The minister said that the government will reimburse transaction charges levied on digital payments made by persons to the merchant as part of the merchant discount rate (MDR).
The project envisages to provide 4G-based mobile services in the 7,287 uncovered villages of 44 aspirational districts across 5 states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Odisha at an estimated cost of implementation about Rs 6,466 crore including operational expenses for 5 years.
An office memorandum of ministry of Parliamentary Affairs said that the annual report should reflect actual data from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 and provide projections or estimates for the period January-March, 2022.
BJP Jan Ashirwad Yatra: JP Nadda is meeting the new ministers to review the preparation. He has so far met 20 Ministers.
With leaders like Bhupendra Yadav and Annapurna Devi, who handled key responsibilities in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) being given a place in the Cabinet, the party would like to fill the vacant slots with leaders who have been removed from Team Modi.
The Asansol MP's announcement came hours before a list of 43 new names in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet was made public.
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar resigned from the Modi government ahead of mega cabinet expansion on Wednesday.
Ahead of the oath-taking ceremony, Prime Minister Narendra on Wednesday chaired a meeting at 7 Lok Manya Tilak in New Delhi with the leaders who are likely to be inducted.
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has been dropped the Modi Cabinet. Sources told India TV that he has been relieved from the Education Ministry just ahead of the Cabinet expansion.
Scindia, however, remained tight-lipped about speculations that he might be inducted in the Union cabinet during its expansion and said he had no information about the same.
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Shortly after Nitish Kumar addressed his party's national council following his reelection as party president for a fresh three-year term, the JD(U) reminded the BJP that the Bihar chief minister has given the saffron party a proportionate representation in the state government.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday announced an increase of 5 percentage points to 17 per cent in dearness and relief allowances. This has brought cheers to 50 lakh central government employees and 65 lakh pensioners ahead of Diwali, envisaging an additional annual outgo of Rs 16,000 crore.
With the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha last month, the contentious bill had lapsed as it could not be passed by Parliament and was pending in Rajya Sabha.
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"The merger of three companies namely National Insurance Co Ltd, United India Insurance Co Ltd. and Oriental Insurance Co Ltd is under process as several steps have been initiated and is expected to be completed by 2019-20", the interim budget had said in its "status of implementation".
The minister said Modi has a special and keen interest in environment, forests and climate change, and also has a vision for it.
Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said leaders like J.P. Narayan, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani fought hard to restore freedom of press.
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