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Claim: Disinvestment crossed target of 72,500 crore rupees. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-02-01): Relief to salaried taxpayers: standard deduction of Rs 40,000 allowed in lieu of present exemptions 2.5 Crores salaried employees and pensioners to benefit Differently-Abled will continue to get transport allowance at enhanced rate [...] Further, the Finance Minister proposed raising the limit of deduction for medical expenditure in respect of certain critical illness from Rs. 60,000/- in case of senior citizens and from Rs. 80,000/- in case of very senior citizens, to Rs. 1 lakh in respect of all senior citizens, under section 80DDB. [...] Disinvestment crossed target of Rs 72,500 crore to reach Rs 1,00,000 crore
Claim: Disinvestment crossed target of 72,500 crore rupees. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2020-01-18): - Financial inclusion: Already 60 cr. Jan-Dhan accounts. More efforts to link them with PM Jivan Jyoti, Surakasha Bima, Fasal Bima. + new Health insurance scheme of Rs.5 lakh per BPL/rural family per year. [...] - Disinvestment Targets: 80k Crore (Last Year 72,500 cr). New ETFs, incl. Debt-ETFs planned. Air India to be privatized. [...] - 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi in 2019 so Rs.150 cr under PM chaired committee for event management in latest budget.
Claim: Disinvestment crossed target of 72,500 crore rupees. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Presentation is loading. Please wait. [...] Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) signed a deal to acquire 51.11% stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) for about Rs. 36,915cr in an all-cash deal, which would close by end of Jan 2018. Earlier empowered panel headed by finance minister Arun Jaitley had approved price bid for acquisition. The goal of this deal was to create integrated oil major to compete with global rivals and will help the government meet annual disinvestment target. (Rs. Through this acquisition, ONGC is gaining midstream and downstream presence and access to marketing network. This acquisition will make ONGC India’s first vertically integrated oil major, having presence across value chain in sector.
Claim: Disinvestment crossed target of 72,500 crore rupees. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-06-25): No one could accuse the present Government of a lack of a sense of drama. The last few months in particular have witnessed one spectacular move after another – so completely unexpected that they have caught even the Government’s diehard supporters gasping. And each manoeuvre has led to a trail of shrill debates, speculations, analyses, protests, jubilation as to the ‘real’ reason behind the unanticipated move. [...] Manali Chakrabarti is an Independent Researcher. This article was originally published in RUPE blog [1] Comments and suggestions by RUPE and Rahul Varman are gratefully acknowledged [2]http://www.financialexpress.com/market/major-divestment-line-up-bhel-oil-india-eil-nbcc-9-rail-psus-to-help-fetch-rs-72500-cr-next-fy/578289/
Claim: Disinvestment crossed target of 72,500 crore rupees. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2019-09-17): Budget guided by the mission to strengthen agriculture, rural development, health, education, employment, MSME, and infrastructure sectors. [...] Loans to Women Self Help Groups will increase to Rs.75,000 crore in 2019 from 42,500 crores last year. [...] - Disinvestment crossed target of Rs 72,500 crore to reach Rs 1,00,000 crore - Comprehensive Gold Policy on the anvil to develop yellow metal as an asset class.
Claim: Disinvestment crossed target of 72,500 crore rupees. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2020-06-30): After he first announced the new vision, Deveshwar delegated the next part of the growth plan to his successors. The man behind ITC's insatiable growth stepped aside early this year after 25 years at the helm; and his next in command Sanjiv Puri has taken up the mantle of running the business and gunning for the growth targets. The scale and size of the target is huge. FMCG revenues have to increase by 14 per cent every year for the next 13 years if this division has to hit the coveted Rs 1 lakh crore mark. Will the company be able to scale up to a size never seen before in the FMCG business? [...] Recently, a PIL was filed against the government and the state insurer, LIC, which holds substantial stake in ITC arguing that insurance companies and the government should not hold stake in companies that promote tobacco consumption. For now, though, the government via Suuti continues to hold the stake, and given that the government has set an ambitious target of disinvestment of Rs 72,500 crore in the recent Budget, the Suuti stake could be quite handy.
