(FE) The value of balances in bank accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) has crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore mark, as per updated data on the scheme’s website. A total of 36.06 crore beneficiaries held balances worth Rs 1,00,496 crore as on July 3, 2019. This puts the average account balance of a Jan Dhan account at Rs 2,787. Public-sector banks (PSBs) held a 79% share of Jan Dhan accounts in both volume and value terms. They were followed by regional rural banks (RRBs), who held 17% of the beneficiaries and 18% of the value…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(FE) The government plans to put a ceiling on crop insurance premium after complaints by many states that the insurers were charging very high premiums and that finally is taking a toll on the official budget. There is also a plan to create a pool from which premiums can be paid to companies so that delay of claims settlement is avoided. These are some of the proposals mooted by the Centre to undertake the necessary changes in Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) guidelines as it plans to roll out the provisions in this kharif season. “The premium rose to 60%…
(MC) NITI Aayog is working on a plan to set-up desalination plants along India’s 7,800-km coastline, according to a report . The plants will desalinate sea water which would then be supplied to population centres through a pipeline network. This comes at a time when severe water shortages have been observed in major urban areas such as Chennai. Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has made countrywide sufficient clean water supply by 2024 a top priority. According to the report, the plan is to set up floating desalination plants in India’s marine waters or build plants along the coast. Territorial waters a sovereign country extends up…
(Hindustan) छह राष्ट्रीय दलों में से सत्तारूढ़ भाजपा को वित्तीय वर्ष 2016 से 2018 तक कारोबारी घरानों से 915 करोड़ रुपये का चंदा मिला है। यह कांग्रेस के 55.36 करोड़ रुपये के मुकाबले 16 गुना ज्यादा है। तीसरे स्थान पर एनसीपी रही जिसे इस अवधि के दौरान 7.737 करोड़ रुपये मिले हैं। चुनावी विश्षलेण संस्था एडीआर की मंगलवार को जारी रिपोर्ट में यह खुलासा हुआ है। 2016-18 के दौरान कारोबारी घरानों ने 985.18 करोड़ रुपये का चंदा दिया। यह ज्ञात स्रोतों से राजनीतिक दलों को 20,000 रुपये से ऊपर मिले कुल चंदे का लगभग 93 फीसदी है। राष्ट्रीय दल बसपा…
(BS) India will likely give up direct control of its most-profitable state-run behemoths as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to keep the budget deficit in check, while reviving investments to spur economic growth. The government has identified the biggest energy companies such as Oil & Natural Gas Corp., Indian Oil Corp., NTPC Ltd. and GAIL India Ltd. as probable candidates for cutting its direct holding to below 51 per cent, Atanu Chakraborty, who steers Modi’s asset sale department, said in an interview Monday in New Delhi. “Government’s indirect holding, through arms such as Life Insurance Corp. of India, will stay above…
(AU) लोकसभा चुनाव में शिकस्त मिलने के बाद पहली बार अमेठी पहुंच रहे कांग्रेस नेता राहुल गांधी के समक्ष यहां दोबारा पैर जमाने की बड़ी चुनौती है। राहुल को शिकस्त के बावजूद लोकसभा चुनाव में मिले चार लाख से अधिक मतों को सहेजने के साथ ही जनता की नाराजगी की उस नब्ज को भी पकड़ना होगा, जिससे उन्हें यह दिन देखना पड़ा। साथ ही जनता के बीच यह मैसेज भी देना होगा कि वे अमेठी के लोगों को लेकर फिक्रमंद हैं। लोकसभा चुनाव में शिकस्त के बाद बुधवार को कांग्रेस नेता राहुल गांधी पहली बार अमेठी पहुंच रहे हैं। वैसे…
(ET) The government has asked Coal India Limited and the railways to prioritize fuel supply to pithead power plants irrespective of their quota or contracted quantity to help them run at full capacity and meet peak demand. CIL normally supplies a maximum of 90% of the requirement for running a plant at 85% capacity. In peak season, higher demand for coal congests the railways, making it easier to stock up pithead plants. Not all coalfields have enough production to meet the demand of a pithead plant while some mines also cater to other customers. Seventeen plants are located near coal mines.…
(AU) कांवड़ यात्रा को लेकर शासन भी काफी गंभीर है। मंगलवार को जानकारी मिली कि मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ 24 जुलाई को मेरठ और मुजफ्फरनगर के कांवड़ मार्ग का दौरा कर सुविधाओं और सुरक्षा व्यवस्थाओं को परख सकते हैं। इस सूचना के बाद पुलिस-प्रशासन अलर्ट हो गया है और तैयारियों को अंतिम रूप देना शुरू कर दिया है। माना जा रहा है कि मुख्यमंत्री अपने इस विशेष दौरे में कांवड़ पटरी मार्ग के साथ ही एनएच-58 पर कांवड़ियों के साथ पैदल यात्रा कर सकते हैं। पुलिस और प्रशासन के आला अधिकारी मुख्यमंत्री के दौरे की तैयारियों में जुट गए हैं।
(TH) As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Cauvery basin, Chennai, has offered to set up Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants in seven drought-hit villages in the district at a total cost of Rs 96.11 lakh. Collector K. Veera Raghava Rao on Tuesday inaugurated RO plants for SP Pattinam and Kolunthurai at a function at SP Pattinam in the presence of ONGC, Cauvery basin Group General Managers C. V. Sastry and Laxma Reddy and General Manager, ONGC, Karaikal, T. Sai Prasad. Inauguration of the plants coincided with ‘Swachhta fortnight’ being observed by…
(PTI) The country’s finished steel imports rose 4.7 percent to 7.83 million tonne (MT) in 2018-19, Parliament was informed on July 8. The country had imported 7.48 MT of finished steel in 2017-18. In 2018-19, finished steel import stood at 7.83 MT, an increase of 4.7 percent in comparison to 2017-18, Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. Stainless steel, flat products such as hot-rolled and cold-rolled coils, galvanised plain- or galvanised corrugated-coated and electrical sheets are the major categories that are being imported from other countries, he told the House. “Among the grades that are imported,…