FE India has sought to settle a long-standing dispute with the European Union (EU) by offering exclusive import duty concessions for certain information technology products, under the proposed bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with the 27-country customs-cum-monetary bloc. To address concerns on the information and communication technology (ICT) tariffs, the government is looking at limiting the benefit of the lowering of duties to the EU members. Cutting tariffs for those outside the FTA would oblige India to impose similar duties on imports of these products from all countries on a Most Favoured Nation (MFN) basis.
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PTI Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated Krishnaveni Sangeetha Neerajanam,today, at TummalapalliKalakshetram, Vijayawada in the presence of Smt R K Roja, Minister for Tourism, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Shri BugganaRajendranath, Minister for Finance, Government of Andhra PradeshSmt V Vidyavathi, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. Expressing her appreciation for the remarkable efforts taken to organize the first of its kind grand music festival in Andhra Pradesh, she remarked, “I started to learn and understand the beauty of Telugu on listening to Tyagaraja and Shyama SastriKritis. Speaking on the occasion, the Union Minister for Finance…
PTI The BJP on Sunday picked Vishnu Deo Sai, a prominent tribal leader, as the next chief minister of Chhattisgarh, ending the suspense over who will helm the state which the saffron party wrested from Congress in recent polls. Sai (59) was elected as the BJP’s legislative party leader at a meeting of 54 newly-elected MLAs held at the party’s state headquarters here in the afternoon, a party functionary said. In the evening, Chhattisgarh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan invited Sai to form a government and handed him a letter pertaining to his appointment as the Chief Minister after the BJP submitted…
PTI Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said that corruption has no place in the present ecosystem of the country. He said corruption is no longer a means to get favours in the country. “It is very clear that there is no place for corruption in the country’s ecosystem. It is no longer a means to get favours,” Dhankhar said while addressing the 43rd convocation of IIT-Indian School of Mines in Dhanbad. Hinting at the seizure of a large amount of cash, he said, “There is a limit to how long we can count. I am leaving homework for all…
PTI All new trucks manufactured on or after October 1, 2025, must be equipped with AC cabins for drivers, as the Road Transport and Highways Ministry has issued a notification for mandating air-conditioned truck cabins. In a gazette notification, the ministry has said, “…the vehicles manufactured on or after October 1, 2025, shall be fitted with an air-conditioning system for the cabin of vehicles of N2 and N3 category”. The testing of the cabin fitted with an air-conditioning system shall be as per IS14618:2022.
PTI Adani group will spend Rs 7 lakh crore in capital expenditure over the next 10 years and its billionaire chairman Gautam Adani has shared some details of the plans which will further consolidate the conglomerate’s position as infrastructure leader in India. Adani in posts on X, formerly Twitter, has over the last few days detailed ‘green’ initiatives of the investment plan across some verticals of the apples-to-airport conglomerate. “The portfolio recently announced its plan to invest over Rs 7 lakh crore over the next 10 years to consolidate its preeminent position as the largest infrastructure player in India,” Adani…
The Mission Shakti guidelines is effective from 01.04.2022 for addressing women’s needs on life cycle continuum basis. Mission Shakti has two sub-schemes – ‘Sambal’ and ‘Samarthya’. While “Sambal” sub-scheme is for safety and security of women, “Samarthya” sub-scheme aims at empowerment of women. The ‘Sambal’ sub-scheme consists of component of One Stop Centre (OSC) and the ‘Samarthya’ sub-scheme consists of component of Shakti Sadan (SS). The One Stop Centre (OSC) is envisaged to provide support and assistance to women affected by violence and in distress, both in private and public spaces under one roof. OSCs provide an integrated range of…
AU दिल्ली की सबसे बड़ी बहुमंजिला कार पार्किंग चांदनी चौक गांधी मैदान में बनकर तैयार हो गई है, अगले हफ्ते तक इसे खोलने की तैयारी है। कहीं कोई कमी न रह जाए ये जांचने के लिए इसका ट्रायल रन शुरू किया गया है। यहां दो और चार पहिया वाहनों की फ्री पार्किंग हो रही है। इसके खुलने के बाद यहां एक साथ 2338 कारें पार्क हो पाएंगी। तब पार्किंग का शुल्क भी निर्धारित किया जाएगा। दिल्ली नगर निगम ने पीपीपी (सरकारी निजी सहयोग) आधार पर ये अत्याधुनिक छह मंजिला पार्किंग और शॉपिंग कॉप्लेक्स बनाया है। गांधी मैदान बहुमंजिला कार पार्किंग…
The Government of India implements ‘Mission Shakti’ – an integrated women empowerment programme as umbrella scheme for the safety, security and empowerment of women for implementation during the 15th Finance Commission period across the country aimed at strengthening interventions for women safety, security and empowerment. It seeks to realise the Government’s commitment for ‘women-led development’ by addressing issues affecting women on a life-cycle continuum basis and making them equal partners in nation-building through convergence and citizen-ownership. It also focuses on strategies for improving convergence across Ministries/ Departments and at different levels of governance.
AU लोकसभा से जम्मू कश्मीर आरक्षण (संशोधन) विधेयक 2023 और जम्मू कश्मीर पुनर्गठन (संशोधन) विधेयक 2023 पारित हो गया है। इसमें कश्मीरी पंडित समुदाय के दो सदस्यों और पाकिस्तान के कब्जे वाले कश्मीर (पीओके) से विस्थापितों का प्रतिनिधित्व करने वाले एक सदस्य को विधान सभा में नामित करने का प्रावधान है। सदन ने जम्मू कश्मीर आरक्षण (संशोधन) विधेयक भी पारित किया, जो नियुक्ति और प्रवेश में आरक्षण के लिए पात्र लोगों के एक वर्ग के नामकरण को बदलने का प्रयास करता है। दो दिनों तक चली छह घंटे से अधिक की बहस और केंद्रीय गृह मंत्री अमित शाह के जोशीले…