Month: March 2019

Hank Yarn Packing Provisions Amended

open view news desk Union Ministry of Textiles has amended hank yarn packing notification No. 2/TDRO/8/2003 dated 17.4.2013 read with amendment Notifications No.4/TDRO/8/2010 dated 31.3.2010, No. 5/TDRO/8/2015 dated 2.9.2015 and No.6/TDRO/8/2015 dated 25.5/2018. Now every producer of yarn who packs yarn for civil consumption will pack yarn in […]

PM-KISAN SCHEME – More than 2 crore Small/Marginal Farmers have benefited so far

open view news desk With a view to augment the income of farmers by providing income support to all Small and Marginal landholder farmers’ families across the country and to enable them to take care of expenses related to agriculture and allied activities as well as domestic needs, […]

Last Date for Filing of Annual Return in GST for the year 2017-18 extended up to 30th June, 2019

open view news desk The GST law mandates filing of annual return in FORM GSTR -9 and FORM GSTR-9A. Vide Order No 3/2018-Central Tax, dated 31.12.18, the last date for filing the Annual Return for the Financial Year 2017-18 has been extended to 30th June 2019. It is […]

PM Salutes Nari Shakti on International Women’s Day

open view news desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has saluted the spirit of ‘Nari Shakti’ on International Women’s Day. “On International Women’s Day, we salute our indomitable Nari Shakti. We are proud to have taken numerous decisions that have furthered women empowerment. Every Indian is proud […]

Water Storage level of 91 major reservoirs of the country goes down by four percent

open view news desk The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on March 07, 2019 was 58.723 BCM, which is 36% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This percentage was at 40% for the week ending on February 28, 2019. The level of […]

French cardinal convicted over sex abuse cover-up

The archbishop of Lyon Thursday announced he was resigning just hours after being handed a six-month suspended jail sentence for failing to report sex abuse in a case that has rocked the French Catholic Church and added to the Vatican’s woes. Philippe Barbarin, 68, is the most senior […]

President to present Nari Shakti awards on Women’s Day

  New Delhi, Mar 7: President Ram Nath Kovind will present the Nari Shakti Puraskar, the highest civilian honour for women in India, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday. The awards for 2018 will be presented by the president at a special ceremony on the occasion of International Women’s […]

Those who fail to create history try to distort it: PM

New Delhi, Mar 7: Those who fail to create history try to distort it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday as he stressed on the need for accepting history as it is and not allowing it to be distorted by any ideology. Speaking at the launch of the first […]

GoAir flight makes emergency landing at Lucknow

New Delhi, Mar 7: A GoAir flight from Patna to the national capital made an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Thursday due to a technical snag. In a statement, the airline said flight G8-150 from Patna to Delhi which departed at 17:10 hours had to be diverted […]

Rahul to address Delhi Cong booth in-charges on Monday

New Delhi, Mar 7: Congress president Rahul Gandhi will address thousands of party polling booth in-charges in Delhi at a convention on Monday. The convention — ‘Mera Booth, Mera Gaurav’ (my booth, my pride) — will be held at Indira Gandhi Stadium on March 11, working president of […]

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