(DNA) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley provided no indication today of any cut in excise duty on petrol and diesel to cushion the spike in rates, saying that the government needs revenue to support public spending without which growth will suffer. States levy a high amount of sales tax or VAT on fuel, he said without referring to the Rs 11.77 per litre hike in excise duty on petrol and Rs 13.47 a litre on diesel between November 2014 and January 2016 which took away gains arising from plummeting international oil rates. BJP-ruled Maharashtra levies 46.52 per cent VAT (47.64 per…
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The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the first ‘Pension Adalat’ here today at the Pre-Retirement Counselling Workshop organised by the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India. He also presented the ‘Anubhav’ awards 2017 to 16 pensioners for their contribution towards creating institutional memory for the departments. On the occasion, Dr Jitendra Singh launched a Mobile App that has been created to avail the services of Pensioners’ Portal. The Secretary…
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, led a delegation to Astana, Kazakhstan from 19-20 September 2017 to co-chair the 13thmeeting of the India-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Commission (IGC). Mr. Kanat Bozumbayev, Minister of Energy of Republic of Kazakhstan co-chaired the meeting from Kazakh side. During the meetings both Ministers discussed entire gamut of India-Kazakhstan bilateral relations covering all areas of contemporary relevance and issues of mutual concern and ideas for stepping up the cooperation in energy sector, trade, economic, investment, transport & connectivity, agriculture, information technology, space, healthcare and cultural spheres between the…
(NDTV) In a big relief for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami, the Madras High Court today said that floor test should not be conducted till further orders. It said that a final decision on the matter will be taken in the next hearing on October 4. The court’s ruling came during a hearing on a batch of petitions challenging Speaker P Dhanapal’s order disqualifying 18 rebel lawmakers of the ruling AIADMK. Though the court did not put on hold the Speaker’s order, it directed against issuing a poll notification for the 18 Assembly seats, which fell vacant due to…
(DJ) इजरायल के प्रधानमंत्री बेंजामिन नेतन्याहू का मानना है कि उनके भारतीय समकक्ष नरेंद्र मोदी और अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप का इजरायल दौरा ऐतिहासिक रहा। प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने गत जुलाई में इजरायल का दौरा किया था। वह इस देश का दौरा करने वाले पहले भारतीय प्रधानमंत्री हैं। जबकि ट्रंप मई में इजरायल के दौरे पर गए थे। नेतन्याहू ने बुधवार को संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा को संबोधित करने के दौरान मोदी और ट्रंप के इजरायल दौरे का जिक्र किया। उन्होंने कहा, ‘मैंने पिछले साल इसी मंच से इजरायली रुख को लेकर दुनियाभर में बदलाव का जिक्र किया था। उस समय से कई…
(LiveMint) Finance minister Arun Jaitley and his colleagues on Tuesday took stock of the economy and discussed specific efforts to revive growth that has decelerated to the slowest pace in three years. The finance ministry will hold more inter-ministerial consultations and finalize a package of measures aimed at stimulating economic growth, officials present at the meeting said on condition of anonymity. A presentation will then be made to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will take the final call, these officials said. Tuesday’s meeting was attended by railway minister Piyush Goyal, commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu and the secretaries of the finance,…
(HT) External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina but the ongoing Rohingya crisis did not come up for discussion during their brief meeting. “The meeting with the prime minister of Bangladesh was more in the nature of a courtesy meeting. It was a very short meeting. The issue of Rohingya did not come up during the meeting for discussion,” external affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar told reporters at a news conference here. Kumar said that the discussion between Swaraj and Hasina was “purely bilateral”. “Warm encounter reflecting our historical and cultural ties. Courtesy…
(AT) पेट्रोल और डीजल की बेतहाशा बढ़ी कीमतों से आम आदमी को जल्द राहत मिल सकती है. पेट्रोलियम और प्राकृतिक गैस मंत्री धर्मेंद्र प्रधान ने मंगलवार को कहा कि पेट्रोल, डीजल के दाम अगले महीने दिवाली तक नीचे आ सकते हैं। यूएस में बाढ़ की वजह से बिगड़े हालात पेट्रोल और डीजल की बढ़ी कीमतों को लेकर सरकार की लगातार आलोचना हो रही है. विपक्षी पार्टियों ने इस मुद्दे को लेकर सरकार को घेरना शुरू कर दिया है. मंगलवार को प्रधान ने कहा कि अमेरिका में बाढ़ की वजह से तेल उत्पादन में 13 फीसदी की कमी आई है. इसकी वजह से…
(Tribune) With an eye on the 2019 general election, BJP president Amit Shah today held talks with party leaders of Uttarakhand, office-bearers of various units, MPs and MLAs for strengthening the party where the BJP received a thumping majority in the 2017 elections.On his two-day trip, Shah will also evaluate the performance of the Rawat government.During the first meeting, more than 60 suggestions were tabled by party men and Shah was seen making meticulous notes of these.The MLAs raised the issue of failure in accessing funds for several schemes that the Centre had launched. They said they were facing problems…
(AT) बिहार में भागलपुर के कहलगांव में 40 साल पहले शुरू हुए बटेश्वर स्थान गंगा पंप नहर परियोजना के ऊपर एक बार फिर ग्रहण लग गया. मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार बुधवार को इस परियोजना का उद्घाटन करने वाले थे, लेकिन उससे पहले ही मंगलवार की दोपहर को गंगा पंप नहर का बांध टूट गया, जिसकी वजह से कहलगांव में कई रिहायशी इलाकों में नहर का पानी घुस गया. इस बांध के टूटने की वजह से इसके उद्घाटन को फिलहाल टाल दिया गया है. घटना की जानकारी मिलने के बाद भागलपुर के डीएम और एसएसपी तुरंत घटनास्थल पर पहुंचे. नहर का बांध टूटने की…