(FE) 7th Pay Commission report on revised allowances: The long wait of over 4.9 million Central government employees for updates on higher allowances, recommended by the 7th Pay Commission, may end now as the Union Cabinet is likely to take its call on it in its meeting today. The meeting will be headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to sources. It may be noted that the 7th CPC had recommended that of a total of 196 allowances, 52 be abolished altogether and 36 be abolished as separate identities by subsuming them in another allowance. Whatever be the case, the Central…
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(ET) ONGC and the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), the upstream oil and gas regulator, have told an official probe panel that they had no prior knowledge that the reservoirs of the state-run company and Reliance Industries in KG Basin were connected, three people aware of the development told ET. The A P Shah committee that last year probed the allegations that Reliance Industries (RIL) was illegally drawing gas from ONGC fields had observed that the two companies companies appeared to have known in advance the continuity of reservoirs, and recommended the government make further inquiry into it. The Shah…
(PTI) Daily wager Rajeshwari Devi and Beena Devi, a worker in agricultural fields, struggled to make ends meet but thanks to a sanitation initiative, they have now become not only small-time entrepreneurs but are also ensuring that the villagers embrace hygiene. They are a part of a group of 25 women from Lal Dhang in Mithi Beri gram panchayat and surrounding villages in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand and belong to extremely poor families. They have joined the Women for WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for All) initiative which is to enable women from villages and slums to become entrepreneurs. Together, they are…
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and the Ministry of Agriculture in the State of Palestine on agriculture cooperation. The MoU was signed in May 2017 during the visit of the Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs to India. The MoU provides for cooperation in the fields of agricultural research; veterinary field including capacity enhancement of Palestinian Veterinary services and Animal Health; irrigation and climate change. It will also be extended to areas such as plant and…
(Tribune) The Opposition today took the Trivendra Singh Rawat government to task on the tardy assessment of areas where crops were damaged due to hailstorm in the months of March and April.Raising the issue in Question Hour, state Congress chief Preetam Singh said the Tyuni area in Chakrata had suffered extensive damage. “The standing crop had been perished by hailstorm in March but farmers have not been adequately compensated,” he said. While giving his reply, the state Minister for Urban Development said according to the information by the District Magistrate the area had suffered less than 33 per cent damage.…
(PTI) State-owned Coal India will continue to offer domestic coal to non-power sectors in lieu of 50 per cent of the import component in the ongoing fiscal. The development assumes significance as the government is working to eliminate coal imports. The world’s largest coal miner “offer of domestic coal ‘as is where is basis’ to non-power FSA (fuel supply agreement) consumers in lieu of 50 per cent of the import component will be continued in 2017-18”, the official said. However, the fuel will be provided to non-power consumers such as cement firms, fertiliser and steel producers without affecting the supply…
(AU) यूपी सरकार राज्य में सभी के लिए विवाह पंजीकरण अनिवार्य करने जा रही है। इसके लिए महिला कल्याण विभाग नियमावली तैयार कर रहा है। शीघ्र ही इसे कैबिनेट के समक्ष लाया जाएगा। इसके लागू होने के बाद हर किसी को अपनी शादी का पंजीकरण कराना जरूरी होगा। योगी आदित्यनाथ की सरकार इस मामले में मुस्लिमों को भी कोई छूट नहीं देगी। पंजीकरण न कराने वालों को सरकारी सेवाओं का लाभ नहीं मिलेगा। दरअसल, सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने विवाह पंजीकरण की अनिवार्यता के निर्देश दिए थे। इसके बाद देश के कई राज्यों राजस्थान, हिमाचल प्रदेश, केरल व बिहार में इसे अनिवार्य कर…
(AU) रिजर्व बैंक ऑफ इंडिया (आरबीआई) ने मंगलवार को 500 रुपये के नोट की नई सीरीज जारी की है। बैंक ने अब A सीरिज मार्केट में लांच किया है, जिसमें किसी तरह का अन्य कोई बदलाव नहीं किया गया है। आरबीआई ने कहा कि 2016 में नोटबंदी के बाद जारी किए 500 रुपये के वो नोट भी मार्केट में चलते रहेंगे। इन नोटों की डिजाइन में भी किसी तरह का कोई बदलाव नहीं किया गया है। डिजाइन में पहले से चल रहे महात्मा गांधी सीरिज को ही रखा गया है।
(PTI) Quota stir leader Hardik Patel was today arrested in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh when he was heading to Mandsaur to meet the kin of the farmers killed in police firing last week. Patel was arrested from Nayagaon in Neemuch to prevent the commission of cognisable offences, City Superintendent of Police Abhishek Diwan said. The Patidar Andolan leader was accompanied by Janata Dal (U) leader Akhilesh Katiyar, who was also placed under arrest.The two were, however, released on bail later and transported out of Madhya Pradesh in police vehicles, Diwan said. Patel was picked up on his way to Mandsaur to…
(NN) Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday slammed Centre for not providing adequate procurement price to farmers that coerced the latter to hit the streets in various states. He said the farmers are not getting adequate minimum support price and it is the reason for the current agrarian crisis. While addressing a press conference, the Bihar chief minister alleged that soil health cards are not meant for farmers as it indirectly gives benefit to crop insurance companies.The farmers had staged the protest in BJP-ruled states Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in past few days. Five people were killed in police…