Claim: Disinvestment crossed target of 72,500 crore rupees. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-02-04): New Delhi: The government will explore mergers & acquisitions (M&As) in not just the oil sector but in all state-run enterprises, a senior finance ministry official said on Friday, while asserting that all efforts would be made to meet the disinvestment target of Rs 72,500 crore for the current financial year. [...] Gupta said strategic sales were on track and were progressing on the lines of the governmenty policy and final decision would be taken on a "case-to-case to basis." He said the budget focussed on a specific strategy for 2017-18, including listing of insurance companies, use of ETFs, minority and strategic stake sales and listing of railway companies. "It will be the endeavour to meet the target and we will put our best effort." The government raised Rs 45,500 crore from stake sales in 2016-17, the highest amount realized from disinvestment.
Claim: Disinvestment crossed target of 72,500 crore rupees. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-01-01): Re-structured National Bamboo Mission gets R5.l290crore Loans to Women Self Help Groups will increase to Rs. 75,000 crore in 2019 from 42,500 crore last year. [...] Disinvestment crossed target of Rs 72,500 crore to reach Rs 1,00,000 crore. [...] Rs. 75,000 crore rupees will be provided as loans to Women Self Help Groups till March, 2019.
Claim: Disinvestment crossed target of 72,500 crore rupees. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-02-04): NEW DELHI: The government will explore mergers & acquisitions (M&As) in not just the oil sector but in all state-run enterprises, a senior finance ministry official said on Friday, while asserting that all efforts would be made to meet the disinvestment target of Rs 72,500 crore for the current financial year. [...] "It will be the endeavour to meet the target and we will put our best effort." The government raised Rs 45,500 crore from stake sales in 2016-17, the highest amount realized from disinvestment.
Claim: Disinvestment crossed target of 72,500 crore rupees. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-07-19): Going by HPCL's present market value, ONGC may have to shell out Rs 28,000 crore to the government. This will help the government meet 38% of its Rs 72,500-crore disinvestment target of 2017-18 without actually losing control over HPCL. [...] A ministerial panel, including finance minister Arun Jaitley, road transport minister Nitin Gadkari and oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan, will oversee the deal so that it is completed within this financial year. [...] The government had laid the roadmap for the deal in this year's Budget, with Jaitley saying in his speech: "We see opportunities to strengthen our CPSEs (Central public sector enterprises) through consolidation, mergers and acquisitions. By these methods, the CPSEs can be integrated across the value chain of an industry. It will give them capacity to bear higher risks, avail economies of scale, take higher investment decisions and create more value for the stakeholders. Possibilities of such restructuring are visible in the oil and gas sector."
Claim: Disinvestment crossed target of 72,500 crore rupees. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-12-19): - The Central Government raised a total of Rs. 52,389.56 crore through disinvestment till 15thDecember, 2017 in the current Financial Year 2017-18. - With the aim of using Exchange Traded Funds as a vehicle for divestment of shares to meet the target for CPSE’s disinvestment in 2017-18 set at Rs 72,500 crore, the Government launched a new Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) by the name BHARAT 22 on 14th November 2017, managed by ICICI Prudential, targeting an initial amount of about Rs.8,000 crore. Bharat-22 is a unique blend of 22 stocks of CPSE’s, PSB’s & strategic holding of SUUTI. [...] - Some of the other major disinvestments successfully done by the Department in the FY 2017-18 are, (Source – DIPAM site)
Claim: In an open letter written by Dr. Devi Shetty, he called on people to gather at the Governor’s residence of each state with a petition to oppose the recently proposed health care service tax which he labels as a ‘Misery tax’ (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-23)
Evidence (2023-02-23): This letter was indeed written by Dr. Devi Shetty, but in 2011 when the then Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee proposed to levy a service tax of 5% on the healthcare services provided by hospitals with 25 or more beds with central air conditioning facilities. This letter and the opposition to this bill from various healthcare professionals led the government to withdraw the proposed provision. The 2023-24 union budget also does not contain any provision for service tax on healthcare. Hence the claim made in the post is Misleading
