(ET) The Amit Shah-led committee, in its first meeting, did not take any decision on divestment of Air India and a second meeting will be held soon to take the issue of divestment forward. “First meeting took place. It was a very productive meeting. We are going to take all decisions that have to be taken in a defined period of time,” aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri told reporters after the meeting. “Process of divestment of Air India is truly under way. Second meeting of the group of ministers soon,” Puri further said. The meeting, which was attended by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman,…
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(BS) Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India, today said that the government is working to make India the hub of largest skilled workers in the world. Speaking at ‘Journey: WorldSkills Winners’, organised by FICCI to felicitate the Indian winners of World Skills Kazan 2019 competition on the eve of FICCI’s 12th Global Skills Summit, Pandey said that there is no dearth of talent in the country, they just need to be identified and provided with a platform. He also added that India would be the most populous country with 1.4 billion people by 2025.
(PTI) Mumbai’s Ruia family-owned Essar plans to double production of coal-seam gas from its Raniganj east block in West Bengal as a vital Urja-Ganga gas pipeline connecting users in eastern India gets commissioned by year-end, a company official said on Wednesday. Essar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production (EOGEPL) currently produces about 0.45 million standard cubic metres per day due to constraints of pipelines that could take the gas to consumers. The company plans to ramp up the production to more than 1 mmscmd, the official, who did not wish to be named, said. This would be the highest production of coal-seam gas…
(PTI) Union minister R K Singh on Wednesday called on Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik in Srinagar and discussed with him the augmentation of the power infrastructure in the state, a Raj Bhavan spokesman said. Singh, who is the Union Minister of State for Power, New and Renewable Energy and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and the governor discussed about various major initiatives taken by the central government to augment the power infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh and ensure 100 per cent electrification of all households, the spokesman said.They also considered ways and means to exploit renewable energy resources including hydroelectric and solar power based projects, he said.
(LiveMint) Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Prakash Javadekar today briefed the media on key Cabinet decisions. The Union Cabinet today approved 78 days’ of wages as bonus for Railway employees. This will benefit 11.52 lakh Railway employees and will lead to outgo of over ₹2,000 crore. “It is an acknowledgement of employees contribution to efficient Railway operations and aimed at maintaining high levels of motivation among railway personnel,” the government said in a statement. “Productivity-linked bonus amounting to 78 days’ work wages for over 11.5 lakh non-gazetted Railway employees (excluding RPF/RPSF personnel) approved,” the government said. The Cabinet also banned production, export,…
(ET) Vedanta’s upstream arm Cairn Oil and Gas plans to drill 78 exploratory wells at a cost of Rs 2,142 crore in a block in Rajasthan, which it had won under the first round of Open Acreage Licensing Programme (OALP). The RJ-ONHP-2017/3 block is spread across Bhinmal, Bagoda, Raniwara, Sanchor and Chitalwana of Jaore districts of Rajashtan, the company said in an application to the environment ministry. A small part of the block is also located in Gujarat but no exploration activities have been planned by the company in the state for the block. The project will include setting up of Early Production Units (EPUs)…
(PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted that the NRC will be introduced throughout India and all illegal immigrants will be thrown out of the country through legal means. He also said that people of the country have given its stamp of approval for the nationwide-implementation of the National Register of Citizens through the verdict of the 2019 elections.“We had promised to the people of the country in our election manifesto that not only in Assam but we will bring NRC all over the country and make a register of the country’s people, and for others (illegal immigrants) action would be taken…
(NBT) उत्तर प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ की कोशिशें रंग लाईं और केंद्रीय पेट्रोलियम मंत्री धर्मेन्द्र प्रधान ने बुधवार को गोरखपुर के लिए सौगातों का पिटारा खोल दिया। प्रदेश के पहले बायो फ्यूल प्लांट के शिलान्यास के अलावा घरेलू ईंधन के क्षेत्र में भी गोरखपुर ने कई कदम आगे बढ़ा दिए। इस मौके पर सीएम योगी ने कहा कि गाय, गोमूत्र और गोबर से किसानों की आमदनी दोगुनी होगी। उम्मीद है कि गैस बॉटलिंग प्लांट का उद्घाटन और क्षमता विस्तार से पूर्वांचल के कई जिलों को फायदा पहुंचेगा। इन योजनाओं को लेकर उत्साहित मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि पेट्रोलियम मंत्री ने पूर्वांचल के सूखेपन को दूर किया…
(PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be on a three-day visit to Finland from Thursday during which he will hold talks with the top leadership of that country to strengthen bilateral ties. Jaishankar will have detailed discussions with Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto on a broad spectrum of bilateral relations pursuant to the meeting of the prime ministers of India and Finland on the margins of the India-Nordic Summit in April 2018 in Stockholm, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement. The external affairs minister will also call on Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and Finnish Prime Minister…
(ET) Petrol and diesel prices were on Wednesday hiked by 24-25 paise per litre, the steepest increase since July 5 Union Budget, as a fallout of turmoil in global oil markets following drone attacks on Saudi Arabian crude oil facilities. Petrol price was increased by 25 paise per litre to Rs 72.42 and diesel by 24 paise to Rs 65.82 in the Delhi market, which is sort of a national benchmark, according to price information available from state-owned fuel retailers. This is the biggest single-day hike since the July 5 Budget of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman that raised rates by almost Rs…