Central Government always kept tourism as a beneficial segment of ministry.It is ecnomomically important and growing rapidly.The World Travel & Tourism Council calculated that tourism generated 14.02 lakh crore or 9.6% of the nation’s GDP in 2016 and supported 40.343 million jobs, 9.3% of its total employment. Central Government now ...

Mumbai: Amidst demands of farm loan waiver in Maharashtra, the State government has announced ‘Advanced Farming – Enriched Farmer’ scheme, with an aim to increase farmers’ income by cutting production cost and increasing the output. The scheme will be launched in the upcoming kharif season. Under the initiative, the government ...

Common Services Centers (CSCs) are a strategic cornerstone of the Digital India programme. They are the access points for delivery of various electronic services to villages in India, thereby contributing to a digitally and financially inclusive society. CSCs enable the three vision areas of the Digital India programme: CSCs are ...

The Telangana government has completed the final round of a loan waiver scheme to the farmers in the state. The total quantum of loans waived now stands at `16,374 crore, benefiting over 35 lakh farmers. The loan waiver was one of the main poll promises of the ruling Telangana Rashtra ...

Nagpur: With an aim to reward BHIM App users, prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced two schemes under the BHIM App on the occasion of the 126th birth anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar in Nagpur in Maharashtra. Modi had launched the Bharat Interface For Money (BHIM) App in December ...

Ahmedabad: State govt removes cap on installation of solar plant at 50 per cent of sanctioned load; now, households with single phase power connection can also install solar power plant; green energy initiative to get big boost In a bid to promote clean energy generation, the state government has decided ...

BHUBANESWAR:  Odisha government today launched a mobile science laboratory scheme for five backward blocks of southern Odisha to take applied science at the doorsteps of the students. “This initiative has been started by the state government in collaboration with TCS foundation and Tata Trusts,” Chief Secretary A P Padhi flagging ...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has blocked a statewide pension programme with more than five million beneficiaries pending an inquiry but ordered hikes in the payout under other schemes. At a midnight meeting with senior officials, the CM ordered the Samajwadi Pension Yojana — the ambitious pension scheme ...

For decades, political scientists, foreign policy experts have argued on growing India’s “softer approach” in diplomacy on the international arena, giving it credit for India’s rising economy, its military might and evolution in demography. With New Delhi’s increasing reliance on the “soft power” particularly the nation’s vivid culture and values, ...

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries of India plans to launch a Rs 6000 crore Sampada scheme for production and development of agro processing cluster, with an aim to reduce food wastage and ensure farmers get remunerative prices. The scheme will integrate current and new schemes from mega food parks ...