Rahul Shrivastava

Re 1 Note To Return After 22 Years With New Features: 10 Points

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Tuesday May 30, 2017

The one rupee note will be back after 22 years. The government today said the smallest denomination note is printed and ready for release soon. The Re 1 note was discontinued in 1994. The next year, Rs 2 and Rs 5 notes were also pulled out to free printing facilities for higher denomination notes. The old notes are still in circulation and remain l...

Union Cabinet Scraps Decades-Old Foreign Investment Regulator

Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Thursday May 25, 2017

The step is in keeping with plans to make India an easier place to do business, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said.

Central Bank Begins Work, But More Money Needed to Kill Bad Loans

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Tuesday May 23, 2017

Armed by a recent change in law that gives it to more power to act, the Reserve Bank of India has said it will expand its two-member Oversight Committee as it puts in gear a plan to resolve the massive backlog of non-performing assets or bad loans that public sector banks have built.

It's Faith Vs Logic As Centre Fixes Goods And Service Tax (GST) Rates Ahead Of July Rollout

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Tuesday May 23, 2017

The government has been caught unawares by an objection of a different kind: There is no clarity on tax slabs for puja and hawan material.

After GST, Dal, Foodgrain, Daily Consumer Goods To Be Cheaper

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Friday May 19, 2017

The Goods and Services Tax or GST could bring good news for crores in the country. A crucial meeting of the GST Council on Thursday finalised tax rates for over 1,000 commodities that makes sure people will not have to pay more when India's biggest tax reform in decades kicks in on July 1. In fact, the government announced that food items - pulses,...

Amid P Chidambaram Raids, Cabinet Reviews Ending FIPB (Investment Board)

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Wednesday May 17, 2017

A day after the Chennai home of P Chidambaram was raided in an inquiry to determine if foreign investment proposals were illicitly cleared by him while he was Finance Minister, the cabinet met today to decide whether to dissolve the Foreign Investment Proposal Board or FIPB.

91 Lakh New Taxpayers Since Notes Ban, Says Government

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Wednesday May 17, 2017

Six months after PM Narendra Modi scrapped high value 500 and 1,000-rupee notes the centre has something to cheer. Before the unprecedented November 8 decision to cancel 86 percent of currency in circulation there were nearly five crore tax payers in India but since then nearly 91 lakh people have been added to the list of tax paying Indians, Finan...

Worried RSS Will Hold Big Meet In Jammu In Message For BJP's Voters

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Tuesday May 16, 2017

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP's ideological mentor, will for the first time hold a crucial meeting of pracharaks or field workers in Jammu and Kashmir over three days in July this year. The RSS is worried over continuing unrest in the state, where the BJP partners chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's People's Democratic Front in the gov...

New Series WPI, IIP Released With 2011-12 Base Year; 199 New Items In WPI Basket

Saturday May 13, 2017

The base year for the country's national accounts, including the gross domestic product (GDP) and the gross value addition (GVA) and retail inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was tweaked earlier by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) to 2011-12.

Will Expose Mayawati, Says BSP No 2 Naseemuddin Siddiqui After Being Sacked By Party

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Thursday May 11, 2017

Flattened by the BJP in this year's Uttar Pradesh elections, Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party is in the middle of its worst crisis since 2003, when a section of party legislators had split to help arch rival Mulayam Singh Yadav come to power in the state. On Wednesday, Ms Mayawati expelled one of her closest aides and the party's Muslim face Naseemud...

Government To Mark 3 Years With MODI Fests, 10 Crore SMSes, Letter By PM

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Thursday May 25, 2017

Celebrations to mark the government's third anniversary will derive much substance from the personal brand of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will last 20 days. PM Modi will personally lead five programs, the first of which will be held in Guwahati in Assam.

New Rules Today For Airlines Banning Passengers. Here's Your Guide

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Friday May 5, 2017

Ravindra Gaikwad, the Shiv Sena parliamentarian who assaulted an Air India manager on a plane, has forged an epochal moment for India. For the first time ever, rules are being announced for a "no-fly" list that will prevent passengers with a record of unruliness from boarding a flight.

'Have Faith In Army': Arun Jaitley's Response To Mutilation Of 2 Soldiers

India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Thursday May 4, 2017

Pakistan's claim that its army personnel were not involved in the barbaric killing and mutilating two Indian soldiers carries no credibility, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday, hours after Pakistan's High Commissioner Abdul Basit told New Delhi that its armed forces had nothing to do with the May 1 killing.

RBI To Get Power To Act Against Loan Defaulters, Cabinet Clears Ordinance

Written by Rahul Shrivasatava | Thursday May 4, 2017

The ordinance is aimed at empowering RBI to deal more effectively with stressed assets than earlier.

Mutilation Of Soldiers: Framing A Fitting Response Crucial For Government

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Tuesday May 2, 2017

Hours after two Indian soldiers were killed and mutilated at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, the army and Union minister Arun Jaitley warned Pakistan of "appropriate response", indicating that India will retaliate over and beyond the heavy counter-fire the forces resorted to on Monday. But sources indicate that within the government, ther...

