Central Government
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Good news for Central govt employees, pensioners, to get full benefits of DA starting July 1
Business | Mar 09, 2021, 08:37 PM ISTCentral government employees and pensioners will get full benefits of dearness allowance starting July 1, with all the three pending installments being restored prospectively, Minister for State for Finance, Anurag Thakur said in Parliament on Tuesday.
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Both States, Centre have duties on petroleum price: Nirmala Sitharaman
News | Mar 05, 2021, 07:06 PM ISTOn being asked about fuel price rise, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that both State government and Central government have duties on petroleum price.
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GOI being negligent, over confident about COVID-19: Rahul Gandhi
India | Feb 17, 2021, 12:32 PM ISTIn India, the South Africa strain has been detected in four returnees, one from Angola, one from Tanzania and two from South Africa in January, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said.
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WhatsApp treating Indian users differently matter of concern: Centre tells Delhi High Court
India | Jan 25, 2021, 12:12 PM ISTThe submissions were made before Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva by Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma during the hearing of a petition by a lawyer against the new privacy policy of the social networking platform owned by Facebook.
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Govt paves way for all Indians to buy land in Jammu and Kashmir
India | Oct 27, 2020, 02:56 PM ISTIn a significant move, the Centre has notified the new Land Laws for Jammu & Kashmir. In a gazette notification, the union home ministry has notified this on Monday.
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Centre mandates all ministries, public departments, CPSUs to use BSNL, MTNL services
India | Oct 14, 2020, 09:40 AM ISTThe central government has mandated all ministries, public departments and public sector units to use telecom services of state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).
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Kanpur farmers welcome new agriculture reform bills
News | Sep 21, 2020, 12:00 PM ISTFarmers in Kanpur district welcomed the new agriculture reform bills.
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Farmers stage protest against central govt in Amritsar
News | Sep 08, 2020, 12:45 PM ISTFarmers staged a protest against the central government in Amritsar.
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'Informed him about state's condition': Jharkhand CM Soren on his letter to PM Modi
News | Sep 05, 2020, 07:51 AM ISTJharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren while addressing media on September 04 over his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he had informed the PM about the condition of the state.
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Centre plans further stake sale in IRCTC via offer for sale
Business | Aug 21, 2020, 05:14 PM ISTThe Central government is planning to sell part of its shares in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp (IRCTC) through an offer for sale (OFS).
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Big news for salaried employees: Govt likely to reduce gratuity payments eligibility
Business | Aug 14, 2020, 08:32 AM ISTThe Central government is considering reducing the minimum eligibility condition for gratuity payments to employees. The Centre may reduce the threshold from five years of continuous employment to between one and three years amid growing demand to make the gratuity eligibility criteria shorter.
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Central govt releases Rs 19,950 cr GST compensation to states
Business | Feb 20, 2020, 09:48 PM ISTThe central government has released Rs 19,950 crore as GST compensation to states, taking the total amount released to them to over Rs 1.2 lakh crore. In a statement, the finance ministry said Rs 19,950 crore was released to states and union territories on last Monday.
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Govt employees ATTENTION! Modi cabinet makes BIG change in Pension Rules
Business | Feb 18, 2020, 08:23 PM IST7th Pay Commission latest news: Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare has said that all Central Government employees whose selection for appointment was finalized before 01.01.2004 but who joined service on or after 01.01.2004, can now opt to be covered under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 instead of the NPS (National Pension System).
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Action will be taken against cops as per SIT report, Govt tells Supreme Court
India | Jan 15, 2020, 12:40 PM ISTEarlier, in March last year, the top court had granted two more months to the SIT to complete its probe into 1986 anti-Sikh riot cases after the SIT informed it that more than 50 per cent of work was done and it wanted two more months to complete the investigation.
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Centre proposes Rs 33 crore to protect Indian satellites from space debris
India | Dec 08, 2019, 07:49 PM ISTIndia has 15 communication satellites active in the geostationary orbit, 13 remote-sensing satellites active in low-earth orbit (2,000 km radius) and eight navigation satellites in medium-earth orbit. Apart from these, there are a number of smaller satellites present in the space.
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Centre wanted to wreck my mental strength: Chidambaram
National | Dec 07, 2019, 07:27 PM ISTIf anybody had thought that I will fall, I will never fall as the Congress party and the Indian people's thirst for freedom are behind me...it is going to be a fight continuously," he told reporters here on his arrival from Delhi.
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UP and Centre in discussion to establish airport in Ayodhya: Govt
India | Nov 28, 2019, 06:44 PM IST"At present, Airports Authority of India (AAI) is in receipt of a proposal from the state government of UP indicating that the state government will develop the existing airstrip through state construction and designed services (UP Jal Board) under regional connectivity scheme (RCS)-UDAN," Puri said in written reply to a question.
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Over 6.83 lakh vacant posts in central government: Centre informs Lok Sabha
India | Nov 27, 2019, 03:40 PM ISTOver 6.83 lakh posts are lying vacant in different central government departments, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. As against the sanctioned posts of 38,02,779 in the central government, 31,18, 956 were filled as on March 1, 2018, it said.
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Nearly 7 lakh vacant posts in central govt departments: Personnel Ministry
India | Nov 21, 2019, 02:38 PM ISTDuring 2017-18, centralised employment notifications (CENs) for 1,27,573 combined vacancies of various Group C and Level-1 posts were notified by the ministry of railways and railway recruitment boards (RRBs), for new and future vacancies to arise in two years time.
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Delhi govt demands more onions from Centre
India | Nov 07, 2019, 08:33 PM ISTThe retail price of onions has risen by 45 per cent in the past week to Rs 80 per kg in the national capital. The rate stood at Rs 55 per kg on October 1, according to official data.