Parliament panel seeks accurate enumeration of all disabilities in Census A parliamentary panel urged the government to ensure Census 2027 accurately counts all 21 disability categories, a significant upgrade from the 2011 census. This move aims to create a robust database for better policy formulation and welfare scheme targeting for persons with disabilities, moving beyond the current 1.35 crore UDID cards issued. #parliamentary_panel #panel_seeks #panel_urged #disability_categories #accurately_counts #ensure_Census #Parliament_panel #seeks_accurate #accurate_enumeration #significant_upgrade
ITI shares surge 15%, post best day in 14 months amid spike in trading volumes Shares of the state-run telecom equipment and smart meters maker ITI posted their best day in over a year on Monday, March 16, in a highly volatile trading session. ITI shares rose as much as 15%, its biggest intraday gain since January 6, 2025, to hit an intraday high of ₹279 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). On the BSE, ITI shares also jumped 15% amid a sharp spike in trading volumes. The surge followed a dramatic increase in trading activity, with the stock’s volume jumping 167 times to over 5.38 crore shares compared to an average of 3.22 lakh shares. On the BSE, 34.78 lakh shares were traded, far exceeding the average of 25,000 shares in the past two weeks. The sharp rise in ITI shares came despite the company’s recent financial performance, which included a net loss of ₹25 crore in the third quarter of the current financial year, compared to a loss of ₹49 crore in the same period last year. Revenue from operations dropped 50% to ₹515 crore, down from ₹1,034 crore in the year-ago period. However, ITI reported stable operational performance, with EBITDA at ₹26 crore, compared to an EBITDA loss of ₹11 crore in the previous quarter. The surge in ITI shares also coincided with broader market movements, as the NIFTY 500 index closed lower by 0.65% at 1:30 pm. ITI shares traded 9% higher at ₹264.85, outperforming the benchmark index. Separately, a parliamentary panel has urged the power ministry to accelerate the installation of smart meters across the country. The report highlighted that the pace of smart meter deployment has fallen far below targets, with only 5.83 crore meters installed by February 15, 2026, against a government target of 25 crore by March 2025.#parliamentary_panel #bse #national_stock_exchange #iti #smart_meters
Days after Ajit Pawar's death in plane crash, parliamentary panel flags aviation safety concerns “Non-scheduled flights carry high-net-worth passengers with a fixed objective, an event, a meeting, a function. That creates immense pressure on pilots to land at the intended destination at all costs, even when diversion would be the safer option,” said Capt Manoj Hathi, former senior flight operations inspector at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). #Ajit_Pawar #plane_crash #Pawar_death #safety_concerns #parliamentary_panel #fixed_objective #Non-scheduled_flights #panel_flags #flights_carry #flags_aviation
