Congress expands team of spokespersons, TV panelistsThe team of spokespersons is headed by Randeep Singh Surjewala in the capacity of Communication Department In-Charge. Earlier, Maken was th...
24 Mar, 2015, 08.59 PM IST
Experts pitch for active participation of states in Planning CommissionBut the government has told Parliament that there is no proposal under its consideration for scraping the present form of the planning body.
01 Aug, 2014, 03.06 PM IST
- Parakh was an upright officer: Ex-Cabinet Secretary
B K Chaturvedi today said the then Coal Secretary P C Parakh was an "upright" officer and he was retained in office till retirement because...
25 Oct, 2013, 05.51 PM IST
KG-D6 reserves were certified independently: Reliance Industries LtdReliance Industries today refuted suggestions that it may have inflated KG-D6 gas reserves, saying they were certified independently.
28 Jun, 2012, 05.43 PM IST
- Fall in rupee hikes fuel subsidy by Rs 50,000 cr:Oil Secretary G C Chaturvedi
Weakening of rupee against the US dollar has added a mind-boggling Rs 50,000 crore to the fuel subsidy as the nation paid more for its oil ...
12 Dec, 2011, 05.57 PM IST
- Let Walmarts assure jobs won't be cut: Labour Ministry
There has been an intense debate on the effect that FDI in multi-brand retail would have on the employment situation in the country.
19 Aug, 2011, 03.50 AM IST
- World bank to help fix pension scheme problems
The World Bank will help the government assess the sustainability of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation-run pension scheme, which h...
12 Jul, 2011, 06.00 AM IST
- Private PF trusts may have to hand over responsibility for investing funds to the EPFO
Companies managing provident fund accumulations of their employees in-house may soon have to hand over the entire corpus to employees provi...
24 Jun, 2011, 08.12 PM IST
- Health plan success may lead to wider spread for more schemes
Govt is examining the possibility of turning its two important social sector programmes into universal schemes covering the unorganised sec...
02 May, 2011, 01.58 AM IST
- Manufacturing zones face 'labour' unrest even before launch
The govenment's attempt to give a push to manufacturing through mega zones could fall prey to internal squabbling.
02 Apr, 2011, 03.13 AM IST
- Private PF trusts too will have to pay 9.5% interest
The labour ministry has said that all private provident fund trusts have to compulsorily match the interest rate of 9.5% declared by the EP...
01 Apr, 2011, 01.49 AM IST
- Jittery labour ministry sends reminder to Finmin on PF interest
As the financial year draws to a close, worried labour ministry has sent an urgent reminder to the finance ministry to notify the higher in...
11 Mar, 2011, 05.17 AM IST
- Finance ministry to soon ratify payment of 9.5% on PF deposits: Official
Finance Minister will soon give green signal to payment of 9.5 per cent interest rate on provident fund deposits during 2010-11, a senior g...
15 Feb, 2011, 01.36 PM IST
- EPFO Trustees' decision final on PF investments: Labour Ministry
Amid differences between ministries of labour & finance, former said decision of EPFO would be final.
28 Aug, 2010, 06.32 PM IST
- Fin Min, RBI to direct banks to step up credit to MSME
The Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank will issue directions to the banks to step up credit for micro, small and medium enterprises.
19 Nov, 2009, 07.41 PM IST
- K C Verma appointed new RAW chief
K C Verma will be next chief of external intelligence agency RAW.
25 Jan, 2009, 01.43 PM IST
- SEBI constitutes advisory committee on MF
Market regulator SEBI has constituted an advisory committee on mutual funds under the chairmanship of former UTI Chairman S A Dave.
25 Aug, 2008, 09.50 PM IST