India Rejects Apple’s Key Demands on Tax Incentives India has not accepted ‘most of the demands’ on tax incentives that Apple Inc. had sought for establishing a manufacturing base in the South Asian nation, a senior official said, shifting focus to the rejection’s fallout on the iPhone-maker’s local assembly plans. Sources aware of the Cupertino,… Read More »
Cabinet approves hike in MSP for Copra for 2017 season The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Fair Average Quality (FAQ) of “Milling Copra” to Rs.6500/- per quintal for 2017 season from Rs. 5950/-per quintal in 2016.… Read More »
Cabinet approves amendment to ‘The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009’ The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the amendment to Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. This will ensure that all teachers, in position as on 31st March, 2015,… Read More »
Cabinet approves in situ promotion to the officers of Indian Trade Service (ITS) to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved in- situ promotion of officers of the Indian Trade Service (ITS), belonging to 1989 to 1991 batches, to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG)… Read More »
Cabinet approves MoU between India and the USA on cooperation in the field of Cyber Security The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has been apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-ln) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the… Read More »
Cabinet approves proposal for Amendments to the NABARD Act, 1981 Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the following proposals: (a) Amendments to National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act, 1981 as proposed in the draft Bill with such changes of drafting and of consequential nature, as may be… Read More »
Cabinet approves of proposal to establish a Fund of Fund for Start-ups (FFS) The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the following proposals with regard to the Fund of Funds of Start-ups (FFS) which was established in June, last year with a corpus of Rs. 1,000 crores. i. Alternate… Read More »
New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) The Supreme Court today referred to a larger bench a batch of petitions seeking framing of uniform guidelines for designating lawyers as seniors by the apex court and the high courts across the country. A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the issue is of “utmost importance” and “we… Read More »
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New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) The CBSE has done away with the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) scheme and replaced it with a uniform system of assessment and examination to be followed by its affiliated schools for classes 6 to 9. [ Download CBSE New Uniform System of Assessment for Class VI to IX for… Read More »