All stories by Ashwini Shrivastava
5 cr farmers yet to receive 3rd instalment under PM-Kisan
Rediff.com5 Feb 2020The total amount of the scheme, which came into effect on December 1, 2018, is to be paid in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 every four months. The data showed about 2.51 crore farmers have not got even the second instalment and 5.16 crore of them were yet to get the third instalment.
Coop banks saw 181 fraud cases of Rs 127 cr last year
Rediff.com27 Jan 2020However, the RBI declined to share details of action being taken on these fraud cases saying "it is not readily available".
Justice Dilip B Bhosale resigns as Lokpal member
Rediff.com9 Jan 2020A former chief justice of the Allahabad high court, Justice Bhosale was sworn-in on March 27, 2019 for a five-year term. He resigned citing personal reasons.
FinMin declines to share Swiss bank accounts details
Rediff.com23 Dec 2019India is among 75 countries with which Switzerland's Federal Tax Administration has exchanged information on financial accounts within the framework of global standards on Automatic Exchange of Information.
India to post customs sleuths overseas to detect money-laundering
Rediff.com2 Dec 2019Customs sleuths will be posted in London, Hong Kong, Dubai and Brussels in an effort to check trade-based money-laundering among others.
MHA refuses to share details on citizenship notice to Rahul
Rediff.com4 Jun 2019The ministry was asked to provide a copy of the notice to Gandhi and details of the response received from him.
Bank fraud touches unprecedented Rs 71,500 crore in 2018-19: RBI
Rediff.com3 Jun 2019As many as 6,801 cases of fraud were reported by scheduled commercial banks and select financial institutions involving an amount of Rs 71,542.93 crore in the last fiscal.
Lokpal office to move out of Delhi's five star hotel
Rediff.com2 May 2019It said no payment has so far been made towards rental charges for the Lokpal office at 'The Ashok' hotel.
No decision on CBI chief, PM-led panel to meet again
Rediff.com24 Jan 2019The meeting was being attended by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, they said.
PMO refuses to share details of corruption complaints against Modi's mantris
Rediff.com21 Nov 2018The PMO said providing such information "may be a subjective as well as a cumbersome exercise"
Hijack scare on Kandahar-bound plane at Delhi airport
Rediff.com10 Nov 2018The pilot "mistakenly" pressed the 'hijack button' when it was taxiing for take-off.
CBI feud: Verma appears before CVC; Asthana couldn't get an audience
Rediff.com9 Nov 2018Verma is understood to have given point-wise refusal to all the allegations levelled by Asthana before the panel comprising Vigilance Commissioners T M Bhasin and Sharad Kumar, they said.
CBI's Alok Verma meets CVC, refutes corruption charges
Rediff.com8 Nov 2018Verma came to the CVC office in the late afternoon and stayed there for about two hours, they said.
'Urban Naxals' will be 'neutralised' soon: Raman Singh
Rediff.com24 Sep 2018Referring to Maoists sympathisers, Singh said Naxals have got a very strong support system from Raipur to Delhi.
RBI did not audit PNB during NiMo scam, says CVC
Rediff.com3 Apr 2018'There are so many issues that the CVC is examining both with reference to the PNB and RBI,' K V Chowdary said.
Demonetised notes are being shredded: RBI
Rediff.com18 Mar 2018The central bank had earlier estimated the value of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes received, as on June 30, 2017, at Rs 15.28 trillion.
66 machines used for counting demonetised notes: RBI
Rediff.com16 Oct 2017In Reserve Bank offices, 59 CVPS machines are used and each machine is operated by a set of five persons under a supervisor who supervises a cluster of machines
381 babus punished for being 'non-performers'
Rediff.com25 Jul 2017The personnel ministry has taken actions like premature retirement and cut in remuneration.
No family planning, haircutting, 'soap toilet' allowances for govt employees
Rediff.com10 Jul 2017Funeral and cycles allowances have been retained and revised.
DoPT proposes reservations for acid attack victims
Rediff.com21 Jun 2017The vacancies earmarked will be for the posts of office assistants to Indian Administrative Service officers.