The government had introduced MLAs Local Are Development Scheme from 2000-01 making MLAs able to recommend small development works of capital nature. Under the scheme, each MLA has the choice to suggest to the Deputy Commissioner of his/her district, to the extent of allocations given from year to year, to ...

The Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), earlier launched in 1993, directly fulfills the requirements of the public at large in the field of infrastructure development, drinking water, education, roads, health, sanitation, etc. and is governed by the Guidelines on MPLADS. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is ...

Parvaaz is a pilot programme and is one of the sub-schemes under ASDP. The main objective of the program is to mainstream minority BPL youth of the country by empowering them with education, skills and employment. The project will serve as a plateform for the marginalized youth to take their ...

In a major diplomatic behaviour, Qatar has halved the price of the selling gas under a 25 year contract and has also relinquished a payment responsibility of Rs. 12,000 crore since India refused to import the committed number of shipments in the year 2015 under its ‘take-or-pay’ clause. India’s largest ...

The central government in the next two weeks will be launching a new blueprint for startups called ‘Start Up India’ to make the process for setting-up businesses more lenient. The blue print of this policy may have a Startups and Entrepreneurship Law to make it easier for the startups to ...

After the success of LPG subsidy directly transferring into user’s bank account, the government is all set to launch a similar scheme for kerosene from April 1. Now, users will buy the cooking fuel at the market prices but the subsidy will directly get transferred into their bank accounts. The ...

Maharashtra has emerged as the top player in luring global and domestic investment by attracting 15L crore in 5 years, while Gujarat at the second place. According to a recently publish report of Assocham, Gujarat secured a mere 2% growth in investments among 21 states in past 5 years. Gujarat, ...

Indian government’s lead policy think tank NITI Aayog is on the way of launching an electronics products policy that would specifically focus on incentives to produce in India. Indian market is largely dominated by Chinese electronic products, and without a clear policy of producing in India – makes it difficult ...

Around 13,800 villages and 200 major cities in the state of Gujarat will soon have free Wi-Fi connectivity at all the public places and free or at very minimal rates internet connectivity at homes/work places. The state government has planned to lay 1 lakh km long fibre optic network in ...

The central government from January end will start issuing smart cards for social security coverage to 40 crore workers in the unorganized sector of the country. The smart card will be known as U-WIN (Unorganized Worker Identification Number) card and it will facilitate these workers to get benefits under numerous ...