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To win the deep-tech race, India needs ‘General Innovation Rules’India is launching ambitious science initiatives. However, current financial rules designed for conventional procurement hinder R&D. A new ...- Travel insurance versus overseas student health cover: What Indian students need to knowIndian students studying in Australia must secure Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for visa compliance and medical needs. While not man...
- Finance Ministry cracks down on contractor wage delays with new procurement rulesGovernment contracts now require adherence to labour laws. Firms failing to pay wages or deposit social security contributions face debarme...
- Finance ministry links government procurement with labour law complianceAn office memorandum dated May 8, 2026, issued by the procurement policy division of the department of expenditure to all central ministrie...
- Chronic kidney disease explained: 5 stages, symptoms and prevention tips you needChronic kidney disease (CKD) is a slow health problem that affects how well your kidneys clean your blood. It has five stages that range fr...
- Rulebook red tape, low funding bog down top institutes: Govt assessmentsGovernment assessment reveals challenges in India's science and technology institutes. Complex accounting, GFR issues, and low R&D funding ...
- Boehringer's Jardiance now gets CDSCO nod for chronic kidney diseaseThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation of India has approved Jardiance, a 10mg dosage form of empagliflozin, for the treatment of ...
- How to check kidney's health? Here are two simple testsYou may be losing kidney functions for many years without significant symptoms. People often get to know about their condition only when th...
- Govt exempts CPSEs in RE projects from China-centric import curbsCPSEs will now be able to import four categories of items freely from any country, including China, which heavily dominates the RE supply c...
- Centre to lift curbs on CPSEs’ renewables imports from ChinaThe exemption will enable NTPC and other CPSEs engaged in RE projects to cut costs by directly importing from bidders/companies from China ...
- Centre reviews 2017 public procurement rules, GFR restrictionsAt least two high-level inter-ministerial meetings have been held on the issue recently to resolve the concerns and find a middle ground ke...
- Why are too many older adults being told they have kidney disease?A growing cadre of physicians are combating what they call an over-diagnosis of this condition in the elderly.
- No ads in newspapers for work tenders: Railway Board"Now, GFR 2017 (general financial rules) have done away with the need for publishing advertisement in newspapers for procurement," the orde...
- Steel consumption to go up: Aruna Sharma, Steel SecretaryIn the housing sector, there is a great scope of absorption of steel, according to Aruna Sharma, Steel Secretary.
- Finance Ministry reworks manual for goods procurement by govtVarious government organisations procure a wide variety of goods and services and undertake execution of works in keeping with their duties...
- India First: The new mantra for government purchasesThe rule will mean that any government department can bring in a national procurement policy for a good or service mandating that this be p...
- Tourism Ministry's office issued contracts to non-existent firms: CAGCAG observed that awarding contracts without adhering to the provisions of GFR to the firms, whose existence is not verifiable through reco...
- Panel refuses to go with Vinod Dhall committee's recommendationsThe majority of an 11-member panel on procurement policy has refused to go with the committee's recommendations.
- Aiyar's charges incorrect, says PCChidambaram has pointed out that the Finance Ministry did not interfere in issue of release against itemised items within the overall budge...
- Govt departments can give CPWD the go byA century-old bastion of government monopoly is opening up to reforms. The Urban Development Ministry has decided to give Central Public Wo...
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