Union Cabinet
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Union Cabinet nod to hike MPs' allowances
India | Feb 28, 2018, 08:53 PM ISTFinance Minister Arun Jaitley had announced in his budget speech that a permanent mechanism would be set up to revise the salaries of MPs every five years, and it would be linked to inflation.
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FDI policy liberalised; foreign airlines allowed 49% stake in debt-ridden Air India
Business | Jan 10, 2018, 11:36 PM ISTIt permitted foreign airlines to invest up to 49 per cent under the approval route in the debt-ridden, loss making national carrier, said an official statement issued after the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Union Cabinet allows 49% FDI in debt-ridden Air India with government approval
Business | Jan 10, 2018, 03:46 PM ISTAir India has a total debt of about Rs 48,877 crore at the end of March 2017, of which about Rs 17,360 crore were aircraft loans and Rs 31,517 crore were working capital loans.
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100% FDI under automatic route for single-brand retail trading, construction get Cabinet nod
Business | Jan 10, 2018, 03:42 PM ISTThe Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to allow 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) under automatic route for single brand retail trading.
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Cabinet clears bill to set up arbitration council to promote out of court settlements
India | Dec 17, 2017, 06:16 AM ISTLast week, Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra had called for shift towards institutional arbitration which should be both timely and cost effective for making India a sought-after arbitration centre.
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Ordinance barring loan defaulters from bidding for stressed assets promulgated after President’s nod
Business | Nov 24, 2017, 10:32 AM ISTThe ordinance to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code put in place safeguards to prevent wilful defaulters from bidding for stressed assets.
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Cabinet clears ordinance to amend Insolvency code, to be placed before Parliament in Winter session
Business | Nov 22, 2017, 05:08 PM ISTFinance minister Arun Jaitley today said that the Cabinet has sought the President's approval to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.
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Cabinet okays hike in carpet area of Middle Income Group under PM Awas Yojana
India | Nov 16, 2017, 08:01 PM ISTThe increase would give buyers in MIG category a wider choice in developers' projects and boost the sale of ready flats in the affordable housing segment.
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Government to export surplus of 'all types of pulses'
Business | Nov 16, 2017, 07:29 PM ISTThe CCEA's rationale behind the decision stems from the fact that exports will help farmers to dispose of their products at remunerative prices and also encourage them to expand the area of sowing.
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Cabinet clears setting up of GST anti-profiteering authority
Business | Nov 16, 2017, 05:51 PM ISTRavi Shankar Prasad said that the latest decision reflects government's full commitment to take all possible steps to ensure benefits of implementation of GST to the common man.
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Cabinet nod for Rs 25,700 cr convention centre at Dwarka
India | Nov 11, 2017, 12:01 AM ISTThe Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (ECC) and allied infrastructure will be developed in PPP and non-PPP mode by 2025.
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Centre approves restructuring of National Rural Drinking Water Programme
India | Nov 10, 2017, 11:55 PM ISTA sum of Rs 23,050 crore has been approved by the Cabinet for the programme for 2017-18 to 2019-20.
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Cabinet approves use of pulses buffer stock to meet nutrition demand
Business | Nov 10, 2017, 09:20 PM ISTThis approval means adequate supply of nutrients under the various government schemes and programmes including Mid Day Meal scheme was ensured, as per a release.
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Union Cabinet approves amendment in Teacher Education Act
India | Nov 01, 2017, 08:35 PM ISTThe NCTE is the statutory body set up under the act in 1995 to formally oversee standards, procedures and processes in the education system.
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Cabinet approves Special Banking Arrangement for paying subsidies to fertiliser firms
Business | Nov 01, 2017, 05:21 PM ISTThe CCEA also approved that, in future, Department of Fertilizers would avail the SBA with the concurrence of Department of Expenditure.
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Cabinet approves over Rs 7,000 crore for construction of six IIT campuses
India | Oct 27, 2017, 11:08 PM ISTEach of the permanent campuses to be established at Tirupati, Palakkad, Dharwad, Jammu, Bhilai and Goa will have a facility for housing 1,200 students from the academic year 2020-2021.
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Cabinet nod to construction of over 83,000 km roads at a cost of Rs 7 lakh crore
Business | Oct 24, 2017, 10:48 PM ISTThe Narendra Modi government on Tuesday approved an ambitious road construction and expansion programme of over 83,000 km over the next five years with an investment of about Rs 7 lakh crore.
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Cabinet approves Rs 2.11 lakh crore recapitilisation plan for public sector banks
Business | Oct 24, 2017, 07:20 PM ISTThe Union Cabinet on Tuesday announced an aggressive Rs 2.11 lakh crore capital infusion for the NPA-hit public sector banks (PSBs) over a period of two years.
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Cabinet approves Rs 7 lakh crore mega highway plan; 83,000 km roads to be added by 2022
Business | Oct 24, 2017, 11:46 AM ISTThis is the Modi government's biggest highway expansion and development plan. 70 per cent of its cost will be borne through government funding.
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Union Cabinet raises retirement age of central govt doctors to 65 years
National | Sep 27, 2017, 07:29 PM ISTUnion Cabinet today decided to increase the retirement age of all doctors working under different department of the central government to 65 years.