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LIVE: BJP's Central Election Committee meet underway at party's HQ

PM Modi is also attending the CEC meeting at the party headquarters. Stay tuned for latest LIVE news

Amit Shah, Narendra Modi

File picture of Home Minister Amit Shah and PM Narendra Modi

BS Web Team New Delhi

The BJP's central election committee (CEC) met on Thursday to finalise party candidates for the initial phases of assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam, two of the four states going to the elections besides the union territory of Puducherry. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and party president J P Shah along with other members of the committee held deliberations at the BJP headquarters. 
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday asserted that new farm laws will enhance farmers' income adding that agricultural is the backbone of the country's economic growth.

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Retirement fund body EPFO today decided to retain 8.5 per cent annual rate of interest on provident fund deposits for the current financial year for its more than five crore active subscribers.
 
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First Published: Mar 04 2021 | 8:58 AM IST