Reserve Bank on Thursday notified 0.1 per cent reduction each in interest rates on Public Provident Fund (PPF) and Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) to be effective from the fiscal beginning April 1, 2013. The rate of interest on PPF has been lowered from 8.8 per cent to 8.7 per cent with effect from April 1, 2013, RBI said in a notification. The rate of interest on 5 year SCSS...
06:51 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Rajasthan Police has summoned sociologist Ashis Nandy for questioning in connection with the controversial remark he made against the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Saturday. ...
09:40 AM, Jan 29, 2013
Socialist Ashis Nandy kicked up a storm when he said SCs, STs and OBCs are responsible for corruption in the country. ...
10:41 PM, Jan 28, 2013
New Delhi: In yet another low, the fight over SCs/STs Quota Bill ended in a scuffle between the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi party (SP). The MPs feel they did nothing wrong. The Bill was finally tabled but couldn't be taken up for discussion which comes as no surprise because that is what the government had planned anyway. But for the SP and the BSP, it is their...
09:40 PM, Sep 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet on Tuesday cleared reservation in job promotions for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs)in government service, despite opposition from the Samajwadi Party (SP). But the big question remains - with Parliament paralysed over coal blocks will the bill be able to go through the house. The BSP is putting pressure on the BJP to allow Parliament to function so that the Bill can be passed....
09:56 PM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: Attorney General Goolam E Vahanvati has reportedly written to the Law Ministry on reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in job promotions, pointing out that the proposal is not legally possible. Sources say that Vahanvati has told the Law Ministry that reservation for SCs/ STs in promotions could be struck down by the Supreme Court. The government is in favour of reservation for the SCs/ STs in...
12:36 PM, Aug 25, 2012
The Supreme Court earlier rejected Mayawati demand for quota for promotion of SCs and STs in government jobs in UP. ...
04:06 PM, Aug 09, 2012
New Delhi: After repeated adjournments in Rajya Sabha and turmoil in Lok Sabha, the government on Thursday agreed to members' demand for bringing a Constitution amendment bill for reservation in promotion of SCs and STs in state jobs. Minister of State for PMO V Narayansamy informed the Upper House that a bill will be brought in this regard on August 22 after an all-party meeting, which will discuss the issue...
02:38 PM, Aug 09, 2012
New Delhi: Millions of small investors will get better returns on popular post office schemes like Public Provident Fund (PPF) and Monthly Income Scheme (MIS), with the government hiking interest rates on such schemes by up to 0.5 per cent with effect from April 1. Interest rate on PPF have been increased to 8.8 per cent from 8.6 per cent, while MIS will attract 8.5 per cent interest as against...
09:57 PM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad raised tempers in Parliament on Wednesday as he read out from a copy of the Lokpal Bill even before it was tabled in Parliament. Lalu was protesting against the exclusion of minorities from the proposed anti-corruption legislation. Speaker Meira Kumar repeatedly requested the RJD leader not to read out from the document before it was tabled in the House. Lalu, waving...
11:56 AM, Dec 22, 2011
Crimes against weakest sections of society rising in state: report. ...
01:44 PM, Jan 02, 2009
The creamy layer of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes too will get the benefit of quota, a GoM had decided. ...
08:50 PM, Nov 14, 2006
All it took was a plum job offer in US MNCs for two senior staffers of NSCS to leak top secret documents. ...
01:47 PM, Sep 24, 2006
