EXEMPT GST ON HANDLOOM PRODUCTS: BISHI IN RS
Balangir: Rajya Sabha BJD member and tribal leader Niranjan Bishi on Tuesday demanded exemption of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on handloom products. Raising the matter in the Rajya Sabha, Bishi pointed out that the handloom industry provides employment to large numbers of people in rural areas also contributes to the country’s economy. Once the GST is imposed on the industry, it would hit the rural artisans and products hard. Once this sector is exempted from the GST, it would be a big relief to rural artisans.
11 HURT AS OSRTC BUS HITS TRUCK IN KORAPUT
Koraput: At least 10 persons sustained injuries and another was grievously injured when a bus of the Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) rammed into a stationary truck near Sundhi Pungar on NH-26 in Koraput district on Tuesday morning. The bus was on its way to Chitakonda in Malkangiri district from Visakhapatnam. Locals launched a rescue operation and rushed the injured to the Kunduli Primary Health Centre (PHC) before they were shifted to the Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College Hospital in Koraput. Police reached the spot and seized the two vehicles and launched a probe into the incident.
NEET CONDUCTED IN JSPUR DIST FIRST TIME
Paradip: This year for the first time the National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), 2022 in three schools of Jagatsinghpur district on July 17. A total number of 679 candidates appeared the examination in all the three centres. The examination was conducted at Jagatsinghpur Public School, DAV Public School, PPL, Paradip and DAV Public School, Paradip Port. DAV Public School, PPL, Paradip was selected as the nodal centre for the examination. The PPL management extended logistics and other support for the smooth conduction of the examination in the PPL campus.