Two weeks ago by Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a gold deposit scheme. This has so far attracted only 400 grammes, an industry official said on Thursday, out of a national hoard estimated at 20,000 tonnes.
In the light of price pressures on essential commodities as a result of supply-demand mismatch and adverse climatic conditions in the last few days, Government continued to closely monitor the availability and prices of essential commodities.
Ministry of Tourism compiles monthly estimates of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) on the basis of Nationality-wise, Port-wise data received from Bureau of Immigration (BOI) and Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) from tourism on the basis of data available from Reserve Bank of India.
The Regional Passport Office, Chennai has announced that the last date for the validity of handwritten passports will be November 24 after which these cannot be used to obtain visa.
Though Production or Manufacturing Tax on petrol & diesel has been raised, oil corporations have informed that there would be no change in the price of petrol & diesel for the time being.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed that the facility to furnish existence proof online will be introduced which will not require these old-aged people to run around different government offices for this purpose.
Agriculture Loan Camp by Syndicate Bank
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Syndicate bank has launched camps for offering agriculture loan.
Brokerage firm UBS has said that the compensation that has been ordered by the Telecom Regulation Authority of India (TRAI) will not be implemented any time soon.
Diwali offer from Air India
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Passenger travelling on Air India between January 15,2016 to April 15, 2016. can make their bookings under the Diwali Dhaka Sale.
As per the request made by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Ms. Jayalalithaa to the central government to allocate 500 tons of Bengal-gram to Tamil Nadu, the same has been supplied and reached Tamil Nadu.
McKinsey Global Institute, in its report, has stated that the Indian economy will see fast and incredible growth if women in the country get equal opportunities like men.
Petrol Price reduced by 50 Paise/Litre
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Petrol Price was reduced by 50 paise per litre but diesel was kept unchanged.