India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: National Career Service (NCS) Portal is a one-stop solution for providing career-related services including information on jobs from private and government sectors, information on online & offline job fairs, job search & matching, career counselling, vocational guidance, information on skill development courses, employability enhancement programmes etc. through a digital platform The rest of the document can be viewed...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Repco bank presented a cheque of Rs. 22.90 crore towards dividend for 2024-25 to Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in New Delhi. Union Home Minister Congratulated Team Repco Bank for posting a profit of Rs.140 crore in the financial year 2024-25, which is the highest in the history of the cooperative bank. Shri Amit Shah in a post on 'X' said the bank under the jurisdiction of the Ministry...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) have been taking up various initiatives to promote digital payment transactions. These inter alia, include incentive scheme for promotion of RuPay Debit Cards and low-value BHIM-UPI transactions (P2M), Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) to support deployment of digital payment infrastructure in underserved regions. ...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Anti-Evasion Branch of CGST Delhi South Commissionerate has unearthed a large-scale fraudulently availed Input Tax Credit (ITC) racket involving a Naraina-based taxpayer engaged in trading of iron and steel items. The case involves fraudulent availment and passing on of ITC totaling rs 47.12 crore, based on bogus invoices against a taxable value of approximately rs 261 crore, without any actual supply of goods. Act...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government has taken many initiatives to deepen financial inclusion and ensure that access to basic banking services leads to meaningful participation in the formal financial system, including access to credit. The launch of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) in August 2014 marked a significant step in banking the unbanked by facilitating the opening of basic savings bank deposit accounts, with associated fe...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) launched its new and modernized website under the project PFRDA CONNECT initiative. It was launched by Shri S. Ramann, Chairperson, PFRDA at New Delhi today. This transformative digital milestone aligns with PFRDA's vision of promoting transparency, efficiency, and accessibility in pension sector governance through cutting-edge technology. The new website ha...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government of India (GoI) has announced the sale (re-issue) of (i) "6.28% Government Security 2032" for a notified amount of rs 11,000 crore (nominal) through price based auction using multiple price method and (ii) "7.09% Government Security 2074" for a notified amount of rs 14,000 crore (nominal) through price based auction using multiple price method. GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up ...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Blue carbon ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrass meadows, and salt marshes are coastal and marine habitats that naturally capture and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. As informed by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, the Namami Gange Programme (National Mission for Clean Ganga - NMCG) is a comprehensive river rejuvenation initiative. While it mainly focuses on sewage treatment, riverfront development, afforestation,...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) notified emission standards for coal/lignite-fired Thermal Power Plants (TPPs) vide notification dated 07.12.2015. The SO2 emission standards prescribed vide notification dated 07.12.2015 have been reviewed by the Central Government taking into consideration the various representations received regarding exemption or relaxation in timelines of these emission st...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, celebrated World Environment Day 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 5th June 2025, with the slogan 'One Nation, One Mission: End Plastic Pollution'. As part of one month long pre-campaign activities undertaken before World Environment Day 2025, around 69,000 events were organized in which around 21 lakh people participated across the country. The event saw the...