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Broadband service to jobs scheme: Key decisions taken by union cabinet

Cabinet approves relief measures announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on June 28.

Cabinet may soon clear proposal for govt guarantee to bad bank

Indian Banks' Association (IBA), entrusted with the task of setting up a bad bank, has pegged the government guarantee to be around Rs 31,000 crore.

Cabinet okays allotment of 5 MHz spectrum in 700 MHz band to Railways

The project will require over Rs 25,000 crore investment and be completed in 5 years

Govt approves Model Tenancy Act to unlock vacant houses for rental purposes

The Act proposes to establish an independent authority in every state and UT for registration of tenancy agreements and even a separate court to take up tenancy related disputes.

Cabinet approves creation of post of director at NDRF academy in Nagpur

The government has approved the creation of a post of Director at the National Disaster Response Force Academy in Nagpur.

Cabinet approves Rs 18,000-cr PLI scheme for battery manufacturing

The Centre hopes to create direct investment of Rs 45,000 cr in ACC Battery storage projects

Cabinet gives ex-post facto approval for amendments to Finance Bill, 2021

The amendments were aimed at clarifying and rationalising tax proposals for 2021-22.

Govt approves subsidy policy for urea produced through coal gasification

Cabinet approved an exclusive subsidy policy for urea produced through coal gasification by Talcher Fertilizers Limited.

Cabinet clears Rs 4,500-cr PLI scheme for solar PV modules manufacturing

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a production linked incentive (PLI) scheme with an outlay of Rs 4,500 crore to add 10,000 MW capacity of integrated solar PV modules manufacturing plants

Cabinet clears Bill on setting up DFI with capital infusion of Rs 20,000 cr

Initially the new institution would be government-owned, with its stake being cut gradually to 26%, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

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Logistics policy to go to Cabinet for approval, aims to ease goods movement

Indian industry pays a high logistics cost, hurting the competitiveness of domestic goods in the international market.

Cabinet to consider land policy to ease CONCOR disinvestment: Piyush Goyal

The centre's plan to privatise CONCOR was stuck due to the non-clearance of the Land Licensing Fee (LLF) policy

Cabinet approves reserve fund to manage healthcare schemes in country

PMSSN covers any any programme to achieve India's sustainable development goals and the targets set out in the national health policy

Union cabinet approves President's rule in Puducherry

This days after a Congress-led government in the union territory lost power during a vote of confidence

PLI scheme for IT products has outlay of over Rs 7,000 cr, says govt

Cabinet clears Production Linked Incentive scheme to boost manufacturing of laptops, tablets, PCs, servers, says Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

PLI scheme to bring in investment of Rs 15,000 cr in pharma sector: Govt

The manufacturers of pharmaceutical goods registered in India will be grouped based on their global manufacturing revenue to decide the target elements for the scheme

Cabinet okays trade deal with Mauritius, the first with an African nation

Agreement is limited in scope, covers 310 export items from India and 615 imported products from Mauritius

Cabinet approves economic cooperation pact between India, Mauritius

The pact is aimed at liberalising norms to boost two-way commerce

Cabinet approves over Rs 12,000-cr PLI scheme for telecom sector: Prasad

The government expects that the scheme will lead to Rs 2.4 trillion incremental production of telecom equipment in the country in the next five years