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Ease Of Living Index

The Centre has simplified nearly 500 rules and processes to ensure "ease of living" besides earning a revenue of more than Rs 250 crore from disposal of scrap under the ongoing special Swachhta campaign, senior bureaucrat V Srinivas said on Friday. He said around three lakh public grievances have been redressed in the campaign. "Of these, 4,500 public grievance cases pertain to pensioners," said Srinivas, Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG). He said the scale of the campaign is vast and comprehensive. "Nearly 500 rules and processes have been simplified across government for improving ease of living. Each of these steps will benefit millions of India's citizens," Srinivas told PTI. The special campaign 2.0 is being undertaken from October 2-31, 2022 in remote outstation offices, foreign missions and posts, attached and subordinate offices of the central government among other organisations. "As many as 61,532 cleanliness campaign sites, .

Updated On: 21 Oct 2022 | 2:57 PM IST

The DBUs will help banks that are now looking to reduce their physical footprint with fewer brick-and-mortar branches, with a 'light' banking approach.

Updated On: 16 Oct 2022 | 10:37 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that Ease of justice is equally important as ease of doing business and ease of living

Updated On: 30 Jul 2022 | 12:57 PM IST

Experts flag privacy concerns in absence of data protection law

Updated On: 28 Sep 2021 | 5:38 PM IST

Many states are open to the idea of petrol and diesel being brought under the goods and services tax (GST) regime - contrary to the perception that they are averse to it.

Updated On: 05 Mar 2021 | 7:11 AM IST

Among the 49 cities ranked in the 'million-plus population' category, Delhi figures in the 13th spot and Srinagar at the bottom

Updated On: 05 Mar 2021 | 12:08 AM IST

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Updated On: 05 Sep 2020 | 4:42 PM IST

Apart from gauging the extent of civic services and quality of life in over 100 cities, the indices will throw up detailed data on each city

Updated On: 07 Feb 2020 | 10:44 PM IST

India's corporate tax structure is now globally competitive! Rates of 25 and 15 per cent are completely acceptable to international investors

Updated On: 02 Feb 2020 | 12:02 AM IST

In the economy and employment category, Delhi came at 109th rank, while Ghaziabad stands at 20th place and Gurgaon at 65th

Updated On: 14 Aug 2018 | 11:16 PM IST

The Ease of Living Index was launched by the government on Monday. The survey was based on four parameters -- governance, social institutions, economic and physical

Updated On: 14 Aug 2018 | 7:09 PM IST

Chennai has been ranked 14 and New Delhi 65

Updated On: 13 Aug 2018 | 9:47 PM IST