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Govt appoints 13 new Secretaries, as six to retire, seven posts vacant

The government on Wednesday announced appointment of 13 Secretaries in various ministries and departments on Wednesday.

Notification allowing women in NDA to be released by May: MoD tells SC

Keeping the timeline in mind, deliberate planning and meticulous preparation is needed to ensure smooth induction and seamless training of women candidates, it said.

Top headlines: Chairman rules out Tata Sons' revamp; telcos get govt relief

Business Standard brings you the top headlines from today

HC asks govt to consider in-flight security announcements in local language

The court was responding to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) stating that the safety of the passengers cannot be ensured if they can't understand the language

EPFO defers Aadhaar seeding with UANs for Northeast, certain industries

Retirement fund body EPFO has deferred implementation of its order mandating filing of PF returns with Aadhaar-verified universal account numbers (UAN) till December 31, 2021, for all seven states in the northeast and for certain class of industries like building & construction and plantations. This will give more time to employers to link their employees Aadhaar number with PF accounts or UAN in the northeastern states and certain industries having less penetration of Aadhaar in UANs. Earlier, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) had extended the deadline for Aadhaar seeding with UANs for all subscribers to September 1, 2021 from June 1, 2021. This is the second extension of the deadline, though for a region and certain industries. An EPFO office order circulated last week showed that the date of implementation for filing ECR (electronic challan cum receipt or PF return) with Aadhaar verified UANs has been extended to 31 December, 2021 for administrative zone of ...

Trust between govt, industry key to use opportunities created by Covid: FM

FM assured that the proposed DFI, the National Bank for Infrastructure Financing and Development (NaBFID), will become functional soon

Centre places purchase order with Serum for 660 mn Covishield doses: Report

The Pune-based firm has enhanced the manufacturing capacity of Covishield to more than 200 mn doses per month.

Govt unveils 100-day plan for civil aviation sector, focus on 16 areas

Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday announced a 100-day plan for the country's civil aviation sector, including policy measures and development of airports as well as heliports. The civil aviation minister said the plan would focus on 16 areas. Addressing a press conference here, Scindia said the plan has been prepared after "combined consultations". Out of the 16 areas, 8 relate to policy and 4 pertain to reforms. Among others, six heliports would be developed in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand under the regional air connectivity scheme UDAN. A new policy for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) activities has also been announced. The civil aviation sector has been adversely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and is slowly coming on the recovery path.

Govt plans WAPCOS initial public offering by March, says official

The government is also in the process of selling up to 25 per cent stake in National Seeds Corporation (NSC) through IPO

Govt's excise collection on petroleum products up 48% in Apr-July

The incremental mop-up is 3-times of the repayment liability of legacy oil bonds in the full fiscal

EAM Jaishankar calls on Slovenia PM; discusses bilateral relations

Jaishankar is in the central European nation as part of a four-day visit to Slovenia, Croatia and Denmark to enhance India-EU ties and for bilateral talks.

Modi govt should reveal National Monetisation Pipeline goals: Chidambaram

Chidambaram posed 20 questions to the Modi government

Domestic LPG price hiked again by Rs 25 a cylinder

This is the third consecutive hike in domestic cooking gas prices

Govt appoints J B Mohapatra as Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes

Mohapatra is a 1985-batch Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) officer

Fee for Bharat Series-registered vehicles can be paid in tranches

The owner can pay registration fee for two years and the other amount in instalments in later years, in multiples of two.

Centre regulates coal stocks at plants having more than 15 days buffer

Frees up 177,000 tonnes coal from 26 stations

Draft rules on retro withdrawal win-win for govt, firms, say experts

Enforcement of investment treaties remain ambiguous, they say

Deadline for making payments under Vivad se Vishwas scheme pushed to Sep 30

The ministry had in June extended the deadline for making payments under the scheme till August 31

Need to create right ecosystem for sports, games: Vice President Naidu

India is fortunate, Naidu said, to have the world's largest youth population

Govt selects 10 banks to manage LIC IPO to raise up to Rs 90,000 cr: Report

A ministerial panel, called the Alternative Mechanism on strategic Divestment, is expected to decide soon on the size of the stake to be sold.