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  • Govt Approves Rs 24,475 Crore Subsidy On P&K Fertilisers For 2024-25 Rabi Season |

    New Delhi: The government on Wednesday approved Rs 24,474.53 crore subsidy on phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilisers for the rabi season of 2024-25 to ensure supply of crop nutrients to farmers at affordable rates.

    The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) rates for rabi season 2024 (from October 2024 to March 2025) on P&K fertilizers.

    “The tentative budgetary requirement for rabi season 2024 would be approximately Rs 24,475.53 crore,” an official statement said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a post on X stated: “This step will also reduce the cost of cultivation for farmers”.

    “To ensure continuous supply of fertilizers to our farmer brothers and sisters at affordable rates, we have approved the rates of nutrient-based subsidy for the Rabi season of 2024,” Modi said.

    Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Jagat Prakash Nadda in a post on X said that this important decision will ensure the availability of fertilizers to farmers at subsidized and reasonable prices, besides providing incentive for increasing Rabi crop production.

    The government is making available 28 grades of P&K fertilizers to farmers at subsidized prices through fertilizer manufacturers/importers. The subsidy on P&K fertilizers is governed by the NBS scheme with effect from April 1, 2010.

    “In view of the recent trends in the international prices of fertilizers & inputs i.E. Urea, DAP, MOP and sulphur, government has decided to approve the NBS rates for Rabi 2024 on P&K fertilizers,” the statement said.

    The subsidy would be provided to the fertilizer companies as per approved and notified rates of N (nitrogen), P (phosphorus) and K (potash) so that fertilizers are made available to farmers at affordable prices, it added.

  • Bengaluru, Pune Get New Metro Lines; Thane To Get Integral Ring Metro Rail Project Corridor: Railway Minister | Railways News

    NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Friday approved metro rail projects in Pune and Thane in assembly poll-bound Maharashtra, and in Karnartaka capital Bengaluru. The Cabinet, in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved two corridors of the Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase-3, according to Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

    In a statement, the government said the Cabinet has also approved the Swargate-to-Katraj Underground Line Extension of the existing PCMC-Swargate Metro Line of the Pune Metro Phase-I project. This new extension is known as the Line-1 B extension and will span 5.46 km. It will have three underground stations and connect key areas such as Market Yard, Bibwewadi, Balaji Nagar and the Katraj suburbs of Pune, the statement said.

    “The project, aimed at providing seamless connectivity in Pune, is set to be completed by February 2029. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 2,954.53 crore, with funding to be equally shared by the Government of India and the Government of Maharashtra, along with contributions from bilateral agencies, etc,” it said.

    The statement said the Union Cabinet also approved the Thane Integral Ring Metro Rail Project Corridor. The 29-km corridor will run along the periphery of the west side of Thane city with 22 stations. The network is encompassed by the Ulhas river on one side and the Sanjay Gandhi National Park on the other, it said.

    This will provide sustainable and efficient mode of transport, facilitating the city to realise its economic potential and ease traffic congestion. The project is also expected to contribute to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the statement said. “The estimated cost of the project is Rs 12,200.10 crore, with equal equity from Government of India and Government of Maharashtra as well as part-funding from bilateral agencies,” it said.

    “Funds would also be raised through innovative financing methods such as by selling station naming and access rights for corporate, monetisation of assets, and value capture financing route,” the statement said. The approval for the metro projects in Thane and Pune comes a few months ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections, the poll dates for which are yet to be announced.

    On the approval of two corridors of the Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase-3, the government said the total completion cost of the project is Rs 15,611 crore. “The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today approved the Phase-3 of Bangalore Metro Rail Project with two elevated corridors for a length of 44.65 Km with 31 stations,” the statement said.

    “Corridor-1 from JP Nagar 4thPhase to Kempapura (along Outer Ring Road West) for a length of 32.15 km with 22 stations and Corridor-2 from Hosahalli to Kadabagere (along Magadi Road) for a length of 12.50 km with 9 stations. On operationalisation of Phase-3, Bengaluru city will have 220.20 km of active metro rail Network,” statement said.

    The Phase-3 of Bangalore Metro Rail Project represents a significant advancement in the city’s infrastructure development. The Phase-3 acts as a major expansion of the metro rail network in the city, it said. Phase-3 will add approximately 44.65 km of new metro lines, connecting the western part of Bengaluru that were previously underserved, it stated.

    “Phase-3 will integrate key areas of the city which includes Peenya Industrial Area, IT industries on Bannerghatta road and Outer Ring Road, Textile and Engineering items Manufacturing units on Tumkuru Road and ORR, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Major educational institutions like PES University, Ambedkar College, Polytechnic College, KLE College, Dayanandsagar University, ITI etc,” the statement said.

    Improved last-mile connectivity to commercial centres, industrial hubs, educational institutions, and healthcare facilities will facilitate better access for residents, it also added.

  • Cupboard clears Telecommunication Invoice; is probably not tabled in present Parliament consultation

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Union Cupboard is learnt to have cleared the Indian Telecommunication Invoice 2023, however the executive won’t desk it within the present Parliament consultation, in keeping with assets.

