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August 10, 2016 6:11 PM

Govt notifies 'Early Childhood Care and Education' policy

Government has notified the national 'Early Childhood Care and Education' policy, which aims to achieve holistic development of children below six years of age. This was informed by Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in the Lok Sabha. <br/><br/>He was re...

August 10, 2016 4:35 PM

FM to launch data bank to gather info about MSMEs

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will launch a data bank to gather information about micro, small and medium enterprises MSMEs tomorrow. <br/><br/>MSME Secretary K K Jalan has said, through the data bank, we shall carry out a census of MSMEs online for the first time. He said, this will hel...

August 10, 2016 2:15 PM

Labour Minister Dattatreya introduces bill to amend Factories Act in Lok Sabha

A bill to amend the Factories Act was introduced in the Lok Sabha today by Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya. The Factories Amendment Bill 2016 seeks to enhance the limit of overtime hours from the present ceiling of fifty hours per quarter to one hundred hours. The proposed amendment also intends ...

August 10, 2016 2:08 PM

Two bomb blasts rock Manipur

In Manipur, two bomb blasts took place at two different places today in the state capital Imphal. <br/><br/>Police sources said, one minor girl was injured in the first bomb blast which took place around nine this morning near a sentry post of BSF at Maphou Barrage site under Lamlai Poli...

August 10, 2016 2:06 PM

Over 2.23 lakh houses constructed for urban poor in last 2 years

Over two lakh 23 thousand houses have been constructed for urban poor under the old and new housing programmes during the last two years. This was informed by the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.<br/><br/&...

August 10, 2016 1:57 PM

FM Arun Jaitley tables taxation laws amendment bill in Lok Sabha

Finance Minister Arun jaitley today introduced taxation and Laws (amendment) Bill -2016 in the Lok Sabha. The bill introduced with aim to further amend the Income Tax Act 1961 and Custom tariff Act 1975.<br/><br/>The enactment of proposed bill to facilitate the splitting up or the recons...

August 10, 2016 1:43 PM

Bio-fuel can help double farmers' income and cut down imports: Piyush Goyal

Power and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal today said that bio-fuel can help double the income of farmers and cut down imports. <br/><br/>Speaking at a function in New Delhi on World Bio-fuel Day, Mr Goyal said Biofuel is a very viable industry but there are some challenges which n...

August 10, 2016 1:41 PM

Venkaiah Naidu inaugurates BRICS Friendship Rose Garden in Delhi

Urban Development, Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today inaugurated BRICS Friendship Rose Garden in New Delhi. The six acre garden with seventy variety of roses is dedicated to the eighth BRICS Summit which is scheduled to be held in Goa in October this year. <br/><b...

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