(BS) The Petroleum Ministry has asked state-owned oil giants to come up with proposals for the companies they want to acquire or be merged with so as to become integrated oil company. Following up on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s Budget announcement of creating an integrated oil company, the ministry has asked companies in its purview to present integration plans, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told reporters here.”We have asked the companies to appoint consultants, assess the advantages and disadvantages. Let them come with concrete proposal to the ministry,” he said. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management and the Petroleum…
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(FE) G Kumaresan, a graduate from Konneri Kuppam — a small village near Kancheepuram — came across a banner of Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMJ) at an Indian Bank branch. This was a chance encounter since while running an errand for his employer who owned a welding shop. It was with the Rs 50,000 disbursed by the public sector bank (PSB) that he purchased a welding machine and other accessories to set up a shop of his own. Turning into an entrepreneur from an employee, Kumaresan now earns close to Rs 15,000 per month, more than twice of his earlier…
(AT) यूपी के गोरखपुर में हर तरफ बस योगी ही योगी की चर्चा है. आज शाम साढ़े चार बजे के आसपास यूपी के नए-नवेले सीएम योगी आदित्यनाथ मुख्यमंत्री बनने के बाद पहली बार अपने क्षेत्र गोरखपुर की सरजमीं पर पहुंचेंगे. पूरे शहरवासी योगी के भव्य स्वागत की तैयारी कर रहे हैं और शहर को योगी के स्वागत वाले होर्डिंग-बैनर से पाट दिया गया है. योगी के इस दौरे को लेकर प्रशासन भी काफी सचेत है, क्योंकि लखनऊ में योगी के थानों और अस्पतालों के औचक निरीक्षण की धमक देखी जा चुकी है. वैसे तो सभी सरकारी दफ्तरों, थानों और अस्पतालों…
(FE) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah will address the party’s mega convention of booth-level workers in New Delhi on Saturday. Union ministers Venkaiah Naidu, Nirmala Sitharaman and Sanjeev Balyan will also address the gathering at Ramlila Maidan, which will begin around 11 a.m. Party’s Delhi unit chief Manoj Tiwari said that Shah’s interactive convention will enthuse the party’s workers ahead of the municipal polls in the national capital, adding that booth-level workers are at the very core of the BJP’s electoral success and its connect with the masses across the states. The polls to the three civic…
(Tribune) Three-time BJP legislator from Rishikesh Prem Chand Aggarwal was elected unopposed the fourth Speaker of the fourth Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly here on Thursday. Pro tem Speaker Harbans Kapoor made the formal announcement of the election of 56-year-old Aggarwal to the post of Speaker in the Vidhan Sabha.After the announcement, former Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal and members of the treasury and opposition benches escorted Aggarwal to the Speaker’s chair.Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prakash Pant lauded the Opposition for supporting the election of Aggarwal. “I am sure Aggarwal’s unopposed election will strengthen the traditions of the House. It is traditions along with…
The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd. (DFCCIL) is an infrastructure provider. End to Train Telemetry (EoTT) device is an alternative of running trains without guard on an exclusive freight corridor. (b): Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) has been envisaged to be free from level crossings gates, to help enhance the operational efficiency and safety standards. However elimination of level crossings is feasible only in a phased manner. (c): The commissioning of Western & Eastern DFCs (excluding few sections) is targeted in phases by 2019/2020. The End to Train Telemetry (EoTT) device does not require services of guards on DFC…
The data on payment system indicators such as Paper Clearing, National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) and National Automated Clearing House (NACH), registered growth in December, 2016 as compared to November 2016. However, the same showed a decline in January 2017 as compared to December 2016. • Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) recorded a growth in January 2017 and December 2016 as compared to November 2016. • Card transactions at Point of Sale (POS) registered growth in December 2016 as compared to November 2016. However, the same declined in January 2017 as…
(AU) कश्मीर घाटी में जुमे की नमाज के बाद हिंसक प्रदर्शन हुए। श्रीनगर के अलावा उत्तरी कश्मीर के सोपोर और अन्य कई इलाकों में सुरक्षाबलों पर पत्थर बरसाए गए। आईएस और पाकिस्तान के झंडे भी लहराए गए। सुरक्षाबलों के साथ झड़प के बाद प्रदर्शनकारियों को तितर-बितर करने के लिए आंसू गैस के गोले दागे गए।हिंसक झड़पों में आधा दर्जन लोग घायल हुए हैं। इनमें सुरक्षाकर्मी भी शामिल हैं।शुक्रवार को जैसे ही श्रीनगर के नौहट्टा स्थित जामिया मस्जिद में जुमा की नमाज खत्म हुई तो युवाओं ने चुनाव बहिष्कार रैली निकालने की कोशिश की। चुनाव बहिष्कार की नारेबाजी करते हुए युवा रैली…
(FE) Enthused by drop in renewable energy tariff, Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said India’s 60-65 per cent of installed power generation capacity will be green energy. “Going by prices we have discovered, I am inspired to say that 60-65 per cent of India’s installed capacity base will be green energy,” Goyal said at Take Pride event organised by CII. He further said, “India’s renewable energy programme is a great example of how you can do big by thinking big.” Earlier this month, Goyal had predicted that India’s solar power generation capacity will cross 20,000 mw in the next 15…
(AU) स्टॉक मार्केट रेग्युलेटर सिक्युरिटीज एंड एक्सचेंज बोर्ड ऑफ इंडिया (सेबी) ने देश की सबसे बड़ी कंपनी रिलायंस इंडस्ट्रीज स्टॉक मार्केट में फ्यूचर एंड ऑप्शन(एफएंडओ) में ट्रेडिंग करने पर एक साल के लिए बैन लगा दिया है।