(PTI) The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched in Assam by Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday, a year after the scheme was set in motion first in Uttar Pradesh. The launch of PMUY was delayed in Assam due to certain technical reasons and though Aadhar Card was mandatory to avail the benefit of this scheme, it was relaxed in the state following a request from the chief minister, Pradhan said. The PMUY was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 1 May, 2016 in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. Under this scheme, five crore LPG…
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(Tribune) The Union Ministry of Food Processing has given its go ahead to set up five cold storage chains in Uttarakhand.These cold chains have been approved under the Central government’s Cold Storage Chain Scheme under which 75 per cent assistance will be provided by the Centre to private entrepreneurs. They will be set up at a cost of Rs 85.64 crore. Three cold stores have been approved for Udham Singh Nagar and one each for Nainital and Haridwar. “Farmers face great difficulty in the absence of cold stores especially after harvesting. These units will help the farmers in preserving their crop…
(ET) Buy Indian and Make in India – the government will bring out a full-fledged ‘price preference’ policy favouring Indian-owned companies. The policy, likely to be finalised by end of May, is being driven by the PMO and is aimed at boosting Indian enterprises across sectors. Preferential pricing is expected to allow additional time to Indian-owned bidding companies so that they can match the lowest bid in case the latter was made by an entity that’s partly Indian-owned or mostly foreign-owned. Top government officials, who spoke off record, told ET that the new price preference policy will help Indian enterprises…
(NDTV) इस साल जुलाई में होने वाले राष्ट्रपति चुनाव में बीजेपी के लिए अपनी पसंद का राष्ट्रपति बनाने का रास्ता साफ होता जा रहा है. आंध्र प्रदेश के दल वाईएसआर कांग्रेस के नेता जगनमोहन रेड्डी ने पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी से मुलाकात कर समर्थन देने का ऐलान कर दिया है. वैसे ही बीजेपी के नेतृत्व वाला एनडीए पहले से ही काफी मजबूत स्थिति में है. 410 सांसद और 1691 विधायकों की ताकत से एनडीए के पास 5,32,019 वोट हैं. उल्लेखनीय है कि राष्ट्रपति चुनाव के लिए देश भर के सभी 4120 विधायकों और 776 सांसदों को मिला कर चुनाव मंडल बनता…
(HT) At least two civilians were killed and three injured in heavy cross-border shelling by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Saturday morning, officials said. Rajouri deputy commissioner Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary confirmed the casualties. The identities were not immediately known. This was the third ceasefire violation along the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir in past three days. “Heavy cross-border shelling started in border villages Khori, Dhanaka, Ganaih, Kalsian Bhawani, Sarya, Jhangar and Khamba at 7.30am on Saturday,” Choudhary told Hindustan Times.
(TH) Public sector oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) signed an MoU with Kerala Startup Mission, a state government nodal agency for promoting entrepreneurship, to provide aid and investments in start-ups from various technology domains. It will also provide exclusive access for start-ups to its R&D facilities, expertise and network. Aravind Krishnaswamy, General Manager (Strategy), BPCL, and Saji Gopinath, CEO, Kerala Startup Mission, signed the MoU here. The MoU, which will be valid for two years, aims to spur the state government’s efforts and derive long-term benefits from start-ups, an official spokesman of the Government of Kerala said. Among those…
(AT) दिल्ली सरकार में पूर्व मंत्री कपिल मिश्रा के अनशन का आज चौथा दिन है. कपिल मिश्रा ने ‘आप’ नेताओं की विदेशी यात्राओं का हिसाब मांगा है. AAP नेताओं की विदेश यात्राओं की जानकारी सार्वजनिक किए जाने की मांग को लेकर ही उन्होंने अनशन शुरू किया था. कपिल ने कहा कि आज अनशन का चौथा दिन है, मगर केजरीवाल चुप है, ये मनमोहन सिंह का रिकॉर्ड तोड़ना चाहते हैं. कपिल ने कहा कि केजरीवाल शायद जनता को मुर्ख समझने लगे हैं. एसीबी अरविंद केजरीवाल के सलाहकारों से पूछताछ करने वाली है. आगे देखिए कई खुलासे होंगे. इनके पास जवाब नहीं…
(ET) Consumers can expect petrol and diesel prices to be slashed on Monday as fuel prices in the five cities where Indian Oil Corporation has initiated daily fuel prices revisions have fallen by more than Rs 1.50 per litre since 1 May. Revised petrol and diesel prices for Chandigarh, one of the five pilot cities, was Rs 65.93 per litre and Rs 56.21 per litre respectively as on 11 May according to the fuel retailer — a drop of more than Rs 1.50 as compared to petrol price of Rs 67.65 per litre and diesel price of Rs 57.74 per litre…
(FE) The Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC) will be investing an estimated Rs 15000 crore in expanding the refining capacity of Gujarat Refinery, the company’s flagship refinery located at Vadodara, B Ashok, chairman of the company said during his visit to the city on Friday. “We have are looking to expand the Gujarat Refinery to 13.7 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) to 18 MMTPA … So we will be investing around Rs 15000 crore both the expansion and the quality upgradation of the refinery,” Ashok added about the refinery that was commissioned way back in 1966. The quality upgradation…
Attention of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has been drawn to a number of fake websites which have come up recently in connection with the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. It is to bring to the kind notice of general public that official website of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is www.pmujjwalayojana.com. This official website also contains freely downloadable forms, both in English and Hindi, to be filled by the prospective beneficiaries for new LPG connection. It is also noticed that the entity with the name www.ujwalayojana.org has issued an advertisement in Hindustan newspaper regarding appointment of LPG distributorship under RGGLV Yojana. It…