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IDBI Bank stake sale: Suitors may have to place financial bids by March

Shortlisted bidders would be asked for Financial bids By March

Will stick to timelines, clear collegium recommendations: Govt tells SC

The AG reassured the bench and said he is personally looking into the 104 recommendations from High Court collegiums pending with the Centre

Census to be further delayed, postponed till Sept 30, say officials

The exercise to carry out the decennial census has been further postponed at least till September 30, officials said. The housing listing phase of the census and the exercise to update the National Population Register (NPR) were scheduled to be carried out across the country from April 1 to September 30, 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. In a communication to all states, the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India conveyed that the date of freezing of administrative boundaries has been extended till June 30. According to norms, census can be conducted only three months after the freezing of boundary limits of administrative units such as districts, sub-districts, tehsils, talukas and police stations. In its letter, the census authorities, while referring to an earlier communication to extend the date of freezing of boundaries up to December 31 in 2020, said it has now been decided by the competent authority to further extend the date o

Beyond civil society

'Protectionism' in social services is impractical

Constitution capable of incorporating changing aspirations: President

Terming the Constitution as a living document, President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said it was fully capable of incorporating the changing hopes and aspirations of people. "Our democracy is the largest and most vibrant democracy in the world. The Constitution is the basis of our great democracy," Murmu said while addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Constitution Park at Raj Bhavan here. Referring to the 105 Constitutional amendments, she said, "In this way, our Constitution is a living document which is fully capable of containing the hopes and aspirations of the public changing with time." The makers created a comprehensive Constitution due to their sensitivity towards each section of society and awareness of each level of democracy and each aspect of administration, she said. "Our visionary Constitution makers had clarity of thought about the rights of future generations to create systems according to their needs. That is why the provision for Constitutional amendments wer

IAMAI backs personal data protection bill, calls it industry-friendly

Business group seeks 'flexible approach' in getting parental consent for accessing personal data of children

Millet Year begins, 140 Indian embassies to participate in events

As The International Year of Millets (IYM) began, Indian embassies across more than 140 countries will be participating in celebration across the year, the government said

Govt lines up millet-centric activities as int'l year of millets kicks in

The government on Sunday announced it has lined up a series of millet-centric promotional activities across the country as the International Year of Millets (IYM) kicks in, while noting that millets are also integral part of the G-20 meetings. The centre ministries, state governments and Indian embassies have been allocated a focussed month in 2023 to carry out various activities for the promotion of IYM and increase awareness about benefits of millets, the nodal agriculture ministry said in a statement. January is the focussed month for the Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs as well as state governments of Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and Rajasthan for conducting activities, it said. The ministry also urged international organizations, academia, hotel industry, media, Indian Diaspora, start-up communities, civil society, and all others in the millets value-chain to come forward and join hands to revive the forgotten glory of 'Miracle Millets' through the grand celebration of ...

Indian govt bodies world's top victims of cyber attacks in 2022: Report

Number of incidents up 8x YoY shows CloudSEK study; Railways, AIIMS, CDSL among more recent cases; political and religious motives surpass commercial in several cases

State governments to oversee law for online games in their jurisdictions

The states will also be asked to appoint grievance redressal executives and nodal contract executives

Govt finalises rules for used car market, aims to resolve host of issues

Move to curb rise of fraudulent intermediaries, address disputes over third party damage liabilities

Only 8.2% of 463 million Jan Dhan accounts are zero balance: RBI report

81.2% were operative as of August 2022, up from 76% in 2017

No proposal before govt to lower threshold for generating e-invoice: CBIC

The CBIC on Monday said there is no proposal before the government to lower the threshold from January 1 for mandatory generation of e-invoices. Currently, businesses with a turnover of Rs 10 crore and above are required to generate an electronic invoice for all B2B transactions. "There is no proposal before the Government, at present, to reduce this threshold limit to Rs 5 crore with effect from 01.01.2023, as no such recommendation has been made by GST Council as yet," the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) tweeted. The tweet came after media reports in some quarters said that though GST Council has recommended reducing the threshold for the generation of e-invoices to Rs 5 crore with effect from January 1, 2023, the government has yet to issue a notification on the matter. Under Goods and Services Tax (GST) law, e-invoicing for business-to-business (B2B) transactions was made mandatory for companies with a turnover of over Rs 500 crore from October 1, 2020, which

Transformative reforms in last 8 years brought transparency: Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh on Sunday said the transformative reforms undertaken in the last eight years has brought increased transparency, accountability and technology-driven changes. He said the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is fast emerging as key human resources nucleus for the government. Delivering a keynote address on culmination of good governance week (19-25 December), Singh said the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has become a "facilitatory ministry" in the last eight years of the Modi government dedicated to the service of both the personnel and common man. The minister said the transformative reforms undertaken by DoPT, departments of pensions, administrative reforms and public grievances in the last eight years brought increased transparency, accountability and technology-driven changes moving from timeline to real time through dashboard mechanism to follow the ultimate goal of Prime Minister's Mantra of ...

Govt to conduct Covid response mock drill on Dec 27 across country

A mock drill to test the Covid emergency preparedness would be conducted in hospitals across the country on Tuesday, 27th December."A mock drill for an emergency response to deal with Covid 9 cases will be conducted at hospitals across the country on Tuesday, 27th December, the Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya will also be participating in the Mock drill," official sources to ANIThe mock drill is being conducted amid fear of a Covid surge in the country in the wake of a spurt of Covid cases reported in China and other countries. The Union Ministry in India has started taking several proactive steps in this direction.The Union Ministry of Health advised States on December 20 to significantly increase genome sequencing. A high-level meeting was also chaired by Union Health Minister on December 21 to review the COVID-19 situation & preparedness of the public health system for surveillance, containment & management of COVID-19.On Thursday Prime Minister chaired a ...

Govt likely to sell 11% stake in IRFC by FY24 as part of disinvestment plan

Senior officials say govt plans to bring own shareholding down to 75%;

115 daily wagers, 43 salaried people died by suicide each day in 2021: Govt

The number of housewives who killed themselves last year was a staggering 23,179, meaning at least 63 housewives died every day in the country, the data showed

India eyes quality control measures for rubber, cement industries: Report

India aims to implement quality control measures for the light engineering, rubber, cement and concrete building materials industry by next year, a government source said

Contribution of cesses to central govt's tax kitty doubles to over 18%

States have been concerned about increasing cases of Centre imposing cesses for garnering additional revenue

Govt had no outstanding loans from RBI in Dec 9 week, says central bank

The central government had no outstanding loans in the week earlier as well