Source Reserve Bank of India RBI/2015-16/331 DBR.No.BP.BC.83/21.06.201/2015-16 March 1, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) Madam / Sir, Master Circular – Basel III Capital Regulations – Revision Please refer to Master Circular DBR.No.BP.BC.1/21.06.201/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015 on ‘Basel III Capital Regulations’. The treatment of certain balance sheet… Read More »
Jual Oram Launches New Website of NCST Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Shri Jual Oram launched the revamped website “http://www.ncst.gov.in” of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) in New Delhi today. Speaking on the occasion the Minister appreciated the efforts put in by NCST officials in the preparation of the new website. The Minister said… Read More »
Online Initiative for LPG Distribution The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that online services to LPG consumers are provided through www.Mylpg.in which provides various services under single umbrella such as Web Booking with online payments, Online application for New… Read More »
Policy Initiatives for Enhancing Indigenous Production of Oil and Gas The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that in order to accelerate the pace of exploration and enhance production of oil and gas in the country, the Government… Read More »
Monitoring of Grievances The total number of grievances received on the online Centralized PublicGrievance Redress and Monitoring System(CPGRAMS) in respect of Central GovernmentMinistries/ Departments during the last four years are as under:- _ Year No. of Grievances received 2012 176126 2013 209637 2014 270255 2015 881132 The increase is due to a number of… Read More »
Reservation in Promotion The instructions issued by Department of Personnel & Training provide for reservation in promotion to persons belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in posts in the Central Government upto the lowest rung of Group ‘A’. These instructions are also being implemented by Central Public Sector Undertakings, wherever reservation in… Read More »
Time Taken to Dispose Appeal As per the Right to Information Act, 2005 it is mandatory on the part of Public Information Officer either to provide the information or reject the request for any of the reasons specified by the RTI Act within 30 days of receipt of the request. However, information concerning life or… Read More »
Laser Walls along riverine stretches of India-Pakistan Border Border Security Force (BSF) has taken various measures to check the infiltration of the terrorists along Indo-Pakistan border. Installing laser walls is one of the integrated measures taken by BSF. The laser technology developed by BSF has been designed to cover all the shortcomings experienced in the… Read More »
Passports to Children The Government has already put in place a liberal policy for issue of passports to children of single parents whereby they can obtain passports for their minor children by furnishing an affidavit in the form of Annexure ‘C’ in case of children disowned by other parent or children born out of wedlock;… Read More »
Migration of Indians Data about global migration of Indian nationals is not maintained / available in this Ministry. Data about the number of Indian workers who emigrated through Emigration Clearance to 18 notified Emigration Clearance Required (ECR) countries is available with this Ministry. Data for emigration clearances granted during the last three years is as… Read More »