(AU) कैबिनेट की बुधवार को होने वाली बैठक में कर्मचारियों की लंबित मांगों पर निर्णय आ सकता है। कर्मचारियों के देय भत्तों को लेकर वित्त मंत्री के अधीन गठित कमेटी अपनी रिपोर्ट मंत्रिमंडल में रख सकती है। इसके अलावा नगर निगम एक्ट में संशोधन, कचरा प्रबंधन नीति पर भी मुहर लग सकती है। मंत्रिमंडल की बैठक से पहले कर्मचारी संगठनों के उग्र तेवरों के बाद सरकार दबाव में है। कर्मचारियों ने अल्टीमेटम दिया है कि अगर कैबिनेट सातवें वेतनमान के भत्तों पर निर्णय नहीं लेती है तो 15 सितंबर से आंदोलन पर जा सकते हैं। कर्मचारियों की मांग पर सरकार…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(LiveMint) The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim relief to stressed power firms, directing lenders to maintain a status quo on the Reserve Bank of India’s circular for banks to resolve these cases within 180 days. The apex court directed that all pleas filed by the central bank related to the February circular should be transferred to it and it will hear the matter on 11 November. Several petitioners, including GMR Energy Ltd; RattanIndia Power Ltd, a Punjab-based textile company; Association of Power Producers (APP); Independent Power Producers Association of India; Sugar Manufacturing Association from Tamil Nadu and a shipbuilding association…
(AU) योगी सरकार ने एक जिला-एक उत्पाद (ओडीओपी) योजना के तहत उद्यम स्थापित करने वालों के लिए खजाना खोल दिया है। इन उद्यमियों के लिए प्रोजेक्ट की लागत के हिसाब से 6.25 लाख रुपये से लेकर 20 लाख रुपये तक की छूट दी जाएगी। मंगलवार को हुई कैबिनेट की बैठक में इस प्रस्ताव को हरी झंडी दे दी गई। इस योजना के तहत ओडीओपी उद्यमियों के लिए राष्ट्रीयकृत बैंकों, क्षेत्रीय ग्रामीण बैंकों और अन्य सूचीबद्ध बैंकों से लोन (वित्त पोषण) दिलवाया जाएगा। मार्जिन मनी की धनराशि अनुदान के रूप में सूक्ष्म, लघु एवं मध्यम उद्यम तथा निर्यात प्रोत्साहन विभाग उपलब्ध…
(AU) पाटीदार नेता हार्दिक पटेल अहमदाबाद में 25 अगस्त से भूख हड़ताल पर हैं। अनशन पर होने की वजह से हार्दिक स्वास्थ्य लगातार गिरता जा रहा है। अनशन के दौरान हार्दिक पटेल से मिलने आने के लिए सत्ता विरोधी दलों के नेताओं का सिलसिला जारी है। इसी कड़ी में मंगलवार को उत्तराखंड के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री हरीश रावत ने पाटीदार नेता हार्दिक पटेल से अनिश्चितकालीन अनशन खत्म करने का अनुरोध किया। वह पिछले 18 दिन से अनशन कर रहे हैं। रावत ने पटेल के आवास पर उनसे मुलाकात कर उन्हें अपना समर्थन दिया। पाटीदार आरक्षण की मांग करने वाले पटेल के…
(PTI) A list of high profile cases related to banking frauds was sent to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for a coordinated action, said former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan in a note to Parliamentary panel. In the note to Chairman of Estimates Committee Murli Manohar Joshi, Rajan said that the size of frauds in the public sector banking system has been increasing, though still small relative to the overall volume of NPAs. “The RBI set up a fraud monitoring cell when I was Governor to coordinate the early reporting of fraud cases to the investigative agencies. I also sent a list of high profile cases…
A day before Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik scheduled to hold investment road show in New Delhi on Wednesday, BJP MLAs protested in the State Assembly accusing the State Government of doing self-publicity and promotion over attracting investment to Odisha on Tuesday resulting in several adjournments.The BJP MLAs created ruckus in the Well of the House protesting against the alleged non-cooperation of the State Government in implementation of various Central projects worth crores. “The State Government has failed to acquire land for the proposed Rs 9,700 crore NTPC project at Talcher. And the Prime Minister is visiting Talcher on September 22…
Union Minister Petroleum and Natural Gas, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday sought the personal intervention of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over delay in approval for setting up of NTPC’s 1320-MW project worth Rs 9,785 crore in the State. The Union Minister also raised his concern over the delay on the part of the State Government in giving its approval and support to big investment projects being proposed for the State by Oil PSUs, Nalco and NTPC. In a letter to Patnaik, Pradhan said though the NTPC Board had approved Rs 9,785 crore investment for setting up…
(FE) Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday suggested that biofuel can be an effective replacement for petrol and diesel. “We import petrol/diesel worth Rs 8 lakh crore, petrol price is increasing, rupee value is falling vs dollar…I have been saying since 15 years that farmers and tribals can make biofuel and fly aircraft,” Gadkari was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. The Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways further said that new technology can run vehicles on ethanol made by farmers and tribals. Gadkari made his comments in Chattisgarh’s Raipur where he laid the foundation stone and dedicate to the…
(FE) India Post Payments Bank has tied up with Financial Software and Systems (FSS), a leading payments technology and transaction processing systems, to offer a wide range of banking solutions to financially underserved customer segments—especially rural households, small and medium enterprises and women. FSS’ Payments-in-a-Box solution will help India Post provide affordable, quality banking and payment services to its customers. It comprises of a comprehensive set of solutions to bring customers and merchants into the digital payments mainstream, generating critical network effects for furthering adoption and usage. The payments bank, latest to enter the market, can leverage its extensive postal delivery…
(LiveMint) A cut in taxes on petrol and diesel is ruled out for now as neither the central government nor some states have the appetite to stomach revenue loss from such a move, a top government official said Monday. While a cut in excise duty that the central government levies will impact fiscal deficit, states like Bihar, Kerala, and Punjab are not in a position to cut sales tax (or VAT), the official, who wished not to be identified, said. The government, he said, anticipates that international oil prices, which together with a drop in the value of rupee has…