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The Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution, Government of India is celebrating the National Consumer Day 2015 with the theme “Safe & Healthy Food: Combating Food Adulteration.” on 22nd…

Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for foodgrains is being implemented on pilot basis in UTs of Chandigarh and Puducherry w.e.f. September 2015 under the ‘Cash Transfer of Food Subsidy Rules, 2015’, which was notified on 21-08-2015, under the…

As per Press Note 12 (2015 Series) dated 24th November, 2015, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has enhanced the foreign equity cap for Non-scheduled Air Transport Service and Ground Handling Services from 74% to 100% and…

The government on Thursday said it has approved three Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proposals amounting to Rs.135.84 crore, based on Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) recommendations. The approved proposals were from Scalene…

Minister of State(Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday said that the 'Make in India' initiative by NDA government at centre has made a…

Minister of State(Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday said that the total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow was $44.29 billion in…

As part of ongoing efforts under Swachh Bharat Mission, the Union Government has now permitted substantially enhanced use of Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste in construction. In consultation with the Ministry of Consumer…

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri Husain Dalwai in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday…

The Central Board of Excise and Customs, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has taken a number of initiatives to facilitate trade and to resolve disputes. A slew of measures were taken to enable effective and…

As per the reports received from the State Governments till December 15, about 93,507.83 MT pulses seized under de-holding operations have been auctioned or offloaded through other options in the market to increase availability. This will…