Government proposes to start a channel within the DD bouquet of channels exclusively for start-ups. The channel will serve as a platform for promoting start-ups, discussing issues affecting their growth, matchmaking with venture capitalists and funding and tax planning.  Channel will be designed and executed by start-ups themselves. The ...

  The Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Limited has been set up by the Indian government for the development and refinancing of various micro units. Under this scheme, the loan is classified into three stages namely, Shishu, Kishor, and Tarun to symbolize the funding requirements of the micro units. ...

Number of recognized Startups under Startup India initiative (State/UT wise) S.No. State No. of Recognized Startups 1 Maharashtra 3661 2 Karnataka 2847 3 Delhi 2552 4 Uttar Pradesh 1566 5 Telangana 1080 6 Haryana 1052 7 Tamil Nadu 1004 8 Gujarat 985 9 Kerala 849 10 West Bengal 573 11 ...

Start-up India initiative launched on 16thJanuary 2016, consists of 19 Action Points that act as a guiding document for the initiative. Since its inception, 19,351 Startups across the country have been recognised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) as on 24.06.2019. Salient features of Startup ...

The 2018 floods and landslides in Kerala led to severe impact on property, infrastructure, and lives and livelihoods of people. One sixth of the State’s population – about 5.4 million people – were affected while 1.4 million were displaced from their homes, especially the poor and vulnerable segments of the ...

Home for Widows: A Home for Widows has been set up in Vrindavan, UP with a capacity of 1000 inmates to provide widows a safe and secure place of stay, health services, nutritious food, legal and counseling services. SwadharGreh Scheme:-The Ministry of Women and Child Development implements SwadharGreh Scheme which ...

The State Government is primarily responsible for providing necessary relief measures in the wake of natural calamities. For undertaking relief measures, funds are available with the State Government in the form of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF). Additional financial assistance, over and above SDRF, is considered from National Disaster Response ...

Government has planned to connect all State Capitals of North Eastern States by 2020 except Sikkim in which case, new line work has been sanctioned up to Rangpo in first phase. The capitals of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura States have been connected by Broad Gauge (BG) rail network. Great ...

Indian Railways uses approximately 56 Million Units of Electrical Energy per day. Indian Railways is taking the following steps for giving a thrust for use of environmental friendly technologies: Railway Electrification of tracks – IR has decided to electrify 100% of its Broad Gauge Rail routes in mission mode; as ...

Public Health is a State subject; hence, the responsibility of providing medical assistance to patients of all income group is of respective State/ UT Governments. However, National Health Mission (NHM) – a flagship programme of the Ministry with its two Sub-Missions, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and National Urban Health ...