(ET) The Indian Railways is expected to post total revenue of Rs 1.8 lakh crore in the current fiscal year, slightly short of initial target but 10% more than what it reported last year. A spike in coal loading and strong showing in the passenger category are driving the performance, Railway Board’s member-traffic Mohd Jamshed told ET. In the year ended March 31, 2017, the railways posted revenue of Rs 1.64 lakh crore. The target set in the government’s budget for this year was Rs 1.88 lakh crore, which has now been revised to Rs 1.8 lakh crore. Slower economic growth has…
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(Tribune) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat today dedicated the 1500 KW Dunav hydro power project in Pauri Garhwal district of the state. The hydro power project has been constructed on Nayar river in the remote Beerokhal block of Pauri Garhwal district.Addressing the gathering, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said the Dunav hydro power project would be a milestone in the development of the region. He also said that the project would be named after martyr Ram Prasad Nautiyal. The project would benefit as many as 55 villages, including Simli, Kanda, Pali and Beerokhal, adding it would generate employment and help check migration from the region.
(PTI) Post the merger of its five associates, State Bank of India has changed names and IFSC codes of nearly 1,300 of its branches. The country’s largest lender has changed the names and IFSC codes of branches located in major cities such as Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Lucknow, among others. “Some of our old associate branches are getting merged with SBI branches. When that merger happens, the IFSC codes get changed,” the bank’s managing director (retail and digital banking), PraveenBSE 5.00 % Gupta, said. He said customers have been informed about the change in IFSC codes, but internally also…
(FE) The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has allowed the corporate affairs ministry to appoint 10 nominee directors for Unitech, who would be subject to tribunal nod, saying that the existing directors will not be allowed to sell company’s or personal asset, CNBC-TV18 reported. According to Bloomberg, the corporate affairs ministry has moved the bankruptcy court to take over management control of real-estate giant Unitech, citing mismanagement and diversion of funds. The government has sought the suspension of Unitech’s existing board of directors and its chief financial officer in a petition filed with the National Company Law Tribunal under a section of the…
(DJ) गुजरात के बनासकांठा के भाभर में शुक्रवार को चुनावी रैली के दौरान प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने हमेशा की तरह एक बार फिर कांग्रेस पर हमला बोला। उन्होंने कहा, पाटन और बनासकांठा के लोग कांग्रेस और भाजपा के बीच का अंतर जानते हैं। जब वहां बाढ़ आयी थी तब कांग्रेस विधायक बेंगलुरु में आराम फरमा रहे थे जबकि भाजपा नेता लोगों के साथ काम कर रहे थे। पीएम ने कहा, मणिशंकर अय्यर ने पाकिस्तान में कहा था- रास्ते से मोदी को हटा दें फिर देखिए भारत-पाक शांति को क्या होता है। रास्ते से मुझे हटाने का क्या मतलब? और इसमें मेरा…
Under the provisions of recently introduced section 139AA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act), with effect from 01.07.2017, all taxpayers having Aadhaar Number or Enrolment Number are required to link the same with Permanent Account Number (PAN). In view of the difficulties faced by some of the taxpayers in the process, the date for linking of Aadhaar with PAN was initially extended till 31st August, 2017 which was further extended upto 31st December, 2017. It has come to notice that some of the taxpayers have not yet completed the linking of PAN with Aadhaar. Therefore, to facilitate the process…
(PTI) GAIL India Ltd, the country’s biggest gas transporter, has deployed drones on pilot basis on its main trunk pipeline as it uses technology to secure its vast network, its director (pipelines) Ashutosh Karnatak said. In the aftermath of the June 2014 accident at its pipeline in Andhra Pradesh that killed at least 18 people, the state-owned firm has taken a number of initiatives to raise safety standards including replacing old pipelines and using advanced technology. “We have hired one drone on a pilot basis for aerial surveillance of the HBJ pipeline in the Chambal Ravines in Madhya Pradesh,” he…
(PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today batted for inclusion of B R Ambedkar in the syllabus saying instead of only giving holidays on the anniversaries of stalwarts, students should be imparted knowledge about these personalities. “A personality like Ambedkar should get a place in the syllabus. Instead of giving holidays on the anniversaries of stalwarts, on such days the students should be imparted with the knowledge about these great personalities. This will also enable the younger generation to seek inspiration from these stalwarts,” he said. He was speaking at the Ambedkar Mahasabha here on the occasion of death…
(AT) सफेद संगमरमर से बना भारत का प्रतिष्ठित ताजमहल यूनेस्को विश्व धरोहर स्थलों की सूची में दूसरे स्थान पर आया है। एक हालिया सर्वेक्षण में उत्तर प्रदेश के आगरा में स्थित इस विरासत को दूसरे स्थान के लिए चुना गया। मुगल बादशाह शाहजहां द्वारा अपनी पत्नी मुमताज महल की याद में बनवाए गए इस वैश्विक धरोहर में हर साल 80 लाख से अधिक लोग आते हैं। पहले स्थान के लिए कंबोडिया के अंगकोर वाट को चुना गया। सर्वेक्षण में यूनेस्को के सांस्कृतिक और प्राकृतिक विरासत स्थलों को सूचीबद्ध किया गया है। ट्रैवेल पोर्टल ‘ट्रिपएडवाइजर’ ने कहा कि इस अद्भुत स्थल पर जाकर आप किसी गाइड…
A concerted effort has been made to make MGNREGS develop sustainable livelihoods while providing wage employment during times of need. A Rapid Assessment of Natural Resource Management Component under MGNREGS (on which minimum 60% is spent since 2015) and its impact on Sustainable Livelihoods carried out by the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi (November 2017), was carried over 30 districts in 29 States covering 1160 Households. The Study records increase in incomes of households by nearly 11%, increase in cereal productivity by 11.5% and vegetable productivity by 32.3%. 78% Households have reported benefitting from increase in water table, ranging…