Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday welcomed the Centre’s decision to grant classical language status to Marathi, stressing that it was a result of collective efforts and cannot be credited to a single party or leader. Talking to reporters, Raut said if the BJP-led Union government’s motive behind the classical language status was … Read more
In a signifcant step towards the implementation of ‘One nation, One election’, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday accepted former President Ram Nath Kovind-led high-level panel’s recommendations for holding simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha, state assemblies and local bodies in a phased manner. Sources said that during the Union Cabinet meeting, PM Narendra Modi briefed the … Read more
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to set up the National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics and Extended Reality (AVGC-XR) on lines of the IITs and IIMs to anchor the animation ecosystem in the country. Aimed at positioning India as a content hub for providing state-of-the-art content, thereby … Read more
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved two major schemes with a total outlay of Rs 14,335 crore to promote use of electric vehicles, including buses, ambulances and trucks. The two schemes are: PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-DRIVE) Scheme with an outlay of Rs 10,900 crore over a period … Read more
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday approved an outlay of Rs 12,461 crore to support construction of hydel projects totalling 31,350 MW over the next eight years.The scheme will be implemented from 2024-25, with budgetary support towards the cost of enabling infrastructure rationalised to Rs 1 crore per MW for projects up to 200 MW. … Read more
Unified Pension Scheme Vs NPS: The Union Cabinet on Saturday, August 24, approved the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), for an assured pension post-retirement. The UPS will be implemented from April 1, 2025. The move comes after the long-pending demand of the central government employees to reform the new pension scheme (NPS). Briefing the media on … Read more
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Friday asserted that there was no provision for a creamy layer in the reservation for SCs and STs in the Constitution given by B R Ambedkar. The Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, held a detailed discussion on the Supreme Court judgement on the … Read more
New Delhi: Assuming charge as the law minister for the second term, Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday signed a document finalising the national litigation policy which seeks to expedite the resolution of cases pending in apex, high and lower courts. The national litigation policy has been in the making for the past several years with … Read more
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut hit out at the Eknath Sinhde-led Shiv Sena after the party got a single ministerial berth in Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s cabinet on Sunday, and said that the state of Maharashtra gained “nothing.”Notably, Prataprao Jadhav was the only Shiv Sena leader who was inducted into the union cabinet. … Read more
NEW DELHI: “Success and setbacks are part of the game and if we are in politics, we should take setbacks in our stride. Small fluctuations should not deter us from continuing the good work we have done in the last 10 years,” PM Narendra Modi said at the last meeting of the Union cabinet, which … Read more
