Govt’s last-mile realty fund clears Rs 10,000 cr investment for 101 stressed projectsThe fund, SWAMIH I, has cleared these applications from realty developers for their stressed projects in the last 7 months including the lo...
19 Aug, 2020, 11.41 PM IST
Banks keeping three times more cash in network to avoid demonetisation like situationThere is no dearth of currency at branches or ATMs across the country.
13 Apr, 2020, 02.18 PM IST
Aadhaar now a must for post office deposits, PPF, KVPThe government has insisted on quoting Aadhaar for bank deposits, obtaining mobile phone and several other utilities to weed out benami dea...
06 Oct, 2017, 03.07 PM IST
Reduce widow pension age from 40 to 18, experts panel tells governmentThe expert panel headed by former finance secretary Sumit Bose also recommended that widows be eligible for waivers in education fees and s...
14 Jan, 2017, 10.45 AM IST
Parliamentary panel 'dismayed' at lack of schemes for homeless people with disabilitiesParliamentary committee has expressed "dismay" at the lack of schemes for rehabilitation of homeless people with disabilities.
20 Mar, 2016, 12.48 PM IST
'Disabled rights Bill to be put before cabinet in a day or two'The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill is expected to be put before the Union Cabinet for its consideration "in a day or two", a govt...
04 Dec, 2015, 03.39 PM IST
Huge manpower needed in legal academics: Arun JaitleyJaitley today said that there was a need for huge manpower in legal academics and the best minds from the legal profession should come forw...
30 Aug, 2015, 06.33 PM IST
Polio has been eradicated because of Rajiv Gandhi: ChidambaramP Chidambaram said thanks to the national pulse polio programme no case of the crippling disease had been reported in the last three years.
06 Oct, 2013, 03.07 AM IST
Budget 2013: Social Justice Ministry gets Rs 6,725.32 croreA sum of Rs 161.40 crore has been sanctioned for construction of old age homes for senior citizens and running other programs.
28 Feb, 2013, 09.05 PM IST
- NEDFi signs MoA with NABARD for availing refinance
NEDFi has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with NABARD for availing Refinance to promote Agri Processing & Rural Development in the North E...
17 Oct, 2012, 07.11 PM IST
- Budget 2012: Rs 799 cr increase in allocation for Social Justice Ministry
Social Justice & Empowerment ministry was allocated in budget 2012 Rs 6008.30 cr, marking an increase of Rs 798.30 crore over last year.
16 Mar, 2012, 09.45 PM IST
- Kingfisher Airlines shares fall by over 3%
Kingfisher Airlines fell by over 3%, as Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that state-run lender SBI has no plans to provide any fresh ...
13 Mar, 2012, 08.35 PM IST
- Kingfisher Airlines shares dip 3 per cent
Shares of Kingfisher fell by over three per cent, as Pranab Mukherjee said that state-run lender SBI has no plans to provide any fresh loan...
13 Mar, 2012, 05.59 PM IST
- India signs DTAA with Estonia, to collaborate on ICT, education
India has signed a double taxation avoidance agreement with Estonia and has also forged a pact in fields of information, communications and...
21 Sep, 2011, 02.51 PM IST
- Kyoto Protocol, finance make or break issues in Cancun: Ramesh
Environment Minister pointed many countries are opposed to continuation of the treaty that legally binds industrialised nations to reduce e...
06 Dec, 2010, 07.15 AM IST
- Kyoto Protocol, finance make or break issues in Cancun: Ramesh
The Indian minister also warned participating nations that the inability to establish a mechanism for disbursing USD 30 billion to countrie...
06 Dec, 2010, 06.07 AM IST
- Centre to confer 59 national awards
Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has decided to confer 59 national awards for the year 2008 for the welfare of disabled per...
06 Jul, 2008, 05.31 PM IST