Marking the completion of three years of inclusive growth and development under the NDA government, Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy said that his Ministry has trained more than 1.17 crore aspirants in various skills through MSDE schemes and programmes since the inception of Skill India. This is apart from the numbers contributed through skill development schemes and initiatives under other Central Ministries. Addressing media persons here today on 3 years of NDA government, shri Rudy said, that Skill India is a silent revolution that is underway and it is a joint…
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(FE) In order to build a 182-metre-tall statue of Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel at the Sadhu Bet island, the Petroleum Ministry has instructed oil and gas Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) to pay at least Rs 200 cr. The statue is being installed 3.5 km south of the Sardar Sarovar Dam at Kevadia in Narmada district of Gujarat. According to Indian Express report, oil and gas majors such as ONGC and Indian Oil Corporation will contribute Rs 50 cr each out of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds, other profit-making PSUs have been asked to pay Rs 25 cr each. The agenda…
(FE) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin have sent an unprecedented yet the strongest possible message to Pakistan on cross-border terrorism, according to agency report. The stringent message came after PM Modi had held talks with Putin over an array of issues. Notably, the Prime Minister, who is on a four-nation tour, is visiting Russia. This came after tension has escalated between New Delhi and Islamabad following a series of ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) by Pakistan. Earlier on May 31, PM Modi and President of the Spanish government Mariano Rajoy had asserted that…
(PTI) Strong tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR in early hours of Friday. The tremors, which were felt for around a minute, shook Delhi and neighbouring areas around 4:20 am. As per United States Geological Survey, the quake measured 4.7 on the Richter scale. The epicentre of the earthquake was reported to be in Haryana’s Gohana, a neighboring state of Delhi.The USGS said that the epicentre was at a depth of 10 kms. No immediate loss of life and property has been reported. Panicked by the jolt, people took to social media to share their experience. “RT if you came to…
(ET) Finance minister Arun Jaitley said an annual growth rate of 7-8% was “fairly reasonable” in the current global situation, countering criticism that the note ban had taken a toll on the economy after a slowdown in the fourth quarter. He also said there will be swift action on the resolution of banks’ bad loans. “There are several factors which can contribute to GDP in a particular quarter. There was some slowdown visible given the global and domestic situation even prior to prior to demonetisation in the last year,” the minister said at a press conference marking the government’s three…
(BS) Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) on Thursday said it has appointed Sanjiv Singh as the new chairman of the company with immediate effect. Singh was earlier a director of Refineries at IOCL. Singh will be replacing B Ashok, who superannuated from the services of the company on May 31 and ceased to be the chairman of the company from June 1.
(LiveMint) State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) is likely to acquire the central government’s majority stake in refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd (HPCL) by the end of this financial year, but will initially keep the company as a separate unit, two persons familiar with the development said on condition of anonymity. Although the initial plan was a merger of the two state-owned companies, the current thinking is to let ONGC take over HPCL so that the sale consideration flows to the exchequer in a year the Union budget has set a disinvestment target of Rs72,500 crore. Finer details of…
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(PTI) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will attend the annual meeting of China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to be held in mid-June in South Korea. AIIB aims to promote economic development of the region by supporting major infrastructure projects. India is the second largest shareholder of AIIB with 7.5 per cent stake after China which has 26.06 per cent voting shares. Russia and Germany have 5.93 per cent, 4.5 per cent stake respectively. The Finance Minister is scheduled to attend Board of Governors meeting on June 14-15, sources said. This year’s meeting is being co-hosted by the Bank and Korea, and will…
(DNA) In the next five years, India plans to install 10,000 small-scale solar-power grids across the country to bring basic electrical power to communities without it. But providing access to a minimal supply of clean energy – enough to power two LED lights for a few hours and charge a mobile phone – is probably not enough to significantly improve people’s lives, new research suggests. A study in India’s Uttar Pradesh state, which looked at more than a thousand homes that had received basic access to clean electricity for the first time, found that spending on expensive kerosene for lighting had…