Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flattered the rural part of India on Sunday by inaugurating a Rural-Urban or Rurban Mission in Chhattisgarh as well as urging farmers in Orissa to register for the National Crop Insurance Scheme. The scheme known as Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Scheme aims to improve basic ...

The central government today has revealed that electricity has reached to 5,537 villages in the current financial year (2015-2016) under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY). The Ministry of Power has said that 258 villages have been electrified in the last week (15th-21st February, 2016) under DDUGJY. Out ...

In a bid to help ‘mango man’ or the common people to talk about their grievances about untidy/dirty area or garbage piled up near tourist attractions, the central government has launched a mobile app called ‘Swachh Paryatan’. The Ministry of Tourism said the Swachh Paryatan app is available for Android ...

In a bid to strengthen the economic relation between India and the UAE, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dubai Exports to enhance trade as well as discover new business opportunities. Dubai Exports work with the Dubai Government to simplify the process of ...

The central government is soon planning to launch the national social security card scheme to facilitate people to get avail benefits of almost half dozen schemes in one platform. A formal statement regarding the matter will be announced in the upcoming budget which will be inaugurated on 29th February. The ...

The upcoming budget will focus on addressing rural stress, more so it will focus on farmers, generating employment and eradicating poverty and will thoroughly be a people-centric one, said Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayant Sinha. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will formally unveil the budget on 29th February. Sinha also ...

Kochi is finally going to be a smart city as the first phase of the SmartCity project will be inaugurated today. The project inauguration will consist of around 6.5 lakh sq ft. IT tower. The project is a joint venture between the Government of Kerala and Dubai based Tecom Investments ...

The central government is planning to reduce the duty across all grades for iron ore to 10% in order to revive the industry as well as help the industry to stay in the competition despite having a weak commodity market. The prices for iron ore dropped to a decade low ...

In a bid to increase both domestic production and exports, the central government may consider reducing import duty of processing machinery for Tea and Coffee industry.  The Tea and Coffee industry has long demanded for duties on imports of machineries for tea and coffee processing to be reduced. The import ...

Tech giant Apple is planning to establish a technology development centre in Hyderabad. With the booming business environment and market, India has grabbed the attention of the world to invest in the country. Apple is expected to utilize the development center to strengthen its mapping efforts in the large market ...