Thu, Feb 20, 2020
Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar informed that women empowerment, second phase of Swachh Bharat and establishment of a technology group were few of the significant decisions taken by the cabinet under leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a press conference, Javadekar said, “We took significant decisions in today’s cabinet meeting under leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. First and foremost is decision is taken for women empowerment. Second decision is taken in keeping the view about crop dispute. Second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission to cover all rural areas, establishment of a technology group were among the other decisions. ” “The Cabinet has approved elevation of Bhaskaracharya Institute of Space Applications and Geoinformatics (BISAG) in Gujarat as Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics.”
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Tue, Dec 24, 2019
The Union Cabinet on December 24 approved Atal Bhujal Yojana (ATAL JAL) with a budget of Rs 6000 crores aimed at sustainable groundwater management. Addressing a press conference after the cabinet meeting, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said it was an ambitious scheme and seven states are being given benefit in the first phase. "The Atal Jal programme has been launched to provide sustainable groundwater management. This is an ambitious program for which the Cabinet has approved an outlay of Rs 6,000 crore. Of this Rs 3,000 crore will come from the World Bank while the rest will be given by the Centre". #AtalJalYojna #CabinetBriefing #AtalBhujalYojana
Wed, Dec 04, 2019
Union Cabinet approves citizenship bill; Here's all you need to know. Watch the video
Thu, Nov 01, 2018
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved promulgating an ordinance to amend the Companies Act, according to a source.
Wed, Sep 26, 2018
PM Narendra Modi headed Cabinet today took a number of important policy decisions that will help boost Indian economy in various ways over the short and long term. Cabinet cleared a number of policies today from telecom, GSTN Network to MCI.
Wed, Jul 18, 2018
The Union Cabinet will consider tomorrow a proposal to increase the minimum price that sugar mills are required to pay to cane growers by Rs 20 to Rs 275 per quintal for the next marketing year starting October, according to sources.
Wed, Jul 04, 2018
Currently, there are somewhat 56 RRBs functioning in India, and as on March 2017, these banks recorded credit of about Rs 2,28,599 crore.
Wed, Jun 13, 2018
The funds raised by leasing out the land for 99 years would be used by the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) to finance the Integrated Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC) project at Pragati Maidan.
Thu, May 03, 2018
The Union Cabinet approved on Wednesday a host of schemes worth Rs 38,000 crore for farmers and minorities — two communities whose sections have been seen not happy with the ruling BJP. They also form two key constituencies that are of great significant ahead of next year’s general elections.
Mon, Apr 23, 2018
Homebuyers are likely to be granted the financial creditor’s status, placing them right after banks in the hierarchy under waterfall mechanism for liquidation. This is likely to bring relief to the thousands of homebuyers who are fighting a legal battle against builders over non-completion of projects.
Wed, Mar 07, 2018
7th Pay Commission based salary hike cleared: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Union Cabinet today hiked dearness allowance for its 11 million employees and pensioners to 7 per cent.
Thu, Mar 01, 2018
The jurisdiction of the NFRA -- which would be an oversight body for auditors -- would extend to all listed companies as well as large unlisted public companies.
Tue, Feb 20, 2018
Nearly 87,000 housing loans have been sanctioned in last 8 months under the scheme and over 40,000 applications are under consideration for approval.
Fri, Feb 16, 2018
Modi government is reportedly working on a strategy to help lower-level employees of pay matrix level 1 to 5 under 7th Pay Commission.
Fri, Jan 26, 2018
As per 7th Pay Commission recommendation that the minimum basic pay should be increased from Rs 7,000 to Rs 18,000.
Tue, Jan 23, 2018
To purchase 51.11% stake in HPCL, the state-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) needs to pay about Rs 36,915 crore to the government.
Tue, Jan 09, 2018
Tata Group, which runs two JV airlines in India, IndiGo and Jet Airways, is among the Indian carriers who may bid for Air India. Some foreign airlines have also expressed interest informally.
Thu, Dec 21, 2017
Under the older Act, consumers had to visit court for filing their complaints, and the court took years to resolve the case, but in the new bill, they can lodge a complaint while sitting at home.
Fri, Dec 15, 2017
Prasad said the bill would amend the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 to bring "stricter provisions for cheque bouncing and incentive for the payee who suffers".
The Cabinet has also approved the creation of one circle office of Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS), along-with all supporting officers and staffs for carrying out the functions of Commission of Metro Railway Safety as envisaged in the "Metro Railways (Operations and Maintenance) Act, 2002".
A bill on Triple Talaq was cleared by the Union Cabinet on Friday, ahead of it being taken up in the Winter Session of Parliament.
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
In a bid to provide relief to consumers and corporates, the GST council's 23rd meeting has decided to slash tax rate of nearly 178 items from the higher slab of 28%.
Tue, Nov 28, 2017
If a government servant receives non-practising allowance, then his basic pay plus non-practising allowance plus deputation allowance should not exceed the average basic pay, said the DoPT.
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