-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Centre has asked PSUs and government entities to pick up the tab for functions to mark three years of the Modi government across 543 districts where events called "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas Sammelan" are being held from May 27 to June 18. According to an official communication to 45 such entities, the objectives of these programmes have been set out as informing the public about...
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Soon, hospitals may have to list C-section data -Mohua Das
-The Times of India MUMBAI: The government is in the process of drafting a clause that makes it mandatory for hospitals empanelled under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) to publicly display the number of Caesarean section and normal deliveries they have carried out. The move comes after the Centre received a citizen's' petition in February which drew attention to the alarming rise in the number of C-sections in India, mainly...
More »Government to step up mergers in PSU banks: Arun Jaitley
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Centre will pursue more mergers in the state-run banking space as the aim is to have a handful of strong and bigger banks of international level, finance minister Arun Jaitley has said. "Today banking is not what it used to be 10-20 years ago... Is it necessary to have 30-32 public sector banks, some of them weak? Obviously not. What will you do with...
More »400 benami deals spotted, Rs 530 crore properties seized
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The income tax department identified more than 400 benami transactions up to May 23 and immovable properties were attached in 40 cases valued at over Rs 530 crore as the authorities stepped up their fight against black money. Sources said 200 other properties were also identified as part of an ambitious crackdown on benami assets. They added that searches were conducted on 10 senior government...
More »Law panel for cut in undertrials' jail time -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Law Commission is ready to submit to the Centre a set of recommendations intended to bring in revolutionary changes in bail jurisprudence which, if implemented, would help the release of the poor among the over 2.38 lakh undertrial prisoners languishing in jails for years. The commission's report on amendments to bail provisions has been finalised and the radical recommendations, if accepted by the government and...
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