(BS) The Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan will be on an official visit to Bangkok,Thailand from 01-02ndNovember 2017 to participate in the IEF 7thAsian Ministerial Energy Roundtable (AMER7). India is the current chair of International Energy Forum (IEF) which is promoting the AMER – a biennial event bringing together Energy Ministers and experts from Asian countries. At the 7th AMER, Minister will participate in the Ministerial Roundtable and speak on “Natural Gas: Overcoming Market and Policy Hurdles to the Golden Age of Gas” along with Energy Ministers from Ministers Qatar, Brunei and…
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(AU) कर्नाटक में अगले साल विधानसभा चुनाव होने हैं जिसकी तैयारी भाजपा अध्यक्ष अमित शाह ने अभी से शुरू कर दी है। शाह पार्टी के अभियान का आरंभ एक 84 दिवसीय ‘यात्रा’ को हरी झंडी दिखाकर करेंगे। इस ‘यात्रा’ की अगुवाई उनके मुख्यमंत्री पद के उम्मीदवार बीएस यदुरप्पा करेंगे। पार्टी के सूत्रों ने जानकारी दी कि राज्य के विभिन्न नेताओं और केंद्रीय मंत्रियों की उपस्थिति में शाह बेंगलुरु में इस ‘यात्रा’ को 2 नवंबर को हरी झंडी दिखाएंगेे। राज्य के सभी 224 विधानसभाओं से गुजरते हुए यह ‘यात्रा’ लगभग 7,500 किमी की दूरी तय करेगी। इस ‘यात्रा’ का समापन 28 जनवरी को…
(FE) With more than 3 crore liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) connections issued within 18 months since the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), the ministry of petroleum and natural gas is set to move a Cabinet note to increase the number of beneficiaries to be covered under the scheme. The ministry is expecting an additional grant of Rs 4,800 crore over and above the already budgeted Rs 8,000 crore to issue 3 crore additional connections on top of the 5 crore targeted earlier. “The work to extend the target to 8 crore is at an advanced stage. A…
(LiveMint) In another significant move to revive PSU banks weighed down by bad loans, the government on Monday set up a ministerial panel, led by finance minister Arun Jaitley, to consider and oversee mergers among the country’s 21 state-run banks. Members of the panel on PSU bank consolidation include railway and coal minister Piyush Goyal, and defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman.“Govt walks the talk on banking reforms; constitutes Alternative Mechanism for PSBs consolidation; Finance Minister to head,” financial services secretary Rajiv Kumar said in a tweet on Monday. The decision comes less than a week after the government announced a Rs2.11…
(FE) Nobody can have second thoughts about former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan’s credibility as an influential economist – both as a theorist and as one who implemented many policies at the Indian Central bank. Rajan, who served as RBI governor from September 2013 to August 2016, has even been featured on this year’s list of probables for Nobel Prize in Economics. Now, Rajan has caught American eyes as well. Barron’s, an American weekly newspaper in an article has said that Rajan should be the ideal pick to head the Federal Reserve, the US Central Bank – current…
(TH) State Bank of India on Monday announced sanction of credit facilities amounting to ₹2,317 crore to corporates for financing Grid Connected Rooftop Solar projects under an SBI-World Bank programme. This funding will create solar power capacity aggregating 575 MW. India’s largest bank sanctioned loans to JSW Energy, Hinduja Renewables, Tata Renewable Energy, Adani Group, Azure Power, Cleantech Solar and Hero Solar Energy.SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar said players in the renewable energy space can avail loans for establishing grid connected rooftop solar projects at the bank’s marginal cost of funds based lending rate plus 15 basis points.The bank currently has a…
(AU) PM मोदी ने सरदार पटेल की जयंती पर कहा कि उन्होंने देश की एकता के लिए अपना जीवन दे दिया। पीएम ने कहा कि सरदार बाबू ने देश को रियासतों में बंटने नहीं दिया। पीएम ने कहा कि सरदार पटेल को इतिहास कभी ओझल नहीं होने देगा। पीएम मोदी ने इशारों-इशारों में कांग्रेस पर हमला करते हुए कहा कि सरदार पटेल का नाम मिटाने का प्रयास किया गया। पीएम ने ये भी कहा कि सरदार पटेल ने देश की एकता के लिए अपना जीवन न्योछावर कर दिया। पीएम ने ये भी कहा कि आज की पीढ़ी को सरदार पटेल के…
(AU) गुजरात चुनाव से पहले कांग्रेस और पाटीदार नेताओं के बीच सोमवार को एक मीटिंग हुई। इस मीटिंग में हार्दिक पटेल तो शामिल नहीं हुए लेकिन बाद में उन्होंने इस बारे में संवाददाताओं से बात की है। उन्होंने पाटीदार आरक्षण के मुद्दे पर कांग्रेस को आखिरी अल्टीमेटम दिया है। हार्दिक पटेल ने कहा कि हम किसी के साथ या खिलाफ नहीं हैं। हमें 7 नवंबर तक आरक्षण पर कांग्रेस का जवाब चाहिए। उन्होंने यह भी बताया कि कांग्रेस ने इस मसले पर कानूनी राय का इंतजार करने की बात कही है, जिसका इंतजार करने के लिए वह तैयार हैं। बैठक में भाग…
(Eastern Eyes) On Monday Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan welcomed the African nations at the inaugural ceremony of India Africa Knowledge Exchange Mission and stressed on working towards further enhancing co-operation in fields of energy, skill development with all the African countries. The exchange mission is organized by Ministry of Skills Development and Entrepreneurship and World Bank. At the inaugural ceremony of the five-day programme, Pradhan said, “We are working towards further enhancing co-operation in fields of energy, skill development with all African countries. As Prime Minister keeps reiterating- this century belongs to India and Africa, future is ours to build.”While asserting…
(PTI) Pakistan Army’s support to terrorism is unacceptable and India will continue to take all retaliatory measures to respond to such acts, Indian Army’s director-general of military operations (DGMO) told his Pakistani counterpart today. In an unscheduled conversation with Lt Gen A K Bhatt over the hotline, Pakistani DGMO Maj Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza accused the Indian security forces of resorting to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. However, Bhatt said retaliatory firing by Indian troops has only been carried out in response to “unabated support” provided by the Pakistan Army to armed terrorists,…