Removal of controls imposed under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955; Extension of the validity of Central Orders dated 27.09.2012 in respect of pulses, edible oils and edible oilseeds beyond 30.09.2013 The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal for extending the validity of the Central Order of 27.09.2012 issued in respect of pulses, edible oils and edible… Read More
Tags: Central Order, Commodity, Cooking oil, Essential Commodities Act, India, Pulses, State Government, Vegetable oil
Chapter XXIII-Government Companies (394 - 395) Section 394- Annual reports on Government companies (1) Where the Central Government is a member of a Government company, the Central Government shall cause an annual report on the working and affairs of that company to be” (a) prepared within three months of its annual general meeting before which… Read More
Tags: Annual General Meeting, Annual Report, Auditor's report, Central Government, Comptroller and Auditor General, Government of India, India, State Government
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill 2011 (MMDR Bill) was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 12.12.2011 which was then referred to the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel (Standing Committee) for examination and report on 05.1.2012. The Standing Committee submitted its 36th Report on the MMDR Bill on 07.5.2013. The recommendations made… Read More
Tags: Central Government, Government of India, Lok Sabha, Mining, Regulation, Special Courts, State Government, United States Bureau of Mines
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion) NOTIFICATION No. 10/1/2012-DBA-I(Part) Modified Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme 1. Introduction 1 .1 Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (IIUS) was launched in 2003 as a Central Sector Scheme to enhance competitiveness of industry br providing quality infrastructure through public private partnership in selected functional clusters. Central assistance upto 75% of the project cost… Read More
Tags: Food processing, IIUS, India, NER, Rupee, Scheme, Sikkim, State Government
The Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India met today at Mumbai. Dr. D. Subbarao, Governor, Reserve Bank of India chaired the meeting. Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Shri Kiran Karnik, Prof. M.V. Rajeev Gowda, Dr. Nachiket M. Mor, Shri Y.H. Malegam, Shri Azim Premji, Prof. Dipankar Gupta, Shri G.M. Rao, Ms. Ela Bhatt, Dr. Indira… Read More
Tags: Anil Kakodkar, Damodar Acharya, Ela Bhatt, Government, Mumbai, Raghuram Rajan, Reserve Bank of India, State Government
Child Labour is an outcome of various socio-economic problems such as poverty, economic backwardness and illiteracy. As per 2001 census, the total number of working children between the age group 5-14 years in the country was 1.26 crore out of which there were approximately 12 lakh children found working in the hazardous occupations/processes covered under Child Labour (Prohibition &… Read More
Tags: Amendment Bill, Central Government, Child Labour, Children, Education, Government, Government of India, State Government
Supplies to SEZs for the authorized operations of the SEZ Units are exempted from payment of Central Excise Duties and Service Tax. However rebate for Central Excise Duty paid by DTA supplier on supply of goods to SEZ Units can be claimed from the jurisdictional Central Excise authorities. The SEZ Act 2005 provides for setting up… Read More
Tags: Domestic Tariff Area, Export, Fiscal year, Lok Sabha, Minister of State, SEZ, Special Economic Zone, State Government
Indian Electrical Equipment Industry Mission Plan 2022 Recommends Acquisition of Land by the State Governments for Power Projects The ˜Indian Electrical Equipment Industry Mission Plan 2022™ points to the fact that one of the major reasons for the shortfall in planned versus achieved capacity addition in power generation is the problem of land acquisition. Half… Read More
Tags: BTG, Electricity generation, Independent Power Producer, Land Acquisition Act, Land Acquisition Act 1894, Power station, Praful Patel, State Government
The Annual Plan for 2013-14 for the State of Chhattisgarh was finalised today at a meeting between ShriMontek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission and Dr. Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. The Plan size has been agreed at Rs.25,250crore which includes the central assistance to the State Plan of about Rs.2,574 crore. In addition,… Read More
Tags: Chhattisgarh, Five-year plans of the People's Republic of China, Government of India, India, Planning Commission, Public–private partnership, Raman Singh, State Government
The Annual Plan for 2013-14 for the State of Uttar Pradeshwas finalised today at a meeting between ShriMontek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission and Mr.AkhileshYadav, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. The Plan size has been agreed at Rs.69,200crore which includes the central assistance to the State Plan of about Rs.11,225crore. In addition, an amount… Read More
Tags: Ahluwalia, Asia, Government, India, Noida, Samajwadi Party, State Government, Uttar Pradesh
The Annual Plan for 2013-14 for the State of Jammu & Kashmir was finalised today at a meeting between ShriMontek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission and Shri. Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir. The Plan size has been agreed at Rs. 7,300crore. In addition, Rs 600 crore would be considered for PMRP (… Read More
Tags: India, Jammu, Jammu Kashmir, Kashmir, National Development Council, Omar Abdullah, Planning Commission, State Government
The Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India met today at Chennai. Dr. D. Subbarao, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, chaired the meeting. Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Shri Kiran Karnik, Prof. M.V. Rajeev Gowda, Dr. Nachiket M. Mor, Shri Y.H. Malegam, Shri Azim Premji, Shri K.M. Birla, Prof. Dipankar Gupta, Shri G.M. Rao, Dr. Indira Rajaraman,… Read More
Tags: Anil Kakodkar, Chennai, Damodar Acharya, New Delhi, Reserve Bank, Reserve Bank of India, State Government, Tamil Nadu
12th National Meeting of the State Commissioners for Persons with Disabilities to review implementation of PwD Act The Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Kumari Selja inaugurated the 12th National Meeting of the State Commissioners for Persons with Disabilities to review implementation of PwD Act here today. The Minister in her address said that a… Read More
Tags: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Government, India, Rehabilitation Council of India, State Government, UNCRPD