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Centre directs NAFED, NCCF to sell tomatoes at Rs 50 per kg
Centre directs NAFED, NCCF to sell tomatoes at Rs 50 per kg

The retail price of tomatoes procured by NCCF and NAFED was initially fixed at Rs 90 per kg and later reduced to Rs 80 per kg from July 16, 2023 and then further to Rs 70 per kg from July 20. 

  • Monday, 14 August 2023
Centre's Bill excludes CJI for selection of CEC and other ECs
Centre's Bill excludes CJI for selection of CEC and other ECs

The Bill is likely to trigger a fresh face-off between the executive and the judiciary.

  • Thursday, 10 August 2023
Centre launches special skill initiative for NE region
Centre launches special skill initiative for NE region

The government has earmarked a fund of Rs 360 crore to facilitate inclusive development, nurture entrepreneurial talent, and propel the socio-economic growth of the region, he announced.

  • Wednesday, 09 August 2023
Import restrictions on PCs, tablets to ensure trusted hardware & systems: Centre
Import restrictions on PCs, tablets to ensure trusted hardware & systems: Centre

The Centre on Friday allayed consumer fears about the notification on restricting the imports of PCs, laptops and tablets, saying the objective is to ensure trusted hardware and systems and increase domestic manufacturing in these hardware categories.

  • Friday, 04 August 2023
Centre restricts import of laptops, PCs & tablets
Centre restricts import of laptops, PCs & tablets

A notification issued by Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on Thursday said that though import of these items will be allowed against a licence, certain use cases have been exempted from the restrictions.

  • Thursday, 03 August 2023
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
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