(ET) The Railways, for the first time, have started utilising the government’s rural job flagship scheme – MGNREGA – to undertake railway work, a senior official said. “The Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) has started works of widening railway embankment in Kishanganj area of Katihar division in Bihar and Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal under the MGNREGA,” NFR’s Chief Public Relations Officer Pranav Jyoti Sharma. He said that if the state governments of the northeastern states and concerned District Magistrates agree, similar works can be undertaken in the region where NFR has railway lines. The NFR serves seven districts in West Bengal and…
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(AU) सुप्रीम कोर्ट शुक्रवार को 36 राफेल लड़ाकू विमानों की खरीद को लेकर फ्रांस के साथ हुए सौदे की जांच अदालत की निगरानी में कराने की मांग वाली याचिकाओं पर अपना फैसला सुनाएगा। राफेल सौदे को लेकर विपक्षी दलों ने मोदी सरकार के खिलाफ पिछले कई महीनों से मोर्चा खोल रखा है। इस लिहाज से सुप्रीम कोर्ट का यह फैसला काफी अहम साबित होगा। चीफ जस्टिस रंजन गोगोई, जस्टिस संजय किशन कौल और जस्टिस केएम जोसफ की पीठ शुक्रवार को राफेल सौदे पर अपना फैसला सुनाएगी। पीठ अगर अदालत की निगरानी में इस सौदे की जांच कराने का आदेश देती है…
(BS) Worried over delay in allotment of land to Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for putting up new plants, Union minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan has written to the Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to expedite the matter. It may be noted that IOCL is in the process of finalising Rs 400 billion of investments in new projects in Odisha such as PC (polypropylene complex)/PTA (purified terephthalic acid) project, petcoke gasification based projects and refinery capacity expansion project from 15 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) to 25 mtpa at Paradip. Besides, IOCL is also participating in the textile park proposed at Bhadrak. The oil marketing…
(AU) कांग्रेस के वरिष्ठ नेता कमलनाथ मध्य प्रदेश के नए मुख्यमंत्री होंगे। कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी की मुहर के बाद बृहस्पतिवार देर रात भोपाल में हुई विधायक दल की बैठक में उन्हें नेता चुना गया। बैठक में सीएम पद के दूसरे दावेदार ज्योतिरादित्य सिंधिया भी मौजूद थे। इससे पहले राहुल के घर दिनभर चली मैराथन बैठक में कमलनाथ के नाम पर सहमति बनी थी। हालांकि राजस्थान और छत्तीसगढ़ में सीएम पद के दावेदारों के अड़ने की वजह से नामों का एलान नहीं हो सका। इन दोनों राज्यों के सीएम के नाम की घोषणा शुक्रवार को दोनों राज्यों के वरिष्ठ नेताओं से…
(LiveMint) Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday admitted there were two-three areas of differences with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), but questioned how a mere discussion on its functioning could be considered “destruction” of an institution. Under attack politically for creating circumstances that led to the resignation of Urjit Patel as the RBI governor, Jaitley listed out a string of actions initiated by past governments, including Congress Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, asking RBI governors to resign. Speaking at the Times Networks India Economic Conclave, Jaitley said differences with the RBI included credit flow in the economy…
(ET) The Election Commission of India is preparing to pitch for the mandatory, legally backed, linking of voter IDs with the Aadhaar number.The commission will propose amendments to the Representation of the People Act, 1951, that will require citizens to link their Electoral Photo ID Card (EPIC) with the 12-digit Aadhaar, while ensuring privacy protection, said people with knowledge of the matter. The move is aimed at improving the accuracy of the electoral rolls, they said, adding that the commission will be sending its suggestion to the law ministry shortly. This marks a shift in the position of the commission,…
(MC) After weeks of deliberation, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) allowed mutual funds to segregate their holdings in stressed securities. Known as side-pocketing in mutual fund (MF) parlance, this refers to a practice where fund houses isolate risky assets from the rest of their holdings and cap redemption. Once segregated, a set of units will contain investments made in the troubled paper, while the other set of units will contain all other investments and cash holdings. This will ensure that if a paper gets downgraded to ‘default’ grade and the fund doesn’t receive the money from its underlying…
(DJ) गुरुवार के कारोबार में भारतीय शेयर बाजार में लगातार तीसरे दिन तेजी देखने को मिली है। दिन के 9 बजकर 16 मिनट पर सेंसेक्स 245 अंकों की तेजी के साथ 36,024 के साथ और निफ्टी 69 अंकों की तेजी के साथ 10,807 पर कारोबार कर रहा है। निफ्टी-50 में शुमार 50 शेयरों की बात करें तो 41 हरे और 9 लाल निशान पर कारोबार कर रहे हैं। गौरतलब है कि बुधवार का कारोबार खत्म होने पर सेंसेक्स 629 अंकों की तेजी के साथ 35,779 पर और निफ्टी 188 अंकों की तेजी के साथ 10,737 पर बंद हुआ था। आज…
(ET) The World Bankpraised India’s success in renewable energy auctions that delivered record-setting low prices for solar power and said that the number of countries with strong policy frameworks for sustainable energy more than tripled — from 17 to 59 — in the eight years till 2017. Many of the world’s largest energy-consuming countries significantly improved their renewable energy regulations since 2010, said the World Bank’s report — Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) 2018, charting global progress on sustainable energy policies. The report was released on the sidelines of the 24th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change(COP24). Progress was even more…
(LiveMint) India’s retail inflation dropped to a 17-month low in November, while factory output grew to an 11-month high on the back of a lower base, conditions that allow for a potential rate cut in the first policy meeting under the new Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor, Shaktikanta Das. Retail inflation slowed down to 2.33% in November, below the central bank’s projection, from 3.38% a month ago, according to data released by the Central Statistics Office. Factory output measured by the index of industrial production (IIP) grew at a faster clip at 8.1% in October, compared with 4.5% in the…