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India’s First All Women Post Office

Union Minister of Communications & IT Sh. Kapil Sibal inaugurated India’s First All Women Employees Post Office at Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi. All the counters of this Post...

March 12, 2013

Union govt approves Export of Additional 5 Million Tonnes of Wheat

The Union Government approved export of extra 5 million tonnes of Wheat in its stocks. The additional quantity of 5 million tonnes of wheat shall be exported by...

March 10, 2013

Budget Box: Fiscal deficit for 2012-13 contained at 5.2%

As per Finance Minister P Chidambaram, government has contained the fiscal deficit for the current financial year at 5.2% of GDP, lower than 5.3% as was targeted. Revenue...

March 2, 2013

JPC to probe chopper deal

The government moved a motion in the Rajya Sabha which was adopted by voice vote – for the formation of a JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee) to probe the...

February 28, 2013

Keeping in mind 2014 Elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav presents a people friendly budget

Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav presented a Rs 23,913 crore deficit budget for the state for 2013-14 at Rs 2,21,201.19 crore. The focus of the budget is mainly...

February 26, 2013

‘One Stop Crisis Centres’: Government announces crisis centre for women

President Pranab Mukherjee made a mention of setting up of ‘One Stop Crisis Centres’, in his speech to the joint session of Parliament on the opening day of...

February 26, 2013

Kerala raises age limit to buy liquor from 18 to 21

Kerala Cabinet ratified the Kerala Abkari Act Amendment Ordinance 2013 which ideates increasing the age for buying and selling liquor from 18 to 21 years in the state....

February 26, 2013

TRAI releases pre-consultation paper for pan-India mobile number portability

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has started processes for the execution of the nation-wide mobile number portability. TRAI has released consultation process to look for views...

February 26, 2013

Kerala increases age limit to buy liquor from 18 to 21

The Kerala Abkari Act Amendment Ordinance 2013 has been given approval by the Kerala Cabinet. With this amendment, the age limit for buying and selling liquor has been...

February 24, 2013

Pre-consultation paper by TRAI for pan-India MNP

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released pre-consultation paper for the implementation of the pan-India Mobile Number Portability (MNP). Through this pre-consultation paper, the Authority has...

February 24, 2013

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