The Union Cabinet on Thursday expanded the list of India’s ‘Classical Languages’ to 11 by including Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali in it. Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia were already members of this league. Tamil was the first to get ‘classical’ status in 2004, while Odia, the sixth, got it in 2014.“Classical…
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Thursday gave its nod for the disbursement of productivity linked bonus equivalent to 78 days’ wages worth Rs 2,038.57 crores to more than 11.72 lakh non-gazetted railway employees.“Productivity Linked Bonus for Railway employees of Rs 2,029 crore has been approved by the cabinet for the good performance of railways…
Ashwini Vaishnaw (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet gave its approval to grant classical language status to five Indian languages: Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali, announced union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday.“PM Modi has always focused on Indian languages… Today, 5 languages Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali have been approved as classical…
A day after the Union cabinet approved the ‘One Nation One Election‘ initiative, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday criticised the move and upped the ante, stating that polls should be done “every month”. AAP’s national spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar said the country needs “one nation one education, one nation one treatment”. “One nation one…
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet-led by Prime Minister Modi on Wednesday approved “One Nation One Poll” panel report led by former president Ram Nath Kovind. The high level committee was formed in September 2023 to expedite the process of conducting simultaneous elections. Earlier in March, the panel led by Ram Nath Kovind submitted its report…
Mumbai to Indore train travel gets a boost! Your Indian Railways train journey between Mumbai and Indore is set to get shorter with the Cabinet approving a new railway line project. Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Monday approved a new project that will ensure “shortest rail connectivity between Mumbai and…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said that the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of BioE3 (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment and Employment) policy stating that “a bio revolution is coming soon.”Addressing a recent Cabinet briefing the minister of information and broadcasting said: “One of the biggest…
NEW DELHI: Union council of ministers are all set to meet on August 28 in the national capital marking the first meeting of the Modi 3.0 cabinet since the portfolio announcement.After taking oath as the Prime Minister for the third consecutive time, Narendra Modi chose to retain four key ministers—Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman,…
NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) scheme for offshore wind energy projects, with a total outlay of Rs7453 crore.“The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) scheme for offshore wind energy projects at a total…
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved a comprehensive development plan for Lal Bahadur Shastri international airport in Varanasi, with a projected cost of Rs 2869.65 crore. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will oversee the project, which aims to significantly enhance the airport’s passenger handling capacity from…
