J S Sarma became the new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Thursday (May 14). Sarma replaced Nripendra Mishra who ended his tenure on March 22 this year. Prior to his appointment as the chairman of TRAI, Sarma was a member of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate ...

Ashok Chawla has been appointed as the new finance secretary on Tuesday (May 12). While announcing the appointment, the finance ministry also informed that the Chawla has also been given the additional charge of the Department of Financial Services since May 1, 2009. An IAS officer of 1973 batch of ...

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on Friday (May 1) introduced the New Pension Scheme (NPS) for all citizens of the country. Any citizen between the age of 18 and 55 can join the NPS. Tier-I of NPS constituting non-withdrawable pension account becomes operational from ...

Owing to the rapidly spread of swine flu in different countries of the world, the Government of India has decided to procure one million doses of antiviral drug as a precautionary measure. According to an official of the Department of Pharmaceuticals Industry, India needs one million antiviral ...

The government of India has given green signal to 22 direct investment (FDI) proposals worth Rs 541.25 crore including those of Yamaha and Nokia. The proposals were cleared after the recommendation of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). With the approval of the government, ...

The government of India on Friday (April 24) appointed financial advisor in aviation ministry E K Bharat Bhushan as the new chief and managing director (CMD) of Air India. Bhushan has been vested with the additional charge in place of Raghu Menon. Earlier the government had announced the decision ...

Hardeep Singh Puri has been appointed as India’s permanent representative to the United Nations. According to a statement of the external affairs ministry of India, the announcement of new appointment has been made and Puri will soon take up his responsibility. Prior to his new appointment as ...

V S Sampath, an AP cadre IAS officer of the 1973 batch has been appointed as the Election Commissioner of India. He will assume his new role in the Election Commission on April 21. After the retirement of Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalasami on April 20 and subsequent promotion of Election ...

In wake of repeated serial blasts in Assam engineered by ULFA and increased militancy in the North-East region, the Centre has decided to withdraw its militant surrender policy in this region. It has also decided to go after the Bangladesh based undergrounds groups after the Lok Sabha ...

As the dispute over the Sir Creek maritime boundary with Pakistan remains unresolved, India is filing its claim in the United Nations for extending its continental shelf before the May 13 deadline, a senior armed forces official said in New Delhi on Sunday (22nd March). If India's claim is approved ...

The Government on Monday (16th March) announced the appointment of Mr. Sharat Sabharwal as India's new envoy to Pakistan. Mr. Sabharwal is currently working as a special secretary in charge of administration, consular, passport and visa affairs in the Ministry of External Affairs. He will succeed ...

The Ministry of Women and Child Development on Friday (February 27) sacked one of the members of National Commission for Women (NCW), Nirmala Venkatesh over last month's Mangalore pub attack issue. Venkatesh was one of the members of the inquiry committee which was given the responsibility to ...

In order to rescue the media industry from the brunt of on-going economic recession, the government of India has announced a 10 percent hike in the advertisement rates. The new rates are issued by the directorate of audio visual publicity (DAVP). While announcing the increase in advertisement ...

The union cabinet on Thursday (February 26) gave its approval for a six percent hike in the Dearness Allowance (DA) of central government employees. The increment in the DA is expected to benefit 41 lakh government employees and another 38 lakh pensioners. The six percent hike will increase the DA ...

In order to facilitate better interaction with the Indian community in the Gulf, India will establish an Overseas Indian Centre at Abu Dhabi. The union cabinet on Thursday (February 26) gave green signal to proposal of Indian overseas center in Gulf. The centre was supposed to come at Dubai but the ...

The union cabinet on Thursday (February 26) gave its nod for the conversion of Guwahati's Institute of Advanced Studies in Science and Technology (IASST) into an autonomous grant-in-aid institute of Indian government. After holding a cabinet meeting, home minister P. Chidambaram said that IASST has ...

The government on Wednesday (February 25) introduced a unique energy saving scheme called Bachat Lamp Yojna to reduce power consumption. The new scheme targets to save about 10,000 MW of power in the next three years. As per the Bachat Lamp Yojna, less power consuming compact fluorescent lamps ...

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill and the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill. The Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill aims to prevent largescale displacement of people over the acquisition of land for projects such as economic zones. The bill now needs to ...

The government of India has decided to set up a tea museum at the hill town of Darjeeling in addition to a tea park at Siliguri, West Bengal. According to Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh, the tea museum is planned with a view to showcase the development of the tea industry in India ...

The Indian Railways got the approval of the union cabinet to execute its three major projects. Three big-ticket projects include a rail coach factory at Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, Madhopura Electric Locomotive Factory in Bihar and the Mohowra Diesel Locomotive Works in West Bengal. While ...

The union cabinet on Monday (February 23) gave its nod to execute three major projects under its policy for petroleum, chemicals and petrochemical investment regions (PCPIR). The proposed projects will come up in West Bengal, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh. After holding a cabinet meeting, Home ...

The government of India is likely to urge United States to cease military funding to Pakistan. New Delhi will discuss the issue with US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke who arrived in India on Sunday (February 15). External affairs minister Pranab ...

The government of India on Wednesday (February 11) announced to infuse a fund of Rs 3,800 crore in three public sector banks under the recapitalisation plan. While announcing the fund package, home minister P Chidambaram informed that, the Central Bank of India will receive Rs 1,400 crore while ...

The government on Monday (February 9) announced that all the passengers boarding flights from Delhi airport will have to pay additional fee from March 1. As per the government statement, each domestic passenger will be charged with an additional fee of Rs 200 while those heading for ...

The Union Cabinet on Thursday (5th February) gave its nod to upgrade five existing government medical colleges to the level of AIIMS. Among the proposed five AIIMS-like medical institutions two will come up in West Bengal and UP. The estimated cost of each project in UP and West Bengal is Rs 823 ...

A S Gill has been named as the new director general of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) by the home ministry on Thursday (February 5). Apart from Gill, the ministry has also appointed P Mukerjee as the chief of the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D). A 1972 ...

The state of Bihar is expected to get two locomotive factories as the union cabinet on Thursday (February 5) gave its approval regarding this matter. According to the proposed plan, an electric locomotive factory will be set up at Madhepura district of Bihar while a diesel locomotive factory will ...

S S Khurana became the new chairman of Railway Board and ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Railways.  Before his new appointment, Khurana was serving as the Member (Staff) of Railway Board. An Electrical Engineering degree holder from the University of ...

The Union Government almost rejected the recommendation of Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami for removal of Election Commissioner Navin Chawla. It also hinted at making the present Election Commissioner as the next CEC after the retirement of Gopalaswami on April 20.
 
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On Saturday (31st January), the Congress party said that, the government is seized of the recommendation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N. Gopalaswami to remove Election Commissioner Navin Chawla. This removal recommendation ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, has divided legal ...