(PTI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today released its second list of candidates for nine assembly constituencies for the upcoming Gujarat elections, nearly a month after announcing its nominees for 11 seats.With this, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party has declared the names of candidates for 20 assembly seats out of the total 182 in the state, where elections will be held in two phases on December 9 and 14. The results will be out on December 18. As per the second list, the AAP has decided to contest from Gandhinagar (North), Botad, Katargam, Rajkot (East), Surat (East), Karanj, Palanpur, Gandhidham and Jamnagar…
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The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for the creation of the posts of Chairman and Technical Members of the National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA) under GST, following up immediately on yesterday’s sharp reduction in the GST rates of a large number of items of mass consumption.This paves the way for the immediate establishment of this apex body, which is mandated to ensure that the benefits of the reduction in GST rates on goods or services are passed on to the ultimate consumers by way of a reduction in prices. The establishment of the…
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for removal of prohibition on export of all types of pulses to ensure that farmers have greater choice in marketing their produce and in getting better remuneration for their produce. The CCEA also empowered the Committee chaired by Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD) and comprising Secretaries of Department of Commerce (DoC), Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW), Department of Revenue (DoR), Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) and Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) to review the export/import…
The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley said that India has become most favourable and attractive destination for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) evidenced by the fact that it has become one of the largest recipient of FDI in the world. The Finance Minister, Shri Jaitley was delivering the Introductory Address at the Investors’ Roundtable Meet in Singapore yesterday. The Investors Roundtable was jointly organized by the Ministry of Finance and the High Commission of India in Singapore. The Finance Minister, Shri Jaitley said that to provide further impetus to the economy, the present Government has implemented…
(DJ) बहुजन समाज पार्टी अब भारतीय जनता पार्टी को किसी भी कीमत पर रोकने को तैयार है। वह इसके लिए सम्मानजनक तरीके से सीट का बंटवारा चाहती हैं। पार्टी की मुखिया मायावती ने आज लखनऊ में निकाय चुनाव को लेकर पार्टी के कार्यकर्ताओं की बैठक की। उन्होंने कहा कि निकाय चुनाव में पार्टी पूरी ताकत से उतर रही है। उन्होंने कहा कि बहुजन समाज पार्टी के कार्यकर्ता पूरी तरह से पार्टी प्रत्याशी के साथ लगे। बसपा से जुड़े निर्दलीय प्रत्याशी के रूप में मैदान में नहीं रहेंगे। अगर कोई पार्टी के आदेश की अवहेलना करता है तो उसको पार्टी के…
The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on November 16, 2017 was 103.527 BCM, which is 66% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This percentage was at 67 for the week ending on November 09, 2017. The level of water storage in the week ending on November 16, 2017 was 96% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 96% of storage of average of last ten years. The total storage capacity of these 91 reservoirs is 157.799 BCM which is about 62% of the total storage capacity of 253.388 BCM which is estimated to have been created in the country. 37 Reservoirs out of these 91…
Shri R.K. Singh, Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – ‘Saubhagya’ Web Portal here today. The portal can be accessed at http://saubhagya.gov.in. Addressing the media during the event, Shri Singh said that the Saubhagya Dashboard is a platform for monitoring household electrification progress, which would disseminate information on Household Electrification Status (State, District, village-wise), Household Progress on live basis, State-wise Target vs Achievement, Monthly Electrification Progress, etc. The Minister said that achieving electrification of 4 crore households is a big challenge, nevertheless the Government is committed to achieve this target by December 2018, with the…
(LiveMint) The Union government is working on a “rent a roof” policy to support its ambitious plan to generate 40 gigawatts (GW) of power from solar rooftop projects by 2022, said Anand Kumar, secretary in the ministry of new and renewable energy. The government is also planning to bid out wind power contracts totalling 24.5 GW over the next two years. “We are planning a ‘rent a rooftop’ policy,” said Kumar in his first interview after assuming charge at the ministry. While investors have been enthused by India’s large ground-mounted, grid-connected solar parks, the solar rooftop market hasn’t gained much traction.…
(Hindustan) गुजरात में चुनाव की तैयारियों और मिशन 150 के लक्ष्य को हासिल करने के लिये भाजपा कोई कसर नहीं छोड़ना चाहती है, ऐसे में पार्टी नवंबर के चौथे सप्ताह से प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी की 25 से 30 रैलियां आयोजित कराने और शहरी क्षेत्र में रोड शो करने की योजना बना रही है। गुजरात प्रदेश भाजपा के एक वरिष्ठ नेता ने बताया कि प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी हमारे शीर्ष नेता है और प्रदेश में मुख्यमंत्री के तौर पर काम करने के बाद अब वे देश के प्रधानमंत्री हैं, प्रदेश ही नहीं देश और दुनिया में उनके नेतृत्व की सराहना हो रही…
(PTI) State-owned ONGC and Vedanta Ltd today emerged as the biggest bidders for oil and gas blocks as they put in 41 out of 57 bids in India’s maiden open acreage licensing regime auction that was shunned by several major global and domestic players. Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) put in expression of interest to explore for oil and gas in 41 areas while Vedanta’s oil unit, Cairn India, sought rights over 15 areas, sources privy to the development .State-owned Oil India Ltd (OIL) was the other main bidder, while private player Hindustan Oil Exploration Co (HOEC) bid for one…