Pension regulator must, says Narayan
New Delhi: The government seems to be veering round to the opinion that a separate pension regulator was required. According to finance secretary S Narayan, it was imperative for the country to have a pension regulator in view of the many small provident funds (PFs) being regulated disparately.
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Ministry wants SAD on DEPB imports removed
New Delhi: The commerce ministry has urged the revenue department to consider exempting the special additional duty on imports under the duty entitlement passbook scheme, saying the measure will defeat the basic objective of the scheme.
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PDP, Cong harden stand; fresh move on to break impasse
Srinagar: As the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Congress hardened their stand on the chief ministership of a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, fresh efforts are on to break the logjam between the two parties through mediation by six Independents and CPM MLAs who hold the key to government formation.
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Scrap all 10-yr-old rail projects which remain on paper
New Delhi: The Prime Minister’s Office is understood to have favoured scrapping of all the railway projects that were approved over 10 years ago but work on which has been delayed for one reason or the other.
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