The Group of Ministers are scheduled to meet this month to decide upon the issue of petro price system.
Cabinet refers policy on aviation to GoM.
Putting at rest the controversy over issuance of new telecom licenses on 575 applications, the government on Monday said in the Lok Sabha that these would be issued as per the existing policy which does not put any restriction on the number of operators.
Reliance Infrastructure on Thursday announced the cancellation of Rs 12,000 crore (Rs 120 billion) Mumbai's Metro Line 2 project citing non-fulfillment of certain obligations by Maharashtra government.
The government is also planning to replace the current ageing Air India One or Boeing 747 with Boeing 777s. Arup Roychoudhury and Archis Mohan report.
President Pranab Mukherjee, the former trouble-shooter of the Congress party, may informally 'guide' the Union government in drafting the bill on the creation of Telangana.
A Group of Ministers is likely to consider this week a marginal hike in petrol and diesel prices and a cut in excise duty on auto fuels to cut the Rs 7,840 crore (Rs 78.40 billion) loss public sector oil firms incur every month.
The empowered Group of Ministers, on Tuesday, recommended a hike in maximum permissible equity participation in the proposed joint venture companies -- for the airports of Mumbai and Delhi
"The Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has held several meetings. A solution is in sight," Union Power Minister P M Sayeed.
The empowered group of ministers (GoM) looking into ways to resolve crisis in the $3 Dabhol power project on Friday discussed various issues including the future course of action on litigation and restructuring but could not arrive at a decision.
The Empowered Group of Ministers, which is looking into the debacle of the Dabhol power project
The Group of Ministers on Foreign Direct Investment has recommended that the proposal to allow 100 per cent foreign direct investment in scientific magazines and journals be placed before the Cabinet, Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.
The group of ministers on Dabhol discussed ways to restart the ailing 2,184 MW project, lying idle for more than three years, but did not reach any conclusion, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said.
With Star and conditional access system stirring up a hornet's nest, a three-member Group of Ministers will now give a broader look at all broadcasting issues, including uplinking, and even possibly the need to revisit the Convergence Bill.
Anguished over the Cabinet referring the Social Security Bill to a GoMs, members of a tripartite labour committee demanded that a legislation to provide social security to the unorganised sector be passed at the earliest.
The government is likely to approve shortly a counter-guarantee of about Rs 950 crore (Rs 9.5 billion) to enable domestic lenders of Dabhol Power Company to buy out debts of foreign lenders
India strongly condemned the terror attack, saying targeting of a religious place in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak reflects the "diabolical mindset" of the perpetrators and their backers.
A group of ministers will meet on Tuesday to discuss hiking the natural gas price after four years of government cap, and may approve a Rs 400 per thousand cubic meters increase to Rs 3,250 per thousand cubic meters.
The government on Wednesday put off a proposal to hike natural gas prices by Rs 350 per thousand cubic meters until the second half of 2004.
The Cabinet may on Thursday take a decision on the draft Bill for setting up the coal regulatory authority.
The government is likely to decide on the selling price of shares in the joint venture car company Maruti Udyog Ltd by June 21, two days after the bids for the public offer close.
Bharti Tele flagged off trading on Friday with a solid spurt as the GoM on Thursday recommended an increase in FDI for the telecom sector to 74%, just ahead of the Union Budget.
Given Prime Minister Modi's emphasis on "sharp(ening) coordination" rather than "joint command", analysts are guessing that a four-star permanent chairman of the chiefs of staff committee is likely, with the title of CDS, if not the functions and five-star rank, reports Ajai Shukla. Ajai Shukla reports.
The panel decided to omit the reverse charge mechanism (RCM) clause from the GST law under which registered taxpayers buying from unregistered taxpayers have to deposit the GST.
The tally of 114 includes two fatalities and 17 foreigners as well as 13 people who were discharged after they recovered from the infection.
President Pranab Mukherjee -- rewarded as president yet not trusted enough to be prime minister.
The ministry has proposed similar penalty and jail term for adulteration, besides license suspension and cancellation
A panel within the ministry is likely to re-look into the issue that has been left pending for so many years, ministry sources said on Friday.
While it was no secret that Mamata was upset with Patha Chatterjee for a while as he has hardly been successful in bringing any big-ticket investment, there is a strong buzz that it was the controversy over the HPL bid that finally influenced her decision.
To prevent exploitation of women, especially those in rural and tribal areas, the government has prohibited foreigners from commissioning surrogacy in the country and has drafted this comprehensive legislation.
'In the present era of strategic uncertainty and rapidly changing threats, no military professional now disputes the unavoidable necessity of a joint planning staff for the planning and conduct of joint operations so that integrated operations can be planned 'top down',' says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
The prime minister's office will play the principal role in decision-making.
In the wake of attempts by the government to push the Telangana Bill, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said that it should not rush the proposed legislation amidst the "cacophony" in Parliament.
The Union Health ministry put the number of positive cases at 82, eight more since Thursday night, which includes the woman and a 76-year-old man from Karnataka who became the country's first coronavirus fatality besides 17 foreign nationals, Health Ministry officials said.
GST stabilisation, DTC implementation and banking reforms are crucial for sustaining high growth for a long period, says Rashesh Shah.
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