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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 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 ...

News Nuclear energy production in India is set to get a major boost with the department of atomic energy (DAE) giving nod to set up the country’s own thermo-nuclear fusion reactor India is presently one of the seven partner countries in world’s biggest energy research project – the ITER – ...

News The government has announced a policy for adopting open source software (OSS), making it mandatory that such software is considered along with proprietary products, as it looks to bring in transparency and lower total cost of ownership of projects. The policy shall be applicable to Central government organisations and ...

News Government is making efforts to ensure transparent and swift administration of social security schemes through e-initiatives for employees and employers, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said. He appreciated new initiatives by Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), including allotment of Universal Account Number to all EPF subscribers. The retirement fund body ...

Progress Government allowed a PPP partnership to ensure a quick development without having any burden on public exchequer. A food company from Maharashtra has built concrete Homes for locals at Vanwasi Basti. It is a One Bedroom flat with Kitchen and verandah, fitted with Solar lights and water pipelines.  5 ...

News Tebma Shipyards  said its indigenously built dredger is ready to be inducted in the Indian Navy. The dredger sailed out on March 25, 2015, after successfully completing all the trials in ship builders yard to Mumbai for its formal induction to the Naval fleet under Western naval command. The ...

News The Centre plans to pump $10 billion into facilities in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, where a consortium of firms have come up as production bases. India would also be investing $400 million in developing an Indian version of micro-processor. Infrastructure for chip manufacturing and designing will be considerably strengthened ...

News PMO announced the launching of a new public grievance cell, PRAGATI or Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation, which is a unique integrative and interactive platform. The PRAGATI platform uniquely bundles three latest technologies: Digital data management, video-conferencing and geo-spatial technology. This new portal will replace the portal PMO CPGRAMS which ...

News The government’s initiative for creating 100 smart cities achieved a major milestone as the various stakeholders came out with the criteria for the selection and ranking of cities and also broadly agreed on innovative financing models and urban governance reforms to be implemented as part of the project. Among ...