The Finance Commission submitted its report for the financial year 2020-21. The 15th Finance Commission was constituted by the President of India under Article 280 of the Constitution on November 27, 2017, to make recommendations for a period of five years from April 2020 to March 2025. The Commission had a wide ranging terms of […]
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The Institiute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has signed a Memorandum fo Understanding (MoU) with the Kuwait Accountants and Auditors Association (KAAA) according to a release issued by the institute. Under the MoU, the ICAI will offer technical training programs to employees of the Kuwat government, Kuwait nationals and members of the KAAA in
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Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) signed an MoU with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) to cooperate, collaborate and pursue industrial application oriented research programs and its commercialization on a large scale. The indigenously developed technologies by CSIR will be commercialized and implemented jointly by BHEL and CSIR in the country. Daily Current Affairs
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India has ranked 73rd out of 152 countries in a business-to-consumer E-commerce index that measures an economy’s preparedness to support online shopping, moving seven places up in the list. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-commerce Index 2019 has been topped by the Netherlands for the second consecutive year. Daily Current Affairs
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Rajya Sabha passed the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha on December 3, 2019 amidst a walkout by the Indian National Congress. The Lok Sabha had passed the SPG bill earlier on November 27, 2019. The SPG (Amendment) Bill, 2019 proposes to provide security to the Prime
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The Cabinet approves the Personal Data Protection Bill in a move that will be watched closely by other nations looking at similar laws. The passing of the Bill in Parliament — likely to happen in the ongoing Winter Session which will bring in clarity on not only the nitty-gritty of how to protect one’s personal
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Rajya Sabha has passed the bill to merge the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The Rajya Sabha gave its approval to the bill on December 3, 2019. The Lok Sabha had passed it earlier on November 27. The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union
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The Government has launched the 4th round of the regional connectivity scheme, UDAN to boost connectivity to more remote and regional areas of the country. UDAN, which stands for ‘Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik’, aims to make air travel affordable and widespread. The UDAN 4.0 will focus on the priority regions including the northeast, hilly
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Lok Sabha passed the Recycling of Ships Bill 2019 which will pave way for streamlining the already existing ship breaking industry and also help the country obtain eco-friendly steel. Earlier participating in the discussion on the bill, members cutting across the party line cautioned the government on the environmental and Occupational hazards of the ship
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India today signed a $206 million loan to develop water supply and sewerage infrastructure in 5 cities of Tamil Nadu and strengthen capacities of urban local bodies (ULBs) for improved service delivery. The project is aimed at improving the lives of the urban people in the
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