(ET) Four months after the government unveiled a Rs 1.7 lakh crore relief package to protect the poor from the economic impact of the lockdown, 31 lakh women eligible for free LPG cylinders have not got the benefit owing to non-operational bank accounts. So far, Rs 9,670 cr have been transferred into the bank accounts of about 7-7.5 cr Ujjwala beneficiaries from April to June, as per ministry statistics. When the programme had been rolled out, the problem was more acute with 76.47 lakh women unable to get the benefit between April and June. On March 26, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled Pradhan Mantri Garib…
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(HT) The meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) ended on Monday, after deliberating on the turmoil within the party for seven hours, with a resolution that Sonia Gandhi will continue to lead the party. The members of the CWC, the party’s highest decision-making body, also decided to form a committee to help Gandhi in day-to-day functioning of the organisation. A session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) will be called within six months where future course of action will be decided. Sonia Gandhi, who was adamant on quitting the post of party president, agreed to continue. She said after the marathon…
(AU) मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने निर्देश दिए हैं कि कोविड प्रभावित लोगों को सुचारु व बेहतर चिकित्सा सुविधा उपलब्ध कराने के लिए सभी जिलों के डीएम व मुख्य चिकित्सा अधिकारी दिन में दो बार बैठक करें। सुबह की बैठक अस्पताल में हो, जबकि शाम की बैठक इंटीग्रेटेड कमांड एंड कंट्रोल सेंटर में की जाए। इन बैठकों में जो भी समस्याएं सामने आएं, उनका तत्काल समाधान कराया जाए। मुख्यमंत्री रविवार को अपने सरकारी आवास पर उच्च स्तरीय बैठक में अनलॉक व्यवस्था की समीक्षा कर रहे थे। उन्होंने कहा कि सभी कोविड अस्पतालों में तैनात चिकित्सक व स्टाफ नर्स वॉर्ड में जाकर मरीजों…
(LiveMint) The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on the issue of recovery of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues of insolvent telcos. The apex court said it will also clarify additional liabilities, if any, of Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel on account of past dues on the spectrum they bought from Reliance Communications, Videocon and Aircel respectively. SC noted that if the seller of spectrum did not clear its dues before sale, the liabilities would be transferred to the buyer as per trading guidelines. Telecom service providers (TSP) are responsible for spectrum purchase prices, deferred spectrum instalments and AGR…
(PTI) There is no change in the health of former President Pranab Mukherjee and he continues to remain on ventilator support, the Army’s Research and Referral hospital said on Sunday. Doctors attending on the 84-year-old Mukherjee said his vital parameters are stable. Mukherjee was admitted to the hospital in Delhi Cantonment on August 10 and was operated for removal of a clot in the brain. He had also tested positive for COVID-19. Thereafter, he developed lung infection and is being treated for the same, doctors have said. “There is no change in the condition of Shri Pranab Mukherjee this morning. He remains in…
(AU) अरब गैस पाइपलाइन में हुए विस्फोट से सीरिया में बिजली गुल हो गई है। इस विस्फोट से शुरुआती संकेत मिल रहे हैं कि पाइपलाइन पर हमला किया गया है। देश के ऊर्जा मंत्री ने सोमवार को राज्य द्वारा संचालित टेलीविजन को इसकी जानकारी दी है। इखबरिया टीवी चैनल ने विस्फोट की तस्वीरों को प्रसारित किया, जिसमें विस्फोट के बाद आग की लपटे उठ रही हैं। अधिकारियों ने कहा कि ये विस्फोट राजधानी दमिश्क के उत्तर पश्चिम में स्थित सीरियाई कस्बे एड डुमायर और आद्रा के बीच हुआ है। पेट्रोलियम और खनिज संसाधन मंत्री अली घनम ने टीवी चैनल को बताया…
(PTI) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that Metro train services in Delhi should be resumed on a trial basis as the COVID-19 situation was improving in the city and hoped the Centre would soon take a decision on it. Interacting with traders, entrepreneurs and businessmen in the city in a ‘Digital Samvad’, the chief minister also said that markets and roads in Delhi would be beautified on the lines of the Chandni Chowk redevelopment project, which is expected to be completed by November-December. “I have requested the Centre that Delhi should be treated differently. Corona situation is improving in…
(LiveMint) Railway board chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav on Sunday said that 44 semi-high speed Vande Bharat train set tender was cancelled as some of the bidders had disclosed some details of financial offers while submitting technical bids. The new tender document, which is expected to be floated in a week, will include provision for local component of more than 50%, in line with the government’s Aatma Nirbhar Bharat initiative. “While evaluating the technical bids of train set tenders, tender committee has noticed that some of the details of financial offers have been revealed in the technical bids. To maintain the…
(Livemint) India’s biggest gas importer Petronet LNG Ltd gave its outgoing chief executive Prabhat Singh a record 27 per cent rise in remuneration in FY20 and has now begun a search for a new CEO on modified terms that made just retired executives of PSUs ineligible. Singh, who completes his five-year term as managing director and CEO next month, took home a record ₹1.8 crore in fiscal 2019-20 (April 2019 to March 2020), according to Petronet’s latest annual report. This included ₹22.5 lakh commission on profit. Petronet, which is registered as a private limited company but is headed by the oil secretary, had paid him…
(LiveMint) The Railway ministry on Friday said tender for manufacturing 44 semi-high speed Vande Bharat train sets have been cancelled. A fresh tender will be floated within a week as per revised public procurement norms, giving preference to local suppliers. “Fresh tender will be floated within a week as per Revised Public Procurement (preference to Make in India) order,” an official statement said. Railway ministry did not specify the reason for cancellation of the tender. The development comes soon after six companies, including CRRC Pioneer Electric submitted bids for semi-high speed Vande Bharat train sets. Of these six companies, CRRC…