Hon’ble Minister of State, Independent Charge, Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan flagged off ONGC Mission Everest Project 2017 at an event in New Delhi on 28 March 2017. Complimenting ONGC for a robust selection of a young team for this ‘bold’ initiative, the Minister said, “This may go down as a historic event in the annals of oil industry.” Buoyed by this project, the Minister asked ONGC to explore other such innovative projects, especially in the unique natural ecosystem of Uttarakhand. Earlier, ONGC CMD Mr. D K Sarraf said that though ONGC has made its mark in drilling kilometers below the Earth’s…
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(PTI) Putting a final lid on the Planning era, the Niti Aayog is gearing up to launch the three-year action plan from April 1 after the end of 12th Five Year Plan on March 31.Under the new system, sources said states will be encouraged to meet the targets of various schemes or face the prospects of drying up of the fund flows. “The 12th five years plan is coming to an end on March 31. The three-year action plan to be unveiled this month will come in force from April 1, which will also end the prevailing system of the…
(PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government is mulling various options, including raising loan to meet additional burden on the exchequer, to fulfill BJP’s commitment to waive debts of small and marginal farmers. A finance department spokesman today said Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal has already started deliberations with senior officials of his department for fulfilling this promise at the earliest. The government will have to pay banks to meet the waived loan amounts of small and marginal farmers, and for bearing this burden it will have to look at options of either seeking grant from the Centre under the transfer to state head…
As per National Account Statistics Report, 2016, the value of output of milk at current prices was Rs.5,00,405 crore in 2014-15, while at constant prices (2011-12) it was 3,89,846 crore. As compared to last year, the growth in value of output of milk is about 7.4 percent at constant prices. As per National Dairy Development Board, it is estimated that out of total milk production 46% is consumed locally, and 54 % is marketable surplus. The share of organized sector in the total marketable surplus of milk is about 30%, while the balance 70% is handled by the unorganized sector.…
(FE) Reliance Jio’s Happy New Year offer is going to end on March 31, after which the subscribers will have to start paying in order to continue using the network service. Following the announcement of Jio as the latest entrant in the telecom sector, more than a 100 million subscribers were added to the network. But according to a new report, as the offers are nearing an end, the response to the network has been lukewarm at best. TV channel ET Now reported that not many customers have opted for Reliance Jio’s Prime offers. Jio Prime membership is the latest…
(MC) Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy today announced that public sector undertaking, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will earmark Rs 60 crores for the renovation of government schools and government hospital in Karaikal, under its CSR scheme. ONGC will earmark Rs 60 crores for renovation of government schools and Government General hospital in Karaikal as part of CSR initiative, Narayanasamy said in a release here. During a meeting with Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Delhi today, the Chief Minister had registered his protest against the Centre’s move to take up exploration of hyrdro carbon reserves in…
(PTI) BJP President Amit Shah would be felicitated in Goa on April 9 after the party, under his leadership managed to grab power in four of the five states which went to polls recently. BJP Goa unit would be felicitating Amit Shah on April 9 for leading the party and forming the government in four states after the recently held assembly elections,” party s Goa Unit President Vinay Tendulkar told PTI today. He said a public meeting would be organised at Campal ground here which will be attended by more than 30,000 people. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will also be present for…
(DJ) ल्रगता है कि आम आदमी पार्टी के साथ चुनाव पूर्व तालमेल नहीं होने का ‘रंज’ नवजोत सिंह सिद्धू को अभी भी है। सिद्धू ने विधानसभा में आम आदमी और अरविंद केजरीवाल के खिलाफ कड़े तेवर दिखाए। उन्होंने केजरीवाल पर जमकर तंज कसे और पंजाब विधानसभा चुनाव में आप की हार के लिए उन पर जुमल कसे। उन्होंने आप के जीत के दावे की चर्चा करते हुए कहा, केजरीवाल ऐ की होया तेरे नाल। सिद्धू ने अपने ये तेवर उस समय दिखाए जब विधानसभा में सोमवार को आम आदमी पार्टी के विधायक राज्यपाल के अभिभाषण पर इसी सत्र में बहस…
(PTI) The government today imposed 10 per cent import duty on wheat and tur dal with immediate effect in a bid to protect farmers’ interest, amid projection of a record crop this year. On December 8, the government had reduced customs duty on wheat to zero from 10 per cent to boost domestic availability and check retail prices. There has been nil duty on tur dal. Announcing the decision in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal said a notification dated March 17, 2012 has further been amended so as to “impose basic customs duty of 10…
(NDTV) A new clause has been introduced in the IGST to permit refund of taxes to foreign tourists for products bought during stay. The tax refund will be on the lines of VAT refund in UK.The bills – Central GST, Integrated GST, Union Territories GST and the compensation law – were approved by the cabinet earlier this month. Once these get Parliament’s approval, a State GST bill will be presented in state assemblies.The Cabinet approval came after the powerful GST Council, headed by Mr Jaitley and with state finance ministers as members, cleared the five draft laws, ironing out the…