting from the central government's policy of providing subsidy for chemical fertilisers.Expressing their disappointment, farmers in the state have urged the central government to extend its fertiliser subsidy support...
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Shimla, Nov 13 /--/ With the aim of helping farmers facing losses due to inclement weather, Himachal Pradesh government has decided to give 50 per cent subsidy on all kinds of seed for rabi season. The state government will spend Rs 10 crore to give 50 per cent subsidy on all kinds of seed to the farmers, principal secretary (agriculture and horticulture) Ram Subhag Singh told reporters here. He said...
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The subsidy was not available to double-bottle consumers.“We’ve been asked not to provide the subsidy… from November 1,” a distributor for Indian Oil Corporation said.The scheme came into force on July 1 last year. Under the scheme the government also extends a subsidy of Rs.11 on the 5-kg cylinders that are supplied mainly in hilly areas. The subsidy was introduced to partially offset the Rs.50 increase...
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United Bank of India here today executed MoU with HUDCO for launching of Interest Subsidy Scheme for Housing loan to the Urban Poor. R K Mohanty, general manager (RM, Planning & Priority Sector), UBI and D Subrahmanyam, ED, HUDCO signed the MoU in presence of T. M. Bhasin, executive director of UBI. Mr Bhasin informed that the Interest Subsidy Scheme for Housing the Urban Poor (ISHUP) was launched...
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