About the Scheme: Government of Andhra Pradesh had introduced YSR ‘Abhayahastam’  on November 1, the scheme was the dream of late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to help the women in their latter age when they become dependent. The aim was to provide security to all enrolled SHG women with dignity in ...

The coast guard is now close to getting its own fleet of medium lift choppers, the requirement for which was raised after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks that exposed chinks in the surveillance and interception capabilities of the force. While the coast guard currently operates ageing Chetaks as well as indigenous Advanced ...

The Vedanta signed an early agreement to invest around Rs8,400 crore to expand and develop its mineral and mining base in Rajasthan. This is part of more than Rs 20,000 crore of investment lined up by Vedanta to expand its mining and oil business in the western Indian state over 3-5 years. The ...

The Cabinet has approved a slew of measures, including a one-time financial assistance for stalled road projects and a cash boost for fertiliser firms. The measures approved by cabinet are discussed below:  The Cabinet has given its nod for one-time fund infusion to revive stressed national highway projects. The incentive will ...

Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan has said that apprehensions expressed about misuse of the Human DNA Profiling Bill were addressed by the Central government. Minister has said  the bill was in the advanced stage of becoming a law and it would be put up for consideration by ...

Government is set to unveil an ambitious PAN activity monitoring and analysis software tool that will enable Income Tax department to check transactions history of a person country-wide and help sleuths in effective tracking of black money trail. The digital and smart platform is called the Income Tax Business Application-Permanent Account Number (ITBA-PAN) ...

A quick and transparent decision making process, backed by decentralized power structure and a system of performance audit would go a long way in ensuring that departments are able to achieve the development work that they set out to do. Union Minister, Nitin Gadkari was speaking at a ceremony in ...

The Tribal Welfare Department, Andhra Pradesh has set a total budget provision for 2015-16 is Rs 1115.30 Cr .(Plan : 618.42 Cr & Non-Plan : 496.88 Crs).  An amount of Rs. 137.51 Crs. was released up to the Month of June, 2015 under Plan & Non-Plan. Key Schemes under the ...

If in Bangalore you’re one of those blocking the movement of an ambulance racing to hospital with a% blaring siren, you may lose your driving licence. Flagging off 150 new ambulances which join the existing 711-strong fleet of the government-run Arogya Kavacha 108 ambulance service, chief minister Siddramaiah said motorists ...

Acceding to a long-pending demand of the armed forces, the government has approved a Rs 500- crore project for building a National War Memorial and a National War Museum near India Gate in memory of over 22,500 soldiers who laid down their lives post-Independence. Post-Independence, more than 22,500 soldiers have ...