News The IAF has been considering the use of national highways for emergency landing by fighter aircraft. This capability was demonstrated by IAF on May 21, 2015 by a Mirage-2000 aircraft which got airborne from one of the IAF bases in Central India. All facilities like make shift Air Traffic ...

News The Union Cabinet  gave its approval for the revival of closed urea unit of Fertilizer Corporation India Limited (FCIL) at Sindri (Jharkhand) with an investment of Rs 6000 crore. The CCEA earlier had approved gas pooling for urea sector which will enable the unit to get gas at pooled ...

News Indian Railways commodity-wise freight traffic earnings were Rs. 9461.47 crore during the month of April 2015 compared to Rs. 8071.18 crore of during the same period last year, registering an increase of 17.23 per cent. Share Wise Out of this Rs. 9461.47 crore, Rs. 4623.77 crore generated from transportation ...

News Shri Narendra Modi has given special attention to the Ministry of Textiles, with special focus on states in the North Eastern Region. The Apparel and Garment Making Centres are being opened in every state in the region, as part of the landmark initiative announced by the PM in Nagaland, on ...

News The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways today released the Notification for mass emission standards for flex-fuel ethanol E85 and ED95 in vehicles. The Ministry has notified the test requirements for Type Approval and extension for two, three and four-wheeled vehicles. It has also notified the technical specifications of ...

News The four ships of Project-28 built by GRSE, Kolkata have been designed indigenously by the Directorate of Naval Design, New Delhi and bear testimony to the acclaimed legacy of Naval Designers. The ships have been constructed using high grade steel (DMR 249A) produced in India. Kavaratti will also be ...

News Website: https://www.niti.gov.in Features The website provides details of the constitution, functions and current activities of the NITI Aayog. The reports prepared by the institution in its initial stages have also been shared on the website. The website has a unique feature of NITI Blogs, which will incorporate articles, field reports, ...

News Fiscal Deficit for the Financial Year 2014-15 stands at 4.0 % as against the Target of 4.1 % Revenue Deficit for FY 2014-15 stands at 2.8% as Against Target of 2.9% Gross Tax Collections During 2014-15 Stand at Rs. 12,45,037 Crore and thus Registering a Growth of 9% during ...

News Job-seekers are finding jobs right in their villages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) through an innovative publicprivate-civil society partnership driven by Hindustan Unilever (HUL). It’s indeed rare for a large corporate entity to directly engage on NREGA although a few like ITC have had brushes ...

Plan Part of the plan will be a `4 crore project under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme, and 16 other water supply projects totalling `1.4 crore. Among Mahajan’s first priorities was lavatories for those who did not have it. In the last four months, 30 households have built lavatories ...