A PSU under Ministry of Railways, Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) has declared highest ever interim dividend of Rs.340 Crore for the Financial Year 2016-17. With this the cumulative dividend payout to Indian Railways has reached Rs.2750 Crore. Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu accepted the dividend cheque from Shri SK Pattanayak, Managing Director, IRFC. Shri BB Verma, Financial Commissioner, Railway Board was specially present to grace the occasion. Additionally, Smt Namita Mehrotra, Executive Director Finance (Resource Management), Railway Board and Shri Niraj Kumar, Director (Finance), IRFC were also present on the occasion. Indian Railway Finance Corporation has continued…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(HT) ऊधमसिंहनगर में एनएच -74 घपले में छह पीसीएस अफसरों को निलंबित करने के बाद उत्तराखंड सरकार ने मामले में सीबीआई से जांच के आदेश करते हुए इसकी सिफारिश केंद्र को भेज दी है। घपले के सभी दस्तावेज सील कर अब सीबीआई को सौंपा जाएंगे। बता दें कि कुमाऊं कमिश्नर डी सैंथिल पांडियन के प्रारंभिक जांच में करीब ढाई सौ करोड़ के घोटाले का खुलासा हुआ। अभी घपला और ज्यादा पहुंचने की आशंका है। राज्य सरकार ने कड़ा कदम उठाते हुए प्रथम दृष्टया दोषी पाए जाने पर छह पीसीएस अफसरों को निलंबित कर दिया है, जबकि सातवां पीएसएस अफसर रिटायर…
(FE) The Election Commission has extended till December 31 the June 30 deadline set for the Congress to hold organisational polls. The EC has allowed the Congress’ plea of granting six more months to it to complete the process of organisational polls. “There will, however, be no further extension beyond December 2017,” the EC has told the Congress. The EC had given an ultimatum to the Congress to complete the organisational polls by June 30. This means the elevation of Rahul Gandhi as the Congress President would come through by the year-end. There has been a growing concern among the…
(HT) उत्तराखंड की नई सरकार ने दसवें दिन ही विधानसभा में लोकायुक्त विधेयक पेश कर भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ कड़ी चोट की है। सोमवार को संसदीय कार्य मंत्री प्रकाश पंत ने विधानसभा सत्र के दूसरे दिन सदन में लोकायुक्त और तबादला विधेयक पेश किया। साथ ही राज्य के चार महीने के खर्चों के लिए 16 हजार अड़तालीस करोड़ का लेखानुदान भी प्रस्तुत किया गया है। संसदीय कार्य मंत्री प्रकाश पंत की ओर से सोमवार को शाम चार बजे पहले लेखानुदान प्रस्तुत किया गया। उसके बाद उत्तराखंड लोक सेवकों के लिए वार्षिक स्थानांतरण विधेयक और फिर उत्तराखंड लोकायुक्त अधिनियम-2007 विधानसभा के पटल…
The Ministry has allocated funds of Rs 1,00,250 Crore which includes Internal and Extra Budgetary Resources (IEBR) and Borrowings of Rs 59,279 Crore for the development of National Highways during the current financial year 2016-17. The Ministry has set an ambitious target of 15,000 km for the construction of National Highways during the current financial year 2016-17 and 6604 km has been achieved as on 28th Feb in 2016-17. The Ministry has sanctioned 4 nos of works for a length 18.65 km amounting to Rs 27.83 Crore in Puducherry for the development of NH-45A (New NH-32) during the current financial…
The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan met H.E. Mr Deepak Bohara, Minister of Supplies of Nepal today.Both Indian and Nepalese Ministers witnessed the renewal of Supply Agreement between Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) and Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) for a period of another five years. The renewed Agreement is an umbrella document between the two parties which apart from detailing the supply of POL products, also puts in place an institutional mechanism for cooperation in the areas of additional services and technical assistance between the two. Both Ministers congratulated IOCL and NOC on…
The Government of India, today, signed the contracts of the fields awarded under the Discovered Small Field (DSF) Bid Round 2016 with the awardees at New Delhi. The event was presided by Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan. The delegation of Shri Pradhan included the Shri K D Tripathi, Secretary for Petroleum and Natural Gas and other senior officials of the Ministry. The Minister also inaugurated a 2 way Interactive Portal for DSF in line with Ease of Doing Business (which is available at www.dghindia.gov.in/dsfportal) which has been developed by DGH to facilitate contract…
The Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh said that Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narender Modi has dreamt of a New India, which will be free of black money and corruption. Promotion of Digidhan and cashless transactions are part of the mission. Shri Singh stated it while inaugurating Digidhan Fair in Motihari, Bihar. The fair continued throughout the day where banks, Common Service Centres (CSC), private digital payment service providers etc. informed the consumers as well as traders about the new technology. Shri Radha Mohan Singh said that the Government has taken several initiatives to promote cashless…
So far, 82 coal mines have been allocated by way of auction / allotment under the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 and the Rules made thereunder. Of these 82 coal mines, 31 have been allocated through e-auction and 51 by way of allotment. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy and Mines in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today. The Minister further stated that no coal mine / block has been auctioned in the last one year under the…
(FE) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is likely to visit Ayodhya on Monday. CM Adityanath’s visit will come against the backdrop of the Supreme Court recently asking parties involved to sit together and arrive at a consensus on the contentious issue of the construction of Ram Temple, which has been dragging on for decades. Adityanath himself has opined that aggrieved parties must sit together to resolve the matter. Terming the Supreme Court’s observation as a “solid” one, he had said, “It is a welcome step. The Narendra Modi government had welcomed the apex court’s suggestion, insisting that the parties…