₹50,000 compensation is a cruel joke: Congress
The Hindu
Centre can easily pay ₹5 lakh from the amount collected as taxes on petroleum products”
The Congress said on Thursday that the Centre’s decision to pay ₹50,000 as compensation for COVID-19 death is a “cruel joke”.
Addressing a press conference, spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said that every family that lost a member can “easily” be paid ₹5 lakh from the amount collected by the Centre as taxes on petroleum products.
Ms. Shrinate claimed that last year the Centre collected ₹4.54 lakh crore by way of taxes on petroleum products and it would need to spend only ₹22,000 core from this amount to cover the official figure of 4.5 lakh deaths during the pandemic.
The High Court of Karnataka on Friday directed the State government to file its statement of objections on an application filed by Bangalore Turf Club Ltd. (BTC), challenging the June 6 orders passed by the government in rejecting the BTC’s applications seeking permission to conduct on-course horse races and betting during the June-August season.