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Union Minister for Road Transport &Highways and Shipping, Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated Capital Dredging of Navigational Channel at Cruise Berth at Mormugaon Port in Goa on Friday. Speaking on the occasion he said Mormugao is going to…

Keeping in view the cutoff date of 31st Dec 2015 for Phase III of cable TV Digitisation, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had a meeting of the Task Force on 30th Dec 2015 to take stock of the situation of cable TV digitisation in…

A one man Committee to examine the wage structure, service conditions, etc. of the Gramin Dak Sevaks in the Department of Posts has been constituted by the Government of India. Shri Kamlesh Chandra, Retired Member of Postal Services…

As per preliminary reports received from the States, the total area sown under Rabi crops as on 01st  January, 2015 stands at 541.12 lakh hectares. Wheat has been sown/transplanted in 271.46 lakh hectares, pulses in 128.24 lakh hectares,…

Smart City Plans for 95 cities received in the Ministry of Urban Development have thrown up a variety of vision statements ranging from becoming clean and green to being a multi-functional tribal hub. A perusal of Smart City Plans of 50…

Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has been compiling and releasing quarterly statistics on India’s External Debt for the quarters ending September and December every year. Now it has released Report on…

In yet another bid to curb generation of black money, quoting of the income tax Permanent Account Number (PAN) would be mandatory for cash transactions above Rs.2 lakh from January 1, 2016. “The government received numerous representations…

After reviewing the cash position, the Government of India, in consultation with Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has decided to notify the amounts for the issuance of Treasury Bills for the quarter ending March 2016 as under: The…

An Inter-Governmental Agreement between India and USA was signed for implementation of Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The Government of India has also joined the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) for Automatic…

The Government of India, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has placed in public domain Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy (MTDS). The strategy has been articulated for a period of three years (2015-16 to 2017-18).…