The election of the new president of India will be held on Monday.
The contest is between the ruling NDA candidate, Draupadi Murmu and opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha.
There are 4809 eligible voters for the electoral college.
The elected members of both the houses of the parliament and the assemblies of the states , the national capital Territory of Delhi and union territory of Puducherry make up the electoral college of presidential election.
The value of total votes is 10,86,431.
# Vice president
Former Rajasthan governor Margaret Alva will be the joint opposition candidate for the August 6 vice presidential election.
The decision to field Ms. Alva was taken at a meeting of the leaders of 17 opposition parties at the residence of Sharad pawar.
She will be filing her nomination papers on July 19th.
The electoral college for the vice presidential election is made up of the 788 members of the parliament.
# Vaccination
India’s cumulative Covid-19 vaccination drive crossed the milestone of 200 crore doses on Sunday.
It took the country almost 9 months to reach the 100 crore vaccination mark.
It took another nine months to reach the 200 crore mark.
# GST
Customers will have to pay a 5% goods and services tax on pre packed labelled food items such as atta, paneer and curd, besides hospital rooms with rents above ₹5000 a day.
Hotel rooms with tarriffs of upto ₹1000 a day, maps and charts including atlases will attract a 12% GST.