To include the unfold of COVID-19, Puducherry has began door-to-door vaccination. The initiative was inaugurated by Chief Minister N Rangaswamy on Wednesday on the Secretariat within the presence of different cupboard ministers.
Door-to-door facility is offered for the aged, bodily challenged folks, visually impaired folks and different folks with particular wants. People can dial 104 to avail the free service.
According to the well being division, the Puducherry authorities is taking numerous measures and spreading consciousness to develop into a COVID-19 free state. Lt Governor Dr Tamilisai Sundararajan has additionally inaugurated a ‘Vaccine Festival’.
Meanwhile, the federal government has gone again on its preliminary order permitting faculties and faculties to reopen. Puducherry Education Minister A Nammasivayam on Thursday mentioned the federal government had acquired a number of requests to rethink its determination to reopen academic establishments, because the unfold of the virus has not subsided.
Earlier, Chief Minister Rangaswamy had mentioned that faculties and different faculties/universities of sophistication IX-XII can be reopened on July 16. Nammasvyam mentioned that after consulting the Chief Minister, he determined to reopen until additional discover. He mentioned that schools and universities have been directed to conduct on-line examinations.
20% excise responsibility on liquor in Puducherry
In one other growth, the Puducherry authorities has issued an order imposing 20 per cent particular excise responsibility on liquor from July 15. According to the notification issued by Deputy Commissioner (Excise) T Sudhakar, the Center has imposed a particular excise responsibility of 20. Percentage on the MRP of all manufacturers of liquor, whether or not India Made, Foreign Made or Imported, being offered within the Union Territory of Puducherry.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
