New Delhi: After having dithered for over a year, Tamil Nadu on Monday signed up for the center’s scheme for revival of financially stressed state-owned power distribution companies. The southern state, which became the 21st state to join Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY), is also one of four states with ...
Read More »Aadhaar now mandatory for EPF pension scheme
NEW DELHI: The Centre has made obtaining an Aadhaar number mandatory for 2.5 crore members of the Employees’ Pension Scheme of 1995, one of the benefits available to Employees’ Provident Fund subscribers. The Labour Ministry said in a notification that those without an Aadhaar number will have to make an ...
Read More »SC orders welfare scheme for Army porters
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday came to the aid of 12,000 civilian porters working for the Army in high-risk and active field areas such as Rajouri, Jammu and Poonch by directing the Centre to finalise a scheme providing them better pay, medical facilities, enhanced compensation and a severance ...
Read More »Service charge by hotels/restaurants not mandatory: Govt
New Delhi: New Year comes with good news for food lovers across the country! In the wake of a number of complaints from consumers that they are being forced to pay service charge in the range of 5-20 per cent, in lieu of tips, irrespective of the kind of service provided ...
Read More »Bank of Baroda launches agriculture investment credit scheme in Rajasthan
State-run Bank of Baroda today said it has launched an agricultural investment credit for the farmers of Rajasthan. The first loan has been disbursed in Sri Ganganagar, the bank said in a statement here today. Under the scheme, farmers can avail of loan from the bank’s branches for construction of ...
Read More »Govt issues 1.5 crore LPG connections to poor under PMUY scheme
New Delhi: 1.5 crore LPG connections have been issued to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) households under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) scheme, the petroleum ministry said on Thursday. The PMUY is an ambitious social welfare scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 1 2016 from Ballia ...
Read More »Centre approves mega scheme for improving road infra in 35 worst affected Naxal districts
NEW DELHI: The Union Government on Wednesday approved a Centrally-sponsored road connectivity scheme for 35 districts worst affected by Naxalism and nine other critical districts with an outlay of over Rs 11, 724 crore entailing construction/upgradation of over 5,411 km of roads besides erection of 126 bridges. The Cabinet Committee ...
Read More »Chardham highway project: PM Modi lays foundation stone in Dehradun
Dehradun: PM Narendra Modi today lay the foundation stone for the Chardham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojna in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun. The Chardham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojna, or the Chardham highway development project, is an ambitious initiative to improve connectivity to the Char Dham pilgrimage centres in the Himalayas. The project’s main objective is ...
Read More »MHA gives nod to CISF to increase strength to 1.8 lakh
VELLORE: With growing demand for the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for providing security cover to important establishments, traditional industries and private firms, the central government has given its nod to increase the strength of the professional central armed force by 35,000. CISF received a communication dated December 14 from ...
Read More »RBI Relaxes 2-Factor Authentication Norms for Transactions Under Rs. 2,000
New Delhi: In a bid to speed up small value online transactions, the RBI today relaxed norms for 2-factor authentication for payments up to Rs. 2,000. Relaxing the norms for 2-factor authentication requirement for transactions up to Rs. 2,000 for online CNP (card not present) transactions, the RBI said only ...
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