Ram Nath Kovind will be the new President of India, to take oath on July 25
The Dollar Business Bureau Former Governor of Bihar and National Democratic Alliance's (NDA's) Presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind will become the 14th President of India. He will succeed the incumbent President Pranab Mukherjee, whose tenure is completing on July 25. Kovind obtained 65.65% of votes from the Electoral College, while his opponent, joint Opposition nominee Meira Kumar got just 34.35%. “Kovind secured 2930 votes with a value of 7,02,044. Meira Kumar got 1,844 votes with the value of 3,67,314, and 77 votes were invalid,” informed Anoop Mishra, the returning officer for Presidential Election 2017. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Kovind for his win. “Gladdened by the extensive support for Ram Nath Kovind Ji among MPs and across various states,” Modi said. Kovind got votes of 522 ...
Govt to bring more welfare schemes under e-payment mode
The government places the highest importance towards the DBT mode of payments as the preferred mode for reaching out to the financially disadvantaged, says President of India Source: PTI President Pranab Mukherjee addressing the inaugural of the 40th Anniversary Celebrations of Indian Civil Accounts Service, in New Delhi on Tuesday Asserting that the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme ensures efficiency, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday expressed hope that the government will include more welfare schemes in the e-payment mode in future. "The government places the highest importance towards the DBT mode of payments as the preferred mode for reaching out to the financially disadvantaged and excluded segments of our population," he said on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Indian ...
