Nearly 8.7 crore employees are in for some good news with the government likely to declare an 8.9 per cent returns on their provident fund savings for 2015-16, the highest rate in five years.

The Central government will be setting up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for its ambitious programme Namami Gange or Clean Ganga initiative.

Anticipating a revenue shortfall because of the ban on liquor from April 1, the Bihar government has decided to impose a 13.5 per cent value added tax on such items as samosa, salted peanuts, sweets, mosquito repellents and a few branded snacks to make up the loss.

Jacob-Farj-Rafael �JFR� Jacob (Retired Lieutenant General), a key architect in India�s victory in 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War passed away in New Delhi. He was 92.

President Pranab Mukherjee has given assent to the Sugar Cess (Amendment) Bill, 2015 to raise the ceiling of a cess as an excise duty on the production of sugar.

State-owned BSNL started 4G services on non-commercial basis in Chandigarh promising broadband speed of up to 100 megabit per second (Mbps).

Japanese two-wheeler major Yamaha has inaugurated a 4,000 KW solar power project at its facility in Surajpur, Uttar Pradesh.

The much awaited scheme � Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana � was cleared at the Cabinet meeting, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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• Blood banks asked to post stock data online.
• EPFO bags National Award on e-Governance.
• Government constitutes Arvind Panagariya committee to fast-track bullet train project.

In a move to introduce transparency in availability and disbursement of blood units, all blood banks in India have been asked to update realtime stock status in public domain.