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Union Minister Jitendra Singh says the decision was taken in view of the pandemic and the vulnerability of the elderly population to COVID-19The central bank had on January 9 issued a notification permitting V-CIP as an alternate method of establishing customer's identity

Only asymptomatic staff shall be allowed. Anyone with mild cough or fever needs to stay at homeNot more than 20 staff/officers shall be attending office in a day

The Narendra Modi government's move to invite lateral entries needs to be welcomed

The principle here is that states (and local governments) should be able to meet their basic obligations based on their 'own' resources, and not based on what the Finance Commission has additionally devolved to them

Most of the institutional architecture of Indian federalism is focused on relations between the Union government and the states, and there is far less space to settle inter-state frictions

As per the budget documents, the workforce of the central government establishments would be 35.67 lakh in 2018

The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict in the case filed by the Animal Welfare Board and animal rights body PETA against the 2016 notification

The skill development ministry is taking a soft loan of $1 billion from World Bank for skill development initiatives and most of the amount will be disbursed to states

To tide over Kerala's drought situation due to a sharp decrease in south-west monsoon rainfall, the state disaster management authority will seek additional funds from the centre

Delhi high court orders a three-member Central govt panel to examine AAP's 'misuse' of public funds for advertisements