Reaching out to the distressed victims in the flood-ravaged state of Kerala, employees of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) have made a humble contribution of one-day’s salary each to help alleviate their suffering. As a contribution to the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund of Kerala, a cheque of Rs.5.24 Crore was presented to Sh.Pinarayi Vijayan, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala by Sh. Atul Sobti, CMD, BHEL here today. In addition to lighting the homes of people, BHEL is also helping in lighting the lives of people in distress. BHEL and its employees have always risen to the occasion and contributed towards rendering…
Author: Aruna Sharma
HPCL is observing Swacchta Pakhwada from 15th September to 2nd October 2018, in line with nationwide launch of “Swacchta Hi Seva” campaign by Hon’ble Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi to help promote the cause of Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan. In an event organized on 23rd September 2018 at HPCL’s flagship outlet HP Service Centre, Sewree, Mumbai, C&MD of HPCL Shri M K Surana and Director –Marketing, Shri S Jeyakrishnan along with other senior officials administered Swacchta Pledge to employees, various stakeholders and children from ADAPT for the cause of Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan. During the event they flagged off Swachh Bharat Publicity…
(ET) National Highways Authority of India owes only Rs 425 crore to the embattled Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services and the Mumbai-based infrastructure lender and developer has raised claims for about Rs 4,000 crore, which are currently under arbitration, a senior government official has said. IL&FS and its subsidiaries have defaulted on a number of loan repayment obligations in recent times. The firm had recently claimed that several government owned concession-granting authorities owe it Rs 16,000 crore which, if cleared, would help solve its liquidity problems. A senior government official said NHAI, the highway construction arm of the government, has agreed…
(PTI) State-run power producer NTPC has been given the green clearance for the Rs 7,732.35 crore expansion project of the Talcher Thermal Power Station in Odisha, a senior government official .The company’s proposal is to add two additional units of 660 MW each in the existing premise of the Talcher Tehermal Power Project (TTPP) located in Angul district, Odisha. “The Union Environment Ministry has given the environment clearance for the NTPC’s proposed coal-based ultra super critical thermal power project expansion. The approval has been given with some riders,” the official said. The proposed project, which is expected to meet the power…
(LiveMint) The Union government plans to link details of about 100 million employees with Aadhaar to create a more reliable record of jobs growth and reduce duplication in payroll data, four government officials said. The linking may also improve delivery of services related to pensions, employees’ provident fund and insurance for workers before the next year’s general election, the officials cited above said, requesting anonymity. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) headquartered in New Delhi, which has an active subscriber base of nearly 60 million, has asked its 120-plus regional offices to take up Aadhaar linking on priority. The Employees State Insurance…
(AU) प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी मंगलवार को यहां भाजपा के लाखों कार्यकर्ताओं को संबोधित कर मध्य प्रदेश में चुनावी अभियान का आगाज करेंगे। पार्टी अध्यक्ष अमित शाह भी उनके साथ होंगे। मंगलवार (25 सितंबर) को ही जनसंघ के संस्थापक दीनदयाल उपाध्याय की जयंती है और मुख्यमंत्री शिवराज सिंह चौहान के जन आशीर्वाद यात्रा का समापन भी, लिहाजा भाजपा ने इसे मेगा शो बना दिया है। राज्य में इस साल के अंत में विधानसभा के चुनाव होने हैं। भाजपा लगातार चौथी बार सरकार बनाने के लिए पूरी ताकत लगा रही है। 15 साल की एंटी इनकम्बेंसी और हाल ही में आए एससी-एसटी…
(The Indian Tribune) To favour smooth functioning of the world’s largest public health insurance, Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY), more than 6000 people will act as facilitators in empanelled hospitals across 31 states and union territories, said sources. AB-PMJAY was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. In order to train Arogya Mitras to run Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY) smoothly, various skill development centres and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra have been utilized by the National Skill Development Corporation. As per the sources, the government is targeting to have 100,000 arogya…
(LiveMint) It’s good news that capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) brought down the costs (total expense ratio or TER) that mutual funds can charge you, a decision it announced on 18 September. The guidelines were revised 22 years after Sebi first fixed the limits of the annual costs that MFs can charge for managing your money. But what got buried in that announcement is this: closed-end equity funds will only be able to charge a maximum of 1.25% of TER. Sebi’s aim is to not just bring the costs down but also to clamp down on mis-selling. Here’s…
(AU) प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी सिक्किम के दो दिवसीय दौरे पर रविवार शाम प्रदेश की राजधानी गंगटोक पहुंच गए। प्रधानमंत्री बागडोगरा से एमआई 8 हेलीकॉप्टर से यहां पहुंचे। सेना के लिबिंग हेलीपैड पर राज्यपाल गंगा प्रसाद और मुख्यमंत्री पवन चामलिंग ने उनका स्वागत किया और सेना ने उन्हें सलामी गारद दी। 24 सितंबर यानी कल प्रधानमंत्री पाकयोंग ग्रीनफील्ड हवाई अड्डे का उद्घाटन करेंगे। सेना के हेलीपैड से प्रधानमंत्री का काफिला राजभवन पहुंचा। इस दौरान बारिश के बावजूद प्रधानमंत्री की एक झलक पाने के लिए बड़ी संख्या में लोग सड़क के दोनों ओर खड़े थे। प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने भी हाथ हिलाकर लोगों का…
(FE) There seems to be no respite for the common man from soaring fuel rates, as petrol prices crossed Rs 90-mark in Mumbai for the first time ever. Petrol prices were hiked by 11 paise in Mumbai to Rs 90.08. In national capital Delhi, one litre of petrol was seen retailing at Rs 82.72. In Chennai, petrol price is 1 paisa shy from the 86-mark, at Rs 85.99. In Kolkata, one litre of petrol is being sold for Rs 84.54, a hike of 10 paise from previous prices. Notably, in October last year, when petrol price in Mumbai had hit Rs 79.99…