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Government considering giving TRAI authority to impose penalty

August 6, 2013

As per Telecom Ministry, the government is thinking taking away penalizing powers, which are used to punish service providers for not complying with rules and regulations, from the Department of Telecom (DoT), and giving these to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). ..

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Rail Tariff Authority gets Cabinet’s approval

August 6, 2013

Union Cabinet has given nod to the set up Rail Tariff Authority (RTA) in order to improve the financial situation of the Railways forthwith without any delay. The RTA has been mandated to completely eliminate the subsidy component and cross-subsidy ..

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CCEA approves dilution of safeguards for FDI in multi-brand retail

August 4, 2013

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its nod for the “dilution” of certain safeguards including relaxing the 30% sourcing norm and doing away with the mandatory 50% condition for backend infrastructure investment which were approved by Parliament ..

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Telangana sparks more Statehood demands across the country

August 3, 2013

With the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Coordination Committee giving nod to the divide Andhra Pradesh and create Telangana, demands for statehood from several regions of the country backed by political parties have re-emerged, and reluctant State governments are battling new ..

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Union Govt. launches National Teeka Express

August 3, 2013

The National Teeka Express was launched by Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. It has been launched to protect children from life-threatening childhood diseases. What is the key motive behind National Teeka Express? Under Routine Immunization Programme, ANMs collect ..

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DD Direct Plus to telecast Australia's ABC International Channel

August 3, 2013

An agreement was signed between Prasar Bharati and Australian channel ABC International which will make available the ABC International channel to the viewers of Doordarshan’s Direct to Home (DTH) platform. The channel is the international service of the Australian public ..

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Significant decline in percentage of poverty in Odisha and Bihar

July 31, 2013

As per the recent data, in Odisha the proportion of people below the poverty line (BPL) declined from 57.2% in 2004-05 to 32.6% in 2011-12 which resulted in a decline of 24.6%. In Bihar the proportion of people below the poverty ..

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10 Asian nations take initiative to ban smokeless tobacco products

July 31, 2013

10 South and Southeast Asian countries including India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka have come forward to ban smokeless tobacco products. Smokeless forms of tobacco including use of areca nuts cause serious health problems. The countries decided to introduce ..

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Uttar Pradesh Plan for 2013-14 finalized by Planning Commission

July 24, 2013

The Planning Commission and the Uttar Pradesh govt together finalized Annual Plan for Uttar Pradesh of Rs 69200 crore for the financial year 2013-14. The Funding Process is bifurcated in 2 parts: The Plan funding from the Central Government to ..

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Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, States on disaster management

July 24, 2013

After the devastating tragedy that struck upon Uttarakhand and which resulted in numerous deaths the Supreme Court issued notice to Uttarakhand and six other states for their alleged failure in implementing the Disaster Management Act in order to handle natural ..

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