Trump and the Republican Party's $ 600-a-week supplemental unemployment allowance: softened on the opposition

Washington: Leaders of the White House and Republican Party appear to be softening the opposition over a $ 600-a-week supplemental unemployment allowance. The plan handled the economy and the budget of the families, but the plan expired on Friday. President Donald Trump wants to increase the supplemental unemployment allowance. Negotiations on the Kovid-19 Relief Bill are underway and unemployment insurance is a key component in this.

After meeting in the Capitol Hills on Thursday, the top leaders of the Democratic Party announced a meeting Saturday with representatives of the Trump administration.

Both sides presented their stand before the media on Friday morning. White House chief Mark Meadows immediately spoke to reporters on short notice, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called a weekly press conference. Meadows accused Democrats of refusing to negotiate.

He said Trump had instructed him to step up efforts to expand the Supplementary Unemployment Allowance, but Democrats wanted to do politics on it. A top Democrat leader said that the White House on Thursday suggested increasing the weekly unemployment allowance to $ 600 a week, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected it.

He said that it should be brought in the form of a more comprehensive bill, which would assist the state and local governments in times of epidemics, provide assistance to the poor and provide funding to schools and colleges.

However, with no decision in this direction, the unemployment allowance expired on Friday. Pelosi said, "It is clear that they are not understanding the seriousness of the situation and that the extension for the short term is only true if both sides are close to an agreement." Trump said at the White House on Thursday, "We Want temporary extension of unemployment allowance.

This will serve as an important route for Americans who have lost their jobs due to the epidemic and there is no fault of theirs. ''

Time has come to create 2G free India, government should take steps soon: Mukesh Ambani

Twenty-five years ago today, on the occasion of the launch of the first mobile call in the country, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said that now 2G in a virtual event organized by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) named 'Digital Flight of the Country'. The time has come for the mobile service to farewell.

He said that when the world is standing at the door of 5G, then more than 300 million people in the country are trapped in 2G and are using 2G feature phones. Necessary policy steps need to be taken immediately on this issue. Ambani said that in the midst of lockdown, mobile has emerged as an essential part of life and has become a medium to empower people.

Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream of 'Ease of Living', Ambani said that digital mobility is making this dream come true.

Jio is committed to making its full contribution to the progress of the Prime Minister's Digital India Mission.

Talking about Jio's contribution to the digital economy, Ambani said, "The digital platform will provide an advanced platform for our millions of farmers, small traders, consumers, small and medium enterprises, students, teachers, healthcare workers." This will also create new and attractive employment and livelihood opportunities for our talented youth.

It is worth noting that recently, 13 reputed technology companies of the world have invested in Jio platforms. Jio has added close to 40 crore subscribers in the first four years of its launch. On this achievement, Ambani said that in less than four years, we have given the fruits of digital revolution to mobile consumers.

Recently, Ambani gave 7.73 per cent equity in Reliance's 43rd AGM on July 15 to social media giant Google's Jio Platforms for Rs 33,737 crore, along with making the Indian telecom sector 2G free and offloading 4G and 5G cheap smartphone phones Was also announced.