Author: Aruna Sharma

(PTI) The Reserve Bank of India Monday launched an application on its website for lodging complaints against banks and NBFCs with a view to improve customer experience in timely redressal of grievances. The Complaint Management System (CMS) is a software application to facilitate RBI’s grievance redressal process. Customers can lodge complaints against any regulated entity with public interface such as commercial banks, urban cooperative banks, Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs). The complaint would be directed to the appropriate office of the Ombudsman/Regional Office of the RBI. The CMS will be accessible on desktop as well as on mobile devices. The RBI also plans…

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(Hindustan) उप मुख्यमंत्री केशव प्रसाद मौर्य ने सोमवार को प्रदेश के विभिन्न हिस्सों से आए लोगों की समस्याएं सुनीं। अधिकारियों को निर्देश दिए कि आम जनता की समस्याओं का तत्काल निराकरण करें। इस कार्य में किसी भी तरह की लापरवाही क्षम्य नहीं है। सात-कालिदास मार्ग स्थित अपने आवास पर आयोजित जनता दरबार में उप मुख्यमंत्री विभिन्न जिलों से पहुंचे लोगों की समस्याएं सुनने के साथ ही मौके से ही अधिकारियों को निर्देश देते रहे। अधिकारियों से कहा कि समस्याओं का निस्तारण ईमानदारी पूर्वक होना चाहिए। किसी फरियादी को दूसरी बार उसी समस्या के लिए ना आना पड़ें, यह सुनिश्चित करें। वृद्धावस्था,…

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(TNIE) The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), which has halted the construction of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) import terminal at Puthuvype off Kochi following protests, has conducted a risk analysis study and prepared a Disaster Management Plan (DMP). The Disaster Management Plan drawn up by Projects & Development India Ltd, a Government of India undertaking, is meant to identify the vulnerable stretch of the `2,200 crore terminal, operating staff and the surrounding communities in case of any accident due to the proposed plant facilities. Also, the analysis will help the IOC assess overall damage potential of  hazardous events in relation to plant…

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(Hindustan) रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने सोमवार को आश्वासन दिया कि देश की रक्षा तैयारियों के साथ कोई समझौता नहीं होगा और बजट इसमें बाधा नहीं बनेगा। सिंह ने राज्यसभा में प्रश्नकाल के दौरान पूरक सवालों के जवाब में कहा कि सरकार कोष के कारण रक्षा तैयारियों के साथ समझौते की अनुमति नहीं देगी। उन्होंने कहा कि जहां तक देश की रक्षा तैयारियों का सवाल है, इस पर बजट के कारण कोई प्रतिकूल प्रभाव नहीं पड़ेगा। सिंह ने इस बात से इंकार किया कि रक्षा क्षेत्र में आवंटित बजट का पूरा उपयोग नहीं किया गया है। उन्होंने कहा कि वास्तव में…

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(PTI) Indian Railways will require around 17 lakh tonne of rails in the current financial year and steel PSU SAIL has committed to supply 13.5 lakh tonne, Parliament was informed. In a reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said for 2019-20, Railways has indicated a requirement of around 17 lakh tonne of rails for track renewal and capacity augmentation. Against this demand, SAIL has committed to supply 13.5 lakh tonne, he added. SAIL, under the steel ministry, is the country’s largest steel making company and as per an agreement, it supplies rails to Indian Railways from…

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(FE) PFC Consulting, the consultancy arm of Power Finance Corporation (PFC), has invited bids to appoint a technical consultant for its 4,000 MW UMPP in Deoghar, Jharkhand. After a gap of four years, when the last ultra mega power plant (UMPP) was commissioned in 2015, the government is hopeful of reviving the UMPP policy. The technical consultant will conduct the site feasibility study, and obtain the environmental and forest clearances for the power plant. The bid opened on June 24 and will close on July 22. The Deoghar UMPP will source around 105 million cubic metre per annum of water…

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(AU) प्रदेश में दोपहिया वाहन चालकों को अब बिना हेलमेट पेट्रोल पंपों से पट्रोल नहीं मिलेगा। इस बाबत राज्य सरकार जल्द ही आदेश जारी करने की तैयारी में है। सोमवार को ये बातें मुख्य सचिव डॉ. अनूप चंद्र पांडेय ने समीक्षा बैठक में सभी मंडलायुक्तों व जिलाधिकारियों को वीडियो कॉन्फ्रेंसिंग में कही। इस दौरान उन्होंने महिलाओं व लड़कियों की सुरक्षा के लिए कड़े कदम उठाने व जुलाई में सभी स्कूलों की छात्राओं को सुरक्षा के प्रति जागरूक करने के लिए विशेष अभियान चलाने के निर्देश दिए। इसमें गांव व छोटे कस्बे के स्कूलों-कॉलेजों को वरीयता देने के साथ ही स्थानीय…

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(TH) More than 4.2 lakh consumers have opted for transferring their cooking gas connections to their preferred or required LPG distributors, according to data shared by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The transfers were made under the online portability scheme initiated in 2013. “Portability option for transfer of LPG connection was launched across the country in 2013. Subsequently, the process of online transfer of connection within same market was made fully automatic for the transfers within the same Oil Marketing Company (OMC),” Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan said in a written reply to a question in…

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(PTI) The government is exploring various consolidation options including merger of state-owned general insurance companies with New India Assurance with a view to create synergy and unlock value. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) under the Ministry of Finance is also looking at other options including stake sale in three state-owned insurance firms like National Insurance Company, Oriental Insurance Company and United India Insurance Company, sources said. The idea is to fast track stake sale in the public sector general insurance companies, which has been pending for the past two years, sources said. Various options including issuance of fresh…

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(ET) Tata Power is exploring the establishment of an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) for its near 3 gigawatt (GW) renewable energy portfolio to deleverage its balance sheet by a fourth and raise growth equity from investors, said people with knowledge of the matter. If it goes ahead, Tata Power will join Larsen and Toubro, Reliance Industries, Sterlite and Piramal Enterprises in creating investment trusts for operational infrastructure assets. Tata Power, the country’s largest integrated power company, has 2,549 MW of renewable capacity and a presence in 14 states across India. Another 400-500 MW is in the pipeline. It’s largely a…

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