Union Minister Piyush Goyal said 49.18 lakh employees and 67.95 lakh pensioners will benefit from the decision. It would cost Rs 12,868.72 crore per annum to the exchequer.
The Union Cabinet had in September last year approved the extension of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana for release of 75 lakh LPG connections over three years from 2023-24 to 2025-26.
This will be the third round of talks after the previous rounds of dialogue on 8 &12 February remained inconclusive. The panel will include Piyush Goyal, Arjun Munda and Nityanand Rai.
Karnataka MP DK Suresh said Thursday that taxes from south were going to north India & Hindi was being 'imposed' on all fronts. BJP calls it 'attack on country’s unity', demands apology.
Agreement signed by Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) partners being seen as counter to reducing reliance on China, particularly after Covid-induced supply disruptions.
In San Francisco, the Union minister of commerce met his foreign counterparts to discuss investment opportunities in India & attended ministerial-level talks on clean & fair economy.
Youth are ‘driven by a fire in the belly’, not for food but for the ‘finer things of life,’ said union minister Piyush Goyal at the launch of Nalin Mehta’s book, India’s Techade, in Delhi.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's trade minister will hold talks in the UK on a free trade deal with Britain and meet ministers from the European Free Trade Association from July 10 to 11, the Ministry of
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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