(Hindustan) पूर्ण कर्जमाफी और फसलों की लागत से डेढ़ गुना कीमत की मांग को लेकर आगामी 30 नवंबर को किसान मार्च में शामिल होने के लिए बुधवार से किसान दिल्ली पहुंचने लगे। बिजवासन इलाके में बुधवार को हजारों की संख्या में किसान अलग-अलग राज्यों से पहुंच रहे है। अखिल भारतीय किसान संघर्ष समन्वय समिति के बैनर तले किसान 29 नवंबर को ही पहले रामलीला मैदान कूच करेंगे। स्वराज इंडिया के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष और किसान नेता योगेंद्र यादव के नेतृत्व में गुरुवार को किसान बिजवासन से पैदल चलकर रामलीला मैदान पहुंचेंगे। किसान मुक्ति मार्च के नाम से यह यात्रा बिजवासन से…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(ET) As part of the plan to revive Air India, the government has set a targeted financial improvements of Rs 2,000 crore per annum through savings as well as revenue enhancement, a senior aviation ministry official said today. “Through revenue enhancement and cost savings, Air India has to show an improvement of about Rs 2,000 crore per annum. The plan has been approved by the alternate mechanism for Air India,” said aviation secretary R N Choubey. The alternate mechanism on Air India is headed by Finance minister Arun Jaitley and has aviation & commerce minister Suresh Prabhu as its members. As part…
(Hindustan) Taking the cumulative number of houses sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) to 6.5 million, the ministry of housing and urban affairs on Wednesday approved 205,442 houses to be added under the Prime Minister’s scheme. The approval was given in the 40th meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) held on Wednesday. Under the scheme, Maharashtra has been sanctioned 116,042 more houses and Karnataka, 31,657. The incremental number of houses sanctioned for Bihar is 26,880, while Tamil Nadu has been sanctioned 15,529 houses and Jammu & Kashmir, 15,334 houses. “2.75 lakh (275,000) people have benefited from…
(AU) राजस्थान विधानसभा चुनाव 2018 के लिए कांग्रेस ने चुनाव घोषणापत्र जारी कर दिया है। प्रदेश कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष सचिन पायलट, पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री अशोक गहलोत और घोषणापत्र समिति के अध्यक्ष हरीश चौधरी ने इस दस्तावेज को जारी किया। सचिन पायलट ने एलान किया कि कांग्रेस किसानों के कर्ज माफ करेगी और बुजुर्ग किसानों को पेंशन देगी। पायलट ने कहा कि हम समयबद्ध तरीके से सभी योजनाओं को लागू करेंगे। उल्लेखनीय है कि कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी राज्य में सरकार बनने पर किसानों का कर्ज 10 दिन में माफ करने की बड़ी घोषणा पहले ही कर चुके हैं। सचिन पायलट ने कहा…
(LiveMint) Altogether 65.5% voters exercised their franchise in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections on Wednesday, just over 7% less than the figure in the previous polls. In the 2013 Assembly election, 72.69% turnout was recorded, an election official said. The polling on Wednesday was marred by complaints of faulty Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVVPAT) machines. Poll officials said 1,145 EVMs and 1,545 VVPATs were replaced after complaints of technical snags. Polling was held between 8am and 5pm in 227 seats, while in three assembly segments — Lanji, Paraswada and Baihar — in the Naxal-affected Balaghat district,…
(LiveMint) Busting rumours that LPG cylinder prices are likely to be hiked to Rs 1,000 per cylinder, the petroleum ministry today said domestic LPG cylinder rates are likely to be reduced in the coming days. “According to some news reports, LPG price may touch Rs 1,000 per cylinder. It is being clarified that this is not based on facts and the price is not being increased to Rs 1,000,” the petroleum ministry said in a tweet. It said because of a fall in international fuel prices, domestic LPG prices are also likely to fall down in the coming days. At present, subsidised LPG costs Rs…
(LiveMint) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the interim Budget for 2019-20 fiscal on 1 February 2019. The Finance Ministry on Wednesday said “the work for preparation ofinterim Budget 2019-20 has already commenced and is now gaining momentum”. It has already sought inputs from different central ministries for the budget speech, which would be the last budget of the current BJP-led NDA government before the 2019 general polls. Last month, the ministry began the budgetary exercise for 2019-20. During the process, meetings were held with the ministries of steel, power, and housing and urban development, among others, to finalise revised expenditure for the current…
Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship announces the appointment of Mr. A.M. Naik as Chairman of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). One of the most influential business leaders in the country, Mr. Naik brings over 50 years of meritorious experience in the infrastructure, engineering and construction sectors. The appointment of Mr. Naik as Chairman of NSDC underscores the importance attached by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi to skill development. As the Prime Minister has repeatedly stressed ‘skilling brings a sense of self confidence to the poor. Matching job creation with industry demand is the key to end…
(ET) Coal India’s employees have largely stayed away from buying shares reserved for them in the Centre’s offer for sale. Shares were under subscribed by more than 90%, though they were offered to employees at a discount. Had the issue been fully subscribed, it would have fetched the government around Rs 251 crore. Instead, it is now likely to fetch close to Rs 25 crore only. Despite two recent rounds of stake sale — one for financial institutions and retail investors and another for employees — the Centre may not have succeeded in bringing down its holding below 75%. It…
(AU) नोटबंदी के बाद बाजार में आए नए नोट दो साल बाद ही चलन से बाहर होने लगे हैं। आलम यह है कि 2,000 और 500 रुपये के नए नोटों के साथ इसी साल जनवरी में जारी भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक (आरबीआई) के गवर्नर उर्जित पटेल के हस्ताक्षर वाले चॉकलेटी ब्राउन रंग के 10 रुपये के नोट पर भी यह खतरा मंडराने लगा है। इसी के मद्देनजर वाणिज्यिक बैंकों ने इन नोटों को जारी नहीं करने योग्य (नॉन इश्यूबल) की श्रेणी में डालकर चलन से बाहर करना शुरू कर दिया है। एक अग्रणी सरकारी बैंक के वरिष्ठ अधिकारी ने अमर उजाला…