7th Pay Commission: In great news, Cabinet on Wednesday approves 78 days of bonus for Indian Railways employees, under 7th Pay Commission recommendation, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday. According to reports, Rs 2024 crore will be spent on this exercise and around 11 lakh employees will be benefited.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave approval to ban e-cigarettes in India. The production, manufacturing, import/export, transport, sale, distribution, storage and advertising related to e-cigarettes hereby stands banned.
Banning alternative smoking devices like e-cigarettes, heat-not-burn smoking devices, vape and e-nicotine flavoured hookahs was among the key priorities of the first 100 days agenda of the Modi government in its second term.
Banning alternative smoking devices like e-cigarettes, heat-not-burn smoking devices, vape and e-nicotine flavoured hookahs was among the key priorities of the first 100 days agenda of the Modi government in its second term.
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday hiked the price of ethanol procured by public sector oil marketing companies for one year starting December.
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday cleared over Rs. 9000 crore capital infusion in IDBI Bank in a bid to increase the lender's capital base.
The Union Cabinet will meet at the official residence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi amid turmoil in Jammu and Kashmir. Just ahead of the Cabinet meeting, the Cabinet Committee on Security will also meet. The important panel includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, S Jaishankar.
The transgender bill will benefit large number of transgender persons, mitigate the stigma, discrimination and abuse against this marginalised section and bring them into the mainstream of the society, an official statement said. This will lead to inclusiveness and make them productive members of the society, it said.
The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved amendments in the POCSO Act, which deals with crime against children, and included death penalty for sexual assault on minors, officials said.
The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill was passed by Lok Sabha in December, 2018. It had lapsed with the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha and has to be introduced again. Bringing in an Act to regulate surrogacy in the country is a matter of primacy for the Union Health Ministry.
Since 2017, the Union Home Ministry has been considering the two laws to give more power to the NIA to meet fresh challenges, the sources pointed out.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Triple Talaq Bill in the upcoming session of Parliament.
Cabinet committees help in resolving issues cropping up between two departments or ministries by preparing a common ground. This, in turn, reduces the workload of the Union Cabinet.
Manohar Parrikar former defence minister who had been battling pancreatic cancer for over a year, died at his private residence near Panaji on Sunday.
The special cabinet meeting would be held at 10 am.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said.
The cabinet also approved promulgating an ordinance for companies law amendments to plug gaps in corporate governance and enforcement framework as well as improve the ease of doing business.
The institution of Income-Tax Ombudsman was set up in 2003 to deal with grievances of public related to settlement of complaints relating to income tax.
Farmers are in distress owing to fall in prices of most crops in view of bumper crop.
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the national bench of the GST Appellate Tribunal will expedite resolution of disputes under GST laws.
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