Cash payment of hotel or foreign travel bills exceeding Rs 50,000 Acquiring shares of listed companies for Rs 50,000 and aboveAll transactions, including purchase of jewellery, above Rs 2 lakhPurchase of immovable property of over Rs 10 lakh Opening all bank accounts except under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana Term deposits exceeding Rs 50,000 at one go or Rs 5 lakh in a year with banks, POs & NBFCs

Eating at Parliament canteen to cost moreItem New rate Old rateVeg thali Rs 30 Rs 18Non-veg thali Rs 60 Rs 33 3-course meal Rs 90 Rs 61 Chicken curry Rs 40 Rs 29The number of items prepared in the canteen will also be reduced to one-fifth to avoid wastage and cut cost. From 125-130 dishes, the number of items will be reduced to 25 per day.

No interviews for Class III, IV jobs from today The decision to abolish interviews for Class III and IV government jobs will come into effect from January 1, with PM Narendra Modi on Thursday describing it as a “New Year Gift”  which will “free the youth from corruption”. Modi had first talked about his intent to abolish interviews in his last I-Day address.