Minister Santosh Lad writes to CM Siddaramaiah urging new Board for persons with disabilities
Bengaluru: Labour Minister Santosh Lad has written to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recommending the creation of a separate corporation or board dedicated to persons with disabilities, arguing that such a body would ensure faster and more direct delivery of government benefits.
In his letter, the minister noted that issues related to persons with disabilities currently fall under the Department of Women and Child Development and the Department for the Empowerment of Senior Citizens. He said the department’s wide mandate makes it difficult to implement disability-related rights and schemes in a timely manner.
Lad said that although the government has announced several rights and welfare measures for persons with disabilities, the services linked to those rights are often delayed. One of the reasons, he indicated, could be the large and diverse responsibilities handled by the Women and Child Development Department.
According to him, establishing a dedicated corporation or board would streamline administration and help ensure that welfare benefits reach beneficiaries quickly and directly. He requested the chief minister to issue suitable directions to the concerned officials to examine the proposal.
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ED attaches fresh assets in PMLA case against Reliance Group; total attachment over Rs 10K cr
New Delhi (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate has attached fresh assets worth Rs 1,120 crore as part of its money laundering probe against the companies of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani, officials said.
Eighteen properties, including the Reliance Centre in Mumbai's Ballard Estate, fixed deposits, bank balance and shareholding in unqouted investments of Reliance Anil Ambani Group have been provisionally attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.
Another set of seven properties of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, two properties of Reliance Power Ltd, nine properties of Reliance Value Service Private Ltd, fixed deposits in the name of Reliance Value Service Private Ltd, Reliance Venture Asset Management Private Lt, Phi Management Solutions Private Ltd, Adhar Property Consultancy Pvt Ltd, Gamesa Investment Management Private Ltd and investments made in unquoted investment by Reliance Venture Asset Management Private Ltd and Phi Management Solutions Private Ltd have also been attached, they said.
The ED had earlier attached properties worth over Rs 8,997 crore in the bank fraud cases related to Reliance Communications Ltd (RCOM), Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd, and Reliance Home Finance Ltd.
The total attachment in the case against the Reliance Group is now Rs 10,117 crore.
