The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for closure of the Biecco Lawrie Limited (BLL) including giving Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS)/ Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) to the employees of the Company. The idling assets of BLL will be subsequently put into productive use after meeting all the liabilities in accordance with the extant guidelines of the Government. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has taken various steps for revival of the Company from time to time. However, the Company could not be revived and further, there appeared no possibility of…
Author: Aruna Sharma
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that skill development should be a continuous process and the innovations must help making the lives of people better. He was addressing the gathering at the Valedictory of the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of Educational Institutions run by Nachimuthu Industrial Association (NIA), in Pollachi, Tamil Nadu today. Calling Arutchelvar Dr. N. Mahalingam, the founder of the institution, an ideal person who had contributed immensely for the uplift of the people living in rural Tamil Nadu, the Vice President said that such qualities should be emulated by young and the politicians…
हिन्दुस्तान पेट्रोलियम कॉर्पोरेशन लिमिटेड को वर्ष 2017- 18 में सर्वश्रेष्ठ राजभाषा निष्पादन के लिए पेट्रोलियम और प्राकृतिक गैस मंत्रालय की “पेट्रोलियम राजभाषा शील्ड प्रथम पुरस्कार“ से सम्मानित किया गया है। माननीय सचिव – पेट्रोलियम और प्राकृतिक गैस, डॉ. एम. एम. कुट्टी ने एचपीसीएल के अध्यक्ष एवं प्रबंध निदेशक, श्री मुकेश कुमार सुराणा को ‘पेट्रोलियम राजभाषा शील्ड’ देकर सम्मानित किया। पेट्रोलियम राजभाषा शील्ड सम्पूर्ण तेल उद्योग में राजभाषा कार्यान्वयन में प्रथम स्थान प्राप्त करने पर प्रदान की जाती है। इस अवसर पर सचिव-पेट्रोलियम और प्राकृतिक गैस ने पेट्रोलियम राजभाषा शील्ड प्राप्त करने में सराहनीय योगदान के लिए हमारे प्रमुख-राजभाषा श्री राम विचार यादव…
Consolidation of existing fragmented regulatory structures into an overarching regulatory authority, National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) which will subsume the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) and the National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) The Union Cabinet chaired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the merger of the existing regulatory institutions in the skills space – National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) and the National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) into the National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET). NCVET will regulate the functioning of entities engaged in vocational education and training, both long-term and short-term,…
(The Pioneer) Wipro GE Healthcare tied up with two partners for developing a medical device and training community workers to support the government’s ambitious National Health Protection Scheme — ‘Ayushman Bharat’. “We are partnering with Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (Sameer) to develop a 1.5T (tesla) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system for meeting the local demand,” said the medical technology firm in a statement here. Sameer is a research and development (R&D) unit under the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) which will design and develop the MRI platform. The two partners will collaborate to also develop artificial…
(PTI) The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) plans to set up ‘Aadhaar Seva Kendras’, similar to the concept of Passport Seva Kendras, covering 53 cities across India at an estimated project cost of Rs 300-400 crore, official sources said. These proposed Aadhaar centres, meant to facilitate enrolment, updation and other activities, will be UIDAI’s own and operate in addition to 30,000 centres, currently being run by banks and post offices, and in government premises (offering similar Aadhaar services), they added. UIDAI officials who did not wish to be named told that the centres are aimed at offering convenience to…
(AU) तेरह साल बाद रियासत में हो रहे निकाय चुनाव के दूसरे चरण के लिए बुधवार को मतदान शुरू हो गया है। इस चरण में 1029 प्रत्याशी मैदान में है। इनमें जम्मू संभाग में 881 और कश्मीर में 148 उम्मीदवार हैं। 3 लाख 46 हजार 980 मतदाता अपने मताधिकार का प्रयोग करेंगे। मतदान का समय एक घंटे के लिए बढ़ाया गया है। अब वोटिंग सुबह छह से शाम चार बजे तक होगी। दूसरे चरण में कुल 263 वार्ड में हो रहे चुनाव में 214 जम्मू संभाग व 49 कश्मीर संभाग में हैं। 544 मतदान केंद्र बनाए गए हैं। इनमें कश्मीर…
(PTI) The Reserve Bank Tuesday announced it will inject Rs 12,000 crore liquidity into the system through purchase of government bonds on October 11 to meet the festival season demand for funds. The government will purchase bonds with maturity ranging between 2020 to 2030, the RBI said in a statement. The auction to purchase government bonds is a part of the Open Market Operations (OMO) to manage liquidity in the system which seems to be facing liquidity tightness. “Based on an assessment of prevailing liquidity conditions and also of the durable liquidity needs going forward, the Reserve Bank has decided to conduct purchase of…
(AU) उत्तर प्रदेश में बड़ा रेल हादसा हुआ है। रायबरेली में न्यू फरक्का मेल डिरेल हो गई है। ट्रेन के चार डिब्बे पटरी से उतरने की खबर है। हादसे में अब तक 4 यात्रियों की मौत की खबर है। अभी मरने वालों की संख्या में इजाफा हो सकता है। सैकड़ों यात्री घायल बताए जा रहे हैं। घायलों को अस्पताल ले जाया गया है। मौके पर राहत और बचाव का कार्य शुरू हो गया है। जानकारी के अनुसार, रायबरेली से 6 किलोमीटर दूर हरिचंदपुर रेलवे स्टेशन पर मालदा टाउन से बरेली आ रही न्यू फरक्का मेल सुबह करीब साढ़े चार बजे डिरेल…
(FE) Congress president Rahul Gandhi who is on a two-day visit to election-bound Rajasthan will address a ‘Maha Sankalp’ rally in Bikaner today. As per the itinerary of Congress leader’s second-day visit, he will reach the Nal airport in Bikaner at 2 pm. Congress leader BD Kalla said that Rahul Gandhi will start his tour from the Guru Jambheshwar Dham in Mukam. He will also hold a road show from the airport to the Medical College Ground where he will address the rally. In the 2013 Assembly polls, the Congress had suffered massive drubbing in Bikaner division that comprises four districts — Bikaner,…