PM to meet economists, sectoral experts on Jan 10
New Delhi: With about three weeks left for Union Budget 2018-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet leading economists and sectoral experts at Niti Aayog on January 10 to deliberate on steps which could be taken to boost growth and generate employment.
The meeting, according to a senior government official, will be attended by vice chairman and members of Niti Aayog, members of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), economists and sectoral experts.
The meeting comes in the backdrop of latest estimates of national income by Central Statistics Office (CSO) which showed that India's growth is expected to slow down to four- year low of 6.5 per cent this fiscal, the lowest under the Modi-led government.
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was 7.1 per cent in 2016-17 and 8 per cent in the preceding year. It was 7.5 per cent in 2014-15.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present Union Budget on February 1, the last full (rpt) full budget of the NDA government before the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
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Neha Hiremath murder case: Muslims hold protest demanding severe punishment for accused
Hubli/Belagavi: Members of the Muslim Community have condemned the brutal killing of a Congress corporator’s daughter, Neha Hiremath in Hubli on April 18, Thursday.
The Hubli Police have arrested Fayaz, a resident of Munavalli near Savadatti in Belagavi, in connection with the case. He was produced before the court and was sentenced to 14-day judicial custody.
Meanwhile, several individuals from both the Hindu and Muslim community jointly held a protest against the murder holding photos of Neha on the Sankeshwar-Savadatti highway. They demanded severe punishment against Fayaz for stabbing Neha.
In Hubli, Muslim community expressed strong condemnations and demanded severe punishment for the accused. The presidents of Alnavara, Kundagola, Kalaghatagi, Hubli and Dharwad Anjumans have requested the commissioner to take action to punish the accused severely.
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According to reports, Leaders of Anjuman Dharwad have also visited the police department to request action in this regard.
Social organisation, Anjuman-e-Islam Hubli, has also written to the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah demanding severe punishment to the accused.
In their letter, the organisation condemned the incident and called for a fair and impartial investigation into the matter ‘without any political or communal color.’