    In step with assets, the federal government has comfy an important a part of internet-based calling and messaging products and services from the ambit of telecom laws.

    “Cupboard has cleared Indian Telecommunication Invoice 2023 however the executive isn’t in a rush to desk it within the present consultation,” a supply, who didn’t need to be recognized, mentioned.

    The federal government had proposed to incorporate internet-based conversation products and services, in-flight and maritime connectivity products and services, interpersonal communications products and services, machine-to-machine conversation products and services and over-the-top (OTT) conversation products and services underneath the ambit of telecom carrier within the draft Invoice floated for public session.

    The federal government all over the session procedure had mentioned that customers’ coverage can be a key focal point of the Indian Telecommunication Invoice.

    The invoice seeks to interchange 3 rules — the Indian Telegraph Act, of 1885, the Indian Wi-fi Telegraphy Act, of 1933 and the Telegraph Wires (Illegal Ownership) Act, of 1950.

    NEW DELHI: The Union Cupboard is learnt to have cleared the Indian Telecommunication Invoice 2023, however the executive won’t desk it within the present Parliament consultation, in keeping with assets.

    In step with assets, the federal government has comfy an important a part of internet-based calling and messaging products and services from the ambit of telecom laws.

    “Cupboard has cleared Indian Telecommunication Invoice 2023 however the executive isn’t in a rush to desk it within the present consultation,” a supply, who didn’t need to be recognized, mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

    The federal government had proposed to incorporate internet-based conversation products and services, in-flight and maritime connectivity products and services, interpersonal communications products and services, machine-to-machine conversation products and services and over-the-top (OTT) conversation products and services underneath the ambit of telecom carrier within the draft Invoice floated for public session.

    The federal government all over the session procedure had mentioned that customers’ coverage can be a key focal point of the Indian Telecommunication Invoice.

    The invoice seeks to interchange 3 rules — the Indian Telegraph Act, of 1885, the Indian Wi-fi Telegraphy Act, of 1933 and the Telegraph Wires (Illegal Ownership) Act, of 1950.

  • Cupboard approves tasks value 6600 cr to make stronger India’s borders

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    NEW DELHI: In a bid to make the borders of India extra safe via folks’s participation coupled with further troop deployment, the Union Cupboard has authorized centrally backed schemes value over 6600 crores, to be spent on infrastructural construction over the monetary years 2022-23 to 2025-26.  

    In two important selections taken on Wednesday, the Cupboard headed via High Minister Narendra Modi cleared the induction of 7 further battalions of Indo-Tibetan Border Police, basically supposed to protect the India-China border and in addition authorized the “Colourful Villages Programme” (VVP) with monetary allocation of Rs. 4800 Crore until 2025-26.

    Amidst the continued unrest alongside the Line of Precise Keep watch over (LAC), the induction of 7 further battalions of ITBP, to protect the Indo-China border and putting in of a sector headquarters (SHQ) to oversee them has been cleared. The extra battalions will probably be raised to guy 47 new Border Out Posts (BOPs) and 12 staging camps, additional strengthening the protection grip alongside the LAC, Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur mentioned.

    An estimated value of Rs 1,800 cr will probably be spent for the development of workplace and home constructions, land acquisition, and buy of palms and ammunition. Round ₹963 crores will probably be spent according to yr on salaries, ration of the workforce and different ordinary expenditure, the minister mentioned.

    A complete of 9,400 troops will probably be inducted into the ITBP for the extra seven battalions and the sphere headquarter, in keeping with folks accustomed to the subject. The extra battalions and the SHQ will lend a hand fill gaps on border posts. The status quo of those battalions and sector headquarters is anticipated to be finished via 2025-26.

    Informing concerning the VVP venture supposed for the villages situated alongside India’s border, Thakur mentioned with a monetary allocation of Rs 4800 cr upto 2025-26, complete construction of villages of blocks on northern border has been cleared with an purpose to support the standard of lifetime of folks residing in known border villages.

    The scheme will supply price range for construction of very important infrastructure and advent of livelihood alternatives in 19 Districts and 46 Border blocks 4 states and 1 UT alongside the northern land border of the rustic which is able to lend a hand in attaining inclusive enlargement and protecting the inhabitants within the border spaces. Within the first segment 663 Villages will probably be taken up within the programme, the minister mentioned.

    Elaborating additional Thakur mentioned, the scheme aids to spot and expand the industrial drivers according to native herbal human and different assets of the border villages at the northern border and construction of enlargement centres on “Hub and Spoke Fashion” via promotion of social entrepreneurship, empowerment of sweet sixteen and girls via talent construction and entrepreneurship.  “This may lend a hand in encouraging folks to stick of their local places in border spaces and reversing the outmigration from those villages including to advanced safety of the border,” Thakur mentioned.

    The VVP additionally goals to leverage the tourism attainable via promotion of native cultural, conventional wisdom and heritage and construction of sustainable eco-agribusinesses on the concept that of “One village-One product” via community-based organisations, Cooperatives, SHGs, NGOs and so forth.

