Central Government

The central government on Wednesday announced the setting up of two committees to facilitate the rollout of the goods and services tax (GST) regime from April 1 next year and to propose the tax rates. A committee headed by Chief Economic…

Kolkata, May 29 (IANS): The central government will be receiving the first tranche of $3.5 million from the World Bank by January 2016 for the Rs.4,200 crore estimated budget of the ambitious Jal Marg Vikas project on river Ganga, an…

Bhubaneswar, May 20 (IANS): The Congress on Wednesday lashed out at the Narendra Modi-led central government and Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha government for failing to provide good governance in last one year. The Congress attack came ahead…

With no Greenfield or Brownfield investment happening on the fertiliser production segment since 1999, the central government is considering framing a new urea policy, a union minister told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. According to Minister…

A bonanza of Rs.7,889 crore for this fiscal and Rs.6,762.24 crore per thereafter has been approved for the 10 million serving and retired staff of the central government in the form of a hike in dearness allowance. A meeting of the…