(FE) In a move that will empower electricity consumers, the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission has drawn up standard of performance (SoP) regulations, in which it has fixed a time frame for the delivery of services and also prescribed fines that can be imposed on discoms in case of default. “The SoP regulations have been sent for notification in the gazette and will be applicable from immediate effect,” said Sanjay Singh, spokesperson of the commission, adding that the new law will provide a detailed mechanism for handling complaints and giving compensation.
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(FE) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday exuded confidence that the economy has the resilience to bounce back swiftly from the current slowdown and called upon risk-averse companies to take bold investment decisions and help reverse faltering growth. To assuage fears of India Inc, Modi highlighted his government’s decisions to decriminalize various offences under the Companies Act and also move towards a “faceless tax administration” to curb harassment and corruption. He also reiterated the commitment that penal action won’t be taken against “genuine corporate decisions”, ostensibly to speed up policy-making in the public sector, especially at state-run banks. Speaking at an Assocham…
(PTI) India will overtake China as the largest growth market for energy in volume terms by 2030, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday. India, Asia’s second biggest energy consumer since 2008, had in 2015 overtaken Japan as the world’s third largest oil consuming country, behind the US and China.”We are third largest energy consumer now but by 2030 we will be No.1 energy consumer,” he said at a FICCI meeting. While energy consumption will grow by 4.5 per cent per annum per annum — faster than all major economies in the world — India’s consumption growth of fossil fuels would…
(FE) SEEKING TO quell the ongoing protests against the amended citizenship law, the government on Friday clarified that anyone born in India before 1987 or whose parents were born in India before 1987, are bona fide Indian citizens according to law and don’t need to worry about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, or the proposed pan-India NRC. Additionally, the government clarified that in the event of a countrywide NRC, “for pre-1971 genealogy, you do not have to submit any type of identity card or any documents like the birth certificate of parents/ ancestors. It was valid only for the Assam…
(DNA) Amidst nationwide protests against the new citizenship law in Delhi, two marches are being planned in the city on Friday. Going back on its previous announcement to close down Jamia Millia Islamia and Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh stations, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has announced that that entry and exit gates at all metro stations have now been opened. As per the sources, two marches will take place- One from Jama Masjid to Jantar Mantar in the afternoon, the other, in the evening till India gate. DMRC tweeted, “Entry & exit gates at all metro stations have been opened. Normal services have resumed in all stations.”
(AU) गुजरात में आज से नागरिकता संशोधन कानून पर अमल शुरू हो जाएगा। गुजरात के गांधीधाम और कच्छ में पाकिस्तान से आए 3500 हिंदुओं को नागरिकता दी जाएगी। बताया जा रहा है कि इस दौरान केंद्रीय मंत्री मनसुख मंडाविया भी उपस्थित रहेंगे। पाकिस्तान के विभिन्न हिस्सों से आए ये हिंदू शरणार्थी कच्छ, मोरबी, राजकोट और बनासकांठा में रह रहे हैं। पंजीकरण करने के बाद इनके बारे में सूचना केंद्रीय गृहमंत्रालय को भेजी जाएगी। इसके साथ ही गुजरात पहला ऐसा राज्य बन जाएगा जिसने नागरिकता संशोधन कानून के अनुसार शरणार्थियों को नागरिकता प्रदान करेगा। अधिकांश शरणार्थी सोढ़ा राजपूत समाज से हैं। ये…
(BS) Certain elements who do not want to see peace in India are using its open borders, especially that with Nepal, to enter the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said at an event of border guarding force SSB. Addressing the troops and officers of the force during their 56th Raising Day celebrations, Shah said in the last one year 54 “infiltrators”, including two Pakistanis, have been nabbed at this border. These infiltrators were from 24 countries apart from Pakistan, he said.The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) is tasked with guarding the 1,751-km long frontier with Nepal and Bhutan.Shah said India enjoys very “cordial…
(AU) पहाड़ों में लगातार हो रही बर्फबारी के चलते उत्तरी भारत शीतलहर की चपेट में है। ठंड से उत्तर प्रदेश में बुधवार रात से बृहस्पतिवार तक विभिन्न जिलों में 25 लोगों की जान चली गई। इनमें चंदौली में 6, हमीरपुर में 4, बांदा, बलिया व गाजीपुर में 2-2, वाराणसी, भदोही, जौनपुर, आजमगढ़, मऊ, चित्रकूट, महोबा, फतेहपुर व हाथरस में एक-एक की मौत हुई है। प्रदेश में बागपत में न्यूनतम तापमान 4.9, मुजफ्फनरगर में 5 और सहारनपुर 6 व वाराणसी में 8.4 डिग्री सेल्सियस रिकॉर्ड किया गया। फिलहाल ठंड से राहत के कोई आसार नहीं नजर आ रहे हैं। पूर्वांचल में बीते…
(PTI) Mobile internet services resumed in Assam on Friday, ten days after it was snapped in the wake of violent protests over the new citizenship law. A senior official of private telecom operator Airtel said the ban was lifted from 9 am on Friday. “As we did not received any fresh order to continue with the blackout, we have lifted the ban from 9 am,” he said. The state government had said that mobile internet services in the state would be restored from Friday though the Gauhati High Court had ordered restoration of the service by 5 pm on Thursday. Broadband services…
(MC) Polling for the fifth and final phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections in 16 constituencies has begun. The fate of former chief minister and JMM leader Hemant Soren is set to be decided in these elections, as is that of state Woman and Child Welfare Minister Louis Marandi and Agriculture Minister Randhir Singh. The polling that began at 7 am in all assembly segments will end at 3 pm in five constituencies of Borio (ST), Barhait (ST), Litipara (ST), Maheshpur. Exit Polls will be released in the evening after the conclusion of voting in all booths.