(Tribune) The 108 Emergency Response Service, a private partner providing emergency ambulance services, not only parked funds to the tune of Rs 18.85 crore but also failed to respond to 21.56 per cent of the emergency calls in the prescribed response time, reveals the new CAG report tabled by the Uttarakhand Government in the Assembly on Wednesday.The audit report says Rs 172.86 crore was released to the private partner between 2008-09 and 2015-2016 against which the operator spent around Rs 154.01 crore. Though the operator had sufficient funds, more funds were released. “As a result, the operator had funds ranging…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(OT) The fourth meeting of the working group to resolve tax dispute between the Odisha government and the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) remained inconclusive today.The meeting of the core group involving officials of IOCL and the State government could not arrive at an settlement on the tax incentive issue of the former’s Paradip refinery project. Chief Secretary Aditya Padhi told media persons after the meeting in New Delhi that no decision has been taken at the meeting. “Facts have been exchanged between the two sides and negotiations are on,” said Padhi. Besides, Padhi informed that more time would be sought from the…
(AU) यूपी में सपा की करारी हार के बाद आखिरका समाजवादी पार्टी टूट गई। शिवपाल सिंह यादव ने नई पार्टी का ऐलान कर दिया है। चौंकाने वाली बात ये है कि इस नई पार्टी के अध्यक्ष मुलायम सिंह यादव होंगे। शिवपाल यादव शुक्रवार को पार्टी संरक्षक मुलायम सिंह यादव से मुलाकात करने इटावा पहुंचे। शिवपाल ने अपने बहनोई डॉ. अजंट सिंह के घर मीडिया से मुलाकात कर अपना एक और बड़ा बयान दे दिया। यहां उन्होंने कहा कि सामाजिक न्याय के लिए सेक्युलर मोर्चा बनाया जा रहा है। इसके अध्यक्ष नेताजी मुलायम सिंह यादव ही होंगे। नेताजी को सम्मान दिलाने और समाजवादियों…
(TH) NTPC’s research arm, NETRA (NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance), has installed India’s highest temperature Drop Tube Reactor and Photogrammetry System of Solar Thermal Lab. An official statement said that the DTR system is used for combustion characterisation of coal/biomass and is used for designing advanced ultra super critical technology and reducing carbon footprint from fossil fuel plants. The statement also noted that this is India’s first of its kind, indigenously developed, high temperature (designed for 1,500 degree Celsius) Drop Tube Reactor (DTR) system recently.A Photogrammetry System of Solar Thermal Lab has also been installed and commissioned by DLR, Germany at…
(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…
(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…