Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri Raj Kumar Singh, in a written reply to a question on status of procurement of e-vehicles in the country, in Lok Sabha today informed that Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), under Ministry of Power, plans to procure 10000 e-vehicles through demand aggregation. Bids were invited via open tender and under Phase-I and contracts have been awarded to Tata Motors Ltd. for 250 e-cars and M/s Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. for 150 e-cars which includes five years Annual Maintenance Contract (AMC). EESL will provide these vehicles on lease to…
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If experts are to be believed, overall, with the 2019 Lok Sabha elections a year and a half away, the numbers do not look encouraging for the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress. The BJP’s performance is in line with the wave of support that swept it to power in the Assembly elections earlier this year. Even in the last civic elections of 2012, the BJP had led other parties by a long way in races for posts of both Mayor and Nagapalika Parishad Adhyaksha, Reports Aruna Sharma in Governance Democracy&Politics (GDP), December Issue Grand Party of India has registered a thumping…
(NDTV) The government has paved the way for the manufacture of 83 indigenous Tejas Mk-1A Light Combat aircraft by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in a deal which is likely to be worth close to Rs. 60,000 crores. This would be among the largest ever deals the government has sanctioned for the domestic arms sector and is a huge boost for the government’s ‘Make in India’ defence manufacturing programme. It is also the biggest endorsement yet for the Tejas fighter which has been in the process of development for more than three decades and entered Squadron Service with the Indian Air Force just last…
(DJ) गुजरात के राज्यपाल ओपी कोहली ने 13वीं विधानसभा को भंग कर दिया। विधानसभा भंग होने के साथ ही भाजपा के नेतृत्व में नई सरकार के गठन का रास्ता साफ हो गया है। राज्य विधानसभा सचिवालय की ओर से बुधवार को जारी अधिसूचना में कहा गया है, ‘गुजरात के राज्यपाल ओपी कोहली ने 13वीं गुजरात विधानसभा को भंग कर दिया है।’ अधिकारियों के मुताबिक, निर्वतमान मुख्यमंत्री विजय रूपाणी नई सरकार का गठन होने तक कार्यवाहक के रूप में काम करते रहेंगे। मौजूदा विधानसभा का कार्यकाल 22 जनवरी 2018 तक था। गुजरात की 14वींविधानसभा में एक दर्जन से अधिक महिलाएं भी पहुंची हैं।…
(AU) रिजर्व बैंक ने कहा है कि वह 2000 रुपये के नोट या तो वापस ले सकता है या उसकी छपाई बंद कर सकता है। स्टेट बैंक ऑफ इंडिया की रिपोर्ट में आरबीआई के हवाले से कहा गया है कि 2000 रुपये के नोट के लेनदेन में परेशानी को देखते हुए आरबीआई ने सावधानी बरतते हुए या तो उसकी छपाई बंद कर दी हो या बाजार में तरलता की स्थिति सामान्य होने के बाद सप्लाई कम कर दी हो। एसबीआई की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक हाल ही में लोकसभा में पेश आरबीआई की सालाना रिपोर्ट के आंकड़ों के मिलान के बाद यह तथ्य सामने…
(NDTV) Petrol rates were hiked by 8 paise per litre and diesel prices were increased by 10-16 paise per litre in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata today (December 20). With Wednesday’s revision, effective 6 am December 20, petrol price is at Rs. 69.35 per litre in Delhi, Rs. 72.11 per litre in Kolkata, Rs. 77.25 per litre in Mumbai and Rs. 71.87 per litre in Chennai, according to Indian Oil Corporation’s website – iocl.com. Diesel rates were at Rs. 58.75 per litre, Rs. 61.41 per litre, Rs. 62.03 per litre and Rs. 61.88 per litre, respectively.
(AU) ट्रिपल तलाक मामले में आज लोकसभा में बिल पेश हो सकता है। मुस्लिम महिला विवाह अधिकार संरक्षण विधेयक को पिछले हफ्ते ही कैबिनेट में मंजूरी दी थी। भाजपा सरकार ने इस बिल को पास कराने के लिए पूरी तैयारी कर ली है। इसके लिए भाजपा ने अपने सभी सांसदों को इस मौके पर संसद में ही मौजूद रहने को भी कहा है। बता दें कि ट्रिपल तलाक विधेयक का मसौदा तैयार करने से पहले मुस्लिम संगठनों से राय नहीं ली गई थी। सरकार ने लोकसभा में यह जानकारी दी। सरकार से पूछा गया था कि तीन तलाक पर मसौदा कानून तैयार करने…
(ET) State-owned oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has written to the oil ministry proposing its integration with gas-transmission utility GAIL or upstream firm Oil India Ltd (OIL), petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today. “Oil and Gas Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) including Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) had written to the Ministry in this regard. BPCL had written for integration with GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL) and Oil India Limited (OIL) as option 1 and 2 respectively. However, Government has not taken any decision in this regard,” Pradhan said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget…
Programmes to reduce Power Losses below 15% by March 2019 in all States on track Mandatory installation of Prepaid/Smart Meters to prevent corruption and increase compliance in Bill payments States to ensure Cross Subsidization in Power Sector remains below 20% Separation of Carriage & Content in Power Distribution to be brought about through an amendment to Electricity Act Intro: Government of India is providing funds to the States under ongoing Central Government schemes of over Rs. 85000 crores, for strengthening their power infrastructure. As the Country is power surplus presently, States are now in a position to provide 24×7 power…
(HT) India’s capital market regulator is talking with the government and central bank about how to regulate cryptocurrencies, its chairman said on Wednesday.The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), plus officials from the ministry of finance, ministry of electronics and information technology and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), are on a panel tasked with determining the legal oversight for cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, chairman Ajay Tyagi said. “There has to be a process or law, only then can you take action,” Tyagi told reporters on the sidelines of a Confederation of Indian Industry conference in Mumbai. India currently has…