Several new rules will come into effect from February 1, the day when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2021-22.
Several new rules will come into effect in the country from February 1, Monday, the day when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2021. So, here is a look at some of the new rules coming into effect from tomorrow, i.e. February 1, 2021.
1. Gas cylinder prices
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The LPG rates are revised at the start of every month. The prices had been increased twice in the month of December, last year, while no change was made in January. In view of the same, the oil marketing companies are expected to revise the cylinder prices on February 1.
2. ATM cash withdrawal rules for PNB account holders
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Punjab National Bank account holders will not be able to withdraw money from non-EMV automated teller machines (ATMs) from February 1. PNB, one of the country's largest public sector banks, has said that it is restricting financial as well as non-financial transactions from non-EMV ATM machines from Monday. The bank has decided to implement this change to stop ATM fraud.
A non-EMV ATM are those ATMs which do not hold the card during the transaction. In non-EVM ATMs, customers' data is generally read by a magnetic strip.
3. IRCTC e-catering services
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The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is going to resume the e-catering services from Monday. The e-catering service will let the passengers pre-book their lunch or dinner meals on the trains. The Indian Railways had previously suspended the e-catering services in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
For the first phase of resuming these services, the e-catering services will only be available on 62 stations in India for now. Some of these stations are New Delhi, Lucknow, Bhopal, Patna, Surat, Ahmedabad, Pune, Howrah, and Ujjain.
The e-catering services can be availed by train online by visiting www.ecatering.irctc.com. The orders can be made through the telephone too by dialling 1323.
4. Union Budget 2021
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the eighth budget of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government on February 1.
5. New coronavirus SOPs
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The government has released revised standard operating procedure (SOPs) for Covid-19 behaviour which will be effective from February 1. The government has allowed opening up for swimming pool for everyone and allowed 100 percent seating capacity in cinema theatres. Till now, it was limited to a maximum of 50% of the hall capacity.
6. SpiceJet to operate domestic flights on new routes
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SpiceJet on Saturday announced the starting of 20 new domestic flights, including 16 services that will be connecting Jaipur to various cities including Dehradun, Amritsar, Udaipur and Delhi among others. The remaining four flights would be on the Kolkata-Pakyong route and Delhi-Dehradun route, said the airline's press release. All 20 new flights would be started in February, it stated.
All the new flights are scheduled to commence operations effective February 1, 2021 and February 10, 2021.
