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GoI set up Science-Technology Empowered Committee to speed up COVID-19 solutions
The Government of India has constituted a Science and Technology Empowered Committee to make speedy decisions on research and development of COVID-19. Highlights The Committee is to be chaired by Niti Aayog member Vinod Paul and K Vijay Raghavan. Mr ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
G Srinivasan Committee
IRDAI has set up a nine member committee headed by G IRDAI has set up a nine member committee headed by G Srinivasan to look into the feasibility of allowing life insurers to offer indemnity-based health policies. Which body set ..
Telecom Ministry forms committee to spell out revival plans for Telecom sector
Acknowledging that country’s telecom industry was under financial stress, Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had constituted a committee chaired by Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan to spell out revival plans for Telecom sector. About Aruna Sundararajan Committee Background: As the ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019
Government forms Rajiv Kumar Committee to look at selling of OIL, ONGC fields to private companies
Union Government has constituted six-member committee to look at selling as many as 149 small and marginal oil and gas fields of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) to private and foreign companies to ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2018
Akhilesh Ranjan appointed as Convenor of Task Force drafting New Direct Tax Legislation
Union Finance Ministry has appointed Akhilesh Ranjan, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) member as Convenor of Task Force that is drafting New Direct Tax Legislation (Law). He will replace Arbind Modi who retired in September 2018. The other members ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018
PM sets up National Implementation Committee to commemorate 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak
Prime Minister Narendra Modi constituted National Implementation Committee (NIC) under Chairmanship of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to commemorate the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak in the country and abroad. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Minister of State ..