(FE) Union minister for urban development, housing and urban poverty alleviation M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday handed over the release order of Rs 1,263 crore to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath for different central schemes in the state. The minister, who was in the city to review the implementation of all central urban schemes in Uttar Pradesh, handed over the release order of Rs 375 crore for Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Rs 442 crore for Smart City Mission and Rs 446 crore for Lucknow Metro project. Stating that Uttar Pradesh was lagged behind in implementing…
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(PTI) The Samajwadi Party (SP) is ready to support any secular alliance for the presidential poll, which is a few months away, its president Akhilesh Yadav said today. “If there is any secular alliance (for the presidential poll), my party will support it,” he told reporters at the SP headquarters here. His remarks came against the backdrop of CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury recently meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi to explore the possibility of fielding a joint candidate for the presidential poll, even as RJD boss Lalu Prasad talked about cobbling together a Bihar-style ‘mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance). West Bengal Chief…
(AU) केंद्रीय गृहमंत्रालय ने आम आदमी पार्टी से उसके विदेशी चंदे का हिसाब किताब मांगा है। मंत्रालय जानना चाहता है कि आखिर आम आदमी पार्टी को विदेशी चंदा किन स्रोतों से आता है।गृहमंत्रालय ने इसके लिए पार्टी को 15 दिन का समय दिया है। 15 दिन के अंदर ही केजरीवाल की पार्टी को मोदी सरकार को अपने चंदे का ब्यौरा देना होगा।
(FE) The National Green Tribunal today slapped fines of Rs 10 lakh each on three industrial units in Uttar Pradesh for discharging untreated effluents and extracting ground water without permission from the Central Ground Water Authority. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar imposed the fine on Gajraula-based ASP Sealing Products Ltd, Dairy India private Ltd and Umang Dairies Ltd for not setting up effluent treatment plants in their premises and releasing untreated waste in the open. The green panel asked these industrial units to deposit the amount with the Central Pollution Control Board to “show their bonafide”…
आज से एक साल पहले बलिआ में मोदी जी ने उज्जवला योजना की शुरआत की, इसका मकसद गरीब और ज़रुरत मंद परिवारों को एलपीजी सिलिंडर पहुंचना था| पेट्रोलियम मंत्री प्रधान जी ने इसी संदर्भः में एक प्रेस कांफ्रेंस करते हुए इस योजना के पूरे एक साल की उपलब्धियाँ बताई| योजना के अंतर्गत २.२० करोड़ एलपीजी सिलिंडर के कनेक्शन बाँटे गए| इसी के साथ एलपीजी वितरण में पिछले 3 साल में १०% का इजाफा हुआ हैं, साथ ही ४६०० नए एलपीजी डिस्ट्रीब्यूटर्स बनाये गए | उज्जवला योजना के अंतर्गत बांटे गए एलपीजी कनेक्शन में से १.८५% कनेक्शंस ने दुबारा रिफिल बुक…
(NN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship Ujjwala Yojana completed one year on Friday. Targeting to add 10 crore new LPG connections in next three years, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said that around 2.20 crore connections given under PM Ujjwala Yojana, a mile-stone in LPG connections distribution. The Minister also said that there has been a 10 per cent growth in LPG Distributions in last 3 years. Here are the highlights of the scheme: #1.85% PMUY Beneficiaries booked refills. 2. 38% Beneficiaries belong to SC/ST. Proves the effectiveness & transparency: Pradhan #We kept the idea of Digital India in…
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan giving brief to media on Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)
(ET) Finance Ministry today said the next meeting of the GST (Goods and Services Tax) Council will take place on May 18-19. The meeting will held in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. This round of meeting to be headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is scheduled to finalise the rates of different commodities and services. It will also approve rates of remaining items. The Council has already approved half of the rules that are required for rolling out of GST from July 1.
(AU) दिल्ली में दिसंबर 2012 में चलती बस में निर्भया के साथ हुए गैंगरेप मामले में सुप्रीम कोर्ट कल अपना फैसला सुनाएगा। मालूम हो कि 16 दिसंबर 2012 की रात मृतक राम सिंह और उस समय नाबालिग रहे आरोपी के अतिरिक्त चार लोगों ने शनिवार की शाम चलती बस में अपने दोस्त के साथ घर जा रही युवती के साथ सामूहिक बलात्कार किया था।बलात्कार के बाद युवती और उसके दोस्त के साथ अमानवीय व्यवहार किया गया और दोनों को चलती बस से नीचे फेंक कर उसे कुचलने की भी कोशिश की गई थी। इस मामले के बाद दिल्ली सहित देशभर में…
(MC) India’s cabinet has taken significant decisions on the country’s banking sector, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, declining to give further details, saying it needed a Presidential accord. “Some significant decision has been taken on the banking sector in the cabinet, but propriety demands that the government should announce this only after the assent of the President,” Jaitley told a news conference after the cabinet meeting. The government and the central bank have previously said they were working on a new plan for the resolution of bad loans at Indian lenders that hit a record $150 billion as of end-December.