(PTI) Subsidized cooking gas, or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) price was on Monday hiked by ₹1.76 per cylinder due to tax impact on the change in base price. Subsidized LPG with effect from Tuesday midnight will cost ₹498.02 per cylinder in Delhi as against ₹496.26 currently, a statement issued by Indian Oil Corp., the nation’s largest fuel retailer, said. All LPG consumers have to buy the fuel at market price. The government, however, subsidizes 12 cylinders of 14.2kg each per households in a year by providing the subsidy amount directly in bank accounts of users. This subsidy amount varies from…
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(LiveMint) The finance ministry does not plan to increase allocation of funds beyond what has been budgeted to shore up capital buffers of state-run banks as it expects the lenders to resolve some of the bad loans weighing them down, a ministry official said. Most state-controlled banks reported huge losses in the year ended 31 March after the Reserve Bank of India asked them to end all loan restructuring schemes. This increased the pile of bad loans. The huge losses wiped out the entire ₹1 trillion capitalization done by the government in 2017-18. The losses prompted Arvind Subramanian, the former chief…
(LiveMint) To map real-time congestion on toll plazas, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will install CCTV surveillance system on 210 toll plazas, Parliament was informed today. These systems will be installed initially at 10 toll plazas to be rolled out to another 200 toll plazas, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Mansukh L Mandaviya told Rajya Sabha in a written reply. “NHAI had invited e-bids from the eligible bidders for setting up Central Command & Control Centre at NHAI-HQ connected with regional offices and CCTV Surveillance and monitoring of vehicular congestion on 210 toll plazas on National Highways,”…
(DJ) विपक्षी राजनीति के प्रमुख चेहरों की होड़ में शामिल पश्चिम बंगाल की मुख्यमंत्री ममता बनर्जी आज से (31 जुलाई) तीन दिन के दिल्ली दौरे पर हैं। इस दौरान वे यूपीए अध्यक्ष सोनिया गांधी और राजद नेता तेजस्वी यादव से मिल सकती हैं। लेकिन कहा जा रहा है कि वे मित्र दलों के नेताओं ही नहीं बल्कि भाजपा के चर्चित असंतुष्ट चेहरों से भी मिलेंगी। पूर्व वित्तमंत्री यशवंत सिन्हा और सिने स्टार व लोकसभा के भाजपा सांसद शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा के साथ तृणमूल कांग्रेस प्रमुख की सियासी मुलाकात होगी। विपक्षी गठबंधन की राजनीति को आगे बढ़ाने की अपनी इस पहल के दौरान भाजपा…
(PTI) The government is taking legislative as well as administrative measures for an integrated strategy to reduce logistics related hurdles for boosting domestic and global trade, Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu said today. High cost of logistics impacts competitiveness and movement of goods, he said. The Indian logistics industry is estimated at around USD 215 billion, which is growing at over 10 per cent annually. “We have to increase our share in global trade and logistics plays a very important role in that,” Prabhu said while launching a logo for India Logistics. The logo was designed by the National Institute of…
(Hindustan) अगर आप नई कार खरीदने की सोच रहे हैं तो बुधवार यानी पहली अगस्त से आपकी जेब पर बोझ बढ़ने वाला है। ऐसा इसलिए कि सभी प्रमुख ऑटो कंपनियां अपने अधिकतर मॉडलों की कीमतों में इजाफा करने जा रही हैं। कंपनियों का कहना है कि कच्चे माल की कीमतों में वृद्धि के मद्देनजर लागत बढ़ने के कारण उन्हें अपनी कीमतों में इजाफा करना पड़ रहा है। कीमतें बढ़ाने में ज्यादातर ऑटो कंपनियां शामिल हैं। इसमें टाटा, महिंद्रा, होंडा से लेकर हुंडई मोटर्स तक शामिल है। महिंद्रा के वाहन करीब 30 हजार रुपये तक महंगे हो सकते हैं। इसी तरह टाटा मोटर्स…
(Tribune) The government will develop 22 new nature parks in the state to give a thrust to eco-tourism, said Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, while launching the ‘Mera Vriksh, Mera Parivar’ plantation programme here on Monday.The Chief Minister also laid the foundation stone of Glen Nature Park. He said Rs 96 lakh would be spent on the park which would spread over 164 hectares and it would have three walking trails from IIAS to Brass Path gate, Glen Park to Summer Hill and Glen Park to Forest Nursery and it would also have three picnic spots.Tourists and schoolchildren would find…
(DJ) बैंकों का हजारों करोड़ रुपये कर्ज नहीं चुकाने वाले शराब कारोबारी विजय माल्या प्रत्यर्पण मामले में अंतिम सुनवाई के लिए मंगलवार को लंदन स्थित वेस्टमिंस्टर मजिस्ट्रेट की अदालत में हाजिर होंगे। न्यायाधीश एम्मा इस मामले में फैसले के लिए तारीख तय करेंगी। किगफिशर एयरलाइंस के पूर्व मुखिया माल्या भारत को उनके प्रत्यर्पण के खिलाफ ब्रिटेन की अदालत में कानूनी लड़ाई लड़ रहे हैं। पिछले साल अप्रैल में गिरफ्तारी के बाद से माल्या जमानत पर हैं। इस मामले में भारतीय एजेंसियों का पक्ष रख रही क्राउन प्रॉसीक्यूशन सर्विस (सीपीएस) के प्रवक्ता ने कहा, वरिष्ठ डिस्ट्रिक्ट न्यायाधीश (एम्मा अर्बुथनाट) मंगलवार को मामले…
(Tribune) Although a complete ban on the use of polythene will be effective in the state from Tuesday, little has been done by the authorities to spread awareness on the issue.Sources said unaware of the ban, people continued to ask for polythene bags from shopkeepers. Chief Minister TS Rawat had last month announced a complete ban on the use of polythene from July 31.Last year, the Uttarakhand High Court had enforced a ban on polythene bags, plastic and polystyrene (thermocol) disposables in the state. It had also directed the state to ensure that the units manufacturing plastic and polythene were…
(FE) Though oil refiner-retailer Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) was taken over by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in January this year, the former is yet to recognise the upstream major as its promoter in the mandatory quarterly filings with the stock exchanges. In the filings for Q4FY18 and Q1FY19 on both the BSE and NSE, HPCL clubbed ONGC which owns its 51.11% share among “public shareholders” while still mentioning the President of India (read the Union government) as its promoter with 0% stake. The “deviation” has caused much heartburn in ONGC and it has already approached the government for a…