Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PKVY), a skill development program targeted at Indian youth seeking overseas employment to make India the Skill Capital of the World. It was launched after inauguration of 14th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas convention at India’s IT hub Bengaluru, Karnataka. Key Facts PKVY ...
Read More »Cabinet approves New Scheme for promotion of Rural Housing
The Union Cabinet has approved a new scheme for promotion of Rural Housing in the country. It will enable people in rural areas to construct new houses or add to their existing pucca houses to improve dwelling units. Under it, Government will provide interest subsidy to every rural household who ...
Read More »Sports Ministry reconstitutes committee to identify athletes under TOP Scheme
The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has reconstituted TOP committee with objective of identifying and supporting potential medal prospects for 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games under Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme. The committee will be headed by Abhinav Bindra, Olympic Gold Medalist. Its members are Anil Khanna, Prakash ...
Read More »Ex-Servicemen Coal Loading and Transportation Scheme
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Govt. of India has a Coal Loading and Transportation Scheme. Objective: To provide income to Unemployed retired officers (Ex-servicemen) Eligibility: The Eligibility Criteria for the companies to be sponsored to the coal subsidiaries for undertaking coal loading and transportation work is as under:- Unemployed retired commissioned officers ...
Read More »Income Tax Department launches Operation Clean Money
The Income Tax Department (ITD) launched Operation Clean Money (Swachh Dhan Abhiyan), an e-platform to analyse large cash deposits made during the demonetisation window (9 November to 30 December 2016). Under it, e-verification of large cash has been done using data analytics for comparing the demonetisation data with information in ITD databases. ...
Read More »Assam Government launches Chief Minister Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana
Assam Government has launched Chief Minister Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana (CMSGUY) to bring about paradigm shift towards holistic development of villages in the state. The scheme is a mega mission aimed at bringing in revolutionary changes by doubling the farm income in the State. As per Situation Assessment Survey (period ...
Read More »Scheme for Development of the Cultural Heritage of the Himalayas
Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India has a scheme for development of the cultural heritage of the Himalayas. Objective: The objective of the scheme is to promote, protect and preserve the cultural heritage of the Himalayan region spreading in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh through ...
Read More »डिजिटल व इमोशनल इंडिया पर कार्यशाला !!
गीतांजली इंस्टीट्यूट ऑफ टेक्निकल स्टडीज़ डबोक और राष्ट्रीय सेवा योजना के संयुक्त तत्वाधान में सोमवार 16 जनवरी को राजकीय मीरा कन्या महाविद्यालय में डिजिटल व इमोशनल इंडिया पर कार्यशाला आयोजित हुई। कार्यक्रम के मुख्य वक्ता द इंडियन आईरिस.कॉम के निदेशक नारायण सिंह राव थे। उन्होंने छात्राओं को आज के आधुनिक ...
Read More »Telangana signs up for central scheme to boost air traffic, develop airports
HYDERABAD: Telangana on Wednesday joined the Centre’s regional air connectivity scheme to boost its air traffic and develop more airports. The Centre recently announced the scheme to encourage flying and linking of more cities by air under its new civil aviation policy. The scheme provides incentives to airlines and airports, ...
Read More »Tamil Nadu: India’s double first in climate battle
Image caption:The Tuticorin zero-emissions plant to make soda ash Two world-leading clean energy projects have opened in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A £3m industrial plant is capturing the CO2 emissions from a coal boiler and using the CO2 to make valuable chemicals. It is a world first. ...
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