(LiveMint) Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the government will soon make it mandatory for linking Aadhaar with driving licences. Delivering his presidential address at the ongoing 106th Indian Science Congress at Lovely Professional University here, the minister for Law, Electronics and Information Technology said, “We are soon going to bring a law which will make it mandatory to link Aadhaar with driving licence.” “At presently, what happens is that the guilty person who causes an accident flees the scene and gets a duplicate licence. This helps him go scot-free. However, with the Aadhaar linkage you can change your name but you cannot…
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(LiveMint) PTC India Ltd has initiated a formal process to find a strategic investor for its wind power business, two people aware of the development said, adding the country’s largest electricity trader has already reached out to various investors. PTC India’s subsidiary, PTC Energy Ltd, has around 290 megawatts (MW) of wind assets across Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. “PTC India Ltd recently appointed KPMG to advise it on various fund-raising options and they have launched a formal process for the same. The process is most likely to see PTC sell a major stake in the wind power business to a strategic…
(LiveMint) After months of delay, India will launch the second auction of 14 blocks for prospecting of oil and gas in an attempt to raise domestic output to cut imports. Officials said the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) bid round-II, with 14 blocks measuring 29,333 square kilometres in aggregrate area on offer, will be launched by Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday. India had in July 2017 allowed companies to carve out blocks of their choice with a view to bringing about 2.8 million sq km of unexplored area in the country under exploration. Under this policy, called open acreage licensing…
Growth of Indian economy is considered quite vital not only for the wellbeing of Indian citizen and creation of jobs but for the world as well, as India, due to its mammoth consumption power and strong demographic profile considered as a “sweet spot” of Global Economy. What is more encouraging is that despite a bleak global economic scenario of increasing crude prices and tumbling Rupee against Dollar, Indian government is trying hard to put India’s growth engine back on track via various initiatives like Implementation of GST, Make in India, Mudra Bank Initiative, various reforms, liberalization of FDI limits in…
(ET) The board of Reserve Bank of India, under new governor Shaktikanta Das, has set the basic rule that would determine future payout by the central bank to the government. At its last meeting, the board is learnt to have recorded the decision that the central bank will not touch the ‘unrealised gains’ in its balance sheet for dividend distribution to its sole shareholder, the government. “Unrealised gain is valuation gain in currency and gold. To tap this, it has to be realised or converted in the market. This is now ruled out… this has been minuted,” a person familiar with…
(The Pioneer) Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan reviewed the ongoing projects of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) at the Rail Sadan here on Sunday with ECoR Additional General Manager Sudhir Kumar and Principal Heads of the railway. Additional Member (Works), Railway Board Mukesh Kumar Gupta and Principal Executive Director (Infra), Railway Board SK Mishra were also present. Pradhan stressed on early completion of vital infrastructure projects and to speed up mobility in this region.
(Hindustan) उत्तर प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने कहा कि समाजवादी पार्टी (सपा) भाजपा सरकार के खिलाफ साजिश कर रही है। उन्होंने कहा कि सपा के कार्यकर्ता अपने घरों के पशु खेतों में छोड़कर हल्ला मचाते हैं। रविवार को मुख्यमंत्री शाहजहांपुर के नवादा दरोवस्त में जनसभा को संबोधित कर रहे थे। उन्होंने कहा कि गोशाला के निर्माण के लिए हर जिले में एक करोड़ 30 लाख रुपये दिए गए हैं। उन्होंने कहा कि हर जिला प्रशासन को निर्देश दिए गए हैं कि जिला पंचायत मद से गोशाला का निर्माण कराए। इसके बाद व्यवस्था दुरुस्त नहीं हुई तो जिला प्रशासन की जिम्मेदारी…
(LiveMint) The Union government plans to create a backstop facility for states to receive compensation for three additional years to implement the nationwide goods and services tax (GST) after the expiry of the first five years as mandated by the Constitution. This is aimed at ensuring that states grappling with a revenue shortfall after the implementation of the GST regime do not face a sudden fiscal shock when the five-year transition period ends in 2022. The backstop facility would help continue compensation through an annual transfer of the centre’s tax revenue to the states, for which the 15th Finance Commission…
(Hindustan) भाजपा अध्यक्ष अमित शाह(Amit shah) ने पूर्व केंद्रीय मंत्री राजीव प्रताप रूडी को पार्टी का राष्ट्रीय प्रवक्ता नियुक्त किया। पार्टी ने शनिवार को कहा कि तत्काल प्रभाव से यह नियुक्ति लागू होगी। बिहार से लोकसभा सदस्य रूडी ने राजद अध्यक्ष लालू प्रसाद की पत्नी राबड़ी देवी को 2014 के आम चुनाव में मात दी थी। पहले भी संगठन में जिम्मेदारी संभाल चुके रूडी महासचिव जैसे महत्वपूर्ण पद पर रहे हैं। रूडी ने ट्वीट कर कहा, प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी और भाजपा अध्यक्ष अमित शाह को धन्यवाद। मैं प्रधानमंत्री के नेतृत्व में सरकार की उपलब्धियों के प्रसार के लिए राष्ट्रीय प्रवक्ता…
(PTI) Pollution in Delhi remained in the ‘severe’ level for the third consecutive day as wind speed and other meteorological factors remained “highly unfavourable” for dispersion of pollutants on Monday, according to authorities. People have been advised by the authorities to minimise outdoor activities and avoid use of private vehicles. While the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed the overall air quality index (AQI) at ‘severe’ level of 445, the Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting (SAFAR) showed a higher AQI of 477. An AQI between 100 to 200 comes under the ‘moderate’ category, 201 and 300 is considered…