(FE) Digitisation of payment system would go a long way in checking corruption and exploitation of the poor by moneylenders, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today. With digitisation, the poor people would be able to get loan easily instead of approaching money-lenders, who often exploit them, Pradhan said while inaugurating the 2nd Digi-Dhan Mela of Odisha. The government was also promoting Aadhaar Enabled Payment System in the country to promote digitisation of financial services among the general public, he said.
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(PTI) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said a new roadmap is afoot to strengthen the border security and seal firmly the International Border with Bangladesh and Pakistan.”The Centre has chalked out a new roadmap to strengthen the border security and plans to seal the International Borders with Bangladesh and Pakistan,” Singh said, addressing the Passing Out Parade of the BSF assistant commandants at the BSF Academy at Tekanpur near here. The parade also saw the first woman assistant commandant of India’s border guarding force, Tanushree Pareek, passing out with Home Minister Singh registering his praise for the BSF’s first…
(FE) There is some good news for the rural citizen of the country as Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is expecting to fulfil its promise of bringing electricity to all the villages of the country by the end of 2019 well before the deadline. Lauding Central government’s efforts to enable electricity in various villages of the country, Union Minister Piyush Goyal took to micro-blogging site Twitter and said, “With 12,708 villages electrified since ’15, Govt’s mission to provide ‘Power for All’, set to complete before 2019.” Goyal, in the past, had said that PM Modi’s pledge in 2015 to electrify…
(AU) गुजरात के पाटन जिले के वडवाली गांव में दो पक्षों के बीच हुई सांप्रदायिक झड़प में एक युवक की मौत हो गई। वहीं, तकरीबन 12 लोग घायल हैं। सूचना मिलने पर मौके पर पहुंची पुलिस ने स्थिति को नियंत्रित करने के लिए कई राउंड हवाई फायरिंग की।मीडिया रिपोर्ट्स के मुताबिक 10वीं में पढ़ने वाले दो छात्र पेपर देकर लौट रहे थे। इसी दौरान दोनों के बीच हल्की बहस ने लड़ाई का रूप ले लिया। धीरे-धीरे दोनों पक्षों के लोगों की संख्या बढ़ गई। इसके बाद एक पक्ष के गांव से आए तकरीबन 5000 हजार लोगों ने एक वर्ग विशेष…
(FE) The newly elected Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday announced Rs 1 Lakh subsidy for the medically fit people who wish to go for Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage. Adityanath, addressing his Parliamentary constituency of Gorakhpur, said: “Those who want to go for Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage (if they are physically fit), will be given a subsidy of Rs 1 lakh.” He further added that a Kailash Mansarovar Bhavan will be built either in Lucknow, Ghaziabad or Noida soon. The CM, who was addressing his public meet after taking over as CM, said that no one will be discriminated on…
(ET) Nepal has requested India to provide additional power through two newly-built transmission lines. The construction of the 132KV Kushaha-Kataiya and 132KV Raxual-Parwanipur cross-border transmission lines was completed recently, Kathmandu Post reported. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), the state-owned power utility, has requested India to provide 50 MW of electricity through each of these transmission lines. The NEA is planning to supply electricity bought from India through industrial corridors in Nepal, such as the one located on the Bara-Parsa stretch. Nepalese ambassador to India Deep Kumar Upadhaya in a meeting with Indian Minister of State for Power, Piyush Goyal, requested…
(ET) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today his ministry has drawn up a mission to save Rs 41,000 crore on electricity energy bills over the next ten years by betting big on solar energy, even as it expects to mop-up Rs 17,000 crore through non-fare revenue modes. Addressing a gathering after commissioning various rail infra developmental works on South Central Railway (SCR) from Hi-Tech city railway station here, he said his Ministry has drawn up ‘Mission 41K’ to save 41,000 crore on the expenditure on energy consumption over the next 10 years. Prabhu said after taking over as Railway minister he…
(AU) लखनऊ में सपा मुख्यालय में हुई पार्टी कार्यकारिणी की बैठक में कई बड़े फैसले लिए गए। पार्टी के संविधान में बदलाव किया गया है। इसके तहत अब पार्टी में महासचिव व सचिव के दस-दस पद होंगे, जबकि पहले छह-छह पद होते थे। इसके अलावा महासचिव का नया पद भी होगा।बैठक के बाद पत्रकारों से बातचीत में सपा के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष अखिलेश यादव ने कहा कि विधानसभा चुनाव में हार की समीक्षा हो रही है। मैं लगातार कार्यकर्ताओं से मुलाकात करूंगा। 15 अप्रैल से सदस्यता अभियान चलेगा और 30 सितंबर को पार्टी अध्यक्ष का चुनाव होगा। बैठक में सपा संरक्षक…
(ET) A bulk of India’s 1.1 billion telecom subscribers will soon have to go through a fresh verification exercise based on their Aadhaar identification, following an order of the Supreme Court last month. The industry estimates the process could cost at least Rs 1,000 crore at a time when companies are burdened with debt and fighting a tariff war. “All licensees shall intimate their existing subscribers through advertisement in print/electronic media as well as SMS about the orders of the Supreme Court for re-verification activity and shall upload the complete details of this activity on their website,” said a notice…
A financing agreement for IDA credit of US$ 100 (equivalent) for the “Uttarakhand Health Systems Development Project” was signed here with the World Bank . The Financing Agreement was signed by Mr. Raj Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs on behalf of Government of India and Mr. Hisham Abdo, Acting Country Director, World Bank (India) on behalf of the World Bank. A Project Agreement was also signed by Dr. Neeraj Kharwal, Additional Secretary (Health), Government of Uttarakhand and Mr. Hisham Abdo, Acting Country Director, World Bank. The objective of the project is to improve access to quality health services,…