Govt extends tenure of 16th Finance Commission till Nov 30The government has extended the 16th Finance Commission's tenure by one month to November 30. Chaired by Arvind Panagariya, the commission,...
Govt appoints RBI Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar as 16th FinComm memberT Rabi Sankar, Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor, joins the Sixteenth Finance Commission as part-time member. This follows Ajay Narayan...
SC asks Delhi LG for personal affidavit on tree felling in Delhi Ridge areaThe Supreme Court has directed Delhi LG V K Saxena to file an affidavit by October 22 concerning alleged tree felling in the Delhi Ridge ar...
Government appoints Manoj Panda as 16th Finance Commission memberThe appointment of Panda came after Artha Global Executive Director Niranjan Rajadhyaksha expressed his inability to join the Commission. R...
FSDC sub-committee reviews global economic situation"The Sub-Committee reviewed the major developments in the global and domestic economy as well as in various segments of the financial syste...
Bureau of Immigration issues Lookout Circular against director of real estate firmThe accused Manoj Kumar Panda is the director of Odyssa Homes and Commercials Private Limited. He has been absconding since a criminal case...
Feet on the street: The golden rule of Microfinance“Microfinance" has steadily evolved from 1970s when organisations such as “Grameen Bank” of Bangladesh pioneered by Prof. Muhammad Yunus ga...
Government restarts hiring process of RBI deputy governorAccording to the sources, bankers from both public and private sector banks meeting the eligibility criteria would be called for interactio...
Finance Ministry receives 90 applications for RBI Deputy Governor postSome private bankers have also applied for the post as the position was open to private sector, a finance ministry official who did not wis...
10 names shortlisted for Sebi chief's postThe search-cumselection panel headed by the cabinet secretary met December 2 to whittle down the list from more than 40 applications that h...
Breaking from tradition, cabinet secretary to shortlist candidates for RBI governorThe decision to route the RBI governor’s appointment through the FSRASC seems intended to cool speculation over Raghuram Rajan being consid...
Executives of companies run by central government set to receive pay hike next yearThe Third Pay Revision Committee, headed by retired judge Satish Chandra, is given six months to submit its report, a government notificati...
Government forms pay revision panel for PSU executivesThe panel, chaired by Justice Satish Chandra (Retd.) will make its recommendations within six months from the date of its constitution.
Radha Binod Barman takes over as Chairperson of National Statistical CommissionThe Commission is an advisory body on all statistical matters, set up to enhance public trust in official statistics.
- IPS officer Arun Sarangi back as IG intelligence
Sarangi had been holding the post of IG, intelligence prior to the general elections in April this year. He was then posted as the IG, vigi...
11 Tata Steel employees given PM's Shram Awards 2012Eleven employees of Tata Steel were conferred prestigious Prime Minister's Shram Awards for the year 2012.
- Factional war behind surge in Maoist strikes
The abduction of two Italians, the murder of a sub-inspector in Malkangiri and now, the abduction of a legislator, is being seen in securit...