Claim: In an open letter written by Dr. Devi Shetty, he called on people to gather at the Governor’s residence of each state with a petition to oppose the recently proposed health care service tax which he labels as a ‘Misery tax’ (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-23)
Evidence (2023-03-02): An image containing a letter by renowned cardiologist Dr. Devi Shetty, chairman of Narayana Health, a chain of medical centers in India, has gone viral on social media platforms. The letter titled "A letter to the aam aadmi" criticizes the five percent health service tax proposed by the central government. This letter has been shared by several Indian social media users, including known political figures criticizing the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government and the country's tax system. However, this letter has been shared in the wrong context. [...] An article from March 2011 titled "Service tax on healthcare is 'misery tax’ says medical community; demands proposal be scrapped," noted that medical activists would observe March 12 as "misery day" to protest against the health service tax, demanding its rollback. The article also referred to an open letter written by Shetty. [...] A letter by renowned cardiologist Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, written in 2011, opposing the five percent health service tax proposed by the then UPA government, which was later rolled back, was shared in February 2023. Some people mistook it for a recent letter and claimed that they agreed with Shetty over his criticism of the current government's tax proposals. Therefore, we have marked this claim as misleading.
Claim: In an open letter written by Dr. Devi Shetty, he called on people to gather at the Governor’s residence of each state with a petition to oppose the recently proposed health care service tax which he labels as a ‘Misery tax’ (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-23)
Evidence (2015-01-05): "It's a precipitous fall from that year," he laughs. "But as I said, health care is a mess everywhere, and I think whatever Dr. Shetty has been doing is remarkable." [...] Shetty contends people are entitled to cardiac care regardless of how little they earn. [...] Devi Shetty predicts that India will become the first country "to dissociate health care from affluence."
Claim: In an open letter written by Dr. Devi Shetty, he called on people to gather at the Governor’s residence of each state with a petition to oppose the recently proposed health care service tax which he labels as a ‘Misery tax’ (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-23)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Dr. Shetty goes on to discuss the poor state of the Indian healthcare industry when he began his career, and some of the strategies he devised to improve both care and access with very limited resources. He explains how, in the 1980s and ‘90s, more than two million people a year needed heart surgeries in India—and not just elderly retirees, but young heads of household who were relied upon to support their families. At the time, there was only infrastructure to support roughly 150,000 heart surgeries a year. "It was a tragedy," he says. "It was needless death." It was also one of the primary motivations behind Dr. Shetty’s decision to found Narayana Health in 2001. [...] - "Dr Devi Shetty, Surgeon and Philanthropist," BBC iPlayer. [...] Interview with Devi Shetty, interviewed by Tarun Khanna, Boston, MA, October 10, 2017, Creating Emerging Markets Oral History Collection, Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School.
Claim: In an open letter written by Dr. Devi Shetty, he called on people to gather at the Governor’s residence of each state with a petition to oppose the recently proposed health care service tax which he labels as a ‘Misery tax’ (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-23)
Evidence (2012-06-01): Dr Shetty’s long-term vision is to change not just India’s but the entire world’s approach to managing health. [...] On World Heart Day, Dr Devi Shetty, the founder of Narayana Hrudayalaya hospital, has escaped his office with some of his employees to push his healthy lifestyle message. Shetty’s long-term vision is to change not just India’s but the entire world’s approach to managing health. Shetty is regularly asked to comment on topics ranging from national politics to hospital design, medical insurance schemes and financial management. And he never misses an opportunity to push his message of low-cost, affordable healthcare – in the process, generating publicity for his hospital and its services.
