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Pakistan: Not lowering fuel subsidies till govt survival assured, PM Shari
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 19 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after consultations with allies decided that the subsidy on oil prices would only be withdrawn if the National Security Committee unanimously guarantees the government's survival till August 2023.
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Telangana provides financial assistance through 'Driver Empowerment Progra
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 17 (ANI): Telangana government has initiated the "Driver Empowerment Programme" to offer financial help and empower the drivers.
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Pakistan: Shaukat Tarin takes potshot at Shehbaz Govt for its 'confusion'
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Taking a jibe at contradictory statements given by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) government on fuel subsidy, the former Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said that the government has no policy and is utterly confused in
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Pak govt mulls over withdrawing subsidy on petroleum products ahead of IMF
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led government is likely to gradually abolish subsidies on petrol and with this, there will be an increase in the prices of petroleum products for the next fortnight.
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Odisha Minister seeks personal intervention of Piyush Goyal for subsidy re
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 12 (ANI): Odisha's Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister, Ranendra Pratap Swain on Thursday, wrote a letter to the Union Minister Piyush Goyal, urging and seeking his personal intervention to resolve the issues regarding the release of subsidies, evacu
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Kejriwal announces startup policy to make Delhi India's startup capital
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The Delhi Cabinet on Thursday approved a start-up policy that seeks to provide youth with financial assistance provided by the government in setting up companies to make Delhi the startup destination of the world.
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From Oct 1, electricity subsidy in Delhi to only those who opt for it
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Amid the power crisis, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced that subsidised electricity in the national capital will be given only to those who ask for it. The new rule will be implemented from October 1.
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Mamata Banerjee asks Centre to reduce prices of cooking gas, petrol, diese
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 28 (ANI): After Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to states to reduce taxes on fuel, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asked the Centre to reduce the prices of cooking gas, petrol and diesel immediately.
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Centre firm on not burdening farmers despite impact on supply, production
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): The central government has decided to provide more funds to meet the rising cost of fertilisers due to higher import prices and not pass the burden to farmers. The subsidy bill of the government on fertilizers is likely to be Rs 2.5 lakh crore this fiscal,
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Pakistan FM claims ex-PM Imran Khan pushed economy into 'subsidy' trap
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Accusing former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan of setting a trap for his successors by announcing heavy subsidies on fuel weeks before his ouster, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has said that the government will have to withdraw the subsidies to revi
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India's fertiliser subsidy set to touch a record high of Rs 1.65 lakh cror
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): The Indian government's fertiliser subsidy bill is set to touch an all-time high of Rs 1.65 lakh crore this fiscal against Rs 1.05 lakh crore budgeted, due to an unprecedented rise in the cost of raw materials and prices of fertilisers globally, according t
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Subsidy on oil prices by Imran Khan govt has left Shehbaz Sharif administr
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): The capping of oil prices, amounting to a subsidy of 150 billion Pakistani rupees per month, by the Imran Khan government towards the end of its tenure has become a major concern for the present government that sees it as a trap to sabotage the Shehbaz S
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