The Government of India has taken a historic decision to reduce the rate of contribution under the ESI Act from 6.5% to 4%(employers’ contribution being reduced from 4.75% to 3.25% and employees’ contribution being reduced from 1.75% to 0.75%). Reduced rates will be effective from 01.07.2019. This would benefit 3.6 crore employees and 12.85 lakh […]
Fulfilling one of the promises to the people, the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 by replacing the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Second Ordinance, 2019 (Ord.4 of 2019). Impact: The Bill would ensure gender equality and gender […]
Commodore Stuart Henderson, Safety Director of the British Royal Navy (RN) Safety Centre along with a three member delegation, is on a two-day official visit to Southern Naval Command (SNC). The delegation called on Rear Admiral RJ Nadkarni, AVSM, VSM, Chief of Staff (CoS), Southern Naval Command (SNC) on 13 Jun 19, at naval base, […]
Arjun Munda, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs launched the “e-governance initiatives for ST Welfare schemes” at a function organized by Ministry of Tribal Affairs here today. Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, AnusuiyaUikey, Vice Chairperson, NCST, Ramesh Chand Meena, Chairperson, TRIFED and Deepak Khandekar, Secretary, Minister of Tribal Affairs were present. […]
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today chaired meeting of Central Waqf Council in New Delhi. Naqvi said that a programme on war footing has been launched for 100 per cent Geo tagging and digitalisation of Waqf properties across the country to ensure these properties can be utilised for welfare of the society. […]
The Government of Japan has decided to invest an amount of 205.784 billion Yen, equivalent to approximately Rs.13,000 crore, in several ongoing as well as new projects in different states of India’s Northeast. This was disclosed after a meeting which the DoNER Minister Dr Jitendra Singh had with the Japanese delegation led by Ambassador Kenji […]
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar will visit Bhutan from 07-08 June, 2019. This is Dr. Jaishankar’s first visit abroad as the External Affairs Minister and also reflects the importance that India attaches to its bilateral relationship with Bhutan, who India considers a close friend and a neighbour. During the visit, External Affairs Minister Dr. […]
Within the framework of regular bilateral exchanges between India and China, the 6th round of India-China Bilateral Dialogue on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation was held in New Delhi at the Ministry of External Affairs on 03.06.2019. The information of the Dialogue was released by the Indian Government a while back on June 3rd, 2019. The Indian […]
Dr. Harsh Vardhan assumed charge as the Cabinet Minister of Health & Family Welfare, in New Delhi today. Under his direction, the Health Ministry has issued a health advisory for people to stay safe during the heat wave conditions prevailing in the country. At present, heat wave conditions are prevailing over parts of East U.P, West […]
A Two-day Yoga Mahotsava, a Curtain Raiser for International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2019 was inaugurated by the Vice-Chairman, NITI AYOG Rajeev Kumar at New Delhi yesterday. Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) under Ministry of AYUSH is organising the Yoga Mahotsav -2019 to sensitize the masses for celebration of IDY 2019. On this […]
