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Last updated: 21 May, 2025  
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BJP's nationwide ‘Tiranga Yatra’ today to honour armed forces
IANS | 13 May, 2025
In a significant nationwide outreach effort, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will begin its 11-day-long ‘Tiranga Yatra’ on Tuesday to honour the courage and sacrifice of India’s armed forces, particularly in light of the recently concluded and successful 'Operation Sindoor'.
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Shivraj Singh to visit Chhattisgarh today; give nod for over 3 lakh new houses under PMAY-G
IANS | 13 May, 2025
Union Minister for Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, is visiting Chhattisgarh on Tuesday as part of a major rural outreach initiative under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G). Chouhan is expected to approve over 3 lakh new houses under the PMAY-G scheme for the state.
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Govt plans to ramp up coal production to 1.5bn tonnes by 2029-30
IANS | 12 Dec, 2023
There are plans to enhance the production of coal in the country to 1.5 billion tonnes by 2029-30 to meet the growing demand for the fuel, Minister of Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi told the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
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Pandemic triggers Covid cess hope for fund starved govt
SME Times News Bureau | 22 Jan, 2021
Be ready to pay additional taxes this year as the fund starved government explores the levy of a new coronavirus cess or surcharge to mobilise resources required to finance the worlds largest anti-Covid vaccination drive launched in the country on January 16.
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Dec inflation up 5 pc, Nov factory output jumps 8 pc
SME Times News Bureau | 15 Jan, 2018
Continuing rise in food and fuel prices pushed India's annual retail inflation rate over the five per cent mark in December, and factory output jumped in November to grow by over 8 per cent, official data showed on Friday, putting paid to hopes of an RBI rate cut, even as industry observers attributed the high inflation numbers to the "base effect" of the demonetisation of November 2016.
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Direct tax collections up 18 pc in April-December
SME Times News Bureau | 10 Jan, 2018
Country's direct tax collection between April and December in the current fiscal at Rs 6.56 lakh crore was 18.2 per cent higher than for the corresponding period last year, according to an official announcement on Tuesday.
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PM urges officers to take postings in backward districts
SME Times News Bureau | 06 Jan, 2018
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said uplifting backward districts of a region will transform the entire state and urged government officials to challenge themselves by taking postings in those districts.
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Govt to form committee to clear stalled port projects
SME Times News Bureau | 04 Jan, 2018
The Centre on Wednesday said it was planning to constitute a committee to make port projects more investor-friendly and to improve investment climate in the sector while clearing several stalled port projects.
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This New Year special for millenium youth: Modi
SME Times News Bureau | 01 Jan, 2018
The upcoming new year will be a "special one" because this will see an entry into adulthood and voting age of all those who were born in the year that began the21st century, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.
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Lok Sabha passes amendment bill on GST cess
SME Times News Bureau | 28 Dec, 2017
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed an amendment bill that seeks to replace an ordinance in which tax rates on motor vehicles was hiked to a maximum of 25 per cent under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.
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