Vaccination Drive at NTPC Corporate Office SCOPE Complex
New Delhi: To combat second wave of Covid Pandemic and ensure safety and good health of its employees, their family members and associates NTPC has been organising Vaccination drives at its various locations and offices. A total number of 2013 persons have been vaccinated at NTPC SCOPE Office in New Delhi, over five days in a phased manner. The vaccination process was conducted under strict Covid protocol. MSD Bhattamishra, Executive Director (HR) and HR Team was present on the occasion to facilitate and oversee the convenience of the beneficiaries. NTPC has already vaccinated over 70,000 of its employees, workers and their family members across its operations. NTPC aims to cover all eligible employees and their dependents under the protection of the vaccine. The vaccination drive has been running across 72 locations of NTPC which includes the JVs and subsidiaries.
POWERGRID INSTALLS OXYGEN PLANT AT DISTRICT HOSP, JAISALMER
Gurugram: Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot inaugurated an Oxygen Plant at District Hospital, Jaisalmer, which has been built at an estimated cost of Rs 1.11 crore under CSR initiative of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), a Maharatna CPSU under Ministry of Power, Government of India. The virtual ceremony was presided by Dr. Raghu Sharma, Hon’ble Minister of Medical and Health, Medical Education, Ayurveda and DIPR, Government of Rajasthan in presence of state ministers, functionaries and officials from POWERGRID. The installed oxygen plant has an 850 Litre/Min capacity, which will augment public health infrastructure of the state. The District Hospital had been functioning with about 30 oxygen beds, and with POWERGRID’s effort of installation of Oxygen plant, now all 200 beds are equipped with oxygen support, which shall benefit around 10 lakh people living in and around the Jaisalmer district.
Being a responsible corporate entity, POWERGRID is committed to contribute towards the national fight against COVID-19, and has been undertaking various initiatives for extending a helping hand during the pandemic across the country through its CSR initiatives.
Tax dept issues refunds worth Rs 26,276 cr
New Delhi: The income tax department on Thursday said it has issued Rs 26,276 crore refunds to more than 15.47 lakh taxpayers in two months of the current fiscal. Of this, personal income tax refunds worth Rs 7,538 crore have been issued in over 15.02 lakh cases. Corporate tax refunds of Rs 18,738 crore have been issued to 44,531 taxpayers.”CBDT issues refunds of over Rs 26,276 crore to more than 15.47 lakh taxpayers between 1st April, 2021 to 31st May, 2021,” the income tax department tweeted. The I-T department did not specify for which financial year the refunds pertained to. However, it is believed that the refunds were for tax returns filed for the 2019-20 fiscal.
In the previous fiscal which ended on March 31, 2021, the department had issued Rs 2.62 lakh crore worth refunds to more than 2.38 crore taxpayers.The refunds issued in 2020-21 were 43.2 per cent higher than the Rs 1.83 lakh crore issued in 2019-20.