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Journalist Danish Siddiqui, killed in Afghanistan, wins Pulitzer Prize for Covid coverage in India

Journalist Danish Siddiqui, killed in Afghanistan, wins Pulitzer Prize for Covid  coverage in India - India News

Late journalist Danish Siddiqui was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for his coverage of the Covid crisis in India.

Why is it in news?

Danish Siddiqui was the Chief Photographer for Reuters, based in India and was killed while he was covering the crisis in Afghanistan, prior to the return of the Taliban.

Highlights

·       Journalist Danish Siddiqui, who lost his life while covering the conflict situation in Afghanistan, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for his coverage of the Covid situation in India. Along with him, Reuters journalists Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, and Amit Dave were also honoured with the Pulitzer Prize.

·       Danish Siddiqui was the Chief Photographer for Reuters, based in India. He graduated with a degree in economics from Jamia Millia Islamia, where he would later pursue post-graduation studies in Mass Communication. He received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, as part of a team of photographers, for documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis.

·       In 2021, he was killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban forces in Spin Boldak, near the Pakistan border. Siddiqui is survived by his two children and wife, a German national.

 

 

 

 

 

·       As a photojournalist, Danish Siddiqui covered a wide range of issues across the world. Some of his major works include covering the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Rohingya refugee crisis, Hong Kong protests and Nepal earthquakes.

 


Revenue Deficit Grant of Rs. 7,183.42 crore released to 14 States

Revenue Deficit Grant of Rs. 9,871 crore released to 17 States | A2Z  Taxcorp LLP

Revenue Deficit Grant of Rs. 7,183.42 crore released to 14 States

Total Revenue Deficit Grant released to States so far in current financial year gone up to Rs. 14,366.84 crore

States will get a total Revenue Deficit Grant of Rs. 86,201 crore in 2022-23


The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has on Friday released the 2nd monthly instalment of Post Devolution Revenue Deficit (PDRD) Grant of Rs. 7,183.42 crore to 14 States.  The grant has been released as per the recommendations of the Fifteenth Finance Commission.

Why is it in news?  

The Fifteenth Finance Commission has recommended a total Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant of Rs. 86,201 crore to 14 States for the financial year 2022-23. The recommended grant will be released by the Department of Expenditure to the recommended States in 12 equated monthly instalments. With this release, the total amount of Revenue Deficit Grants released to the States in 2022-23 has gone up to Rs. 14,366.84 crore.

Highlights

·       The Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grants are provided to the States under Article 275 of the Constitution.  The grants are released to the States as per the recommendations of the successive Finance Commissions to meet the gap in Revenue Accounts of the States post devolution.

 

 

 

 

 

·       The eligibility of States to receive this grant and the quantum of grant for the period from 2020-21 to 2025-26 was decided by the Fifteenth Commission based on the gap between assessment of revenue and expenditure of the State after taking into account the assessed devolution during this period. 

·       The States which have been recommended Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant by the Fifteenth Finance Commission during 2022-23 are: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.