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Lok Sabha rejects Rajya Sabha amendments, passes Aadhaar bill
New Delhi, March 17: Parliamentary approval was on Wednesday accorded to the Aadhaar bill with the Lok Sabha again passing the bill without any of the amendments suggested by the Rajya Sabha which had returned the bill after a heated…
Rajya Sabha passes Appropriations Bill
New Delhi, March 17: The Appropriation Bill and Vote on Account Bills were passed in the upper house of the parliament on the last day of the first part of the Budget session, thus completing the first stage of the budgetary exercise.…
Government to set up Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy said that the government aimed to skill development in aviation sector. The Government has facilitated setting up Aerospace and Aviation…
Ministry of Railways inks MoUs for Modernization of Railway Stations
Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha in a written reply to Lok Sabha said Indian Railway has advertised its plan to redevelop ‘A-1’ and ‘A’ category stations (about 400 in number) on ‘as is where is’ basis, by inviting proposals from…
Petroleum Minister holds bilateral meeting with Igor Sechin, CMD, Rosneft
Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan held a bilateral meeting with Mr Igor Ivanovich Sechin, President, Chairman of the Management Board, Vice-chairman of Board of directors of JSC Rosneft, Russia, on…
MoE commences Online Application for Kailash Manasarovar Yatra-2016
Ministry of External Affairs announced the commencement of online application for Kailash Manasarovar Yatra-2016 on Wednesday. The details about the online application is available at the website http://kmy.gov.in and the Yatra is planned…
Govt allows 100% FDI in B2B E-Commerce: Nirmala Sitharaman
Government of India allowed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) upto 100% under the automatic route is permitted in companies engaged in e-commerce provided that such companies would engage in Business to Business (B2B) e-commerce.
In a…
Sushma Swaraj leaves for Saarc meeting in Nepal
New Delhi, March 16: India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday left for Saarc foreign ministerial level meeting scheduled for Thursday in Nepal's Pokhara city.
"Leaving for Nepal. EAM @sushmaswaraj departs for the 37th…
Lok Sabha passes bill to include more communities in Scheduled Castes
New Delhi, March 16: A bill to include certain communities in the list of Scheduled Castes (SC) in Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Kerala and West Bengal was passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot replied…
68 crore people getting subsidized foodgrains under NFSA
The Government of India has accorded high priority to the issue of hunger and malnutrition in the country and is implementing several schemes/programmes through State Governments/UT Administrations to improve food security situation in the…