Cabinet Meeting

New Procurement Policy Okayed To Ensure Farmers Get Minimum Support Price

Business | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 12, 2018

The cabinet has approved a new procurement policy under which one scheme will focus on compensating oilseeds farmers if rates fall below the MSP, and another will allow states to rope in private players for procurement, sources said

Amid Talk Of Early Polls, Telangana's KCR Showers Farmers With Cash Gifts

Telangana News | Written by Uma Sudhir | Sunday September 2, 2018

Will he won't he, is the big question on everyone's mind. A cabinet meeting prior to the massive public rally has heightened speculation of early elections in Telangana. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao could announce decision to dissolve assembly and go for early elections, sources have told NDTV.

Cabinet Clears Extra Dearness Allowance Hike, To Benefit 1.1 Crore People

Business | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 29, 2018

The hike will benefit about 48.41 lakh central government employees and 62.03 lakh pensioners.

"Nice To Be Back", Says New Zealand's Prime Minister After Maternity Leave

World News | Reuters | Monday August 6, 2018

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern returned to Parliament on Monday to run her first cabinet meeting, six weeks after giving birth to her daughter, becoming only the second elected leader to do so in office.

Saudi $500 Billion Robotic City By Red Sea Hosts First Cabinet Meeting

World News | Glen Carey, Bloomberg | Wednesday August 1, 2018

Saudi Arabia's King Salman held his first-ever cabinet meeting in Neom, a planned $500 billion futuristic city that will host more robots than people in a desolate peninsula in the kingdom's northwest.

Centre Offers Incentives To State-Owned Oil And Gas Firms

India News | Reuters | Wednesday July 18, 2018

Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd and Oil India Ltd will pay royalty and cess tax only to the extent of their equity holding in oil and gas blocks given to them before 1999, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting

Support Price For Kharif Crops To Be 1.5 Times Cost: PM Modi

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 29, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the minimum support price for kharif crops, including paddy, will be fixed at least 1.5 times of the production cost in the Cabinet meeting next week.

Arvind Kejriwal Protest LIVE Updates: Delhi Cabinet Meeting To Take Place Today Evening

Delhi News | Edited by Amrita Ray | Wednesday June 13, 2018

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and three of his cabinet colleagues, including Satyender Jain who in on an indefinte fast, began a sit-in protest at Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's house on Monday to push for projects which they said were -stuck-. In a series of tweets today, Mr Kerjiwal confirmed that deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia ha...

Kerala Sets An Example, Petrol, Diesel Prices Cut By Re 1

Kerala News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Friday June 1, 2018

Petrol and diesel prices in Kerala today came down by Re 1 each following the state government's decision to reduce cess. While petrol sold for Rs 81.40 per litre and diesel stood at Rs 74.05 a litre. The decision to reduce sales tax was taken during cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday.

Dutch PM Cuts Short India Visit For Cabinet Meeting On Downed MH-17 Airliner

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 24, 2018

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has cut short his India visit and is returning to the Netherlands tonight, official sources said.

Uttarakhand Cabinet Meets Aboard Floating Restaurant On Tehri Lake

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 16, 2018

The Uttarakhand Cabinet meeting on Wednesday had an unique twist - it was held aboard a floating restaurant on the picturesque Tehri lake.

Arun Jaitley Attends Cabinet Meeting, To Chair GST Council Meet On May 4

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 25, 2018

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today attended a meeting of the Union Cabinet, the first since he was diagnosed with a kidney ailment that has kept him away from office for over three weeks now.

Death Penalty for Child Rapists Updates: President Kovind Signs Ordinance To Provide Strict Punishment

India News | Edited by Nonika Marwaha | Sunday April 22, 2018

Today, President Ram Nath Kovind has signed the executive order to pave way for providing stringent punishment, including death penalty, for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years. The Union Cabinet on Saturday at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the ordinance and was waiting for the President's ...

Quicker Trials, Probe In Centre's Death For Child Rapists Ordinance: 10 Facts

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Sunday April 22, 2018

The centre on Saturday responded to the barrage of attacks over the government's inability to curb sexual crimes against girls with an executive order to introduce death penalty for child rapists, longer jail term for all rapists and set an ambitious four-month deadline to complete investigation and trial in all rape cases. The changes were cleared...

Amid Nationwide Anger, Cabinet To Bring In Death Penalty For Child Rape

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Saturday April 21, 2018

Scrambling to assuage the nationwide outrage over sexual violence against young girls, the government is expected to clear an ordinance, or emergency executive order, to bring in death penalty for child rape. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who returns from a five-day foreign trip, has called for a cabinet meeting today to change the law.