(ET) Over 20 million households joined the oil ministry’s flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) during the last financial year (2016-17), according to data released by the ministry as part of a reply in Parliament. Also, the top five states in the list of beneficiaries included Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The centre had rolled out PMUY in May 2016 under which the government plans to release 50 million deposit-free new LPG connections to women of BPL families over three years starting April 2016. Under the scheme, Uttar Pradesh received more than 5.1 million new…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(AU) महिलाओं की जिंदगी को आसान बनाने वाली कई योजनाएं शुरू करने के बाद बृहस्पतिवार को प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने एक और महत्वपूर्ण घोषणा की। प्रधानमंत्री ने पासपोर्ट पर महिलाओं को शादी के पूर्व के उपनाम को रखने की छूट प्रदान कर दी है।प्रधानमंत्री ने कहा कि वह चाहते हैं कि महिलाएं विकास की योजनाओं का केंद्र बनें। उन्होंने कहा कि उनकी सरकार मुद्रा और उज्ज्वला जैसी अन्य विभिन्न योजनाओं के माध्यम से महिलाओं को सशक्त करने के लिए कई तरह से काम कर रही है। वीडियो कांफ्रेंसिंग के माध्यम से भारतीय मर्चेंट चैम्बर्स की महिला विंग को संबोधित करते…
(OD) Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan attended the 54th Foundation Day programme of CSIR-IMMT at Acharya Vihar, Bhubaneswar. “is my belief that CSIR-IMMT will give the solution to the longest problem in Odisha i.e. How to derive prosperity out of the Mineral Wealth present in the state? CSIR-IMMT is actively working on advanced minerals & material technology such as Pallet Technology, Sea-bed Technology&Gem-stone processing etc. An institution of the repute of CSIR-IMMT should come out with disruptive technologies having the potential to transform the lives of poor,” said Minister Pradhan while addressing the Foundation Day programme of…
(TOI) In a curious turn to the alleged ‘benami’ property of RJD president Lalu Prasad’s family, BJP said on Wednesday that the documents exposing the deal were provided to it by “someone close” to JD(U) president and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. Former deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi has held several press conferences during the last one week and released papers in public domain to “expose” Lalu. “We are not in office in Bihar. We do not have access to official files. Obviously, an insider from the ruling JD(U) helped us launch the attack on Lalu,” leader of opposition in the assembly…
(AU) समाजवादी पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष अखिलेश यादव ने युवा संगठनों की बैठक में भाजपा सरकार पर जमकर निशाना साधा। कहा कि प्रदेश में कानून-व्यवस्था ध्वस्त है, कार में जलाकर व्यापारी दिनदहाड़े लूटे जा रहे हैं, समाजवादी योजनाओं से छेड़छाड़ की जा रही है।उन्होंने कई घटनाओं का उल्लेख करते हुए कहा कि ईवीएम पर सवाल उठ रहे हैं। आने वाले चुनाव बैलेट पेपर से कराने की मांग को लेकर व्यापक स्तर पर सदस्यता अभियान चलाया जाएगा। अखिलेश यादव बुधवार को पार्टी मुख्यालय में समाजवादी युवजन सभा, छात्र सभा, लोहिया वाहिनी और यूथ ब्रिगेड की सभा में बोल रहे थे। उन्होंने…
(LiveMint) Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has begun commercial production of coal bed methane (CBM) gas from two blocks in Madhya Pradesh, two people familiar with the development said.RIL’s move comes after the government approved pricing and marketing freedom for producers of natural gas from CBM on 15 March. The company has deferred production for a while due to lack of clarity over pricing CBM gas. The two blocks are located in Sohagpur East and West. “RIL has commenced commercial production from 24 March 2017 and expects sales to third party customers from May. RIL has appointed Crisil to help in…
(FE) Tuesday’s Supreme Court order on compensatory tariffs has removed the uncertainty over whether a change in government policy like the New Coal Distribution Policy (NCDP) will constitute a “change in law” (CL) that allows the regulator to fully correct the tariff disadvantage arising from it to power generators. The result: Power capacities to the tune of 60,000 megawatts will be completely safeguarded from the cost increases due to vicissitudes of policy changes over the entire period — usually 25 years — of their supply contracts with discoms. The beneficiaries of the policy clarity include a veritable who’s who of…
(FE) The ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) has identified a clutch of 10 road projects across a stretch of 646 km to be bundled and bid out in the TOT or toll, operate, transfer mode. This will be the first of the TOT offerings the government has been planning and is expected to fetch it around `3,400-3,500 crore. Six of these road projects are in Andhra Pradesh and stretch across approximately 405 km. The remaining four are in Gujarat and cover roughly 241 km. A senior official in the ministry told FE the National Highways Authority of India…
(FE) For addressing anomalies in the existing Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act and to boost farmers’ income, the Niti Aayog has called a wmeeting of state agriculture ministers later this month where the new model APMC Act would be unveiled. Sources told FE that the revamped model APMC Act, would likely to include provisions for single-point levy of taxes, uniformity in mandi taxes, delisting of fruits and vegetables out of the APMC ambit, electronic trading and allowing private players to have their own market yard. The new proposed act would likely to remove the concept of notified market or…
(AU) पिछड़ा वर्ग आयोग को संवैधानिक दर्जा दिए जाने संबंधी संविधान संशोधन बिल पर राज्यसभा में विपक्ष के रुख को नकारात्मक राजनीति बताते हुए प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने तीखी आलोचना की है। भाजपा के ओबीसी सांसदों से मुलाकात के दौरान प्रधानमंत्री ने राज्यसभा में इस बिल पर विपक्ष के रुख को हैरत में डालने वाला बताया।विपक्ष के कदम को पिछड़ा वर्ग के अधिकारों को रोकने वाला करार देते हुए पीएम मोदी ने सांसदें से विपक्ष को समझाने की अपील की। सरकार ने भी इस मामले में विपक्ष पर पिछड़ी जातियों के साथ छल करने का आरोप लगाया। गौरतलब है कि…