(PTI) BJP president Amit Shah said on Saturday that his party would consult Opposition parties, which have been working to forge unity over a joint candidate for President, before deciding on the ruling alliance’s choice. He, however, parried a question whether the BJP would seek to build consensus with the Opposition. “Consensus is a word that is used in several ways. But we will hold discussions with everybody, including the Opposition,” he told PTI. ‘Secular’ candidate The Congress, the Trinamool Congress and the Left have spoken about fielding a “secular” Opposition candidate if the BJP-led NDA chose a nominee with Hindutva leanings.…
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Government focused on Integrated Development & Inclusive Growth DD committed to provide truthful information & wholesome entertainment to people – Venkaiah Naidu I&B Minister releases 14 short films produced by Doordarshan on success stories of various Flagship schemes of the Government Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Information & Broadcasting has said that the focus of the Government under the leadership of Prime Minister has been on Integrated Development, Inclusive Growth and Good Governance. The Government in the last three years had taken various initiatives for the welfare of the people ensuring Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas. The 14 Short Films…
813 crore person days of job generated in last 3 years in Rural Schemes-Tomar 28,000 Arsenic & Fluoride affected habitations to get safe drinking water by 2021. The Ministry of Rural Development has created employment opportunities of more than 813 crore person days during the last three years (2014-17) in the schemes of MGNREGA, Pradhan Mantri AawasYojna, Grameen (PMAY-G) and in Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY). Briefing the media here, Union Minister for Rural Development, Drinking Water & Sanitation and Panchayati Raj, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar said that during the last three years while 636.78 crore person days were…
(TOI) Alappuzha in Kerala is a “waste smart” city according to recent assessment by a Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) team. Reason? It has managed to achieve 100% waste segregation in 12 of the city’s 23 wards. It doesn’t landfill, instead a majority of the households have biogas plants and composting systems. But as per the Centre’s recent Swachch Survekshan survey 2017, Alappuzha ranks at 380. The top three “cleanest” cities according to the Swachch survey—Indore, Bhopal and Visakhapatnam, have a centralized system of waste management. While these do have door-to-door waste collection and efficient transportation of waste, CSE points…
(FE) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday announced a slew of incentives for journalists, including a Rs 10,000 monthly pension scheme, for those who are above 60 years and have completed 20 years in the profession. He also announced a life insurance cover of Rs 10 lakh and a cashless mediclaim policy of Rs 500,000. The announcements were made by the Chief Minister at the “Swarna Jayanti Journalists’ Meet” in Panchkula near here. He said now media persons, who have completed five years in the profession, would be given recognition by the state government. He also announced that a…
(FE) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that poor performance by private investors and banks still remains a challenge for the Indian economy. “Despite Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) coming to India in large numbers, things are not working forcefully — investment in domestic industry is not satisfactory level. The condition is related to banks,” Jaitley told DD News in an interview here. The Minister said with the Goods and Services Tax (GST) heading towards the July 1 rollout and global growth showing positive trends, these two challenges have been overcome. “But there is a third challenge — to…
(PTI) A spontaneous shutdown was today observed in the Kashmir Valley following violent protests in the wake of killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sabzar Ahmad Bhat, even as a person was injured in Anantnag during clashes with security forces. Bhat, who succeeded Burhan Wani, was killed along with another militant in an encounter with security forces in Tral area of Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Soon after the killings, stone-pelting protests started at around 50 places, including Tral in Pulwama and Khanabal in Anantnag in south Kashmir, the police said. A person in Mattan area in the district was injured during clashes with…
(ET) Three ONGC employees – Yogendar Garbiyal, N Jagoi and Rahul Jarngal — created history by summiting the Mount Everest (8848 metres) today under the guidance of Border Security Force (BSF) Assistant Commandant Loveraj Singh Dharamshaktu representing the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF). With this feat, ONGC has become one of the first corporates in the world to successfully scale the Everest. The ONGC Everest Expedition is a one-of-its-kind employee engagement initiative taken by ONGC, aong the largest oil and gas Exploration and Production companies in the world. The comoany said the Everest mission was a unique HR initiative of ONGC…
(AU) मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने शनिवार को यहां 1011 ग्राम पंचायतों से आए प्रधानों से नदी संस्कृति को पुनर्जीवित करने और गंगा की निर्मलता के लिए जन सहभागिता की अपील की।गंगा में मूर्ति विसर्जन न करने का संकल्प दिलाने के साथ ही आह्वान किया कि पौधे सरकार उपलब्ध कराएगी, आप सब एकजुट होकर नदी तटों पर सघन पौधरोपण अभियान चलाएं। ‘नमामि गंगे’ परियोजना का जिक्र करते हुए गंगा निर्मलता के लिए प्रधानमंत्री के प्रयासों की सराहना की।
(PTI) State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has said that producing natural gas is no longer a profitable business for the company as the government-mandated gas price is significantly below the cost of production. The BJP-led government had in October 2014 evolved a new pricing formula using rates prevalent in gas surplus nations like the US, Canada and Russia to determine rates in a net importing country. Prices have halved to USD 2.48 per million British thermal unit since the formula was implemented. ONGC Chairman and Managing Director Dinesh K Sarraf said the company lost Rs 5,010 crore in…