India, Sept. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The 56th meeting of the GST Council held in New Delhi under the chairpersonship of the Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman made recommendations relating to changes in GST tax rates, to provide relief to individuals, common man, aspirational middle class and measures for facilitation of trade in GST. The new GST rates and slabs for items related to mining sector will have a positive impac...
India, Sept. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: In a landmark initiative to reinforce ethical governance in public services, the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya National Academy of Social Security (PDUNASS) - the apex training academy of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) - hosted a special session on ethics and core values for over 30 newly promoted Assistant Provident Fund Commissioners (APFCs). Organized in collaboration with the IC Centre for Governa...
India, Sept. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, today inaugurated the Fast Track Immigration - Trusted Traveller Programme (FTI-TTP) at Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram, Trichy, Kozhikode, and Amritsar airports through video conferencing. On this occasion, several dignitaries including the Union Home Secretary and the Director of the Intelligence Bureau were present. On this occasion, Union Home Minister ...
India, Sept. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Union Health Minister, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda reviewed the current Dengue and Malaria situation in the country with a view to galvanise preventive activities being undertaken by the States on 10 September 2025. The meeting was attended by Union Health Secretary, Smt. Punya Salila Srivastava and senior officers of the Union Health Ministry. During the review, Shri Nadda took stock of the current status and key chall...
India, Sept. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: In a significant event showcasing India's advancements in medical research and diagnostics, the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Smt. Anupriya Patel inaugurated the National Virus Research & Diagnostic Laboratory (VRDL) Conclave - 2025, here today. Dr Rajiv Bahl, Secretary, Dept. of Health Research (DHR) and DG, ICMR and Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi, Drug Controller General of India were also pres...
India, Sept. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), today convened an exclusive interaction with leading CEOs from the food processing sector. The roundtable, chaired by Shri Chirag Paswan, Minister of Food Processing Industries, provided an important platform for open dialogue between government and industry stakeholders. The interaction commenced with...
India, Sept. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India yesterday signed a $126.42 million loan agreement to promote rural development through sustainable and climate-resilient tourism in the Tehri Lake region of Uttarakhand. The rest of the document can be viewed at https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2165579 Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
India, Sept. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Shri M. Nagaraju, Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS), chaired a meeting today to discuss issues related to financing in Infrastructure Sector. The meeting was attended by senior management of major Public Sector Banks, Private Sector Banks, Development Financial Institutions and NBFC-IFCs. Some of the key issues discussed were gap in availability of financing, barriers to issue of Municipal bonds, enha...
India, Sept. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, today addressed the 4th Edition of FICCI's LEADS on the theme "Collaborations for Growth in a Transformative World". Delivering a keynote address on the subject of Green Financing, the Minister underscored that the pathway to building economies of the future rests on aligning progress and profits with sustainability, with people and ecosy...
India, Sept. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence today inaugurated the 1st-ever overseas campus of India's premier business school, the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), in Dubai. Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman Abdulmannan Al Awar, Acting Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Resea...