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and not a single thermal power plant Women's Day and the 2016 Best Com- booking. "While many consumers have
is now facing shortage of the fuel. At panies for Women list will be an- given up subsidy voluntarily, it is felt
present, the thermal power plants in nounced in November 2016 at the Glo- that consumers in the higher income
the country have 25 days of coal stock. bal Advancement of Women Confer- bracket should get LPG cylinders at
Besides, the coal pit-heads have so ence in India. market price," an official statement
much of stock that these power plants said.
can run for 40 days without any prob- Women's safety is a collec-
lem, "the Union Minister of State for tive responsibility While it is not known how many LPG
Coal. Power and Renewable Energy customers fall in this income bracket,
Piyush Goyal said. Women's right to equal opportunities data from a Parliamentary committee
and a dignified life must be respected, shows that in 2011-12, there were 20
Cos may soon need just President Pranab Mukherjee said the lakh taxpayers in the highest income
PAN for registration eve of International Women's Day. tax bracket. An official declined to
comment on savings that may accrue
In a step towards single-window clear- "On the occasion of International from the move.
ance, the Centre is working to allow Women's Day, I extend warm greet-
firms to use the PAN as the business ings and good wishes to the women of CM to inaugurate piped
identification number (BIN) for regis- India and thank them for their contri- gas connection in Kochi
tration. It will also do away with regis- butions over the years in the building
trations with multiple authorities. Cur- of our nation," the president said in a Kochi will soon receive piped natural
rently, entities need a company ID statement. gas (PNG) as Indian Oil Adani Gas Pvt
number, followed by PAN from the I-T Ltd (IOAGPL) is set to launch its city
department and a labour identification "Women have always been given the gas distribution project for household
number. highest level of respect in our country. and commercial consumers.
Their protection and safety is a sacred
100 best companies for duty of society as a whole. We must The project envisages supply of natu-
women survey to be respect the right of women to equal ral gas to domestic, commercial, indus-
brought out opportunities and a dignified life." trial and transportation sectors in
Ernakulam district, covering about
The Avtar Group, a workplace inclusion No LPG subsidy for people 3,054 sq km.
expert firm, has joined forces with Work- earning Rs 10 lakh or more
ing Mother Media to bring to India the The first domestic and commercial
latter's 30-year old 100 Best Companies In a bid to restrict subsidy to the de- PNG connection will be launched in
for Women survey and ranking. serving, the Petroleum Ministry an- Ernakulam by Chief Minister Oommen
nounced that those with a taxable in- Chandy at Government Medical Col-
To be called the 2016 Working Mother come in excess of Rs. 10 lakh in the lege campus at Kalamassery.
and Avtar Best Companies for Women, previous financial year will be stripped
the survey-cum-benchmarking project of their LPG subsidy. The subsidy will According to Rajeev Sharma, CEO of
will ask Indian companies to do self- also not apply if the consumer's spouse Adani Gas Ltd, IOAGPL could commence
tracking, self-reporting, self-evaluating earns above the stated figure. PNG supply to about 50 households
and self-correcting at a time when within four months from the date of
they are losing their female workforce The withdrawal of subsidy will initially authorisation. The JV will invest about Rs
at the rate of 11 per year. be on self-declaration basis, wherein 435 crore in CGD project over a period
those in the highest income bracket of five years to provide about 40,700
The project kicks off on International will mention this at the time of the domestic PNG connections in phases.
"Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it."
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