TOP - 10 HEADLINES - 01.03.2014 ************************* 1. Sahara Chief Subrata Roy was arrested in Lucknow, after evading for two days a non-bailable warrant issued by the Supreme Court for his failure to appear before it in a case of non-refund of Rs 20,000 crore to investors. 2. The government has cleared seven infrastructure projects worth Rs 16,057 crore that fall under the ministries of road and shipping. 3. Cabinet clears hiking dearness allowance to 100% from existing 90%, benefiting 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners. 4. CCEA approves modification in the New Investment policy for urea to boost the domestic production of the soil nutrient. 5. The government decided to impose Presidents rule in Andhra Pradesh and keep the Assembly in suspended animation. 6. Government approved the proposal to ensure Rs 1,000 minimum monthly pension under a scheme of retirement fund body EPFO that would immediately benefit 28 lakh pensioners. 7. Government cleared a proposal of the Election Commission to raise expenditure limits for Lok Sabha elections to a maximum of Rs 70 lakh and a minimum of Rs 54 lakh, allowing candidates to spend more on their poll campaigns. 8. The Union Cabinet gave its approval for setting up a new rail coach manufacturing unit at Kolar, Karnataka to manufacture 500 coaches per annum at an estimated cost of Rs 1460.92 cr.(excluding cost of land) with active participation of State Government. 9. Senior IFS officer T V Nagendra Prasad has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Turkmenistan. 10. General Motors appointed Arvind Saxena, former Managing Director of Volkswagen Passenger Cars India, as the President & Managing Director of its Indian unit.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Mar 2014 14:07:56 +0000
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