(ET) Following the hike in petrol prices and the various protests staged all over the country against it, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, on Saturday, said that the prices of the fuel have already started going down. Speaking to the media, Pradhan said, “The prices have started decreasing. The prices have even gone down in the past two days.” He cited the hurricanes in the United States IRMA and Harvey as a reason for the instability in the petroleum market and the hike in fuel prices. Pradhan also backed the possible implementation of GST on petroleum products, saying that it would ensure…
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(FE) The government has extended the tenure of chief economic adviser (CEA) in the finance ministry, Arvind Subramanian, by one year till October 16, 2018, finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday. The decision assumes importance in the backdrop of brainstorming sessions held by Jaitley with Cabinet colleagues and senior officials, including the CEA, to devise a plan to lift economic growth, which slipped to a three-year low of 5.7% in the April-June quarter of 2017-18. Subramanian, a senior fellow at the US-based Peterson Institute for International Economics, had taken leave to take up the responsibility for a three-year term beginning October 16,…
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(FE) Union Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani today launched Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat at Isanpur Mota in Gandhinagar. The union minister and the chief minister also unveiled the logo PM LPG Panchayat. Speaking at the launch, Pradhan said, “5 lakh women lose their lives due to smoke (during cooking), to save these lives we are taking this initiative.” Pradhan tweeted: “Kokilaben Parmarji is the 3rd crore beneficiary under #PMUY; Ujjwala has been changing the lives of millions of #women across the nation.” “#PMLPGPanchayat will be a platform for sharing experiences of women’s journey from bio mass…
(FE) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation through the 36th edition of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on Sunday. The Prime Minister initiated monthly radio show will also complete its three remarkable years today. Prime Minister Modi has asked people to share their views, ideas and suggestions on the Narendra Modi App and My Gov Open Forum. In his 35th address to the nation, the Prime Minister had said that violence in the name of faith will not be tolerated referring to the violence in Haryana that broke out after Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim was convicted of rape by a…
(TOI) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday met US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and strongly raised the issue of H-1B visa, the most sought after by Indian IT professionals. “EAM Sushma Swaraj strongly raised the issue of H-1B visa and children falling under DACA policy with Secretary Tillerson,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted. The Trump administration is currently reviewing the H-1B visa policy as it thinks that the visa is being misused by companies to replace American workers.The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was an American immigration policy that allowed some individuals who entered the country illegally as…
(Tribune) The state BJP will reduce the strength of its district units from 23 to 13 to increase efficiency. This was stated by the state BJP president Ajay Bhatt while addressing mediapersons here today. He said the decision was taken in accordance with the suggestions given by party’s national president Amit Shah during his two-day visit. Bhatt said, “During the deliberations it emerged that there should be 13 party units for the state’s 13 districts. Since the inception of the BJP, the party had 23 units, but now these units will be assimilated for greater administrative ease and cohesion. If…
(ET) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said demonetisation was a shake-up which achieved its “principal objectives” of decreasing cash transactions, expanding the tax base and increasing digitisation. “Confiscating” the money was not the aim, he pointed out. “Demonetisation was certainly a shake-up,” Jaitley said at the Bloomberg India Economic Forum here. “I think the demonetisation debate in India actually is being held at two different levels. The first level was ‘there’s an inconvenience caused, there are queues which have come up’. “(The second argument being) ‘Oh the money has come back into the system’. But that was the whole idea. The idea is…
(ET) Foreign ships have begun turning to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh for refueling, prompting the petroleum ministry to seek an exemption from integrated goods and services tax (IGST) on bunker fuel. The ministry’s view is that no IGST should be levied on these foreign vessels as they only stop to refuel and move on, a government official aware of the development said. “The ministry is concerned… It could in the long run impact the overall business itself,” the official said. The migration to neighbouring ports that have lower taxes would dent the country’s exports of petroleum products. The issue could be…