DDC reviews progress under District Capex Budget 2020-21
SHOPIAN: District Development Commissioner, Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya today Chaired a meeting of District and Sectoral Officers and reviewed the progress under District Capex Budget here at Mini Secretariat Arhama, Shopian. The meeting discussed the finalization of District Capex Budget for the year 2020-21 to cater the developmental needs of the district with focus on […]
Bank operations may be hit on Mon, Tue due to nationwide unions’ strike
New Delhi: Banking operations across the country could be impacted on Monday and Tuesday as United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) has given a call for a nationwide strike to protest against the proposed privatisation of two state-owned lenders. Services such as deposits and withdrawal at branches, cheque clearance and loan approvals would be affected […]
Drastic changes in monetary policy framework can upset bond market: Rajan
New Delhi: As the economy slowly comes out of the pandemic blues, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Sunday cautioned that “drastic changes” in India’s monetary policy framework can upset the bond market as the current system has helped in containing inflation and promoting growth. Rajan, also a noted economist, opined that the government’s ambitious […]
No govt communication ever threatened social media platforms’ staff of jail term: IT Ministry
New Delhi: The government has never threatened employees of any social media platform, such as Twitter, of jail term, the IT Ministry has said. Reacting to reports that alluded to Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter employees being threatened with jail term, the Ministry said social media platforms are “obliged to follow the laws of India and […]
Govt to put in place safeguards to prevent data misuse by unauthorized persons: Draft e-comm policy
New Delhi: The government would lay down principles for usage of data for the development of any industry, where such norms do not already exist, and put in place adequate safeguards to prevent misuse and access of data by unauthorized persons, according to a draft national e-commerce policy. The government is in the process of […]
Sustained economic growth key to India’s future, critical for security reasons: NITI Aayog CEO
Jaipur: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Saturday said India’s power is truly represented by its sustained economic growth, which is a key to its future and critical for security reasons. Delivering the keynote address at the inauguration of ‘Militaria@Jaipur-2021’, he said as a fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic radical reforms were ushered in across […]
Renewal of registration for 15-yr old govt vehicles to stop from Apr 1, 2022: Draft notification
New Delhi: The government departments will not be able to renew registration of their vehicles older than 15 years from April 1, 2022, if a proposal in this regard issued by the the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is finalised. It has sought stakeholders comments to amend related rules in this regard issuing a […]
Navin Choudhary inspects Kissan Ghar Delhi
NEW DELHI: Principal Secretary, Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Horticulture Departments, Navin Kumar Choudhary today visited Kissan Ghar, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi. During the visit, he inspected the under construction additional block of Kissan Ghar and instructed the Executing agency to resolve all pending matters within one month and expedite the work so that the […]
Dir Horti Jmu reviews performance of department in districts
JAMMU: Director Horticulture Jammu, Ram Savak, today chaired the meeting of Chief Horticulture Officers, Chief Canning Instructor and Manager cum Chemists of Jammu Division here at Horticulture Complex Talab Tillo, to review the progress of various developmental activities (Physical & Financial) being carried out during the current financial year in the districts. He asked the […]
JKEDI to start short term certificate courses in digital marketing, basics of entrepreneurship
JAMMU: In order to give boost to environment of entrepreneurship and make youth of J&K self-reliant, the Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) is set to start a one-week certificate course in digital marketing and entrepreneurship basics (Entrepreneurship 101). Highlighting about the significance of course, Director JKEDI G M Dar said that the Entrepreneurship […]
