Centre hikes windfall tax on locally produced crude

Centre hikes windfall tax on locally produced crude

New Delhi: The Centre on Monday increased the windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil to ₹2,100 per tonne from the existing ₹1,700.The revised tax rate is effective from January 3. The windfall tax on aviation turbine fuel has been hiked to ₹4.5 per litre from the existing ₹1.5 per litre, as per a notification … Read more

Centre, States to join hands to promote millets

Centre, States to join hands to promote millets

PM attends a lunch Programme at the celebration of ‘International Year of Millets 2023’, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: The Hindu In an effort to promote cultivation and consumption of millets on a larger scale, the Union government, with the help of various States and Indian embassies around the globe has launched International Year … Read more

Protest held on drying platforms issue

Protest held on drying platforms issue

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) ranks staged protests across the State on Friday to protest the Centre’s decision asking the Telangana Government to refund the Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) funds (₹152 crore) used for construction of grain-drying platforms and demanded that the Centre allow the activity as it is beneficial to farmers. … Read more

T-Hub, Atal Innovation Centre launch AIC T-Hub program to help startups boost technological innovations, Health News, ET HealthWorld

T-Hub, Atal Innovation Centre launch AIC T-Hub program to help startups boost technological innovations, Health News, ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: T-Hub has announced that it’s launching the third cohort of the AIC T-Hub Healthcare program to help entrepreneurs navigate the challenges around growing a startup, through expert-led workshops, specialized mentorship, market access, and investor and industry connect. From a total of 200 plus applications, 17 startups have been handpicked after an extensive screening … Read more

Vehicle registrations | Centre tweaks BH series rules

Vehicle registrations | Centre tweaks BH series rules

Representational Image | Photo Credit: Ramakrisha G. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has allowed the conversion of regular vehicle registrations into Bharat Series (BH) numbers as part of measures to widen the scope of the BH series ecosystem. Earlier, only new vehicles could opt for the BH series mark. In an official … Read more

Silverline sanction from Centre just wishful thinking: Minister

Silverline sanction from Centre just wishful thinking: Minister

Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan said here on Saturday that the Chief Minister’s declaration that Centre’s sanction will be accorded for SilverLine project is just wishful thinking on his part and that the Modi Government will never impose a project on people that goes against popular interest. He also accused Pinarayi … Read more

Law does not prescribe time limit for reconstituting National Commission for Backward Classes, Centre tells HC

Law does not prescribe time limit for reconstituting National Commission for Backward Classes, Centre tells HC

The law, as it stands today, does not prescribe any time period for reconstitution of the National Commission for the Backward Classes after the expiry of the term of the previous commission. Therefore, it is not possible to spell out a definite time limit within which the commission would be reconstituted, the Centre has told … Read more

Meghalaya killings not tied to Assam boundary row: Centre

Meghalaya killings not tied to Assam boundary row: Centre

Security personnel stand guard near a forest office, a day after it was vandalised and burnt down by miscreants following violence on the Assam­-Meghalaya boundary. | Photo Credit: PTI A day after five Meghalaya villagers and an Assam forest guard were killed in a firing incident on the Assam-Meghalaya border, a Union Home Ministry official … Read more

Centre informs SC about introduction of portal to provide mental health facilities upto district level – ET HealthWorld

Centre informs SC about introduction of portal to provide mental health facilities upto district level – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: The Centre informed the Supreme Court that it has invited tenders to establish a portal to provide real-time information on mental health facilities right down to the district level. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud asked the Centre to file an affidavit regarding the implementation of the portal. During … Read more

CIAL business centre to have wall murals on Kerala culture

CIAL business centre to have wall murals on Kerala culture

Artists working on wall murals at Cochin International Airport Limited. The murals are presented under the aegis of the Centre for Preservation and Promotion of Mural Arts and Cultural Heritage of the Shankaracharya University of Sanskrit. The new business terminal at Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), which is all set for commissioning, will be adorned … Read more