News Government has completed the roll out of national optical fibre network (NOFN) in 20,000 village panchayats to provide high speed broadband connectivity. It had set target to roll out the network across 50,000 village panchayats by March 31, 2015 and all the 2.5 lakh VPs by the end of ...

News India bids for airwaves crossed Rs 1 lakh crore or $18 billion, making the spectrum auction the biggest ever sale of spectrum by value. Benefits The auction has opened a number of new opportunities for subscribers in new circles for 3G services in 2100 Mhz band and LTE in ...

News Cleaning up and beautifying India’s spiritual capital was one of Modi’s biggest electoral promises to the people of Varanasi. A year later, it doesn’t appear to be an empty one. There may be some delay in work but transformation of Varanasi looks inevitable,’ says Praveen Kumar, an employee of ...

News Some parts of India, particularly the smaller towns and villages, still have traditional styles of dressing. To find out about local customs and traditions,  or concerned authorities before visiting such places and many such advisories  Union tourism ministry’s will distribute little booklet to foreign tourists visiting India from next ...

News The Finance Ministry has operationalised an ambitious electronic national database of judicial orders and appeals to de-congest and streamline huge litigation in the Income Tax Department and the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). According to data, tax demand of more than Rs 3.5 lakh crore is under dispute ...

News Indian Railways is finalising a branding policy for trains, coaches, stations and even consumables such as bedding, an initiative that’s expected to raise as much as Rs 9,000 crore for the cash-strapped organisation. A task force headed by Ajay Shukla will submit a detailed report on the issue by ...

News Since Nitin Gadkari took over as shipping minister, the government has put greater focus on coastal shipping and waterways. The Cabinet okayed a legislation to declare 101 rivers as national waterways so that the Centre can explore the possibilities of cargo and passenger movement on these rivers. Incentives The ...

News India  launched a new campaign to scout for Chinese investments under the ‘Make in India’ initiative with an investor’s meeting in Hong Kong, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s expected visit to China next month. Ajith Ranade, member of the CII core group on China, said India’s youth population ...

News The Cabinet has approved a policy to supply natural gas at a uniform price to all urea plants, hoping to revive some defunct manufacturing units in eastern India and boost local output. It also approved budgetary support of nearly Rs 5,000 crore for strategic oil reserves and revival of ...

News FAME-India or Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles in India as part of the National Mission for Electric Mobility has been launched. Government launched this scheme that envisages to provide Rs 795 crore support till 2020 for the manufacturing and sale of electric and hybrid vehicles. The ...