The Union Government on Wednesday passed pesticide management bill, 2020 which aims at regularizing the pesticide business and compensate farmers' business in case of losses occurred due to the use of agro chemicals during farming.

Hindustan Times quoted officials saying that the government has made necessary arrangement to open 190 primary schools while security officials remained deployed in the valley.

The Union Cabinet met at the official residence of Prime Minister in New Delhi on Monday. The meeting started at 9.30 am at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved more pro-farmer initiatives ahead of the 2019 general elections. The government will have a new umbrella scheme that will also allow private players to procure crop produce at remunerative prices.

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the construction of a 100-bed hospital in Delhi at an estimated cost of Rs 95 crore.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an additional two per cent Dearness Allowance (DA) for central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners from January 1, 2018.

In major changes liberalising foreign direct investment in key sectors, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved 100 per cent foreign investment in single brand retail trading (SBRT) and construction development and decided to open up Air India for FDI up to 49 per cent.

The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the setting up of the anti-profiteering authority under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in a bid to ensure that the benefit of lower rates is passed on to consumers.

Minister of State for Skill Development Rajeev Pratap Rudy on Thursday night resigned from the Union Council of Ministers, while six others are believed to have offered to resign from their posts, ahead of much-spculated reshuffle shortly.

The creamy layer ceiling for Other Backward Classes candidates for securing government jobs was on Wednesday raised to Rs 8 lakh as the union cabinet cleared a proposal for a commission to work out sub-categorisation within OBCs for a "more equitable distribution of reservation benefits".