Read more about Higher-fuel prices: Oil Minister says Congress-ruled states must cut taxes on Business Standard. With petrol and diesel prices climbing to record high, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan asked Cong governments to cut sales tax but did not say if BJP-ruled states would do the same.
Read more about FM asks ministries to front load capex; explore PPPs for viable projects on Business Standard. Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday asked various ministries to try to spend more than their capital expenditure targets as well as explore public private partnerships for viable projects.
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday sought a report from officials concerned on the issue of alleged mass felling and smuggling of centuries-old rosewood trees from the forest land in Kerala s Wayanad district. This was disclosed by Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan, who met Javadekar in New Delhi today seeking his intervention into the matter. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Muraleedharan, who is from Kerala, said the Union Environment Minister has sought a report from his officials on the basis of his complaint seeking action against the culprits, who had axed timber worth crores from the Kerala forests.
Read more about Goyal calls for adding more participants on Govt e-Marketplace platform on Business Standard. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday called upon GeM to expand its scope and include more participants for public procurement of products and services.
Read more about Natasha Narwal surrenders at Tihar Jail after 3-week interim bail ends on Business Standard. JNU student Natasha Narwal surrendered at Tihar Jail on Sunday three weeks after she was granted bail to perform the last rites of her father who succumbed to COVID-19, officials said.