Government policies
Unruly fliers could even face lifetime ban
08 Sep 2017
Government today unveiled its `No-Fly’ policy to tackle on-board disruptive and unruly behaviour by passengers, which could pave way for a No Fly List
Apple rejects Trai anti-spam app, says won’t part with user data
08 Sep 2017
The Indian government is now in a piquant situation where a private company, and that too a large foreign one, claims to be the sole custodian of the privacy and personal data of Indian users
Government freezes bank accounts of over 2 lakh suspected 'shell' companies
06 Sep 2017
Directors and authorised signatories of these de-registered companies will not be able to operate bank accounts without the sanction of the National Company Law Tribunal
RBI says 99% of scrapped notes have returned into system
31 Aug 2017
RBI said Rs15.28 lakh crore, or 99 per cent of the Rs15.44 lakh crore of scrapped Rs500 and Rs1,000 notes, had come back into the banking system between 8 November last year and 30 June this year
Centre extends Aadhaar deadline to 31 Dec as SC defers hearing PILs
30 Aug 2017
A 3-judge bench of the apex court is hearing a total of 22 cases challenging several aspects of the government’s Aadhaar programme, including its use and sharing of data collected by private agencies
Aviation FDI policy excludes Air India
29 Aug 2017
Govt moves to speed up mergers of state-run banks
23 Aug 2017
The union cabinet has given in-principle approval for public sector banks to amalgamate through an Alternative Mechanism (AM), under which the decision will come from the bank boards
Jaitley unsure about the effectiveness of new NPA resolution mechanism
19 Aug 2017
While speed is the essence of the success of bankruptcy procedures, Jaitley said the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Code is meant to safeguard the health of both the borrower and the lender
Govt slashes ceiling prices of knee implants by up to 69%
17 Aug 2017
The price cuts, varying from 59 per cent to 69 per cent, are expected to result in overall annual savings of about Rs1,500 crore for the 1-1.5 lakh patients in India
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