Applauding the critical role played by Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE’s) during the ongoing pandemic, the Minister for Heavy industries and Public Enterprises,  Prakash Javadekar said, “PSUs are pride of nation and Modi Government is putting emphasis...

Union Minister for heavy industries and public enterprises, Prakash Javadekar today convened a meeting with a group of select CEOs of the Indian Automobile Industry, to understand the possible impact of COVID-19 on the Indian Automobile sector and listen to...

The Union Minister for Mines, Coal and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi chaired review meeting of mineral exploration projects and activities of Rajasthan in New Delhi today. Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Heavy Industries...

Under Prime Minister's initiative to reach out to people of Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation & Parliamentary Affairs, Arjun Ram Meghwal today inaugurated a tubewell and lane drain protection...

Stating that Jammu and Kashmir will usher in a new era of development, Union Minister of State, Arjun Ram Meghwal today said that central government is committed to ensure all-round progress of J&K.The Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development...

Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises today met Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu here at the Raj Bhavan.Sh. Meghwal and the Lt Governor discussed about the initiatives for increasing...

Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises and Parliamentary Affairs, Arjun Ram Meghwal inaugurated the International Symposium on Lighting (iSoL) today at International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT), Manesar in Gurugram.Speaking...

A meeting was chaired by the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines  Pralhad Joshi today to discuss government legislations for the forthcoming winter session of  Parliament. The Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Heavy...

Chintan Shivir organized by Ministry of Steel on the theme -Towards a Vibrant, Efficient and Globally Competitive Indian Steel sector concluded here today. The purpose of the event was to bring all stakeholders together to deliberate on a roadmap for making...

The Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Arjun Ram Meghwal, inaugurated the 3rd International Electric Vehicle (EV) Conclave at the International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) in Manesar, Gurugram, today. The Conclave...

IAS officer-turned-politician Arjun Ram Meghwal, who was retained as minister in the second Modi government, is a politician who loves cycling to work, instead of using a vehicle - a habit he had to stop after becoming a minister in 2016.Sworn-in as a minister...

Union Minister for Water Resources, RiverDevelopment and Ganga Rejuvenation, Road Transport and Highways & Shippingi Nitin Gadkari has assured that all the on-going Namami Gange projects will be completed by March 2020.  Addressing an event on Clean...

Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation & Road Transport and Highways & Shipping Nitin Gadkari today distributed 82 National Water  Awards in 14 categories jointly with Minister of State,  Arjun Ram Meghwal...

Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Road Transport & Highways and Shipping  Shri Nitin Gadkari presided over the celebrations of 62nd foundation day of National Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC) in...

Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Road Transport & Highways and Shipping  Shri Nitin Gadkari today presided over the ceremony of signing of concession agreement for sewage treatment infrastructure in Kanpur...

Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Statistics & Programme Implementation Vijay Goel, and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Arjun Ram Meghwal, presided over the...

Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal presided over the Inaugural Session of the two-dayNational Orientation workshop on National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA), organized...

Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation presided over the Prize Distribution Function for the 14th National Youth Parliament Competition, 2017-18 for University and Colleges,...

Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation presided over the Prize Distribution Function for the 30th National Youth Parliament Competition, 2017-18 for Kendriya Vidyalayas, held...

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shipping and Road Transport & Highways today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh - Shri Yogi Adityanath, Rajasthan...

Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shipping, Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari today stressed on the need to develop consensus amongst the concerned states on interlinking of rivers so that the water draining...

Union Minister and senior BJP leader Arjun Ram Meghwal sparked a controversy on Saturday, saying the Alwar lynching incident was related to Prime  Minister Narendra Modi's rising popularity and the more popular he becomes the more such incidents would...

WAPCOS Ltd, a Mini Ratna-I Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation celebrated its 50th Foundation Day in New Delhi today. Speaking on the occasion the Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari commended...

Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shipping, Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari, presided over the signing of a tripartite Concession Agreement between National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), UP Jal Nigam...

The Central government is in favour of a single tribunal for speedy settlement of inter-state water disputes, Union Minister of State for Water Resources Arjun Ram Meghwal said here on Monday.The first conference of five eastern states - Bihar, Jharkhand,...

Amid Dalit unrest in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took a dig at the Congress for always doing politics in the name of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar but ignoring his contributions.Speaking at a programme to mark the inauguration of a building...

Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation,  Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari has called upon state govenments to cooperate with one another  and with the centre to expedite the projects...

Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari has said that deliberations and outcome of seminars and conferences should be visible on the ground and benefit the farmers...

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said work on three river-linking projects including Ken-Betwa and 150 other schemes for a pollution-free Ganga will begin in the next three months."There are 30 such schemes of around Rs 5 lakh crore. Work in all the...

The five day India water week (IWW) - 2017 concluded in New Delhi today with a call for efficient management of available water resources in the country by Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shri Radha Mohan Singh. Addressing the valedictory...

