Cabinet Decisions - General, India

Memorandum of Understanding for co-operation in the field of traditional systems of medicine and homoeopathy between India and Bangladesh   The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for co-operation in the field of traditional systems of medicine and... Full Document

Swapping of SOS village land measuring 2397 sqm. with equivalent airport land for construction of hangars at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati   The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for swapping of Save Our Soul (SOS) village land measuring 2397 sqm. with... Full Document

Signing of Memorandum of Cooperation between India and Japan in the field of healthcare   The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) in the field of healthcare between the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare... Full Document

Empowering the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to decide on mode of delivery and amendments in Model Concession Agreement in respect of national highways projects   The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval to the Ministry of Road Transport and... Full Document

Continuation of production of urea from MFL – Manali, MCFL – Mangalore and SPIC – Tuticorin after June 2014   The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the continuation of production of urea from Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL) – Manali, Manglore Chemicals and... Full Document

Revision of Rates of Royalty and Dead Rent in respect of certain minerals (other than minor minerals, coal, lignite and sand for stowing)   The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, yesterday approved the revision of rates of royalty and dead rent of all major... Full Document

Digital India – A programme to transform India into digital empowered society and knowledge economy   The Cabinet today at the meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi gave its approval for Digital India – A programme to transform India into digital empowered society and knowledge economy.  This is a... Full Document

Nagpur Metro Rail Project   The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the Nagpur Metro Rail Project covering a length of approximately 38.21 kms along two corridors. These corridors are the North-South Corridor covering approximately 19.65 kms from Automotive Square to MIHAN and... Full Document

USOF supported scheme to provide mobile services in areas affected by Left Wing Extremism   The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for providing mobile services at 2199 locations affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,... Full Document

Transfer on lease of 12.91 acres of defence land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan at Air Force station Purnea   The Cabinet today approved the transfer on lease of 12.91 acres of defence land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) at Air Force station Purnea.   The transfer of land would enable KVS to construct a... Full Document

Inclusion of onion and potato under the purview of stock holding limits under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955   The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the inclusion of onion and potato under the purview of stock holding limits under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. This will empower the State Governments to... Full Document

Additional allocation of 50 lakh tonnes of rice for BPL and APL families in States/UTs for the period July, 2014 to March, 2015   The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved additional allocation for 50 lakh tonnes of rice for distribution to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families at BPL prices and... Full Document

12th Plan scheme for modernization and strengthening of intellectual property offices   The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the continuation of the Plan scheme to modernise and strength Intellectual Property (IP) offices during the 12th Plan period. The overall project cost would be Rs.309.6 crore, of which Rs.258 crore will... Full Document

CCEA defers domestic natural gas pricing guidelines for wider consultations   The domestic natural gas pricing guidelines which were announced on 10 January 2014 were later deferred due to the Model Code of Conduct that had been effected in the country at that time. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today decided that... Full Document

Minimum Support Prices for Kharif crops for 2014-15 season                The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, on the recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), has approved the following Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for Kharif crops for 2014-15 season:                                                                                                                                                                                                    (Rupees per quintal) Commodity Variety MSP for 2013-14 season MSP for 2014-15 season Increase over previous year Paddy Common 1310 1360 50 Grade... Full Document

Supervisory Committee on Mullaperiyar Dam   The Cabinet today approved the constitution of a Supervisory Committee on the Mullaperiyar Dam to implement the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court dated May 7, 2014. The three member Supervisory Committee will look into the issues about the safety of the dam restoration of FRL to... Full Document

Cabinet condoles the demise of Shri Gopinath Munde   The Union Cabinet today met to condole the tragic demise of Shri Gopinath Munde, the Minister for Rural Development, Drinking Water Sanitation and Panchayati Raj.   The Cabinet passed the following resolution:   The Cabinet has learnt with profound sorrow about the tragic and sudden demise of... Full Document

Constitution of Special Investigation Team in compliance with the judgement of Hon’ble Supreme Court   The Union Cabinet today approved constitution of Special Investigating Team (SIT) to implement the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court on large amounts of money stashed abroad by evading taxes or generated through unlawful activities. The SIT will... Full Document

7th Central Pay Commission    The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to the Terms of Reference of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) as follows:-   a)      To examine, review, evolve and recommend changes that are desirable and feasible regarding the principles that should govern the emoluments structure including pay, allowances and other facilities/benefits,... Full Document

Release of additional installment of dearness allowance to Central Government employees and dearness relief to Pensioners, due from 1.1.2014   The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal to release an additional installment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners with effect from 01.01.2014, in cash,... Full Document