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Why govts fail in making the right personnel requirement estimates

Whether it is Markov analysis, or some other method for forecasting personnel requirements, the government is way behind in the use of modern techniques

Centre reduces raw jute stock limit to facilitate supply to mills

In a recent notification issued by Office of Jute Commissioner, max stock limit has been brought down to 500 quintals for jute balers from 750 quintals and 50 quintals for traders from 150 quintals

DMK hits out at the central govt over Hindi 'imposition'

Ruling party's mouthpiece 'Murasoli' in its edition today carried a well-known slogan of Karunanidhi against foisting Hindi on people and captioned the write-up as 'Warning to the Union government"

Central govt must take price rise seriously: Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati Thursday said people are troubled by the rising prices of fuel and other essential goods, and asked the Centre to address the issue seriously.

Centre to table bill on prohibiting financing of WMD in Rajya Sabha

The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday

Centre likely to table Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill in RS

The Centre is likely to table the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday

Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill likely to be tabled in RS

The Centre is likely to table on Tuesday 'The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022' in the Rajya Sabha to unify three municipal corporations in the national capital.

Centre plans to borrow 59% of FY23 debt target in April-September

Estimated at Rs 8.45 trn; full-year borrowing likely at Rs 14.31 trn

3% hike in DA for Central govt staff, pensioners effective Jan 1, 2022

This will benefit about 4.76 mn central government employees and 6.86 mn pensioners

States were becoming increasingly autonomous on funding pre-pandemic

Some were even on the verge of reducing central liability to zero

Over 1.7 billion Covid vaccine doses provided to states, UTs so far: Centre

The Central government on Friday said that it has provided more than 171.76 crore Covid vaccine doses provided to States and Union Territories so far.

Centre likely to provide security to Kumar Vishwas after reviewing it

The central government is reviewing the security of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas and may give him protection through a central agency, official sources said on Friday.

Payout to govt employees doubles in five years, strength shrinking

Establishment strength for latest years are estimates, which are usually scaled down to reflect the actual strength two years later

Full office attendance for all central govt employees: Jitendra Singh

Union minister Jitendra Singh has said full office attendance will be resumed for all central government employees from Monday. The decision was taken in view of a decline in the number of coronavirus cases, he said on Sunday. "A review of the pandemic situation was done today and in view of a decline in the number of Covid cases as well as a decline in the positivity rate, it has been decided that full office attendance shall be resumed from tomorrow and employees at all levels, without any exemption, shall attend office on a regular basis with effect from February 7, 2022," the minister of state for personnel said. He said the heads of the departments shall, however, ensure that the employees wear face masks at all times and continue to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour. The Centre had, on January 31, extended the work-from-home arrangement for 50 per cent of its employees below the level of under secretary till February 15. "But after obtaining inputs from the relevant quarter

Mass exodus report of migrant workers false, states should be wary: Govt

Media reports about mass exodus of migrant workers amid the third wave of the pandemic were untrue and states have been asked to be wary of rumour mongering

Budget 2022: Centre to borrow Rs 11.6 trn in FY23 to meet expenditure needs

This is nearly Rs 2 trillion higher than the current year's Budget estimate of Rs 9.7 trillion

Nobody losing jobs due to non-vaccination, Centre tells SC

Advocate Prashant Bhushan had filed an intervention application in the main petition, claiming people are losing jobs due to vaccine mandates

Clarify stand on marital rape criminalisation: Delhi HC tells Centre

Justice Rajiv Shakdher said that the Centre has to say yes or no as in issues such as the present one, deliberation does not end

Centre, state govts will keep working for empowerment of Karnataka: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday assured that the central and the state governments will keep working for the empowerment of the people of Karnataka.

Central govt refutes reports of Covid vaccine shortage in Maharashtra

Refuting media reports on vaccine shortage in Maharashtra, the Health Ministry said the state had over 24 lakh unutilised doses of Covaxin and received an additional 6.35 lakh doses on Friday.