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister  Radha Mohan Singh said the government started PMKSY to provide a permanent solution from drought. Three ministries are implementing this scheme in mission mode and the Ministry of Water Resources is leading the project....

Union Minister of State for River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Arjun Ram Meghwal on Wednesday said several rivers in the northeastern states will be cleaned."Rivers in the Northeast are also included in the list. Northeast has always been a focus area...

The Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari has said that his Ministry will start work on three river interlinking projects within the next three months. These...

Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari has called for a new comprehensive law to deal with the issue of desilting of rivers. Addressing the meeting of the Consultative Committee of Parliament attached to...

Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal on Saturday ruled out policy measures in the immediate future to legalise introduction of cryptocurrency for security and commodities related transactions.He added that a committee was set up by the Finance Ministry...

Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal on Friday said a total of Rs 8,277 crore had been disbursed by way of loans to 38,477 people under the "Stand-Up India" initiative till mid-August.The initiative was launched on April 5, 2016 to promote entrepreneurship...

The number of tax slabs in the Goods and Services Tax (GST)regime would be reduced with improvement in revenue, Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal said here on Saturday.With the exempted category, the existing tax...

The Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arjun Ram Meghwal said that India has had a long history of social responsibility. He underlined the need for introducing innovations to be able to effectively contribute to social development...

Praising the central government's move to roll out the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said it will put an end to the burden of multiplicity of taxes that the citizens had to pay so far.Thanking Prime Minister...

A seminar on Laghu Udhyog Bharti (Micro, Medium & Small Scale Industries) was organized at Sindhu Sanskriti Kendra Leh the other day.Union Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal was the Chief guest on the occasion.Minister for Industries &...

Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs today while applauding Prime Minister Narender said way his leadership is driving the nation at international platforms, the future of the every citizen is in safe hand and 21st century...

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council will meet again on June 3 to decide on the levy on remaining goods, including gold, footwear and textiles, Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Thursday."In its next meeting on June 3, the GST Council...

The Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal said that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is getting mainstreamed through the Companies Act 2013. While highlighting that CSR has been a traditional part of the Indian...

2017 will be the year of fiscal improvement in India, Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Friday.Speaking at the "India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit" here, Meghwal said the next big change was the implementation of the Goods...

The Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, Radha Mohan Singh said that Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narender Modi has dreamt of a New India, which will be free of black money and corruption. Promotion of Digidhan and cashless transactions are part...

Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal on Thursday said that India need to become a tax-compliant society in order to attain greater growth."We have to change to a tax compliant society if India needs to grow and move forward," Meghwal said here.He was...

Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today launched the Mobile Bank and AEPS (Adhaar Enabled Payment System) of the Jammu & Kashmir Bank here today. The mobile application has been specifically designed to cater to the needs of the customers of the State.The...

Admitting that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council was racing against time on the government's implementation target of April 1, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said it is hoping to resolve the vexed issue of dual control over assessees in its...

Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Mr Arjun Ram Meghwal today said that post demonetisation, the Union government is committed to reduce the problems of the Aam Aadmi. He said that the Union government is keeping a close watch on the...

Union minister and Punjab BJP president, Vijay Sampla today said that BJP has realized the ideology of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar and by developing the Panchtiraths linked to the life of Dr. Ambedkar Prime Minister Narendra Modi has honoured him.  Addressing...

Maintaining that most of the people by now should have deposited their demonetised currency in banks, the condition of making deposits of above Rs 5,000 only once till December 30 is aimed at reducing queues, the Finance Ministry said on Monday."It is expected that,...

Soon, plastic currency notes will be printed in India. The procurement process for the required material has already been initiated, Parliament was informed on Friday."It has been decided to print bank notes based on plastic/polymer substrate. The process...

Laghu Udyog Bharti J&K and Federation of Industries Jammu today organized a programme on “Industrialization for Employment Generation under GST Regime in Jammu and Kashmir”.Union Minister of State, Finance Corporate Affairs, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister...

In order to double the farmers' income by 2022, it is necessary to focus on adaptation of the latest technology and other methods to increase agricultural productivity, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday."In order to ensure future increases...

Vice President Hamid Ansari on Saturday said the consensus based approach in decision making has rendered the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) "ineffective" and as a result the group has "lost its relevance".Returning from a five-day visit to Mali...

The Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari has said that India is now pursuing a very focused approach to all the different regions of Africa, and his visit to Nigeria and Mali in West Africa was part of that approach. He was addressing the Media Onboard...

The Union government is abiding by the April 1, 207 target date for implementing the goods and services tax (GST) across India, Minister of State for Finance, Arjun Ram Meghwal said here on Thursday."I can assure you that April 1, 2017 is the target date...

The government would not allow increase of incidence of indirect taxes on manufacturing products under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Sunday.He also said that with...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said parking of government funds restricts growth and advancement in the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) helped to make it more transparent."Parking of government funds restricts growth. Each technological...

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday stressed the need to strengthen the social security apparatus in India to make the country a pensioned and an insured society.Lamenting that "We have still not fully realised the importance of adequate social...