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			<news:title>EPFO’s ₹25,000 Wage Ceiling: Can It Really Bridge The Rural-Urban Gap?</news:title>
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		<loc>https://thesecretariat.in/article/smita-srivastava-gets-one-year-extension-in-higher-education-department</loc>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-09-26T08:07:17+05:30</news:publication_date>
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			<news:title>Inside The Secretariat: Bureaucracy Gets Its Performance Scorecard</news:title>
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		<loc>https://thesecretariat.in/article/major-bureaucratic-reshuffle-10-senior-officers-get-key-central-postings</loc>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-09-25T21:00:21+05:30</news:publication_date>
			<news:keywords>Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, senior-level appointments, Vipin Kumar, Airports Authority of India, civil aviation, Srikant Nagulapalli, Department of Expenditure, V. Ponnuraj, Director General of Hydrocarbons, Anand Singh, Department of Economic Affairs, Mandeep K. Bhandari, CBSE Chairperson, Ankita Mishra Bundela, Department of Higher Education, Piyush Singh, National Water Mission</news:keywords>
			<news:title>Major Bureaucratic Reshuffle: 10 Senior Officers Get Key Central Postings</news:title>
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		<loc>https://thesecretariat.in/article/eu-scrap-curbs-why-indian-recyclers-could-pay-the-price</loc>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-09-25T19:40:06+05:30</news:publication_date>
			<news:keywords>Waste Export, EU India trade, FTA, EU Scrap Policy, Aluminium Scrap Imports, Indian Recyclers</news:keywords>
			<news:title>EU Scrap Curbs: Why Indian Recyclers Could Pay The Price</news:title>
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