RAMESWARAM (TN): Acceding to a long-pending demand of the Tamil Nadu government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a deep-sea fishing scheme for fishermen of this region, saying it would help them overcome problems of fishing in Palk Strait. Under the initiative taken up under the “Blue Revolution” scheme, the ...

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) will provide a “respectable” rate of return to senior citizens at a time when interest rates are falling globally. PMVVY is a pension scheme exclusively for senior citizens (aged 60 years and above) which is ...

Influenced by the success and popularity of Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2003 and Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2014 schemes, and to protect elderly people aged 60 years and above in the falling interest regime, the Modi government recently announced the launch of a simplified scheme of assured pension, called Pradhan ...

Delhi government on Tuesday launched ‘merit cum means’ scholarship scheme in the national capital, with an aim to benefit the students from poor and moderate means of income group. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, while making the announcement in New Delhi, said the scholarship scheme would be a fee waiver ...

Innovation is the key for every nation who is in developing stage. To get the idea is easy but for implementation we need collaboration of research institutes and industry.Seeing the depth of concern, Ministry of Information Technology initiated a scheme called ” Multiplier Grant Scheme” where grants will be provided ...

The commerce and industry ministry on Monday said it has proposed a Rs 2,000 crore credit guarantee scheme for startups to help them access funds. For the scheme, a corpus contribution of “Rs 2,000 crore is proposed keeping in mind the challenges faced by startups in accessing funds,” Commerce and ...

Hyderabad-based TruJet, one of the private airlines, which has bagged travel routes under UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) scheme is planning to add 10 destinations with seven aircraft. The airline started operations in July 2015 and is currently catering to seven destinations with 16 flights. Antara Dey, spokesperson of the ...

A happiness indeed for labour of kerala as minimum wages will be Rs.600 per day. Thats called pursuit of happiness which is given by LDF government. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a statement on Thursday that the policy seeks to ensure the welfare and social security of workers along ...

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh will on July 24 flag off the first set of 100 Uber bike taxis, under a new scheme aimed at generating jobs for the state’s unemployed youth. Uber’s South Asia Public Policy Director Shweta Rajpal Kohli called on the chief minister here today to ...

As many as 2.5 crore poor women have so far been given LPG connections without upfront charges under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana launched about 14 months ago, the oil ministry said on Saturday. President Pranab Mukherjee gave out the latest batch of LPG connections at a function in Jangipur, ...