Govt. Initative

JAIPUR: Around 18 lakh farmers have been associated with the new insurance scheme in Rajasthan which is the first state to provide Rs 5 lakh accidental insurance to farmers by charging only Rs 27 premium per year. The government is targetting to associate 25 lakh farmers in the current fiscal ...

The Supreme Court asked the central government to put in place “graded response action plan” for different levels of air pollution in the national capital and areas of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Asking the government to notify the “graded” plan that includes the steps that would be taken to ...

Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) aims to provide employment opportunities to every individual. Objective To generate employment opportunities in Rural as well as Urban areas. Setting up self employment ventures projects, micro enterprises and servicing units.  Eligibility Any individual above 18 years of age. Assistance under scheme is available ...

Kishori Shakti Yojana is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for adolescent girls. This scheme is operational in 46 ICDS Projects of 8 Districts viz. Shimla, Sirmour, Kinnaur, Mandi, Bilaspur, Una, Hamirpur and Lahaul-Spiti of the State. Objectives To improve the nutritional and health status of adolescent girls in the age groups ...

New Delhi: Retail price of 9 watt LED bulbs under the government’s UJALA programme has dropped to as low as Rs 65 per unit to encourage consumers to opt for these energy efficient lights. “The aggregation of demand and bulk procurement has resulted in reduction of 88 per cent in ...

New Delhi: In a bid to boost housing sector, the central government is mulling a new housing scheme that may use money from the demonetisation drive, reports ET NOW exclusively. According to sources, the government is already in discussion with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the scheme. The new ...

NEW DELHI:  With the ban on 500 and 1,000-rupee notes now more than two weeks old, the government has proposed new rules to tax black money that is being unearthed. The bill was submitted on Monday for parliament’s review by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as the government is being attacked ...

With the need of renewable sources of energy, Delhi had shown its potential that they have solar electricity producing capability. The high cost and low potential for wind or hydro power, Delhi must focus on rooftop solar as its primary source of renewable energy. Delhi had already installed 7 MW ...

National Mission on Food Processing (NMFP) has launched this scheme for mobility of cooling van. The scheme is to provide financial assistance to standalone reefer vehicles and mobile pre-cooling vans (reefer unit and refer cabinet permanently mounted on the vehicle) for carrying & transporting both Horticultural & Non-Horticultural products. Objective: ...

The “Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana” (KVPY) is a program started by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India to encourage students who are studying Basic Sciences to take up research career in Science. Objective  To identify students with talent and aptitude for research.  Help them realize their ...