Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting five measures to conserve money for the fight against COVID-19, including a complete ban on media advertisements by government and PSUs for two years and suspending the Central Vista beautification project.
'There is no money with the villagers as there is little work.'
'Many enter the civil services with the desire to do good work but get beaten by the system, step back or become part of it.' 'Ten fantastic officers out of 100 can completely change the game.'
Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and warring uncle Shivpal were conspicuous in their absence.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved 'Mission Karmayogi', dubbed as the biggest bureaucratic reform initiative, aimed at capacity building of government employees to make them more "creative, proactive, professional and technology-enabled". The core guiding principles of the competency-driven programme will be to support a transition from "rules based to roles based" HR management to prepare the Indian civil servant for the future, according to a government statement.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
The states will be asked to tap the Centre's JAM trinity.
Getting locked into instruments before the new regime kicks in would be a good strategy.
The video clips showed some terrorists being killed, besides destruction of bunkers and other military constructions.
Government is looking at a "middle path" in resolving the "ticklish issue" of 'One Rank One Pension' demand of ex-servicemen, officials sources said.
Salaried employees get several benefits under Sections 80C, 80D, 80G and others.
The Congress leader said a 'storm' was brewing on the economic front that will cause damage and hurt many.
EPF is the major vehicle for the long-term savings of organised private sector employees.
The ministry has got Rs 1,03,927 crore for 2019-20 which is 4.9 per cent more than Rs 99,034 crore given in 2018-19.
Lt Gen Bakshi announced 'full support' to the new chief and made it clear that he won't resign.
Prime Minister Modi has said it is their small units that drive the Indian economy.
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The court was hearing petitions challenging the Aadhaar scheme.
Protesting ex-servicemen allege they were manhandled by the Delhi police
'The Indian economy has been subsidised by the poor.'
In a video issued by the Health Ministry, Dr Randeep Guleria, Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) answered commonly asked questions regarding the dosage of the vaccine saying that two doses of the vaccine will have to be taken 28 days apart and protective levels of antibodies generally would develop two weeks after the second dose.
Home and kitchen appliances, electronic products, apparel and B-segment cars stand to gain.
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EPFO manages a huge corpus of over Rs 6 lakh crore (Rs 6 trillion).
The president outlined the government's agenda in the coming financial year in his customary address to the joint sitting of both the Houses of Parliament.
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Farmers with land sizes less than 0.01 hectare have an average annual income of Rs 54732 and annual consumption of Rs 61296, thereby, a debt of Rs 6564 each year. Compare this with the minimum pay for a government employee, says Devanik Saha.
The Budget will 'further reignite our growth engine, signalling the dawn of a prosperous future.'
Rules being drafted, to also cover unorganised sector; maternity benefit, old age pension, sickness allowance to be included
Indian economy about to take-off
He also lashed out at the Congress for its opposition to the GST and for dubbing it as 'Gabbar Singh Tax'.
Money will be earmarked for the social sector - especially rural districts that house three-fifths of voters
The move can help mop up about Rs 1.2 lakh every day for the purpose.
The defence minister clearly asserted that there will be no budgetary constraints to enhance the capability of the Army and meeting its other requirements.
With no announcement on One Rank One Pension coming from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his nearly 90-minute speech at the Red Fort on the 69th Independence Day, ex-servicemen who have been protesting at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi say they have been betrayed by the BJP-led government.
'Jaitley was one of the earliest politicians to sense the changing political scenario in Delhi. He had closely watched the rise of the BJP and declining fortunes of the Congress party during the L K Advani era. But it was between 2009 and 2014 as the Leader of the Opposition that he began to read the tea leaves. 'And thus it was that he introduced Modi-Amit Shah duo to Lutyens Delhi,' says senior journalist R Rajagopalan who had known Jaitley since 1975.
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Jaitley said a 10 per cent tax long on capital gains exceeding Rs 1 lakh made from the sale of shares has been introduced but those made till Janaury 31 would be grandfathered. A 10 per cent tax on distributed income by equity oriented mutual funds has also been proposed in the budget.
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