(PTI) Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today asked citizens to click picture of wrongly parked cars and send to authorities, while proposing a 10 per cent reward for them from Rs 500 fine imposed on the owner of the concerned vehicle. Gadkari said he felt “ashamed” that absence of parking lots outside his own Ministry forced “ambassadors” and “big people” to park on road blocking the way to Parliament.”In my Motor Vehicle Act, I am going to add one law (provision). Any car on road, you just take the photo on your mobile and send it to the department concerned or…
Author: Amit Bhanot
(FE) By way of commensurate reduction in prices. The GST Council in its 23rd Meeting held on November 10 in Guwahati, had recommended the reduction of the GST rate from 28% to 18% or lower tax slabs on goods falling under 178 headings. The Chairperson of Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC), Vanaja N Sarna has written to all the major Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies pointing out the need to immediately revise the MRP on all the products in which the reduction of GST has been announced by the Council. “The Government expects that the industry should immediately respond…
(PTI) The Supreme court today refused to vacate for now its status quo order on construction of a multi-level parking near the iconic Taj Mahal, saying there was no harm in tourists walking up to the monument. The apex court rapped the state government for not coming out with a comprehensive policy to protect and preserve the beauty of Taj Mahal, saying “we need sustainable development”. The court said it first needed to examine the comprehensive action plan to protect the historic structure. A bench of Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta issued notice to the Taj Trapezium Zone…
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) responding to a news report, appeared in certain section of media on “210 Government sites made Aadhaar info public” as if Aadhaar data is leaked or breached, has said that such report is a skewed presentation of the facts and poses as if the Aadhaar data is breached or leaked which is not the true presentation. UIDAI said in a statement here that the Aadhaar data is fully safe and secure and there has been no data leak or breach at UIDAI. UIDAI said that this said data on these websites was placed…
(AU) मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने आर्ट ऑफ लिविंग के संस्थापक श्री श्री रवि शंकर के अयोध्या विवाद पर समझौते के प्रयासों को सिरे से खारिज कर दिया है। उन्होंने कहा कि इस मामले में सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने 5 दिसंबर से रोजाना सुनवाई का फैसला ले लिया है। ऐसे में अदालत से बाहर बातचीत या मध्यस्थता के प्रयास न्यायालय के काम में बाधा ही डालेंगे। इसलिए सभी पक्षों को धैर्य के साथ अदालत का फैसला मंजूर करना चाहिए। उन्होंने यूपी के नगर निकाय चुनाव के साथ-साथ हिमाचल और गुजरात के चुनावों में भी भाजपा को भारी बढ़त मिलने का दावा किया।…
(AU) विश्व आर्थिक मंच ने प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की अगुवाई वाली केंद्र की एनडीए को दुनिया की तीसरी सबसे भरोसेमंद सरकार बताया है। सर्वे में तीन चौथाई भारतीयों ने सरकार पर अपना विश्वास जताया है। सर्वे रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक टैक्स सुधार और भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ सरकार की मुहिम को लोगों ने सबसे ज्यादा पसंद किया। सर्वे अर्थव्यवस्था, राजनीतिक हालात और भ्रष्टाचार मामलों को लेकर किया गया था। 73 फीसदी लोगों ने कहा कि वे सरकार के कामकाज से खुश हैं। स्विट्जरलैंड की सरकार सबसे विश्वसनीय रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक स्विट्जरलैंड की सरकार दुनिया में सबसे भरोसेमंद सरकार है। दूसरे स्थान पर इंडोनेशिया की सरकार है, जहां…
Hon’ble Prime Minister launched Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) exactly one year ago on 20th November, 2016 from Agra. A target of completing one crore new houses after beneficiary registration, geo-tagging and account verification by 31st March, 2019 was set. Of these, 51 lakh houses had to be completed by 31st March, 2018. After the launch, it took few months to complete the process of beneficiary registration, geo-tagging, account verification etc. 55.85 lakh houses have already been sanctioned and work is under progress. Nearly 30 lakh of these houses have reached roof level of construction and 15 lakh of these…
(ET) BJP is witnessing dissidence and protests after it announced candidates’ list for the Gujarat assembly polls. Several party workers reached Kamalam, the swanky headquarters of the ruling party in the outskirts of Gandhinagar, on Sunday and “warned BJP of consequences if their demands aren’t met”. Also, many workers took to the streets to protest either the dropping of the sitting MLAs or repeating the unpopular ones. BJP workers admit that while post-ticket allocation resentment is not new to the party, the scale of protest unleashed this time around is unprecedented. “Absence of Modiji has emboldened the ambitious candidates,” said…
(DJ) प्रति व्यक्ति औसत सकल घरेलू उत्पाद (जीडीपी) के लिहाज से भारत एक पायदान ऊपर चढ़ कर 126वें स्थान पर पहुंच गया है। हालांकि वह अपने ब्रिक्स समकक्षों के मुकाबले अब भी पीछे है। वहीं इस पैमाने पर तेल संपन्न देश कतर ने अपना शीर्ष स्थान बरकरार रखा है। यह डाटा आईएमएफ की ओर से जारी किया गया है। क्या है यह रिपोर्ट: यह डेटा, अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मुद्रा कोष की नवीनतम विश्व आर्थिक आउटलुक रिपोर्ट का हिस्सा है जिसमें अंतरराष्ट्रीय मुद्रा कोष की अक्टूबर 2017 की क्रय शक्ति समानता पर आधारित आंकड़ों पर देशों को रैंकिंग दी गई है। दो देशों के…
(ET) People will need to go to the websites of telecom service providers (TSPs) or call up their phone helplines for getting a onetime password (OTP) to link their SIM to Aadhaar from December 1, in a process that will be totally automated and without any human intervention. These two ways of verifying one’s SIM to Aadhaar have been approved by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) now. Earlier, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had proposed that citizens could also the linking through OTP on sending as SMS to a number provided by the telecom operator but UIDAI did not…