President of India inaugurates ‘World Conference on Environment’

The President said recent studies and systematic reviews indicate that environmental factors




President of India’s message on the eve of National Day of Bangladesh

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has extended his greetings and felicitations to the Government and people of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on the eve of their National Day (March 26, 2017).




Need to defend the universities as free spaces, as independent, critical repositories of knowledge, and as sources of renewal of liberal values: Vice President

The Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said that there is an imperative need to defend the universities as free spaces, as independent




India Signs Financing Agreement with World Bank for Us$ 100 Million for Uttarakhand Health Systems Development Project.

A financing agreement for IDA credit of US$ 100 (equivalent) for the “Uttarakhand Health Systems Development Project” was signed here with the World Bank .




FM approves the re-organisation of the field formations of the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) for the implementation of Goods & Services Tax (GST); CBEC is being renamed as the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC), after getting legislative approval

Reorganisation of the field formations of the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) for the implementation of Goods & Services Tax (GST) has been approved by the Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley. The existing formations of Central Excise & Service Tax under the CBEC have been re-organised to implement and enforce the provisions of the proposed Goods & Services Tax Laws.