    NEW DELHI: In a bid to make the borders of India extra safe via folks’s participation coupled with further troop deployment, the Union Cupboard has authorized centrally backed schemes value over 6600 crores, to be spent on infrastructural construction over the monetary years 2022-23 to 2025-26.  

    In two important selections taken on Wednesday, the Cupboard headed via High Minister Narendra Modi cleared the induction of 7 further battalions of Indo-Tibetan Border Police, basically supposed to protect the India-China border and in addition authorized the “Colourful Villages Programme” (VVP) with monetary allocation of Rs. 4800 Crore until 2025-26.

    Amidst the continued unrest alongside the Line of Precise Keep watch over (LAC), the induction of 7 further battalions of ITBP, to protect the Indo-China border and putting in of a sector headquarters (SHQ) to oversee them has been cleared. The extra battalions will probably be raised to guy 47 new Border Out Posts (BOPs) and 12 staging camps, additional strengthening the protection grip alongside the LAC, Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur mentioned.

    An estimated value of Rs 1,800 cr will probably be spent for the development of workplace and home constructions, land acquisition, and buy of palms and ammunition. Round ₹963 crores will probably be spent according to yr on salaries, ration of the workforce and different ordinary expenditure, the minister mentioned.

    A complete of 9,400 troops will probably be inducted into the ITBP for the extra seven battalions and the sphere headquarter, in keeping with folks accustomed to the subject. The extra battalions and the SHQ will lend a hand fill gaps on border posts. The status quo of those battalions and sector headquarters is anticipated to be finished via 2025-26.

    Informing concerning the VVP venture supposed for the villages situated alongside India’s border, Thakur mentioned with a monetary allocation of Rs 4800 cr upto 2025-26, complete construction of villages of blocks on northern border has been cleared with an purpose to support the standard of lifetime of folks residing in known border villages.

    The scheme will supply price range for construction of very important infrastructure and advent of livelihood alternatives in 19 Districts and 46 Border blocks 4 states and 1 UT alongside the northern land border of the rustic which is able to lend a hand in attaining inclusive enlargement and protecting the inhabitants within the border spaces. Within the first segment 663 Villages will probably be taken up within the programme, the minister mentioned.

    Elaborating additional Thakur mentioned, the scheme aids to spot and expand the industrial drivers according to native herbal human and different assets of the border villages at the northern border and construction of enlargement centres on “Hub and Spoke Fashion” via promotion of social entrepreneurship, empowerment of sweet sixteen and girls via talent construction and entrepreneurship.  “This may lend a hand in encouraging folks to stick of their local places in border spaces and reversing the outmigration from those villages including to advanced safety of the border,” Thakur mentioned.

    The VVP additionally goals to leverage the tourism attainable via promotion of native cultural, conventional wisdom and heritage and construction of sustainable eco-agribusinesses on the concept that of “One village-One product” via community-based organisations, Cooperatives, SHGs, NGOs and so forth.

  • Cupboard hikes dearness allowance by means of 3 in step with cent for central govt staff

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Union Cupboard on Wednesday hiked Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Reduction (DR) by means of 3 in step with cent to 34 in step with cent to profit over 1.16 crore central govt staff and pensioners.

    The extra instalment shall be efficient from January 1, 2022, mentioned an respectable free up after the Cupboard assembly.

    “This building up is in keeping with the authorised system, which is according to the suggestions of the seventh Central Pay Fee,” it mentioned.

    The mixed have an effect on at the exchequer because of each Dearness Allowance and Dearness Reduction shall be Rs 9,544.50 crore in step with annum.

    This may occasionally get advantages about 47.68 lakh central govt staff and 68.62 lakh pensioners, the discharge mentioned.

  • Cupboard approves arrangements for India’s G20 presidency

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Union Cupboard on Tuesday licensed putting in of a G20 secretariat to place in position preparations required for India’s presidency of the celebrated grouping.

    India will cling the Presidency of the G20 from December 1 to November 30, 2023. India will host the G20 summit subsequent 12 months.

    “The Union Cupboard, chaired by way of High Minister Narendra Modi, nowadays licensed the putting in of a G20 Secretariat and its reporting buildings, which will probably be chargeable for implementation of total coverage selections and preparations wanted for directing India’s drawing close G20 Presidency,” the federal government stated in a commentary.

    G20 is the premier discussion board for world financial cooperation that performs a very powerful function in world financial governance.

    “As consistent with observe, a G20 Secretariat is being established to maintain paintings on the subject of substantive / wisdom / content material, technical, media, safety and logistical facets of India’s G20 Presidency,” in line with the commentary.

    “It is going to be manned by way of officials and body of workers from the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, Ministry of Finance, and different related line Ministries / Departments and area wisdom professionals,” it stated.

    The federal government stated the secretariat will probably be practical until February 2024. Italy held the G-20 presidency in 2021 whilst Indonesia will play the function until November, 2022. Italy, Indonesia and India are the G20 troika nations at the moment.