Tag: Centre

Parliament
Centre to introduce bill to empower tri-services commanders in LS today

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will introduce the Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Bill, 2023 in the Lok Sabha.

  • Wednesday, 15 March 2023
DA arrears release to Central govt employees and pensioners: Here's what Centre says
DA arrears release to Central govt employees and pensioners: Here's what Centre says

Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary told the Lok Sabha that even now the fiscal deficit of the Government is running at more than double the level envisaged in the FRBM Act.

  • Tuesday, 14 March 2023
Supreme Court
'Handing over capital to complete anarchy', Centre tells SC seeking services row reference to larger bench

The top court allowed Mehta to file submissions on reference to the larger bench in the Centre-Delhi dispute over control on 'services'.

  • Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Government withdraws export duty on steel
Government withdraws export duty on steel

The import duty concessions on Anthracite/PCI coal, coking coal, coke and semi coke and ferronickel have also been withdrawn.

  • Saturday, 19 November 2022
Centre asks WhatsApp to submit causes for outage: Report
Centre asks WhatsApp to submit causes for outage: Report

"The brief outage was a result of a technical error on our part and has now been resolved," a Meta company spokesperson had said.

  • Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Photos of Lakshmi & Lord Ganesh? 'Only Gandhiji on Indian currency notes', ruled RBI in 2010
Photos of Lakshmi & Lord Ganesh? 'Only Gandhiji on Indian currency notes', ruled RBI in 2010

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Centre had already put a lid on the issue way back in 2010.

  • Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Holding a infant's hand
60 days special maternity leave in case of infant death

The decision has been taken in view of the emotional trauma caused due to stillbirth or death of a child soon after birth.

  • Saturday, 03 September 2022
 Indian Administrative Service
Examining states' inputs, no decision yet on IAS cadre rules change: Centre

IAS officers are allocated a cadre, which is either a state or a group of states, or states and Union territories.

  • Friday, 02 September 2022
Union govt received Rs 7,85,914 crore till July 2022
Union govt received Rs 7,85,914 crore till July 2022

An amount of Rs 2,01,108 crore has been transferred to state governments as devolution of share of taxes by the Centre up to July, 2022, which is Rs 36,044 crore higher than the previous year.

  • Thursday, 01 September 2022
Pegasus
Pegasus panel report in SC: No conclusive evidence to show spyware in 29 phones

The Pegasus panel in its report said that the Government of India didn't cooperate in the probe.

  • Thursday, 25 August 2022
Supreme Court
'Why can't Centre form committee, call for all-party meeting', SC on PIL opposing freebies

The bench, also comprising Justices Hima Kohli and C.T. Ravikumar, noted, freebies, etc., can destroy the economy.

  • Wednesday, 24 August 2022
AIFF
'Breaking of ice is taking place', engaging with FIFA to lift AIFF suspension: Centre to SC

The AIFF will not be able to play any international games until the ban is removed.

  • Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Supreme Court
Centre says lay guidelines on freebies; SC favours balance between economy & welfare

A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana and comprising Justice Krishna Murari noted that irrational freebies are definitely an issue of concern and there should be financial discipline.

  • Thursday, 11 August 2022
India to get 5G in one month: Centre
India to get 5G in a month: Centre

Talking about the Centre's initiatives to address the issues concerning digital divide, the minister said that the steps include taking optical fibers to all 6 lakh villages of the country, and also cover all these villages with 4G mobile communications.

  • Monday, 08 August 2022
Edible Oil
Centre reminds to bring down prices, edible oil bodies say in 10-15 days

Almost a week after asking the edible oil associations to cut down on MRP by at least Rs 15 per litre in line with the reduction in international prices, the Centre has issued a strict reminder, warning that it is keeping a watch on prices of edible oil.

  • Tuesday, 12 July 2022
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