Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama on Thursday stated the government is planning to provide a relief package of Rs 1.7 lakh crore to the underprivileged, poor and migrant workers affected by the lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme has been named the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Scheme.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain refuted media reports that government is planning to buy surveillance devices for spying.
Russia says cash shortage is affecting the functioning of its embassy in New Delhi.
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The move came a day after the Election Commission announced dates for the forthcoming assembly polls in his state.
'Delhi is regretting its decision of electing Arvind Kejriwal.'
Protests by central labour unions and widespread criticism from Opposition parties because of job losses on account of demonetisation and the GST have put the contentious labour reform proposals in the slow lane.
Government gives 60 institutes freedom to fix courses, collaborate with foreign peers.
The ministry of corporate affairs said on Monday there is no move on the government's part to regulate salaries and other benefits given to directors and chief executives of companies.
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'We have to cut down on manpower to make more for equipment,' Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat tells Ajai Shukla.
In the past one week alone, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh have issued orders to take over private hospitals in some districts. Sohini Das, Vinay Umarji and Gireesh Babu report.
'The stimulus packages, sector reliefs, loans etc are coming to industry, but state governments have not got any money from GST, no money from excise, no money from any income source.'
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Priyaranjan Dasmunsi denied that the nation was heading for a mid-term poll.
The campaign was started in the wake of government's decision to withhold the salaries of doctors who participated in the anti-reservation strike last month.
Avista helped some companies restructure their debt in such a way that overseas investors had to take a steep haircut
The bench said that past conduct of a delinquent employee can be taken into consideration while imposing a penalty on him.
India skipper Virat Kohli and his predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni are among the top players who are retained by their respective Indian Premier League franchises, Royal Challengers Bangalore and comeback outfit Chennai Super Kings respectively.
Sitharaman further said that to mitigate genuine difficulties of start-ups and their investors, government has decided to withdraw angel tax provisions for them.
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Sellers downloading their monthly financial reports were served with those of other vendors, leading to a breach of competitive businesses data.
Many placement agencies are fly-by-night operators in New Delhi.
The lockdown that crippled the entire logistics, delivery and supply chain network to near zero, was enough to deal a body blow to India's fastest growing unicorn whose very business model saw a severe disruption, like several other firms and sectors.
Nearly 150,000 salaried individual taxpayers will have to re-file their returns for the 2007-08 assessment year, as their returns went up in smoke during a recent fire in the income-tax office at Mayur Bhawan in Connaught Place.
The description of his career by Ambassador Nazareth in his elegant language, judicious choice of details, without ego or malice to anyone, shows that it had its ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies and lucky and unlucky accidents. Ambassador T P Sreenivasan reviews A Ringside Seat to History.
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A Special Court for Economic Offences has ordered summons to be issued against him over dues from his Kingfisher Airlines to the I-T Dept.
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Officers of Central Public Sector Units will go an indefinite nationwide strike from December 22, demanding higher salaries and autonomy for the public sector.
'The government must provide more funds to enable the armed forces to fight and win tomorrow's wars,' states Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
The cloud kitchen market in India will hit $1.05 billion by 2023. Just 13% of the total market has been utilised so far.
'If the RBI blesses us with a banking licence, we would like to launch a successful bank.'
'It's the brazen corruption involving politicians that makes you sit up years after the event,' notes Nivedita Mookerji after reading B K Syngal's Telecom Man.
'The COVID-19 pandemic must push the military into a long-term reconsideration of its primary challenges.' 'There must be greater emphasis on humanitarian aid and disaster relief including the management of contagious illnesses and impending crises caused by climate change,' notes Ajai Shukla.
Sunrisers Hyderabad surprised quite a few by opting to release the fast bowling duo of Ishant Sharma and Dale Steyn, while they also let go of England discard Kevin Pietersen.
