(PTI) The government has received over 60 complaints against the managing director of state-owned Ferro Scrap Nigam Ltd (FSNL) for allegedly terminating whistleblowers, practising caste-based discrimination and violating rules, Parliament was informed on Monday. “The government has received a total number of 62 complaints against managing director, Ferro Scrap Nigam Ltd, on various allegations during the last three years and the current year for alleged termination/removal of whistleblowers, caste-based discrimination, unfair practices, irregularities, malpractices, violation of rules,” Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said in a reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. He further said a whistleblower can make complaints…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(PTI) The steel sector is witnessing growth in the recent past after a slowdown, with India becoming a net exporter in the current financial year, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday. During the Question Hour, he said steel is a deregulated sector where market forces and commercial considerations decide construction and location of new steel plants. He was responding to a query on whether the government proposes to set up new steel plants in Haryana. According to him, India has become a net exporter of steel in the current year. “The import of steel has increased marginally in the last three…
Decision for improvement / development of infrastructure in Steel plants of Public Sector Unit categories are taken by the concerned Public Sector Undertakings depending on their financial position and market dynamics. Steel Authority of india Limited (SAIL) had undertaken modernisation and expansion of its five integrated steel plants at Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), Bokaro (Jharkhand), Rourkela (Odisha), Durgapur (West Bengal) & Burnpur (West Bengal) and Special Steel Plant at Salem (Tamil Nadu) to enhance the crude steel capacity from 12.8 Million tonne per annum (MTPA) to 21.4 MTPA. As part of the SAIL modernisation and expansion project, an investment of Rs.2371/- Crore…
(ET) The government is preparing to auction supply of coal to stressed power plants, which must sell the electricity produced using this fuel on the spot market. The auctions, likely to start by February next year, will be reserved for non-captive power plants which do not have power purchase agreements (PPAs) for more than half their capacity, according to the bid guidelines released by the power ministry. Power minister RK Singh told that the move allowingcoal supply for short-term electricity trade would help revive stressed power assets. “So far, coal was allocated for long-term and medium-term PPA holders. With this, stressed…
(AU) झारखंड चुनाव के दूसरे चरण के लिए सोमवार को गृह मंत्री अमित शाह ने राज्य के चक्रधरपुर में रैली को संबोधित किया। इसके अलावा वह बहरागोड़ा में जनसभा को भी संबोधित करेंगे। दोनों ही सीटों पर सात दिसंबर को मतदान होना है। शाह इससे पहले राज्य में मनिका, लोहरदगा, चतरा और गढ़वा में चुनाव प्रचार कर चुके हैं। रविवार को वह सिसई और सिमडेगा में सभा करने वाले थे, लेकिन उनका यह कार्यक्रम रद्द हो गया था। यहां रैली में अमित शाह ने कहा- पिछले पांच साल में नरेंद्र मोदी सरकार और रघुबर दास सरकार ने नक्सलवाद का झारखंड से खात्मा कर विकास…
To boost skill development at the district level, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) have signed a contract with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore for implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) programme. MGNF is a two year academic programme with an in-built component of on-ground practical experience with the district administration. It seeks to create a cadre of individuals, and train them in a blended academic program that provides both academic inputs and requires a field immersion at the district level to understand and contribute to the creation of a district level ecosystem to…
(ET) A petition seeking review of the Supreme Court’s November 9 judgement on Ayodhya land dispute by which the entire 2.77 acre land was granted to deity Ram Lalla was filed in the apex court on Monday. Maulana Syed Ashhad Rashidi, legal heir of original litigant M Siddiq, has filed the review plea saying that the judgment suffers from “errors apparent on record and warrants a review under Article 137 of the Constitution of India”. The review petition said the apex court in an in an attempt to balance the reliefs between the parties, condoned illegalities of the Hindu parties…
MSMEs contribute 29.7% of GDP and 49.66% of Indian Exports. Government has taken various initiatives to enhance the competitiveness of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) through schemes such as Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology Upgradation Scheme (CLCS-TUS), Micro and Small Enterprises – Cluster Development Programme, Procurement and Marketing Support and support for MSMEs to participate in international exhibitions / trade fairs, conferences / summits/ workshops. This information was given by Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
The scheme of Dual System of Training has had a significant impact on the skilling ecosystem after it was recently revamped. Since the launch of revised guidelines of DST Scheme, by Directorate General of Training (DGT), Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE); there has been a huge jump from the earlier 136 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in the last three years, to now 748 MoUs signed with the organizations in the last six months. The revised scheme guidelines are effective from 2019 session, & applicable to all affiliated Government and Private Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) implementing Craftsman Training Scheme in the country.…
(ET) The government on Monday said there is no proposal to reduce taxes on petrol and diesel. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Lok Sabha that no where in the world do the prices of petrol and diesel remain steady for a particular period of time. To a query on whether petrol and diesel would be brought under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, she said that in a way, they are already under the zero rate category of the GST. The rates have to be decided by the the GST Council, she noted. The council, chaired by the Union…