(India) A petrol pump racket using chips to tamper with the petrol pump metres across the state of Maharashtra was busted on Saturday, the police said. The police, with the permission from the Maharashtra Director General of Police, raided petrol pumps in Nashik, Pune and Khopoli and found that nearly 2000 fuel dispensing machine metres were rigged. Following the revelation, the police sealed seven petrol pumps across the state after learning that they have been operating with rigged metres which show a false reading to customers while pumping less fuel than what has been paid for by the customers. “We have frozen one pump each…
Author: Aruna Sharma
When GDP Magazine compared CSR spending data of FY16 with FY15, an interesting picture has emerged. Out of top 1000 spender companies of FY16, just 416 companies were present in the FY15 list, clearly showing reluctance of company management to share database of CSR spending and filing company’s return till the deadline of 31 December 2016, which is just 42% for top 1000 companies. Also among these 416 companies, CSR spending increased during FY16 viz a viz FY15 as these 416 companies spent Rs. 8369 crore during FY16, while they spent Rs. 6078 crore during FY15, an increase of Rs.…
Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines launched the Energy Conservation Building Code 2017 (ECBC 2017) here today. Developed by Ministry of Power and Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), ECBC 2017 prescribes the energy performance standards for new commercial buildings to be constructed across India. The updated version of ECBC provides current as well as futuristic advancements in building technology to further reduce building energy consumption and promote low-carbon growth. ECBC 2017 sets parameters for builders, designers and architects to integrate renewable energy sources in building design with the inclusion of…
(LiveMint) The Punjab government on Monday said it will waive off crop loans of up to Rs2 lakh taken by small and marginal farmers, a move it said will benefit more than a million farmers. The decision follows an election pledge made by the Congress party to farmers, and similar announcements made by the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. “The initiative would provide double the relief announced by the states of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra,” chief minister Amarinder Singh told the state assembly. According to an official statement from the chief minister’s office, the government will take overall outstanding institutional…
(Tribune) The preparations for celebrating International Yoga Day on June 21 are in full swing in the capital city. A marathon yoga session in which 8,000 people will participate will be held at the parade ground.“The state-level yoga programme will be held at the parade ground from 7 to 8 am, according to the yoga protocol issued by the Ministry of Ayush,” said Ayush Director Arun Kumar Tripathi.The state brand ambassador of yoga Dilrajpreet Kaur will lead the session with teams of performers coming from yoga schools in Haridwar and elsewhere. The session will be attended by Chief Miniter Trivendra Singh…
(PTI) Shashi Shanker will be the next Chairman and Managing Director of India’s biggest oil and gas producer, ONGC. Government headhunter Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) selected Shanker to head Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) from October 1.Shanker is currently Director (Technical and Field Services), ONGC. He will replace Dinesh K Sarraf who retires on September 30 upon attaining superannuation age. PESB said it interviewed nine candidates including Oil India Director (HR) Biswajit Roy and ONGC Videsh Ltd Director (Finance) Vivekanand. “PESB recommended the following name for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)…
(AU) राष्ट्रपति उम्मीदवर के तौर पर रामनाथ कोविंद के गैर राजनीतिक व्यक्ति नहीं होने के बावजूद मोदी सरकार के दलित कार्ड ने विपक्षी दलों को चौंका दिया है। सरकार के दांव के बाद विपक्षी दलों के सुर, ताल और रणनीति बिखर गई है। समाजवादी पार्टी और बहुजन समाज पार्टी ने कोविंद पर अपना समर्थन देने का साफ संकेत दिया है। बसपा ने तो कांग्रेस पर दबाव बना दिया है कि वे भी दलित उम्मीदवार खड़ा करें। कांग्रेस के सामने मीरा कुमार के रूप में दलित उम्मीदवार है। मगर उनके नाम पर सभी दलों में सहमति बनेगी इसे लेकर आशंकाये हैं। समाजवादी…
(TNT) Union Minister of State for Railways, Rajen Gohain at Shillong today launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for the State of Meghalaya. As a symbolic launch of the PMUY in Meghalaya, 24 beneficiaries from ‘Below Poverty Line’ (BPL) families were handed over with deposit free PMUY connections.As on June 1, 2017, Meghalaya has around 6.32 lakh house hold with an LPG coverage of 23 percent.The Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) would strive to achieve 100 percent penetration in days to come. The OMCs will be organizing “Melas” and “Camps” at various locations for releasing of connection to BPL families. Presently, 46 Distributors are…
(Tribune) Governor Dr KK Paul yesterday said the development and progress of a country were determined by the quality of its human capital which, in turn, depended on the education made available to them.He was addressing the first convocation of Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University at Badshahi Thaul in Tehri district. He said despite all the odds, the country was going through a period of accelerated growth and carving a place for itself in the dynamic global order. He said in today’s era of technology the challenge before the youngsters was to use technology in an innovative manner for the…
(PTI) Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said Russian oil giant Rosneft planned to tap the retail fuel market in India in a big way. “Rosneft, the Russian oil major, who recently took over Essar Oil, are planning in a bigway to tap retail fuel market in India,” he told reporters after inaugurating City Gas Distribution (CGD) Project to supply eco-friendly natural gas to households, industries and transport sector, here.’ Three days back, Reliance Industries and its partner BP plc had announced investment of USD 6 billion in developing new gas fields in the KG-D6 block after an eight-year hiatus.…