Ø The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation announced
a rate of interest of 8.75 per cent for 2014-15 on provident fund deposits of
its over five crore subscribers in the country. The decision to retain the rate
at 8.75 per cent was taken at a meeting of the Central Board of Trustees.
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Ø President Pranab Mukherjee appointed Kalyan
Singh, Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala, Ch. Vidyasagar Rao and Mridula Sinha Governors of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa,
respectively. Kerala Governor Sheila Dikshit, meanwhile, joined the list of
Governors appointed by the previous United Progressive Alliance government to
resign.
Ø Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has
expressed hope that Parliament will pass the Insurance Bill for raising the
foreign direct investment (FDI) limit to 49 per cent by the end of this year,
the first major economic reform proposed by the Narendra Modi Government.
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