Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh exudes confidence over tackling deficient monsoon, minimising production losses and its possible impact on overall economy.He also pointed that the government is working on bringing a new crop insurance policy by end of this year to protect farmers’ income. To control the price rise in ...
Read More »Government to import pulses to control price rise
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh announced at a press conference that the government is planning to import pulses through state-owned trading agencies in order to boost domestic supplies and control rising prices. The retail prices of pulses including tur,urad,moong have risen up to 64 per cent,crossing Rs 100/kg mark as against 72-97/kg ...
Read More »Sweden backed India for Permanent Seat in Reformed UNSC
News India is an emerging economy and has been able to sustain its growth rate more 7 % even after the recession of 2008. The country is experiencing major demographic shift which can enhance the productivity of our labor force. Thus, the population size which was considered debt to the ...
Read More »100 percent toilet access at schools by June 2015
News The government has set a target to achieve 100 per cent availability of toilets at schools by this month as part of its ambitious Swachh Bharat campaign. It has been included as a part of the CSR ( corporate social responsibility) programme. A lot of incentives in fiscal policy have ...
Read More »1000 more stores to be opened under Jan Aushadhi Scheme
News The Government proposes to soon open 1000 more stores under the ‘Jan Aushadhi Scheme’ to make available quality generic medicines at affordable prices through these special outlets. Speaking at a function organised by the Indian Social Responsibility Network (ISRN) a facilitation network to build the corporate social responsibility (CSR) ...
Read More »Government Provides Level Playing Field with Defence PSUs
News Defence manufacturing is one of the key sectors among the 25 sectors identified under the Make in India campaign launched by the Government of India. A series of consultations have been held across Ministries / Departments under the mentoring of PMO to enable simplification of rules and procedures to ...
Read More »Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Inaugurated the New Bank Note Paper Line
News The foundation stone for this New Bank Note Paper Line was laid on 17.12.2011 by the then Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee. The project has been completed at a cost of Rs. 495 crore within the budget and within the time schedule. This New Security Paper Mill in Hoshangabad ...
Read More »Union Home Minister reviews LWE situation in Chhattisgarh
News Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh paid a two-day visit on May 30-31, 2015 to the LWE-affected State of Chhattisgarh and reviewed the anti-LWE Operations and the development agenda with the State Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh and Senior Officials of the Central and State Government including the CAPFs. He said ...
Read More »PM calls for making Yoga a mass movement
News The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has called for making Yoga a mass movement, connecting people and strengthening the bonds of humanity. In a post on Facebook, the Prime Minister said that the entire global community has come together in support of celebrating the first-ever International Day of Yoga, ...
Read More »Pinaka Mark II Missile Test: Success
News: Pinaka Mark-II missile, launched with a multi barrier rocket launcher, was successfully test-fired today from Army’s Chandan firing range near Pokhran, after getting a software upgrade. The target was situated in Keru, distanced at 55km from the source. The area weapon has been developed by the DRDO for destroying/neutralising ...
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