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Despite a recent decision to reduce the tax rate for restaurants to 5%, certain establishments have jacked up the prices on their menus.

Rollout of this potential citizen-friendly measure expected early next year

The Umang app provides three services to subscribers of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). They can view their passbook; raise a claim for pension withdrawal, part withdrawal, and final settlement.

The government can help remove bottlenecks and create an ecosystem that fosters innovation in India

Through this policy, counselling centres will be put up to address discrimination and exploitation cases against the community, along with identification and certification.

The central bank issued a statement dismissing media reports that quoted a reply to a Right to Information query, which had suggested that the RBI had not issued any notification making it compulsory to link Aadhaar with bank accounts

The Corporation of Thiruvananthapuram is looking into composting organic waste right at the source, apart from segregating it.

100 petrol pumps in Maharashtra have been identified to be expanded with mandatory space for public toilets, ATMs and restaurants, the state government has decided.

Restaurant associations, unsurprisingly, were not happy with the move when it was announced, saying these guidelines were not laws, and therefore not enforceable.

The school, set up in 1918, was initially called the Government’s Daughters’ School admitting only girls. However, 98 years after, it has become a co-educational institution.