New Delhi, Aug 23: The Department of Food and Public Distribution under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution has sent letters to States Governments/UTs to include all eligible disabled persons under the National Food Security Act 2013. Section 38 of the Act mandates that the Central Government may from time to time give […]Read More
New Delhi, Aug 23: To alleviate the financial stress in the power system , all Generating Companies and Transmission Companies have been advised by Ministry of Power to charge Late Payment Surcharge at a rate not exceeding 12% per annum (simple interest) for all payments made under the Liquidity Infusion Scheme of PFC and REC […]Read More
New Delhi, Aug 22: In a major development, the Centre has asked the States not to impose restriction on inter-state and intra-state movement of persons and goods during the present prevailing Unlock-3 guidelines. With this all the passes, e-permits and approvals needed to cross inter state and intra state borders are likely to be a […]Read More
New Delhi, Aug 21: Face Mask, Sanitizer, Thermal scanners, gloves, face shield and PPE kits will be used during the electoral process ensuring social distancing norms in the elections to be held during COVID-19 period. Election Commission of India approved the broad guidelines for conduct of general/bye elections during COVID-19 period. These are available at […]Read More
New Delhi, Aug 21: On a continuous path of registering high single day recoveries, India has touched another peak of posting the highest recoveries of COVID-19 cases in a single day. 62,282 have recovered and been discharged in the past 24 hours. With more patients recovering and being discharged from hospitals and home isolation […]Read More
New Delhi, Aug 21: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves proposed acquisition of C&S Electric Limited by Siemens Limited. The proposed combination envisages acquisition of 100% of the share capital of C&S Electric Limited (C&S) by Siemens Limited (Siemens India). At the time of closing of the proposed combination, the scope of business of […]Read More
New Delhi, Aug 21:In an effort to buffer the agricultural sector from the shock of COVID-19, a special saturation drive is underway to provide concessional credit to farmers through Kisan Credit Card (KCC). As on August 17, 1.22 crore KCCs have been sanctioned with credit limit of ₹ 1,02,065 crore. This will go a long […]Read More
New Delhi, Aug 21: The provisional payroll data published by EPFO on 20th August 2020 reveals that the subscriber base of EPFO increased by around 8.47 lakh members during the first quarter of FY21. The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak had adversely affected the enrolments in the month of April and May 2020. Despite the lockdown, around […]Read More
CANARA XTRA New Delhi, Aug 19: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for leasing out three airports of Airports Authority of India (AAI) through Public Private Partnership (PPP). The Union Cabinet accorded its approval for leasing of three AAI airports- Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram for Operation, Management […]Read More
CANARA XTRA New Delhi, Aug 17: Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed a 180-feet bailey bridge in Jauljibi sector of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand in less than three weeks despite frequent landslides and heavy rains. The 50-metre span concrete bridge was completely washed out on July 27 when cloudburst hit the area and the nallas and […]Read More