TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JAN 26, 2023 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Ministers of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and Dr. Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad along with senior officials of the Finance Ministry as well as members of budget press on Thursday participated in the ‘Halwa’ ceremony, which marks the final stage of budget preparations. The ceremony was held in the ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JAN 25, 2023 The Food Corporation of India (FCI) will offload 30 LMT wheat from the Central pool stock to the market through various routes under the Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic). Offloading of 30 LMT wheat in the market through OMSS (D) scheme within a span of two months through multiple channels will have wider ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JAN 14, 2023 The transformation of Food Corporation of India (FCI) should be done on a fast track mode so that the organization can continue to help the people, the poor and the farmers of the country, said Union Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Textiles and Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, while delivering the ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JAN 14, 2023 The Ministry of Coal had launched the 6th round and 2nd attempt of 5th round of commercial coal mines’ auction on November 03, 2022 for 141 coal mines.  Considering the demand from the industry and to promote Ease of Doing Business (EoDB), the Ministry has decided that going forward the first revision in ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JAN 1, 2023 Driven by increase in retail prices of consumption items, high inflation, and action taken to ensure compliance, the gross goods and services tax (GST) collection for December 2022 stood at Rs 1,49,507 crore, registering a  year-on-year surge of 15 per cent, the data released by the Finance Ministry showed. The GST revenue collection ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JAN 1, 2023 Anil Kumar Lahoti has taken over the charge of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board under the Ministry of Railways. The appointments committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of. Prior to this new assignment, Lahoti was working as Member (Infrastructure), Railway Board. Anil Kumar Lahoti 1984 batch Indian ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JAN 1, 2023 Recognising the enormous potential of Millets which also aligns with several UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Union Government on Sunday announced it has lined up a series of millet-centric promotional activities across the country as the International Year of Millets (IYM) kicks in, while noting that millets are also integral part of ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, DEC 31, 2022 The roll out of center’s new integrated food security Scheme is set to begin on 1 January 2023, officials said on Saturday. As per the decision made by cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the new Scheme would provide free food grains to 81.35 crore beneficiaries under NFSA, for the year 2023. ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, DEC 20, 2022 December 20, 2005 leaves an imprint in the history of the democratization of the Indian National Flag. On this day, the Government of India amended the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act-1971, which enables every citizen to display the national flag (Tiranga) on clothes above waist with due respect. Democratization of the ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, DEC 15, 2022 The Government, through the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), will issue two tranches of Sovereign Gold Bonds, which will open for public subscription in December 2022 and March 2023. Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGBs) 2022-23-Series-III will open for subscription during December 19- 23, 2022 and 2022-23-Series-IV during March 06-10, 2023, the finance ministry said ...