NEW DELHI: The National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, the government’s policy think-tank, today announced it will give district collectors, district magistrates, and deputy commissioners Rs 10 for every citizen who performs at least two cashless transactions. Such citizens should use one of five modes for their transactions – ...
Read More »Want to Volunteer for India’s Digital Revolution? Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan (VISAKA)
Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar launched ‘Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan’ to make people aware about cashless economic system. Union HRD Minister appealed to the faculty and especially young students to come forward and join ‘Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan’ to encourage, create awareness and motivate all people around them ...
Read More »Center’s new formula to tackle Delhi NCR’s air pollution
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 ...
Read More »RBI revises Market Stabilisation Scheme limit to Rs 6 lakh crore
After the withdrawal of the legal tender character of the Rs 500 and Rs 1000 denomination notes with effect from November 9, 2016, there has been a surge in the deposits with the banks. Consequently, there has been a significant increase of liquidity in the banking system which is expected ...
Read More »World’s largest solar power plant unveiled in Tamil Nadu
In less than a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Solar Alliance initiative at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, the country appears to be on schedule to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels to power homes and industries by 2030. A solar power plant in Kamuthi, ...
Read More »Retail price of LED bulbs under govt’s UJALA scheme drops to Rs 65 from Rs 550
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 ...
Read More »Budget 2017: Govt Plans Housing Scheme At 6-7% Home Loan Rates
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 ...
Read More »Black Money Tax: Government’s New Income Declaration Scheme In 10 Points
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 ...
Read More »Delhi Solar Policy
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 ...
Read More »Get Loan upto Rs.50 lakh for mobile cooling van
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: ...
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