BS-VI compliant vehicles to display green sticker
New Delhi: The government has mandated a one cm green sticker, providing registration details, in all BS-VI compliant motor vehicles. The order will come into force from October 1, 2020. “…Vehicles complying with BS-VI emission norms shall have 1 cm green strip at the top in the third registration plate,” as per a notification issued […]
PSBs disbursed Rs 8,320-cr loan to MSMEs under emergency credit line scheme: Fin min
New Delhi: The Finance Ministry on Sunday said public sector banks have disbursed Rs 8,320 crore till June 5 under the Rs 3-lakh crore Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) for the MSME sector, hit hard by the coronavirus-induced lockdown. PSBs have sanctioned loans worth Rs 17,705.64 crore under the 100 per cent ECLGS starting […]
Lockdown left millions of migrants empty-handed; govt should give Rs 25,000 to each of them: Irudaya Rajan
Mumbai: The unplanned nationwide lockdown has forced millions of migrants to return home empty-handed and the government should make a direct cash transfer of Rs 25,000 to each of them to salvage the situation, according to S Irudaya Rajan, an expert on migrant issues. There are more than 600 million migrants in the country and […]
India imposes anti-dumping duty on Malaysian calculators for 5 yrs
New Delhi: India has imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of electronic calculators from Malaysia for five years with a view to guard domestic players from cheap imports from that country. After conducting a probe, the commerce ministry’s investigation arm Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) had recommended anti-dumping duty on electronic calculators from Malaysia. “The […]
5 ED officials test positive for COVID-19, headquarters sealed
New Delhi: Five Enforcement Directorate (ED) employees, including a special director rank officer, have tested positive for COVID-19, following which the headquarters of the central probe agency have been sealed for 48 hours till Monday, officials said. Out of the five, two are contract employees. The employees were found infected after the agency carried out […]
Govt destroying economy by refusing to provide cash support to people, MSMEs: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the government of actively destroying the country’s economy by refusing to provide cash support to people and small and medium enterprises as he termed the Modi regime “Demon 2.0”. He shared a news report on Twitter on the impact the coronavirus pandemic would have on the […]
Trade unions call for nationwide protest on Jul 3
New Delhi: Ten central trade unions including Indian National Trade Union Congress and Centre of Indian Trade Unions among others on Friday gave a call for a nationwide protest on July 3, to lodge their resentment against anti-worker and anti-people policies of the government. “We call upon the working class and trade unions of all […]
SC asks if pvt hospitals ready to charge COVID-19 patients at Ayushman Bharat rate
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday asked private hospitals whether they are ready to provide treatment to COVID-19 infected patients at the charges prescribed under the government’s Ayushman Bharat Scheme. The ‘Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana’ is aimed at providing health cover to poor and vulnerable persons in the country. A bench […]
Need to use resources prudently in COVID-19 crisis, don’t initiate any new scheme: FinMin to ministries
New Delhi: The finance ministry has asked all ministries and departments not to initiate any new scheme in the current financial year and said that there is a need to use resources prudently in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. However, funds for schemes under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package, the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan […]
No coercive action against employers for violating order on payment of full wages for lockdown: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday extended till June 12 the operation of its May 15 order asking the government not to take any coercive action against companies and employers for violation of its March 29 circular on payment of full wages to employees for the lockdown period. The Ministry of Home Affair (MHA), […]
