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Cabinet to meet today

All eyes on GST Council

Amendments to Maternity Benefits Act cleared

To raise maternity leave for women from 12 weeks to 26 weeks

Opposition forces RS adjournment protesting Aadhaar-linked benefits

While the documents accessed under RTI did not cover the entire UPA tenure, five such cases emerged from the UPA-II era

Ambuja proposal to buy 24% in Holcim gets nod

The proposal, cleared by the CCEA, allows Ambuja Cements to buy the stake from Holderind Investment Limited

Smriti Irani moved to Textiles, Javadekar new HRD minister

In a major rejig of the Modi govt following the expansion on Tuesday

Cabinet clears Rs 6,000-cr package for textiles, apparel

The government will subsidise employers' social welfare contributions for employees in the textile sector, said Rashmi Verma, textile secretary

Cabinet okays 10% stake sale in Hudco

Approves price discount of up to 5% on the issue price to retail (small) investors and Hudco employees

Cabinet raises retirement age for doctors to 65

The decision comes in the wake of an announcement to the effect made by PM Modi at a rally in UP last month

Capital goods policy gets nod, aims to triple output

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a policy for the capital goods sector, aimed at increasing production to Rs 7.5 lakh crore by 2025.Apart from tripling the sector's production from Rs 2.3 lakh crore now, the policy aims to increase direct and indirect employment from 8.4 million to at least 30 million by 2025.The Department of Heavy Industry had earlier stated that capital goods production could boost the domestic economy. "The entire economy will get a fillip once manufacturing of capital goods increases, as downstream manufacturing will also rise," said Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu, who gave a press briefing after the Cabinet took the decision.Capital goods act as inputs for the manufacture of other goods. Likewise, capital goods production, which forms 8.8 per cent of the Index of Industrial Production, is considered a proxy for industrial and investment demand. It contracted for the fifth straight month till March, this year.The government also aims to increase the share of do