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The central government has enforced a new norm on LPG subsidy as the government has now debarred LPG users those who earn above Rs. 10 lakh annually from receiving subsidy. This will be applicable from users’ next refill. People who are earning above Rs. 10 lakhs per annum are not ...

The central government is expected to start a worldwide campaign to project India as a startup friendly investment destination and at the same time has invited proposals from creative organizations. The global campaign will be launched across all platforms of media i.e. print, electronic as well as social and will ...

After Uttarakhand, Bihar and Assam, many more states have come up to impose 10% entry tax on goods purchased online thereby putting direct pressure on the ecommerce industries. Entry tax usually means a tax which any state imposes on goods coming from another state. Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have ...

The central government today has announced that it has disbursed revised pension benefits as well as arrears under the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme to over 2 lakh pensioners for service/disability pension. According to Defence Ministry, the Defence Pension Disbursing Offices (DPDOs) under the Controller General of Defence Accounts ...

The union government is working ‘effortlessly’ to preserve ecology by establishing 20 water recycling plants along the river Ganges and thereby creating massive employment opportunities, said Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadhkari. He further said that developing waterways will resolve or rather “minimize” pollution. The government has already ...

India today has successfully tested a locally built nuclear capability instilled Agni-I missile from the coast of Odisha.  The surface-to-surface missile was tested today morning at 9:11 am from the launch pad of Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island (formerly known as Wheeler Island). The missile is capable ...

Tourists at the Srinagar International Airport will be able to access to free hi-speed 4G Internet Services for the first 15 minutes as BSNL on Sunday launched its state-of-art Wi-Fi Hotspot services. According to official sources, BSNL is willing to launch Wi-Fi service to other regions as well to help ...

India and the United States have launched the Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship with an aim to improve bilateral ties on climate change. This fellowship will facilitate Indian scholars to work with American institutes in the same field. The application has now been opened for Indian scholars from Friday. The fellowship is ...

India and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a regional training and technical assistance centre in the capital keeping in mind of enhancing the capacity development and training officers to deal with macro-economic and financial issues. The MoU was signed between ...

The Lok Sabha today has passed the Aadhar Bill with an aim to actively provide unique identity to residents and a solid ground to the government to create a provision to ensure that all government subsidies and other beneficial services reach directly and entirely to the beneficiaries. The Aadhaar Bill ...