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TRAI Reduces National Roaming Tariff Ceilings

TRAI Reduces National Roaming Tariff Ceilings, Permits Customised Tariffs Through Special Tariff Vouchers for National Roamers and Mandates Free National Roaming Plans TRAI has reduced ceilings for national roaming calls and SMS and instituted a new regime for providing flexibility to telecom service providers to customise tariffs for national roamers through STVs and Combo Vouchers. TRAI… Read More

India Post Launches Logistics Post Air Service

India Post has started Logistics Post Air Service in Association with Air India on identified sectors amongst 15 linking airports, Agartala, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Nagpur, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Imphal, Guwahati, Patna, Lucknow & Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram). The main features of this service include. (i) First Category: Airport. Customer to deposit the consignment at the postal facility available at the airport… Read More

India™s Foreign Trade Report – May, 2013

EXPORTS (including re-exports) Exports during May, 2013 were valued at US $ 24505.66 million (Rs. 134807.62 crore) which was 1.11 per cent lower in Dollar terms (0.13 per cent lower in Rupee terms) than the level of US $ 24779.72 million (Rs. 134983.82 crore) during May, 2012. Cumulative value of exports for the period April-May 2013 -14 was… Read More

UK and India to work together on Evidence-Informed Healthcare Policy and Practice

UK and India to work together on Evidence-Informed Healthcare Policy and Practice : Department of Health Research signs agreement with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, UK. Dr V M Katoch, Secretary, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt of India signed an MOU with Sir Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive of… Read More

CLR Snippets | Minister Statement on current Index of Industrial Production

Shri Srikant Kumar Jena, Minister of State (Independent charge), Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation announced the release of the monthly Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for the month of April 2013 compiled by the Central Statistics Office. The index is a composite indicator that measures the short term changes in the… Read More

Visa on Arrival Scheme – May’13 Review

Visa on Arrival Scheme Registeres a Growth of 37 Percent during May 2013 ; Highest Number of VoAs Issued to Japanese Tourists Visa on Arrival (VOA) scheme of the Government continues to be popular with foreign tourists. It registered a growth of 37.2% during May, 2013 as compared to May, 2012. During the month, a total… Read More

PM sets up Project Monitoring Group to Track Large Investment Projects

A meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, earlier this month, to discuss an institutional mechanism to track stalled investment projects, both in the public and private sectors and to remove the implementation bottlenecks in these projects on a fast-track basis. The Prime Minister directed that a special cell be created immediately in the… Read More

Wholesale Price Index – May 2013 Review

The official Wholesale Price Index for ˜All Commodities™ (Base: 2004-05 = 100) for the month May, 2013 rose by 0.1 percent to 171.6 (provisional) from 171.5 (provisional) for the previous month. INFLATION The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at 4.70% (provisional) for the month of May, 2013 (over May, 2012) as compared… Read More

Extension of Special Package of Industrial Incentive for the State of Jammu & Kashmir

The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Government of India, has extended the Special Package for Industrial Development of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) for a further period of 5 years, upto 14th June, 2017. The earlier package of Industrial Incentive for the State of J&K was announced on 14.06.2002 for a period of 10 years… Read More

Exchange Rate of Foreign Currency Relating to Imported and Export Goods Notified

In excise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) hereby makes the following further amendments in the Notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue ) No. 59/2013-CUSTOMS (N.T.) dated the 6th June, 2013 published in the… Read More

CCEA Approves changes in Delegation of powers for approval and appraisal of National Highways projects

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the proposal for a change in the delegation of powers for appraisal and approval of National Highways projects. This will simplify the appraisal and approval of the National Highway projects. At present, projects of Rs.500 crore or above require investment approval of the CCEA but projects below Rs.… Read More

CLR Snippets | Members Appointed to the 20th Law Commission of India

The Central Government has appointed (i) Dr. Bijai Narain Mani, eminent law author, and (ii) Dr. Gurjeet Singh, Director General of the National Law School & Judicial Academy, Assam, as part-time Members of the 20th Law Commission of India with effect from the forenoon of the 24th May and the 31st May 2013, respectively, and up… Read More

India to Push Forward the Interest of Developing Countries at the Ongoing International Labour Conference™s 102th Session

Post 2015 Developmental Agenda and The Relevance of Current Mdgs to be Discussed Along with Strategy for Next Six Years Till its Centenary ; Mallikarjuna Kharge Leads Indian Delegation The fortnight long 102nd Session of International Conference is currently in progress at ILO Geneva till 20th June 2013. This session assumes special importance because it will… Read More