Initiatives

Roshni is one of the sub-schemes under ASDP. The Ministry of Rural Development in 2013, launched a new skill development scheme designed to offer employment to tribal youth in critical Left Wing Extremist (LWE) affected districts. These LWE districts are named as ‘Roshni  Districts’ and are 24 in numbers. Roshni will ...

The state government of Jharkhand is committed to generate havoc employment opportunities for especially the rural population of the state but in can be done only through massive industrialization of the state. The Micro, Small and Medium enterprises have good capability to ensure employment generation for the local youth. So, ...

The CEO of software giant Microsoft Mr. Satya Nadella signs a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh Government today towards establishing a technologically advanced economy and better the usage of ICT. Microsoft will support AP in building up to three proof-of-concept (POC) solutions in the fields of education, ...

Gujarat was the first state in the country to launch e-voting facility in any of its election back in the year 2010. Second time in 2015, the state launched e-voting facility for municipal polls but however, did not get the response they expected.  The state now plans to launch e-voting ...

The historic Chennai Central railway station is probably to become the first station in Tamil Nadu to get Google’s Wi-Fi network coverage. Officials of RailTel Corporation have said that plans are already ongoing to make the railway station Wi-Fi covered by March, 2016. This is part of Google’s initiative along ...

NSAP  is a welfare programme being administered by the Ministry of Rural Development to provide financial assistance to the elderly, widows and persons with disabilities in the form of social pensions in rural areas as well as urban areas. The NSAP was launched with the aim of providing social assistance to destitutes ...

The central government is going to launch a new Farm Crop Insurance Scheme by early 2016 which thus could indicate the new elected government’s maiden move towards the agrarian problem. The agricultural minister Mr. Radha Mohan Singh said that this new scheme will be more farmer friendly as the government ...

The state of Maharashtra has faced water-scarcity due to poor management as well as other climatic reasons. The state was badly hit by drought in the monsoon season even in this year as well, especially regions of Vidarbha and Marathwada.  So, in a bid to make the state free of ...

In a bid to facilitate rapid sustainable export growth in the state and to boost up its share in all India exports to 2% by the year 2019, Jharkhand government launched its Export Policy of 2015. This envisioned goal has to be however achieved by providing an effective institutional mechanism, ...

With an aim to create favourable ambience to set up Food processing Units in the state through competent infrastructure, balanced economic development and attracting investment from both India and abroad, the state government of Jharkhand announced its Food Processing Industry Policy of 2015. The agenda is to provide maximum benefits ...