Indian Soldiers Mutilated: Trap and Ambush At Line Of Control With Lashkar Help? Sources Say Likely

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Tuesday May 2, 2017

Head Constable Prem Sagar and Naib Subedar Paramjeet Singh, who belonged to the three-member team, were killed and their bodies were mutilated. The men behind the attack had crossed the Line of Control, which serves as a de facto border, under the cover fire of the Pakistani Army.

IAS Officers Embrace Families Of Martyred Soldiers; Offer Care, Support And Advice

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Saturday April 29, 2017

After cricketer Gautam Gambhir announced that his foundation will take care of all the education expenses of children of 25 CRPF personnel martyred in an attack by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Sukma, the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers have decided to adopt the families of the martyred soldiers of the Indian armed and paramilitary forces....

Amit Shah's Build-Up Drive For BJP's Weakest States Starts In Bengal

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Tuesday April 25, 2017

Borrowing a page from the party patriarch LK Advanis book, BJP chief Amit Shah will start a 15-day pravas (tour) for an expansion drive today.

After PM Narendra Modi Meet, Mehbooba Mufti Signs Up For 3-Month Trial For Kashmir

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Monday April 24, 2017

The next three months are going to be crucial for Kashmir. With relentless violence searing the Kashmir Valley her stronghold for months now, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning and insisted that to restore peace, the centre will have to relaunch the policy introduced by former Prime Minister and BJP gold s...

Talks Tough During Stone-Pelting, Firing, Says Mehbooba Mufti, Meets PM

India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava | Monday April 24, 2017

The approach of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is what's urgently needed as salve for Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was told today by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti during a meeting in Delhi.

I Do Not Lack Political Will, PM Narendra Modi Tells Bureaucrats On Civil Services Day

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Friday April 21, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged bureaucrats to change their mindset and style of working and "make excellence a habit". He also stressed on political will to push reforms and said - "I do not lack it".

LK Advani Meets Murli Manohar Joshi After Supreme Court Setback

India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava, Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Thursday April 20, 2017

Veteran BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi met this evening, hours after the Supreme Court ruled that they will be tried on conspiracy charges for their alleged role in the demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque in 1992 in Ayodhya. Along with them, Union Minster Uma Bharti and other party seniors like Vinay Katiyar now also face more seri...

After Meeting With Amit Shah, Uma Bharti Cancels Ayodhya Visit

India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava, Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Wednesday April 19, 2017

Union Minister Uma Bharti has cancelled the visit to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh that she had announced a few hours ago. Ms Bharti had said she would leave tonight after the Supreme Court said this morning that the minister, along with other top leaders of the BJP like LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, will be tried for criminal conspiracy in the 199...

PM Narendra Modi's Strong Message To BJP Leaders: 'Practice The Art Of Silence'

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Sunday April 16, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said while BJP leaders are good at talking, "but when in power, they should practice the art of silence".

Selfies, Prayers And Guided Tour: PM Narendra Modi's Visit To Bhubaneswar's Lingaraj Temple

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Sunday April 16, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took time off the ongoing party conclave in Bhubaneswar and offered prayers at the 11th century Lingaraj Temple in the city.

2 Garlands For Amit Shah In Odisha Make BJP Intent Clear: Let's Win This

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Saturday April 15, 2017

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in Bhubaneswar tomorrow, his drive to the venue of his party's meeting will be a grand, public affair. The BJP is reluctant to describe the event as a road-show, but confirms that the PM will move in an open-top SUV, greeting workers and supporters who will line the streets.

What Sena's Ravindra Gaikwad Has Inspired: National No-Fly List

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Friday April 7, 2017

Rowdy plane passengers who make a nuisance of themselves could soon be blacklisted and face ban from flying. NDTV has accessed a civil aviation ministry document that states that the aviation regulator had started work on drawing up rules for a National No-Fly List.

Air India vs Another MP, This One From Trinamool; Alleged 40-Minute Delay

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Friday April 7, 2017

A day after MPs were warned that on airlines, they are passengers like everybody else and cannot jeopardize safety, a parliamentarian from Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress delayed a flight by nearly 40 minutes because she was not given the exit row seat she had booked and paid for, after which she "shouted and screamed" at the cabin crew.

At Delhi Airport, IndiGo Flight Touched Down, Saw Plane And Took Off Again

Delhi News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava, Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Friday April 7, 2017

Passengers of an IndiGo flight were surprised this afternoon when the aircraft zoomed back up after touching down at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport. They would learn later that it was a life-saving move by the pilot, who had spotted an Air India flight far too close. Pilots of both planes saved the day by following Standard Operating P...

A Manmohan Singh Cameo As GST Bills Are Cleared In Parliament

India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava, Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Thursday April 6, 2017

The Rajya Sabha today passed four GST or Goods and Services Tax bills without amendments setting the stage for the government to launch on July 1, the country's biggest tax reform since Independence.