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Centre revives bill to regulate registration of digital news media: Report

The govt will propose the Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, 2019 with the changes before the Union Cabinet soon, says a media report

Railway asset monetisation through Rs 18,000 cr InvIT unlikely in FY23

Both the finance ministry and Union cabinet have recently come down heavily on railways and asked it to expedite its monetisation efforts

Cabinet pulls up infra ministries to expedite port connectivity projects

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba also asked the ministries to finalise a comprehensive action plan in coordination with DPIIT and integrate it with PM Gati-Shakti framework by Aug 15

Top headlines: RBI tries to shore up rupee; DGCA notice to SpiceJet

Union ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and R C P Singh submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, a day before the completion of their Rajya Sabha term, sources said.

Govt approves Rs 2,516 cr for computerisation of 63,000 PACS: Thakur

This will improve the PACS' functioning and bring transparency, says Union minister Anurag Thakur

Intl Yoga Day: 75 union ministers to perform Yoga at 75 historical places

On the eighth International Day of Yoga which will be celebrated on June 21, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will perform Yoga at Mysore Palace in Karnataka

Cabinet allows procurement by cooperatives through GeM portal

The move will help over 8.54 lakh registered cooperatives and their 27 crore members as they would get products at competitive rates from the GeM portal.

Cabinet approves National Biofuel Policy after slew of amendments

Also, more feedstocks have been allowed for the production of biofuels which can be doped with auto fuels

Cabinet amends biofuels policy, advances ethanol blending target to 2025-26

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved advancing the target of blending 20 per cent ethanol in petrol by 5 years to 2025-26 as well as allowing more feedstocks for the production of biofuels

DoT likely to move 5G spectrum auction proposal to Cabinet next week

The Department of Telecom is likely to move the 5G spectrum auction proposal to the Union Cabinet for final approval next week, an official source said on Tuesday.

Push to Gatishakti: Centre firms up screening of public-funded projects

To ensure these have logistics & infrastructure connectivity, before it receives Cabinet nod

Cabinet approves amalgamation of CDC with CSIR; assets to move to latter

CSIR and CDC are two separate autonomous bodies under the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology

Cabinet hikes dearness allowance for central govt employees by 3%

The move will benefit about 4.8 million central government employees and 6.9 million pensioners and will be effective from January 1, 2022.

Cabinet clears Rs 6,062-crore World Bank-assisted programme for MSMEs

RAMP programme with impacts across the country will directly or indirectly benefit all 6.3 crore enterprises under the MSME category

3-year extension for 10 mega power projects to submit required documents

This will lead to an increase in liquidity of such projects. It will also boost the country's overall growth and ensure the revival of various stressed power assets

Cabinet hikes dearness allowance for central govt employees by 3%

The central government has hiked the dearness allowance for its employees by 3 per cent, PTI reported on Wednesday citing a cabinet decision.

New Investment Policy-2012 for three fertiliser plants extended

The cost of the three HURL urea projects is Rs 25,120 crore. GAIL is supplying natural gas to these three units.

Union Cabinet gives nod to bill to merge three Delhi municipal corporations

The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill is expected to be introduced in the Budget session of Parliament underway

Every Indian legally bound to reply census queries: Govt tells Lok Sabha

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the state governments appoint census officers to take or aid in or supervise the census exercise under the provisions of the Census Act 1948

Bill to merge three Delhi municipal corporations gets cabinet nod

The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill is likely to be introduced in the ongoing Budget session of Parliament