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March 22, 2017 6:02 PM

Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 2017 for financial year 2017-18

The Lok Sabha has passed the Finance Bill, 2017 to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2017-18. In the bill the Government has capped cash transactions at two lakh rupees instead of three lakh rupees. It is one of the important amendments introduce...

March 22, 2017 6:02 PM

Govt set target to triple nuclear power generation by 2024

Government has set a target to triple nuclear power generation by 2024. Minister of State for PMO Jitendra Singh said in Lok Sabha today that a number of steps have been taken by the NDA government to fast-track all ongoing nuclear projects and setting up of new plants in different parts of the coun...

March 22, 2017 6:02 PM

Rajya Sabha takes up Short Duration discussion on electoral reforms

The Rajya Sabha has taken up a Short Duration discussion on the electoral reforms in the post-lunch session. Participating in the discussion, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said the Election Commission has been effectively functioning since its inception in 1951. He said the Commission has no...

March 22, 2017 5:53 PM

GSAT-11 is ready to be launched in middle of this year

India&apos;s heaviest communication spacecraft, GSAT-11, is ready to be launched in the middle of this year. Minister of State in the Prime Minister&apos;s Office Jitendra Singh informed this in the Lok Sabha today. <br/><br/>He said, the satellite weighing 5750 Kg is capable of high pow...

March 22, 2017 5:15 PM

India has gained mastery over entire thorium fuel cycle: Govt

The government informed the Lok Sabha today that India has gained mastery over the entire thorium fuel cycle as also in thorium extraction, fuel fabrication and irradiation. Expertise has also been achieved in constructing power reactor, thorium reprocessing and in setting up the highly sophisticate...

March 22, 2017 5:15 PM

ISRO is promoting space technology in a big way: MoS Jitendra Singh

The Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO, is promoting space technology in a big way. It has set up space technology cells at IIT Bombay, Kanpur, Kharagpur and Madras. Similar cells have also been set up in the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and in Pune University to carry out research a...

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