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Cabinet approves scheme to control foot and mouth disease
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday approved a scheme to control the foot and mouth disease (FMD) and brucellosis, two diseases which are common amongst the livestock.
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Cabinet clears pension scheme for small farmers, traders
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): In its first meeting after the NDA returned to power, the Union Cabinet on Friday approved a pension scheme for small-marginal farmers and small retailers and also extended the scope of the direct income support scheme for farmers by removing the ceiling o
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Cabinet approves Rs 3,000 pension for small traders
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 31 (ANI): In its first meeting, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday decided to give monthly pension of Rs 3,000 to small traders, businessmen, and shopkeepers after they attain the age of 60 years.
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Cabinet clears farmer pension plan, widens scope of PM-KISAN scheme
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 31 (ANI): Addressing rural distress in its first meeting on Friday, the Union Cabinet approved a new pension scheme for small and marginal farmers across the country and extended the ambit of the direct income support scheme for farmers by removing the ceiling of tw
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Cabinet Ministers assume office, pledge to give their best
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): A number of ministers including Nirmala Sitharaman, who got the crucial finance portfolio, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Prakash Javadekar and Ramvilas Paswan took charge of their ministries a day after they were sworn-in.
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Modi pays tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 31 (ANI): Before assuming work on the first day of his second tenure as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel by offering flowers to their small marble statues at his office on Friday.
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Piyush Goyal takes charges of Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday took charge of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, while thanking Prime Minister Narendra for giving him the new responsibility.
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Nishank takes charge as HRD Minister
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Hours after being appointed the Human Resource Development Minister in the Modi Cabinet, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank took charge of the Ministry.
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Proportional representation in cabinet needed: Nitish
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna, (Bihar) [India], May 31 (ANI): The JD(U), BJP's crucial ally in Bihar, on Friday ruled out joining the Modi government at the Centre, notwithstanding Amit Shah's telephonic call to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar this morning in a bid to persuade the party to reconsider its decis
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Modi Cabinet 2.0: First-timers and their portfolios
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): BJP president Amit Shah and former Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar are the most prominent faces in the considerable number of first-timers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet.
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MEA welcomes Jaishankar back, this time as Minister
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday welcomed Subrahmanyam Jaishankar back to its folds, this time, as the External Affairs Minister.
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Amit Shah gets Home, Rajnath shifted to Defence as Nirmala gets Finance
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): BJP President Amit Shah, who has made a seamless transition from party to government, was on Friday made the new Home Minister by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who shifted incumbent Rajnath Singh to Defence and gave the crucial Finance Ministry to Nirmala
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