Month: January 2019

Four Information Commissioners take oath of office in Central Information Commission

open view web desk Four Information Commissioners namely Shri Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha, Smt. Vanaja N Sarna, Shri Neeraj Kumar Gupta and Shri Suresh Chandra were administered the oath of office of the Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission(CIC) by the Chief Information Commissioner, Shri Sudhir Bhargava, here today. With […]

MoS Dr Jitendra Singh lauds DoPT for expediting Promotion of about 4,000 employees

  open view web desk The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has recently issued Promotion orders of about 4,000 officials of various level. The total number of promotions in Central Secretariat Service (CSS) has been 1,756 and in Central Secretariat Stenographers’ Service (CSSS) it has been 2,235. Total number of officials promoted in […]

Santosh Gangwar Rewards Rs. One Lakh to Food Delivery Boy

open view web desk Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for Labour and Emloyment honoured today Mr. Siddrameshwar Siddharam Humanabade, Food Delivery Boy who has acted as a saviour in helping the fire victims of the tragic fire accident at ESIC Hospital, Andheri, Mumbai on 17.12.2018 and […]

GST Revenue collection for December 2018

Rs. 94,726 crore  of  total gross GST revenue collected in the month of December The total gross GST revenue collected in the month of December, 2018 is Rs. 94,726 crore of which CGST is Rs. 16,442 crore, SGST is Rs. 22,459 crore, IGST is Rs. 47,936 crore (including Rs. 23,635 crore collected on imports) and Cess is Rs. 7,888 crore (including Rs. 838 crore collected on […]

Agri Export Zones

open view web desk The concept of Agri Export Zone (AEZ) was introduced in 2001, through EXIM Policy 1997-2001, to take a comprehensive look at a particular produce/product located in a contiguous area for the purpose of developing and sourcing the raw materials, their processing/packaging, leading to final […]

Impact of Trade Agreements

open view web desk Some industry associations including those relating to steel have expressed concerns on imports under bilateral free trade agreements with Japan, Korea and ASEAN. However, steel imports from these countries include high grade steel, which are not manufactured domestically. The volume of trade, including both […]

Trade Across Borders

open view web desk The details of India’s land trade with countries sharing borders with India, through trading points along different borders,in 2017-18 are given below: Values in USD million Country   Exports  from India through land borders Imports to India through land borders Total bilateral trade through […]

Cashew Exports

open view web desk Vietnam is a major supplier of cashew kernel and is a competitor to India.  Industry has reported that processing cost in India can be attributed to a variety of factors like increased wage cost, lower output of cashew kernel, domestic and international demand-supply situation […]

Benefits of RCEP Agreement

open view web desk The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which is a proposed Free Trade Agreement between ten ASEAN member states and their six Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partners namely India, Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and Republic of Korea, is expected to provide market access for […]

ISRO launches Samwad with Students on New Year Day

open view web desk As part of the enhanced outreach programme of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), a new platform named “Samwad with Students” (SwS) was launched in Bengaluru today. Through the SwS initiative, ISRO aims to constantly engage youngsters across India to capture their scientific temperament. The […]

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