-PTI NEW DELHI: Total liabilities of the government increased to Rs 79.8 lakh crore at end-June 2018 from Rs 77.98 lakh crore at end-March 2018, latest data on public debt showed Friday. Public debt accounted for 89.3 per cent of total outstanding liabilities at end-June 2018 with internal debt accounting for 83.0 per cent share. Nearly 24.9 per cent of the outstanding dated securities had a residual maturity of less than five years....
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Note ban failed to curb the menace of counterfeit currency, indicates RBI's Annual Report
Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the objectives behind demonetisation when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-à-vis the previous year. The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the...
More »For 8 days IAS officer toiled at Kerala relief camp without revealing who he was -Ramesh Babu
-Hindustan Times Kannan Gopinathan, a 2012 batch IAS officer serving as district collector in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, had arrived in Kerala on August 26 as the state battled devastation from deadly floods. Thiruvananthapuram: For eight days, Kannan Gopinathan worked at relief camps in flood-ravaged Kerala, spending two of those carrying large packages on his head while offloading relief material from trucks in the port city of Kochi....
More »SC asks states to file report on dealing with cow vigilantism, lynchings within one week
-Hindustan Times The court noted that only 11 states had filed compliance reports. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked all states to comply with its directions to deal with incidents of cow vigilantism and mob lynching, reported news agency PTI. Noting that only 11 states had filed compliance reports following its July 17 verdict on cow vigilantism, the court asked the remaining states to file their reports within one week. “If reports...
More »Delhi govt to give 10% discount on common mobility card for bus rides -Vatsala Shrangi
-Hindustan Times The Delhi government had launched the common mobility card service on August 25, enabling commuters to pay bus fares through their Metro cards. New Delhi: The Delhi government plans to give 10% discount to the users of newly launched common mobility card in all state-run buses. The transport department will put up the proposal before the Cabinet within a week. The move is aimed at encouraging more passengers to use...
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