Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Organises Road Safety Week from 11th January 2016 The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has organized the Road Safety Week from 11th January 2016 throughout the country to create awareness among general public to improve the safety on road and to give an opportunity to all stakeholders to… Read More »
35 Rural BPOs with 3500 Seats Planned for Maharashtra. 174 Wi-Fi Hotspots, 4 Lakh Next Generation Network Connections to be Provided in Maharashtra. Mumbai to get 1 Lakh High-Speed Broadband Connections– says Minister for Communications and Information Technology Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad. Union Minister for Communication & Information Technology, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad today asserted… Read More »
Changes in the APAR format of the Assessing Officers of Income Tax Department The Income Tax Department is committed to the objective of timely delivery of quality taxpayer services in a fair and transparent environment. The Department has modified the Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) of the Assessing Officers (Income Tax Officers as well as… Read More »
Scholarship for needy children of CAPFs and Assam Rifles personnel About 300 needy children of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles personnel who laid down their lives in the line of duty in recognition of their sacrifice will be provided scholarship for their schooling. M/s Sarojini Damodaran Foundation (SDF) Bangalore have proposed … Read More »
Update on Pathankot Terror attacks In the ongoing investigations by National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Pathankot Terrorist attacks, Post mortem examinations of the bodies of the terrorists killed have been conducted at Pathankot Civil hospital on 7th January, 2016. Body tissues of the terrorists have been preserved for DNA Sampling. During investigations DNA Samples… Read More »
Enemy Property Ordinance, 2016 Promulgated The President of India has promulgated the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2016 on January 07, 2016 to make amendments to the Enemy Property Act, 1968. The amendments through the Ordinance include that once an enemy property is vested in the Custodian, it shall continue to be vested in… Read More »
The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015 notified:Increase in the Eligibility Limit under clause (13) of Section 2 and Calculation Ceiling under Section 12 of the Payment of Bonus Act, 2015 The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was passed by the Parliament in the just concluded Winter Session of the Parliament. The Payment of… Read More »
Government to come out with comprehensive MSME Policy Former Cabinet Secretary Prabhat Kumar to head Hi-Power Committee to draft the policy: Kalraj Mishra Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry has decided to come out with a comprehensive policy for MSMEs, which will be drafted by a high powered committee to be headed by former cabinet… Read More »
Ministry of Railways takes steps to prevent misuse of senior citizen “concession” as well as Senior Citizen “ Quota ” Under the new steps, passengers misusing both senior citizen “quota” and senior citizen “concession” will be treated as travelling without ticket and charged accordingly Passengers misusing senior citizens “concession” only would be charged penalty in… Read More »
Major policy decisions related to Steel & Mines Sector accorded in-principle approvals in meeting between Union Steel & Mines Minister and Chief Minister, Odisha at Bhubaneswar yesterday Minister of Steel & Mines Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, who is on a 2-day visit to Odisha met Chief Minister, Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik at Bhubaneswar yesterday. Shri… Read More »