(PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) raided seven petrol pumps here which were allegedly using remote-controlled electronic chip in fuel dispensing machines to dupe unsuspecting consumers. All the seven petrol pumps have been sealed and about 14 people were being questioned in this connection, ASP (STF) Arvind Chaturvedi said today. On a tip-off, STF sleuths last night picked up an electrician who used to instal these chips in petrol dispensing machines which reduced the fuel output, he said. “On his information, we carried out raids in seven petrol pumps and found that all of them were using the…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(PTI) Abolition of the 25-year-old Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) is in the final lap and this will set the stage for more reforms in the FDI policy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. He also said some “tough steps” are required so that India increasingly becomes a tax-compliant society. Jaitley had in his Budget for 2017-18 proposed abolition of FIPB — an inter-ministerial body under the Finance Ministry’s Department of Economic Affairs that processes FDI proposals and makes recommendations for government approval. “I am now in the final stages of doing away with the FIPB because 90 per cent of…
(DJ) जम्मू-कश्मीर के अनंतनाग स्थित जेएंडके बैंक की ब्रांच पर दो आतंकियों ने शुक्रवार को हमला बोल दिया। जिसके बाद आतंकियों की सुरक्षाकर्मियों से मुठभेड़ शुरू हो गई। इस फायरिंग में सीआरपीएफ का एक जवान घायल हो गया, जबकि एक आतंकवादी को पकड़ लिया गया है। फायरिंग के दौरान एक आंतकी फरार होने में कामयाब हो गया है। बता दें कि इससे पहले गुरुवार को कुपवाड़ा में सेना के कैंप पर हुए आतंकी हमले में एक कैप्टन, एक जेसीओ और एक जवान शहीद हो गए हैं। हालांकि जवाबी कार्रवाई में सेना ने दो आतंकियों को भी ढेर कर दिया था।…
(PTI) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today sounded a note of caution on protectionism, saying the world should debate whether it would make the global economy more efficient or sluggish. The minister, however, took comfort from the fact that voices of protectionism are not heard in India. “…You suddenly found a contrarian trend now moving in the developed economies itself. The reasons would be different in each economy and the trend really is can we reverse this whole process. And that’s a little worry which does exist,” Jaitley said while referring to the growing voices of protectionism especially in the United…
Under the Government of India’s Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) over 21 lakh conventional street lights have been replaced with LED street lights across the country. The newly installed lights have led to brighter streets, feeling of enhanced safety and security among the residents and motorists. Energy Efficiency Services Limited, a Public Energy Services Company under the administration of Ministry of Power, Government of India (GoI) is the implementing agency for SLNP. The installation of LED street lights has resulted in Annual energy savings of 295 million unit kWh, avoided capacity of over 73 MW and reduction of 2.3 lakh…
(FE) In its bid to attract investment and bring Uttar Pradesh on par with top industrial states, the Yogi Adityanath government is planning to set up an industrial development board under the chief minister’s office. It will be a one-stop solution to all the industry-related issues. This umbrella department would be governed on the principles of a single-window system and would facilitate clearances within 30 days instead of 120 days that had been mandated by the previous industrial policy. Giving details at the end of the fifth meeting of the group of ministers that is drafting the new industrial policy,…
(FE) 7th Pay Commission report on allowances: The wait for hike in allowances including the House Rent Allowance (HRA) and Dearness Allowance (DA) for government employees and pensioners may soon come to an end. The Ashok Lavasa-led Committee on allowances on April 27 submitted its report that will impact around 47 lakh government employees to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today. The report submitted to the Finance Ministry is a part of the 7th Pay Commission report. Constituted in June 2016, the Ashok Lavasa Committee was formed after the government implemented the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission report. The report…
The Minister of State (MoS) for Finance Shri Santosh Gangwar said that there is a need for creating awareness on pension at the grassroots level and expressed satisfaction that the National Pension System (NPS) is now gaining recognition. He was speaking on the occasion of the “Third Pension Conference on Implementation of National Pension System (NPS)” of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) in New Delhi today. The conference was organised with the theme of ‘Towards a Pensioned Society: The Road Ahead’. After inaugurating the event, the MoS for Finance released a report titled “Financial Security for India’s…
Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu today asserted that implementation of Smart City Mission is certainly changing the way the city governments are addressing issues of urban planning and execution. He spoke on various aspects of development of smart cities in the country at the Knowledge sharing workshop on ‘Smart Cities and Informed Urbanisation’ here today, organized by NITI Ayog and University of New South Wales, Australia. Stating that Smart City Mission aims at improving livability in cities, Shri Naidu said the broad objectives of the Mission are: Sustainable urban planning and development, Management of urban affairs with citizens’…
(FE) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the opposition parties over their allegation that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used during the Municipal Corporation polls were tampered with and said it is an insult of mandate of people of Delhi. Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told ANI, “The opposition parties should understand that they are not just banging their head on EVMs but are insulting the people’s mandate.” Naqvi further asserted that the people of Delhi have given a decisive mandate against this politics of ego, anarchy and misconduct. “The opposition parties’ slogan is…