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  Old Pension Scheme: Select government employees given one-time option to join OPS

  Business | March 05, 2023 10:42 IST

  Government employees who joined the central government services before December 22, 2003, have been given a one-time option to join the old pension scheme, according to a recent order from the Personnel Ministry.

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  Why should you choose National Pension System (NPS) over other annuity plans?

  Business | March 05, 2023 10:25 IST

  The NPS programme gives investors the chance to purchase annuity plans from insurance providers appointed by PFRDA.

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  West Bengal government hikes dearness allowance by 3% for state employees, pensioners

  Business | February 15, 2023 18:45 IST

  West Bengal government has raised dearness allowance for state employees and pensioners by 3%, as per the state budget for 2023-24.

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  Sovereign Green Bonds: Everything you need to know

  Business | February 15, 2023 17:10 IST

  The government has set a target of Rs 16,000 crore for Sovereign Green Bond auction in the current financial year, aiming to reduce emissions and increase non-fossil fuel-based energy resources.

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  MeitY to integrate ChatGPT with WhatsApp for key govt schemes: Report

  Technology | February 14, 2023 19:45 IST

  The Ministry of Electronics and IT is working on a ChatGPT-powered WhatsApp chatbot for farmers in India to learn about various government schemes. The chatbot supports 12 languages and is set to be able to process voice notes, and MeitY is working on training language processing models.

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  Kisan Credit Card: How to apply, documents needed - all you need to know

  Business | January 20, 2023 14:58 IST

  The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme is a government initiative that provides farmers with timely access to credit at low-interest rates. To apply for a Kisan Credit Card, farmers must meet certain eligibility criteria.

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  Union Budget: What are the income sources of government

  Budget | January 14, 2023 17:53 IST

  The government relies heavily on both tax and non-tax revenues to fund its operations. Non-tax revenues are the recurring income that the government earns from revenue sources other than taxes, while tax revenues are collected on income and profits.

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  New pension scheme vs old pension scheme: Here is all you need to know

  Business | January 14, 2023 17:25 IST

  The newly elected Congress Government led by Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu regime has restored the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for Himachal Pradesh government employees with immediate effect. This has stirred a debate around the two variants of Pension Scheme in India.

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  Govt seeks Parliament nod for net additional spending of Rs 3.25 lakh crore this fiscal year

  Business | December 09, 2022 14:51 IST

  Approval has also been sought for the expenditure of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas towards payments of LPG subsidies to oil marketing companies and LPG connections to the poor under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, among others totalling to Rs 29,944 crore.

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  Government rolls out new pre-matric scholarship scheme- here's what has changed

  Education | November 29, 2022 18:36 IST

  Govt's new rule for Pre-matric Scholarship Scheme: The Indian government has introduced new rules under the RTE. As per reports, the govt has now limited its pre-matric scholarship scheme.

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  15-year-old government vehicles will be scrapped: Nitin Gadkari

  Business | November 25, 2022 16:58 IST

  Scrapping of govt vehicles: This is a big change as Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and rice-producing parts of the country, where burning of rice straw causes pollution.

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  Rajasthan govt revises pay scale of contractual workers, gram panchayat assistants

  India | October 22, 2022 15:32 IST

  Rajasthan: The government has revised the pay scale of more than 31,000 contractual workers, gram panchayat assistants, education workers, and para teachers. They will now get a salary of Rs 18,500 after nine years of service and Rs 32,000 after 18 years of service.

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  IDBI Bank privatisation: Govt, LIC to sell 60.72% stake, invite bids

  Business | October 07, 2022 21:13 IST

  Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) holds 529.41 crore shares representing 49.24 per cent stake in IDBI Bank, while the government holds 488.99 crore shares or 45.48 per cent stake.

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  Lost your smartphone? This app developed by Govt will help you locate it easily - Details

  Technology | September 14, 2022 14:44 IST

  CEIR has been developed by the Department of Telecommunications to curtail the counterfeit mobile phone market. Now if you are thinking of why this app is important for you to download, then you must know that it is related to your mobile data which you have.

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  Republic Day 2023: Govt proposes India@75, Year of Millets, Nari Shakti as themes for tableaux

  India | September 13, 2022 20:05 IST

  Republic Day 2023: The government which is celebrating 75 years of India's independence has proposed that India@75 tableaux include India's freedom struggle, its achievements, actions and resolves over the past seven decades.

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  Paytm brings Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) health insurance

  Technology | August 24, 2022 20:09 IST

  Paytm app users can access the list of private and government hospitals that offer the benefits of PMJAY. Eligible users can quickly locate the nearest hospital, enrolled under the PMJAY scheme and access the entire spectrum of health insurance available.

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  Indian govt must make rules for common charger for all devices- Know why?

  Technology | August 17, 2022 15:26 IST

  78 per cent of consumers said all smartphones and tablets should have the same USB charging cable regardless of the company, only 6 per cent said the current system is fine where different smartphones and tablets have different charging cables regardless of the company.

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  Why did VLC media player get banned in India?

  Technology | August 15, 2022 20:27 IST

  The VLC Media Player has been banned by all major internet service providers in the country. However, the video streaming provider can be accessed on phone or laptop using any VPN service.

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  Karnataka: Ban on photography, videography at government offices revoked

  India | July 16, 2022 10:42 IST

  Karnataka news: The order mentioned that the president of the association had brought to their notice that private persons were making videos of employees at government offices during office hours and misusing them by making viral on social media.

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  Sri Lanka crisis: United Nations calls for dialogue to ensure smooth government transition

  World | July 12, 2022 9:57 IST

  Sri Lanka news: On July 11, the Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq said that the UN Secretary was closely following the developments in Sri Lanka, and stands in solidarity with the country.