Cabinet
Cabinet okays Rs 4,500-cr package to sugar industry
Wed, Sep 26, 2018
The government Wednesday approved a Rs 4,500 crore package for the sugar industry that includes over two-fold jump in production assistance to cane growers and transport subsidy to mills for export up to 5 million tonnes in the marketing year 2018-19, sources said.
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PM reshuffles Cabinet, Smriti Irani loses I&B; Piyush Goyal FM for now as Arun Jaitley indisposed
Tue, May 15, 2018
Prime Minister Narendra Modi rejigged his Cabinet on Monday evening by giving the I&B Ministry to Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore from his senior Smriti Irani and asking Piyush Goyal to look after the Finance Ministry till Arun Jaitely recuperates after a kidney transplant.
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Cabinet clears Rs 5.5 per quintal subsidy to sugar mills for clearing dues of farmers
Thu, May 03, 2018
sugar mills owe arrears to the tune of nearly Rs 19,000 crore to the farmers. But, the decision has an implication of about Rs 240 crores. This is an immediate assistance to the mills to offset the problems of liquidity. He said the payment will start as soon as the eligibility of the mills is decided. Sugar mills owe arrears to the tune of nearly Rs 19,000 crore to the farmers. But, the decision has an implication of about Rs 240 crores. This is an immediate assistance to the mills to offset the problems of liquidity. He said the payment will start as soon as the eligibility of the mills is decided.
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7th Pay Commission news: Government employees get this advantage, Dearness allowance hiked; 10 key takeaways
Thu, Mar 08, 2018
7th Pay commission salary based hike has brought this windfall of a 2 pct hike in dearness allowance. Modi government cleared dearness allowance hike to 7 pct from 5 pct earlier.
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Govt prepares Rs 1,000 crore revival plan for Hindustan Paper Corp
Sun, Oct 01, 2017
The inter-ministerial group has been tasked with undertaking turnaround of Hindustan Paper Corporation and government think tank NITI Aayog has been entrusted with overseeing implementation of the revival plan
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7th Pay Commission: Cabinet to take up HRA allowance once Jaitley returns from South Korea
Thu, Jun 15, 2017
Decision on arrears like HRA, dearness allowance, transport allowance (TA), etc, under the 7PC were expected to be taken on Wednesday. However, the Cabinet delayed it due to FM Arun Jaitley meet in South Korea.
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