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FSSAI constitutes B Sesikeran committee to review food labelling standards
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has constituted three-member committee to look into draft food labelling and display regulations-Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations 2018. The committee will be headed by B Sesikeran, former director of ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
Government constitutes high level empowered committee to revive stressed thermal power plant
Union Government has constituted High Level Empowered Committee headed by Cabinet Secretary to address issues of Stressed Thermal Power Projects. The committee has representatives from Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Power, Ministry of Coal and lenders having ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018
Government forms GoM and Committee to frame law against lynching
Union Government has created Group of Ministers (GoM) and high-level committee to deliberate and make recommendations for a separate penal provision on incidents of mob violence. The GoM will be headed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, whereas committee will ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018
Government sets up task force on ways to reduce import
The Union Government constituted a high-level task force under Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and policy interventions to reduce dependence on imports. It will suggest ways to cut import of those items which can be ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018
Ravindra Dholakia committee: Government forms panel to upgrade norms for state, district level economic data collection
The Union Government has constituted 13-member Committee for Sub-National Accounts to upgrade the norms for computation of economic data at states and districts level in backdrop of plans to revise the base year for National Accounts or Gross Domestic Production ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018
PM approves setting up of E Sreedharan committee to lay down standards for metro rail systems
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved setting up of committee to lay down standards for metro rail systems in the country. The committee will be headed by E Sreedharan (famously known as metro man of India) who is credited for ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018