News: A government panel has recommended that not only should junk food be banned from school canteens but that shops, restaurants or vendors within 200 meters of the school should not be allowed to sell the products to school children. The committee has also suggested a comprehensive definition of junk ...

News: The Maharashtra government has distributed 4,500 tonnes of grains to farmers in 14 drought-hit districts since the announcement of the measure. Eight regions in Aurangabad district, five regions in Amravati and Wardha in Nagpur district have been supplied with foodgrains to cease farmer suicides and to help them financially.  Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on ...

News: Very soon, customers will be able to order a new cooking gas connection online. State-run fuel retailers are joining the e-tail bandwagon with a web-based system for selling new LPG connections and cooking hobs (stoves) as part of the Modi government’s ‘Digital India’ dream. The retailers are also set to ...

News: Government’s ‘Make in India‘ initiative seems to have giving good results as 24.8% of the smartphones shipped in the country during the June quarter were made locally compared with 19.9% in preceding quarter. According to the research firm CyberMedia Research, a total of 56.6 million handsets were shipped during the ...

News: In view of the high costs involved in cleaning up and inter-linking of rivers, the government is considering levying a charge on river water users and those polluting them. The cost of inter-linking of rivers has risen from Rs 5 lakh crore to Rs 11 lakh crore. The cost ...

News: World Bank will look into investment opportunities in Haryana’s key infrastructure sectors like smart cities, energy and mass rapid transit systems. It also evinced keen interest in deepening the engagement with the state government in the field of cutting down losses in transmission and distribution of power, and in ...

News: Hair has announced an additional investment of over Rs 100 crore for its Pune-based manufacturing facility, taking the total to Rs 465 crore. The company plans to scale up manufacturing operations and launch new product lines in washing machines, AC, LED panels, water heaters and deep freezers. The increase ...

News: The government is not planning to raise excise duty on petrol and diesel to mop up gains accruing from oil prices that slumped to six-and- half year low. The government had in four installments raised excise duty on petrol and diesel between November and January to take away the reduction ...

News: Maharashtra government is mulling its own ‘Smart City’ project with an aim to provide development opportunities to cities that have not been selected by the Centre under its ambitious programme. The project is at a nascent stage for now and nothing has been finalised on paper as yet. Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli, Nagpur and ...

News: The Centre has informed that it will prod the states and union territories to ensure that women comprise 33 per cent of the total strength of their police forces. On 33 per cent reservation for women in police forces, Minister of State for Women Rijiju called it a “difficult and ...