NITI Aayogteam held detailed discussions on central assistance to Uttar Pradesh with a delegation led by the State Health Minister, Shri SidharthNath Singh in the capital today. Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Rajiv Kumar and CEO, NITI Aayog. Amitabh Kant took part in the deliberations with Uttar Pradesh ministers of agriculture, energy, finance, women and child development and human resource development along with the Advisers and officers of NITI Aayog. The discussionswere focused around issues related to central assistance worth Rs 38,000 Crore requested by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Expressing optimism with regard to Uttar Pradesh’s forwarding looking development path,…
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(PTI) In a major decision, the defence ministry today approved capital acquisition proposals worth Rs 15,935 crore which included purchase of 7.40 lakh assault rifles, 5,719 sniper rifles and light machine guns to bolster the strength of the armed forces. The long-pending proposals were cleared at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the defence ministry’s highest decision making body on procurement. The approval to the proposals come amid increasing hostilities by Pakistan along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir as well as China’s aggressive posturing in several sectors along the nearly 4,000-km-long Sino-India border. The defence…
(Tribune) The Uttarakhand BJP has collected a whopping Rs 25.11 crore in the end of the Ajeevan Sahyog Nidhi launched in January this year. In the initial stages, it appeared the party would not be able to meet the target. However, the contribution by party leaders, who are eyeing ticket in the coming urban local bodies elections, seems to have done the trick. Cabinet minister Satpal Maharaj has contributed Rs 41 lakh, followed by Minister for Higher Education Dhan Singh Rawat Rs 1 crore, and Dharampur MLA Vinod Chamoli Rs 1 crore. State party chief Ajay Bhatt said the party…
(DJ) जम्मू के सुंजवां आर्मी कैंप में हुए आतंकी हमले को लेकर रक्षा मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण ने आज प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस की। रक्षा मंत्री ने साफ कहा कि हमले के पीछे जैश ए मोहम्मद और आतंकी मसूद अजहर का हाथ है। इस हमले में जैश के तीन आतंकी मारे गए हैं। उन्होंने बताया कि चौथा आतंकी हाइड हो सकता है। रक्षा मंत्री ने कहा कि जवानों की शहादत बेकार नहीं जाएगी और हम पाकिस्तान को उसी की भाषा में जवाब देंगे। रक्षा मंत्री ने कहा कि घटना स्थल पर आतंकवादियों के पास से मिले सभी सामान और दस्तावेजों का इकट्ठा कर…
(LiveMint) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday tightened norms for bad loan resolution by setting timelines for resolving large NPAs, failing which banks will have to mandatory refer them for insolvency proceedings. It also withdrew existing debt restructuring schemes such as SDR and S4A. RBI has issued definitions of different resolution plans and an indicative list of financial difficultly, and directed lenders to share data on certain defaulted borrowers with the central bank’s database on large exposures on every Friday. The large accounts are mainly those where banks have initiated resolution and are classified as restructured standard assets.…
(ET) Union finance minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday refuted allegations of the ruling Left Front in Tripura, which has called the Budget “anti-poor and middle class”, by arguing that the Budget has proposed a healthcare scheme for 10 crore families and provided huge relief to farmers. Jaitley, who was in the Tripura capital to launch the BJP’s ‘vision document’ ahead of the assembly polls in the state, said: “My Budget has provided relief to the salaried class. pensioners have been provided relief to the tune of Rs 12,000 crore.” Rubbishing allegations that the BJP-led NDA has cut finances to Tripura,…
(FE) India’s stocks, bonds and currency markets are closed on Tuesday for a public holiday. Trading will resume on Wednesday. The broader NSE index rose 0.81 percent to 10,539.75 on Monday, while the benchmark BSE index gained 0.87 percent to 34,300.47. The benchmark 10-year bond yield rose 1 basis point to 7.50 percent, while the rupee strengthened to 64.3050/64.3150 from its 64.3975 close. Meanwhile yesterday shares of heavyweight companies such as HDFC twins, RIL drove Sensex to log a 295-point gain on with Nifty ending near 10,500 while shares of Tata Steel and Bank of Baroda rose up to 9%.…
(PTI) Leading EPC player Reliance Infrastructure has bagged a Rs 567 crore order from the state-run power major National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to build a flue gas Desulphurisation (FGD) plant at its 1500 MW (3 x 500 MW) power plant at Jhajjar in Haryana. The scope of the work includes design, engineering, manufacture, erection and civil work, as well as testing and commissioning of the FGD system. The Anil Ambani-run company’s EPC division had earlier emerged as L1 bidder amidst competition against leading EPC players including BHEL, L&T, and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power system. The overall schedule for the project…
(DNA) Two days after brazen attack on the sleeping families of the Indian Army soldiers at Sunjuwan camp, the terrorists yet again targeted another camp of security forces in Srinagar today. According to news agency ANI, two armed terrorists were spotted outside CRPF camp in Srinagar’s Karan Nagar area around 4:30 am on Monday. However, the attackers fled the spot after the alert CRPF personnel opened fire.
(AU) भारतीय जनता पार्टी ‘एक राष्ट्र, एक चुनाव’ के नारे को आंशिक रूप से साकार करने की ओर एक बड़ा कदम उठा सकती है। पार्टी को अहसास हो गया है कि लोकसभा के साथ पूरे देश के सभी राज्यों के विधानसभाओं के चुनाव एकसाथ कराना संभव नहीं है। इसलिए मई 2019 में होने वाले लोकसभा चुनाव के साथ कम से कम 13 राज्यों के विधानसभा चुनाव कराने पर पार्टी मंथन कर रही है। इस साल नवंबर में राजस्थान, मध्य प्रदेश, छत्तीसगढ़ और मिजोरम के चुनाव होने हैं। इन राज्यों में राष्ट्रपति शासन लगा कर चुनाव छह महीने बाद कराया जा…