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Bibek Debroy head of newly constituted Prime Minister Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC)

Prime minister Narendra Modi has recently constituted Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (PMEAC) under the chairmanship of NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy. The 5-member Economic Advisory...

September 26, 2017

Dharmendra Pradhan launched a nation-wide ‘Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat’

Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, has launched a nation-wide ‘Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat’ at Mota Ishanpur village in Gandhinagar district of Gujarat on...

September 24, 2017

P Alli Rani appointed as new CMD of Cotton Corporation of India (CCI)

P Alli Rani has been appointed the Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) Ltd. Presently, she is Director (Finance) in Container Corporation of India (CCI)...

September 22, 2017

New Delhi hosted National conference on Agriculture for Rabi campaign 2017

The National conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign 2017 was organised by Agriculture Ministry at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on September 19, 2017. The 2-day conference was...

September 21, 2017

Airtel Payments Bank become India’s first payments bank to integrate UPI on its digital platform

The Airtel Payments Bank (APB) has become the India’s first payments bank to integrate the UPI on its digital platform. This will add to customer choice and convenience...

September 20, 2017

Assam government set DBT cell for implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme

The Assam government has recently set up a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Cell for implementation of DBT across schemes in the Country and to coordinate efforts at the...

September 6, 2017

N R Narayana Murthy conferred PLuS Alliance Prize for Global Leadership

Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy and Mumbai-born scientist Veena Sahajwalla have been conferred the PLuS Alliance Prize – a prestigious honour that recognises Research Innovation, Education Innovation,...

September 5, 2017

NTPC signs a Rs 3,000-crore term loan agreement with ICICI Bank for partially funding its capital expenditure

The state-owned NTPC has signed a term loan agreement for Rs. 3,000 crore with ICICI Bank for partially funding its capital expenditure. The loan which has a door-to-door...

September 1, 2017

The Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB) Ltd received ‘Scheduled Bank’ status by RBI

The Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB) Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd., has been included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India...

September 1, 2017

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approves Spice Digital to process bill payments under BBPS

The Spice Digital Limited (SDL) has received the final licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), to process bill payments as a Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit...

August 28, 2017

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