PMO says 551 oxygen generation plants to be set up through PM Cares Fund
NEW DELHI: In line with Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi’s direction of boosting availability of oxygen to hospitals, the PM CARES Fund has given in-principle approval for allocation of funds for installation of 551 dedicated Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Medical Oxygen Generation Plants inside public health facilities in the country. PM has directed that these […]
Arun Singhal appointed FSSAI chief and S Gopalakrishnan moved to PMO as additional secretary
NEW DELHI: Senior bureaucrat Arun Singhal has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected on Friday by the Centre. Singhal, a 1987-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, is at present Special Secretary in the Department of Health […]
Prepare FY19 financials as PMO wants quick disinvestment: Aviation ministry asks Air India
NEW DELHI: The civil aviation ministry has told Air India that it should prepare 2018-19 financials for itself and its subsidiaries by end of June as the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has decided to speed up the disinvestment process of three of its wings, according to an official document. After a botched attempt to sell […]
Congress demands probe into role of PMO, Arun Jaitley in Vijay Mallya escape
NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday demanded a “comprehensive probe” into the alleged role of the Prime Minister’s Office and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in helping embattled business tycoon Vijay Mallya flee the country. The trinity of Mallya, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Bharatiya Janata Party have cheated the country and now it […]
RBI submitted a list of high profile fraud cases to PMO: Raghuram Rajan
NEW DELHI: A list of high profile cases related to banking frauds was sent to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for a coordinated action, said former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan in a note to Parliamentary panel. In the note to Chairman of Estimates Committee Murli Manohar Joshi, Rajan said that the size of frauds in […]