Claim: In an open letter written by Dr. Devi Shetty, he called on people to gather at the Governor’s residence of each state with a petition to oppose the recently proposed health care service tax which he labels as a ‘Misery tax’ (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-23)
Evidence (2023-11-23): Dr. Devi Shetty: Pioneering Cardiologist and Healthcare Visionary [...] Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty impact extends beyond India’s borders. His efforts to make quality healthcare accessible have influenced healthcare systems worldwide. His collaborations and partnerships with international institutions have furthered the cause of affordable and efficient healthcare. [...] In conclusion, Dr. Devi Shetty stands as a paragon of medical excellence and social responsibility. His journey from a young medical student to a visionary cardiologist has not only transformed the landscape of cardiac care but has also illuminated a path towards a more inclusive and compassionate healthcare future. Through his relentless pursuit of affordable and accessible healthcare, Dr. Devi Prasad Shettyhas not only saved countless lives but has also become a beacon of hope for a healthier and more equitable world.
Claim: In an open letter written by Dr. Devi Shetty, he called on people to gather at the Governor’s residence of each state with a petition to oppose the recently proposed health care service tax which he labels as a ‘Misery tax’ (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-23)
Evidence (2024-07-02): Dr Shetty said developing countries made an error by prioritising malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV in their government health policies. He said while these diseases cause 1.2 million to 2 million deaths annually, the lack of access to safe surgery results in 17 million deaths worldwide. "If our government looked at offering surgery to all as a national strategy, there would have been a magical shift in the way the public health care ran," he said. He said insurance is the way to go for large countries like India. He said free healthcare has worked in some small countries, with populations not exceeding 5 to 10 million. These countries, he said, also have a high tax-to-GDP ratio of 25% to 45%, and they spend 18-20% of their GDP on healthcare. India, he said, has a tax-to-GDP ratio of only around 11%, and spends less than 2% on healthcare. For these reasons, he said, the way to ensure healthcare for all is to find ways to have affordable insurance. On the hospital chain’s expansion plans, Dr Shetty said a greenfield hospital in Kolkata is in the works. The first phase of the project, which will have 350 beds, will cost Rs 500 crore. Upon completion, the hospital will have 1,000 beds.
Claim: In an open letter written by Dr. Devi Shetty, he called on people to gather at the Governor’s residence of each state with a petition to oppose the recently proposed health care service tax which he labels as a ‘Misery tax’ (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-23)
Evidence (2020-12-08): Founder of Health City Cayman Islands Dr. Devi Shetty will be featured on a BBC-produced documentary, ‘The Surgeon’s Cut’, which premieres on Netflix on Wednesday, 9 Dec. [...] Cardiac surgeon Shetty, who opened the 104-bed Health City hospital on Grand Cayman in February 2014 and runs the Narayana Health chain of 21 hospitals and medical centres in India, features in an episode, titled ‘Heart & Soul’, directed by Stephen Cooter.
Claim: In an open letter written by Dr. Devi Shetty, he called on people to gather at the Governor’s residence of each state with a petition to oppose the recently proposed health care service tax which he labels as a ‘Misery tax’ (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-23)
Evidence (2023-02-27): An old open letter by Dr Devi Shetty, the founder of Narayan Health, opposing the service tax on healthcare, is being falsely shared on social media as a recent opposition by the doctor-entrepreneur against healthcare service tax by the Narendra Modi-government. [...] In the letter, addressed to 'aam aadmi' or the common man, Shetty spoke about the introduction of 5% service tax in healthcare in a 'recent budget', which he called as 'misery tax', and drew out its implications for patients availing major surgeries. [...] We did a keyword search with "devi shetty healthcare service tax misery tax", and changed the search parameters to look for posts from 2011.
