New Delhi: The Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its approval to an agreement with Japan which seeks improvement of the food processing sector with access to best practices and better markets. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will be mutually beneficial to the food processing[Read More…]
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Yashwant Sinha yet again compares Modi with Tughluq
Kolkata: Charging the Narendra Modi government with destroying and compromising all important institutions of democracy, including the Union Cabinet, Parliament, Supreme Court and the media, former Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Sunday said the only way out for the country is to elect a new government in the coming[Read More…]
Cabinet okays BRICS nations’ pact on cooperation in social, labour sphere
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an agreement signed among BRICS nations for cooperation in the social and labour sphere, an official statement said. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its approval for the Memorandum of Understanding among India, Brazil, Russia, China and South[Read More…]
Cabinet clears new telecom policy; Industry hails move
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a new telecom policy — National Digital Communications Policy (NDCP) 2018 — designed to provide “broadband to all”, Union Communications Minister Manoj Sinha said. Industry stakeholders and sector experts welcomed the policy describing it as an elaborate document which would be significant[Read More…]
Union cabinet clears bill making ‘Triple Talaq’ a criminal offence
A bill on Triple Talaq was cleared by the Union Cabinet on Friday, ahead of it being taken up in the Winter Session of Parliament. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, is popularly known as a bill on ‘Triple Talaq‘, a form of oral divorce among[Read More…]
Cabinet nods setting up of 15th Finance Commission
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the constitution of the 15th Finance Commission, whose recommendations have to be in place by April 1, 2020, and also decided to finalise the next Commission’s terms of reference, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. The appointment of a new Finance Commission (FC), to recommend[Read More…]
Why couldn’t JD(U) be part of Modi’s new cabinet?
Ever since the cabinet rejig happened on 3 September, Nitish Kumar’s party, JD(U)’s non-entry into the Modi cabinet has remained a big talking point. The Bihar CM has played it down saying that it was never discussed. However, sources said that the PM spoke to Nitish at least twice ahead[Read More…]
Dharmendra Pradhan, Nirmala Sitharaman, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Piyush Goyal promoted to union cabinet
Four ministers were promoted to the cabinet rank and nine new ministers took oath at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday morning following the cabinet reshuffling. The focus is now on who PM Modi will pick to be the new defence and railways ministers. Ministers from the Janata Dal United, will[Read More…]
Modi sets pitch for his third cabinet rejig
In what is being seen as an attempt to accommodate Janta Dal United (JD(U)) in the cabinet, the Modi ministry is set for a major rejig on Sunday. This is the third and speculated to be the last cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the general elections in[Read More…]
Cabinet reshuffle: Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Uma Bharti resign, more likely to quit
Senior ministers Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Uma Bharti reportedly resigned from the Narendra Modi government on Thursday, ahead of the much awaited Cabinet reshuffle, expected to happen on Saturday. Reportedly, union minister, Arun Jaitley may be given the defence portfolio that he was heading after the resignation of Manohar Parrikar.[Read More…]
7th Pay Commission: Union Cabinet approves hike in allowances
On Wednesday, the Union cabinet approved the new allowance structure for central government and defence staffers. It will give their pay cheques a significant bump from next month. This comes as a part of the 7th pay commission. The biggest jump in the salaries will be seen in the hike[Read More…]
Reports say, India leads the world in modern slavery
According to the Global Slavery Index, India has the largest population of modern slaves in the world, with over 18 million people trapped as bonded labourers, forced beggars, sex workers and child soldiers. The index was published by human rights organisation, Walk Free Foundation, on Monday, which quoted that 1.4%[Read More…]
Police, emergency, defence vehicles allowed to use multi-colour beacons
After the debate on the elimination of the VIP culture, the centre will now allow emergency vehicles on duty, including those of the police, defence and paramilitary forces, to use multi-coloured beacon lights having red, blue and white colours for maintaining law and order. The Union Cabinet had decided last[Read More…]
Centre approves 2% hike in DA for govt employees
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley given additional charge of Defence Ministry
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was given the additional charge of Defence Ministry on Monday, as per Rashtrapati Bhavan. The move comes in the wake of resignation of Manohar Parrikar as the defence minister. Parrikar will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Goa on Tuesday heading the BJP-led[Read More…]
Cabinet defers proposal on NRIs’ voting rights
BJP drags feet on recommendations of own task force on black money
The Narendra Modi-led government claims that the demonetisation move is aimed at dealing with the menace of domestic black money but the party has failed to implement study of a task force constituted by it to retrieve the black money. Instead of implementing recommendations of its own task force, the[Read More…]
Union Cabinet approves ₹4.7k crore package for Hindustan Cables Limited closure
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the closure of Hindustan Cables Limited (HCL) and infusion of Rs 4,777.05 crore towards payment of salaries, offering early retirement schemes, conversion of loan into equity etc. “Union Cabinet under chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for closure of Hindustan[Read More…]
Govt can start Kisan Budget if they’re scrapping Rail Budget: Rahul Gandhi
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi who is currently on his 2500-km long Kisan Yatra, on Wednesday suggested that if they are withdrawing the practice of Rail Budget, they can start a ‘Kisan Budget.’ In a break from the 92-year-old tradition, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday scrapped the Railway budget and[Read More…]