(PTI) The government has decided to launch within a month a portal on the lines of Alibaba in China and Amazon in the US for selling products manufactured by small industries, Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister Nitin Gadkari said in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. He expressed confidence that it will generate a turnover of Rs 10 lakh crore in the next two years of its launch. It will provide a good opportunity to the MSME sector which contributes significantly in job generation and promoting growth of the country, Gadkari said in the Lok Sabha during Question Hour.Like what…
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(The Pioneer) Himachal Pradesh Government has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Himachal Siksha Vikas Dharmarth Sanstha to establish day school and skill development centre for the local community in village Sanwara under Kasauli Tehsil of district Solan. The MoU was signed here in the presence of Education Minister Suresh Bhardwaj by Director Education (Higher Education) Dr Amarjeet Sharma on behalf of the State Government and president of Himachal Siksha Vikas Dharmarth Sanstha Sukhjinder Jagpal. This institute will be established at an estimated cost of Rs 19 crore and it will provide employment to 65 people.
(DJ) उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार कर्मचारियों के पुरानी पेंशन लागू करने की मांग पर विचार नहीं करेगी। विधान परिषद में वित्त मंत्री राजेश अग्रवाल ने इस बाबत विधान मंडल के मानसून सत्र में इस प्रश्न पर जवाब भी दिया है। उत्तर प्रदेश विधानमंडल के मानसून सत्र में गुरुवार को पुरानी पेंशन बहाली पर सरकार ने जवाब दिया है। विधान परिषद वित्त मंत्री राजेश अग्रवाल ने पुरानी पेंशन लागू करने के सवाल पर लिखित जवाब दिया। जवाब में कहा गया है कि पुरानी पेंशन व्यवस्था लागू करने की सरकार की ऐसी कोई मंशा नहीं है। इस पर कोई विचार भी नहीं हो रहा…
(PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the government was working on introduction of e-passports and aims to issue 22 million in the first phase. The Ministry has plans to issue chip-enabled e-passports to citizens with advanced security features. Replying to supplementaries during question hour in the Rajya Sabha, the minister said the personal particulars of the applicants would be digitally signed and stored in the chip which would be embedded in the present form of physical passport booklet. In case anyone tampers with the chip, the system would be able to identify it resulting in the failure of the passport authentication. To…
(PTI) The government has extended the Budget session till August 7, official sources said.The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs here, the sources said. The government had indicated on Wednesday that the ongoing Parliament session could be extended. extended. Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar had said the Opposition has always demanded that Parliament should meet for more number of days. “Now we are doing it,” he said.
(FE) Indian Railways bets on being environment-friendly! In a big environment-friendly step, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has stated that all broad gauge Indian Railways routes across India will be electrified in mission mode. The Railway Minister has said that around 1.27 per cent of the total electricity consumption of India is consumed by Indian Railways. Goyal has also revealed that Indian Railways also requires 3 per cent of High-Speed Diesel (HSD) oil for its energy requirements. Goyal informed Lok Sabha that Indian Railways is taking several energy efficiency measures to curb the carbon footprint in order to protect the environment as…
(BS) The Reserve Bank of India is set to cut interest rates in August for the fourth meeting in a row, according to a Reuters poll of economists, a majority of whom said risks to their already-modest growth forecasts were skewed more to the downside. If the RBI does cut rates next month, it will be the most aggressive amongst dovish central banks in Asia. The last time the RBI delivered so many back-to-back cuts was after the global financial crisis over a decade ago, when most major central banks went on a cutting spree to revive economic growth. Almost 80 per cent of 66 economists in…
(FE) JSW Steel is looking to increase the domestic capacity to 45 million tonne by 2030, with a global capacity footprint of 10 million tonne over the same time period. Addressing shareholders at the company’s 25th annual general meeting on Thursday, Sajjan Jindal, chairman and managing director, said the company is in the midst of a large organic growth programme to expand capacity from 18 to 24 MPTA (million tonne per annum) by 2020-2021. With the Vijayangar capacity upgradation project, JSW Steel will increase capacity from 12 MTPA to 13 MTPA. The expansion project in Dolvi, which is currently underway,…
(DJ) गुजरात में भारी बारिश के चलते सरदार सरोवर नर्मदा बांध का जलस्तर बढ़ गया है। गुजरात में इस साल पहली बार बांध का जल स्तर 121.92 मीटर तक पहुंच गया। रात 11 बजे तक इसका जलस्तर 121.98 होने की संभावना है। गुजरात के नर्मदा जिले की गरुडेश्वर तहसील के केवडीया कोलनी में स्थित सरदार सरोवर बांध (नर्मदा) अथॉरिटी की ओर से मिली जानकारी के मुताबिक, भारी बारिश के कारण नर्मदा बांध का जलस्तर बढ़ गया है। बांध में 15362 क्यूसेक पानी की जावक हो रही है, जबकि 13690 क्यूसेक पानी की आवक हो रही है। फिलहाल, बांध का जल…
(DJ) विधान सभा में गुरुवार को समाजवादी पार्टी ने मेरठ में भीड़ हिंसा (मॉब लिंचिंग) का विरोध करते लोगों पर पुलिस द्वारा लाठी बरसाने और मुकदमे दर्ज करने पर हंगामा किया। सपाइयों का कहना था कि फर्जी मुकदमे वापस लिए जाएं और इस मुद्दे पर सदन में चर्चा कराई जाए। संसदीय कार्य मंत्री सुरेश खन्ना ने हिंसा करने व अराजकता फैलाने वालों पर कोई नरमी न बरतने की बात कही और निर्दोषों का उत्पीड़न नहीं करने का भरोसा भी दिलाया। अधिष्ठाता वीरेंद्र सिरोही ने चर्चा कराने से इंकार किया तो सपा सदस्य सरकार विरोधी नारेबाजी करते हुए सदन से वॉकआउट…