Claim: In an open letter written by Dr. Devi Shetty, he called on people to gather at the Governor’s residence of each state with a petition to oppose the recently proposed health care service tax which he labels as a ‘Misery tax’ (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-23)
Evidence (2023-03-01): An open letter reportedly written by physician Devi Shetty, the founder of Narayana Hospitals, is circulating on social media. The letter has been addressed to the Aam Aadmi (Ordinary people) with the subject line ‘About Misery Tax’. It claims that the government has introduced 5% service tax on healthcare in the recent budget that will have drastic consequences for the pockets of ordinary citizens, and urges people to assemble on March 12 at the Governor’s house of every state with a petition to roll back this ‘Misery Tax’. [...] The post Fact check: Devi Shetty’s letter opposing 5% service tax on healthcare is from 2011 appeared first on Alt News. [...] Kalim Ahmed | Radio Free (2023-03-01T12:20:46+00:00) Fact check: Devi Shetty’s letter opposing 5% service tax on healthcare is from 2011. Retrieved from https://www.radiofree.org/2023/03/01/fact-check-devi-shettys-letter-opposing-5-service-tax-on-healthcare-is-from-2011/
Claim: In an open letter written by Dr. Devi Shetty, he called on people to gather at the Governor’s residence of each state with a petition to oppose the recently proposed health care service tax which he labels as a ‘Misery tax’ (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-23)
Evidence (2023-02-28): A letter talking about a 'misery tax', mentioning that the central government has proposed a five percent service tax on healthcare in the recent budget, is going viral. What about the letter?: The letter is attributed to Dr Devi Shetty of Narayana Health. It asks people to assemble on 12 March near the governor's house of every state to protest against the tax. [...] Shetty was speaking against the implementation of a five percent service tax on healthcare, which was put forth by the government in the Union Budget 2011-12.
Claim: In an open letter written by Dr. Devi Shetty, he called on people to gather at the Governor’s residence of each state with a petition to oppose the recently proposed health care service tax which he labels as a ‘Misery tax’ (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-23)
Evidence (2023-03-01): Fact check: Devi Shetty’s letter opposing 5% service tax on healthcare is from 2011 – Alt News An open letter reportedly written by physician Devi Shetty, the founder of Narayana Hospitals, is circulating on social media. The letter has been addressed to the Aam Aadmi (Ordinary people) with the subject line ‘About Misery Tax’. It claims that the government has introduced 5% service tax on healthcare in the recent budget that will have drastic consequences for the pockets of ordinary citizens, and urges people to assemble on March 12 at the Governor’s house of every state with a petition to roll back this ‘Misery Tax’. [...] To summarise, an open letter written by Devi Shetty, founder of Narayana Hospitals, in 2011 opposing what he termed as ‘Misery tax’ was falsely shared on social media in the context of the recent Union Budget that was placed on February 1, 2023. A 5 per cent GST rate on non-ICU hospital rooms was introduced last year but it is not related to the content of the viral letter.
Claim: In an open letter written by Dr. Devi Shetty, he called on people to gather at the Governor’s residence of each state with a petition to oppose the recently proposed health care service tax which he labels as a ‘Misery tax’ (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-23)
Evidence (2024-09-28): See also [edit]References [edit]- ^ a b "Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty". MSN India. Retrieved 5 June 2012.[permanent dead link] [...] - ^ "Devi Shetty Conferred Doctorate by IIT, Madras". 20 July 2014. [...] - ^ "Devi Shetty hails NMC bill, says it's a good move by govt". The Indian Express. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
Claim: In an open letter written by Dr. Devi Shetty, he called on people to gather at the Governor’s residence of each state with a petition to oppose the recently proposed health care service tax which he labels as a ‘Misery tax’ (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-23)
Evidence (2010-07-01): Cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Shetty is on a mission to build 5,000-bed "health cities" across India, encouraged by the success at his nine-year-old Narayana Hrudayalaya hospital in Bangalore. He has contained costs by tweaking processes, driving hard bargains and negotiating creative partnership deals, but faces challenges in replicating that model on a bigger scale. Shetty wants to make quality health care accessible and affordable using economies of scale, or the cost advantages businesses obtain due to expansion. His hospital in Bangalore focuses on cardiac medicine but he wants to extend the model to other specialties, in addition to other locations. Shetty believes his success could lead to a new health care model not only for India but perhaps also for the world. "The first heart surgery was done over a hundred years ago but even today only 8% of the world’s population can afford heart operations," Shetty notes. "In India, around 2.5 million people require heart surgeries every year but all of [the country’s doctors] put together perform only 80,000 to 90,000 surgeries a year…. We clearly need to relook and change the way things are being done."