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CM Baghel requests 17 CMs to jointly urge Centre to continue GST compensat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], March 28 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in his letter to the states, shared the disadvantages of the ending of GST compensation and said that "We should talk to the Centre together."
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At present, no rupee contracts for purchase of crude oil from Russia, othe
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict, the Central government clarified in the Rajya Sabha on Monday that its Oil Public Sector Undertakings, presently, do not have any contracts for the purchase of crude oil in Indian Rupees (INR) from Russia or any
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No hindrance in achieving targets of PM Ujjwala Yojana: Govt in RS
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI): The Central government on Monday apprised the Rajya Sabha that there is no hindrance in achieving the targets set for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)--a flagship scheme of the current dispensation to provide LPG cylinder to rural and deprived househ
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States can declare a community minority, Centre tells Supreme Court
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI): The Central government has told the Supreme Court that certain States, where Hindus or other communities are less in number, can declare them as minorities within their own territories, to enable them to set up and administer their own institutions.
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Travel industry welcomes Centre's decision to reopen international flights
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 27 (ANI): The travel industry stakeholders of the country on Sunday hailed the decision of the Central government to resume commercial international passengers services after a gap of two years from today.
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Union govt takes significant steps to make North East 'driver of India's e
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Darrang (Assam) [India], March 27 (ANI): Union Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Sunday said the Central government has taken significant steps to make North East a 'driver of India's economic activities'.
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Piyush Goyal defends hike in fuel prices, says Opposition blaming Centre '
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dubai (UAE), March 27 (ANI): Defending the rise in fuel prices across India, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Sunday said that the Opposition is blaming the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government over the hike in fuel prices out of frustration as they lost a
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Citing Sri Lankan crisis, Kerala Finance Minister asks Centre to correct i
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], March 27 (ANI): Citing the financial crisis in Sri Lanka, Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal on Sunday said that the Central government should correct its policies and added that states should be given Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation and a
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Congress to launch nationwide agitation against fuel price hike, inflation
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New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): To take on the BJP-led central government on the issues of inflation and fuel price hike, Congress on Saturday decided to launch a nationwide programme 'Mehngai Mukt Bharat Abhiyan'.
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Union Minister Piyush Goyal lauds PMGKAY scheme extension, says it shows M
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New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday lauded the Central government's decision to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana by another six months till September 2022 and said that the continuation of the scheme "despite the end of COVID-19 in the
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Minorities Commission urges Centre to clear salary dues of Madrasa teacher
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) will write to the Central government to clear salary dues of Madrasa teachers in Chhattisgarh, Bihar, and Jharkhand.
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Beant Singh killing: SC directs Centre to decide on Rajoana's mercy plea b
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court has directed the Central government to immediately take a decision on granting pardon to Balwant Singh Rajoana, awarded death sentence for the assassination of the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995, and asked it to file an
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