Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s address on demonetisation of currency Published on Nov 22, 2016 Description: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addresses BJP Parliamentary Party meet
PM invites views from the people, on decision taken regarding currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has invited views from the people, on the recent decision taken by the Union Government regarding currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000. People can submit their views through a… Read More »
The Central Government constitutes Committees of Addl. Secretaries/Joint Secretaries/Directors for visiting States/UTs and reporting about the status of implementation of its recent decision relating to cancellation of legal tender of high denomination bank notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000. The Central Government has decided to constitute teams of Additional Secretaries/Joint Secretaries/Directors –… Read More »
Ban on Imports of Plastic Items from China The Government has comprehensively revised its regulation on hazardous materials through Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management & Tranboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 dated 4th April, 2016 wherein plastic waste has been included in the Schedule-VI of the above Rules and the item is prohibited for import from all… Read More »
Guidelines for Development of Onshore Wind Power Projects Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) issued draft guidelines for development of onshore wind power projects in May 2016. After consultation with stakeholders MNRE issued final Guidelines on 22 October 2016. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New… Read More »
ESIC Approves the Enhancement of Wage Ceiling from Present Rs. 15,000 per Month to Rs. 21,000 The Employees State Insurance Corporation(ESIC) has approved the enhancement of wage ceiling from present Rs. 15,000 per month to Rs. 21,000/-. The draft Rules calling for objections has been published in Gazette of India on 06.10.2016. This enhancement of… Read More »
Pension Scheme Contribution A new Scheme “Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana” has been announced in the Budget for 2016-17 with the objective of promoting employment generation and an allocation of Rs. 1000 crores has been made. The scheme is being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Employment in 2016-17. The PMRPY scheme is targeted… Read More »
To further support farmers for the current Rabi crop, the Government has decided to allow farmers to purchase seeds with the old high denomination bank notes of Rs.500 from the Centres, Units or Outlets belonging to the Central or State Governments, PSUs, National or State Seeds Corporations, Central or State Agricultural Universities and the ICAR,… Read More »
Rajya Sabha proceedings on 21.11.2016 Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12.34 PM ( 21.11.2016)
Demonetisation : Some important points to keep in mind Published on Nov 18, 2016 Courtesy: DD News