(PTI) The government has withdrawn its decision to raise LPG prices by Rs 4 per cylinder every month as the move was seen contrary to its Ujjwala scheme of providing free cooking gas connections to the poor. The government had previously ordered public sector oil marketing companies to raise domestic cooking gas (LPG) prices by Rs 4 per cylinder every month beginning June 2016 with a view to eliminating subsidies. The order was, however, withdrawn in October, a top source said. Later in the evening, Oil and Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that as of today there is no plan…
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(PTI) Indian Oil Corporation (IndianOil) would initiate production of second generation ethanol by utilising crop residues and other biomass as feedstock at village Baoli in Panipat district of Haryana. The capacity of proposed plant would be 100 kilo litre of ethanol per day, this was informed during a meeting of Haryana Enterprise Promotion Board (HEPB), which was held here today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, an official release said. According to the release, it was informed that IndianOil has proposed to procure over two lakh tonne of rice straw, that is total production of four districts of…
(AU) कांग्रेस के 133वें स्थापना दिवस पर अध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी ने एकबार फिर BJP को घेरा है। राहुल ने कहा कि बीजेपी देश के संविधान पर बुहत बड़ा खतरा बन गई है। उन्होंने कहा कि आज हमारा संविधान ही खतरे में पड़ गया है और हर भारतीय की रक्षा करना कांग्रेस की जिम्मेदारी थी और है। राहुल ने बीजेपी के नेताओं पर देश के संविधान के साथ छेड़छाड़ करने का आरोप लगाते हुए कहा कि बीजेपी गुप्त तरीके से छेड़छाड़ कर रही है। कांग्रेस के स्थापना दिवस पर पार्टी अध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी सुबह हेडक्वाटर पहुंचे। यहां उन्होंने झंडे को सलामी दी…
(AT) लोकसभा ने गुरुवार को लंबी बहस और संशोधन प्रस्ताव के बाद ऐतिहासिक मुस्लिम महिला (विवाह अधिकार संरक्षण) विधेयक-2017 पास कर दिया है. लोकसभा में यह बिल पास होते ही मुस्लिम महिलाओं के चेेहरे खिल उठे. साथ ही केंद्रीय कानून मंत्री रविशंकर प्रसाद ने अपनी मेज थपथपाकर खुशी जाहिर की. अब तीन तलाक देने वाले मुस्लिम पुरुषों की खैर नहीं होगी. इससे पहले आज केंद्र सरकार ने लोकसभा में इस बिल को पेश किया. कानून मंत्री रविशंकर प्रसाद ने लोकसभा में बिल पेश करते हुए कहा कि आज का दिन ऐतिहासिक है. सरकार मुस्लिम महिलाओं को उनका हक दिलाने के लिए…
Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman visited project Seabird at Karwar Naval Base today, accompanied by the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba. The Raksha Mantri was apprised of the existing facilities developed under Phase 1. She also reviewed the status of ongoing/ planned works under Phase 2A. Early augmentation of the base was directed by the Raksha Mantri. A meeting was also held on enhanced land compensation issues with all stakeholders present to assess the status of release of payment of land compensation to ex-land owners. Smt Sitharaman directed that the pending cases are to be processed on…
Driving the youth to take up skill training programs and encouraging their participation at global platforms such as WorldSkills International Competition, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) felicitated the Indian team that has won laurels at the WorldSkills 2017. The felicitation and award ceremony was organized in New Delhi in the august presence of Minister for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan. The Ministry disbursed reward money worth Rs. 50 lakhs amongst winners and their respective trainers, in various categories, for their participation in WorldSkills International Competition, that was held in Abu Dhabi in October this year.…
Voting & Passing of The Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Bill, 2017
(Tribune) Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur’s cabinet of eleven ministers sworn in on Wednesday mostly comprised young faces — many of them first-time ministers.They are Mahendra Singh, Suresh Bhardwaj, Anil Sharma, Sarveen Chaudhary, Ram Lal Markanday, Vipin Singh Parmar, Virender Kanwar, Vikram Singh, Govind Singh and Rajiv Saijal.Most of them are young who will get a chance to serve as minister for the first time. Barring Kishan Kapoor, Mahender Singh, Sarveen Chaudhary, Markanday and Anil Sharma all others are first-time ministers.Former transport minister Kishan Kapoor was added to the list later.With the CM himself 52, the cabinet composition reflects a…
(HT) The Yogi Adityanath government will honour 100 personalities from various walks of life during the UP Diwas celebrations on January 24. Giving this information, chief secretary Rajive Kumar on Tuesday directed the departments concerned to make preparations for the event. He asked the officials to submit a detailed departmental list of inauguration and foundation projects in the prescribed format to principal secretary, information, Avneesh Kumar Awasthi within 24 hours.
(LiveMint) The government on Wednesday cut the interest rate on small savings schemes, such as PPF (public provident fund), Kisan Vikas Patra and Sukanya Samriddhi, by 0.2 percentage points for the January-March quarter. Since April 2016, interest rates of all small saving schemes have been recalibrated on a quarterly basis, but there was no change in small savings interest rates in the October-December quarter.