Initiatives

News: Google has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the government of Haryana to promote digital literacy in the state. Google will undertake a digital literacy drive covering internet safety in government schools, and also conduct a similar exercise for government officials. “The MoU takes us closer to realising our ...

News: The Maharashtra government has distributed 4,500 tonnes of grains to farmers in 14 drought-hit districts since the announcement of the measure. Eight regions in Aurangabad district, five regions in Amravati and Wardha in Nagpur district have been supplied with foodgrains to cease farmer suicides and to help them financially.  Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on ...

News: Very soon, customers will be able to order a new cooking gas connection online. State-run fuel retailers are joining the e-tail bandwagon with a web-based system for selling new LPG connections and cooking hobs (stoves) as part of the Modi government’s ‘Digital India’ dream. The retailers are also set to ...

News: Government’s ‘Make in India‘ initiative seems to have giving good results as 24.8% of the smartphones shipped in the country during the June quarter were made locally compared with 19.9% in preceding quarter. According to the research firm CyberMedia Research, a total of 56.6 million handsets were shipped during the ...

News: World Bank will look into investment opportunities in Haryana’s key infrastructure sectors like smart cities, energy and mass rapid transit systems. It also evinced keen interest in deepening the engagement with the state government in the field of cutting down losses in transmission and distribution of power, and in ...

News: The Centre is proposing to create two National Investment & Manufacturing Zones (NIMZ) in Andhra Pradesh to give a fillip to the manufacturing sector in the State. APIIC has announced that the land for the Rs. 10,899 crore National Investment and Manufacturing Zone had been identified in Pamarru and ...

News: Maharashtra government is mulling its own ‘Smart City’ project with an aim to provide development opportunities to cities that have not been selected by the Centre under its ambitious programme. The project is at a nascent stage for now and nothing has been finalised on paper as yet. Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli, Nagpur and ...

News: Accessible India, the next sweeping initiative bearing the stamp of the Prime Minister’s Office, will introduce landmark initiatives over the next five years to make the country disabled-friendly. For starters, the government is working to introduce set-top boxes that will make TV programmes more useful for the visually impaired. Officials ...

News: Low-cost mobile device maker, Datawind will add two more manufacturing units in the country within next six months to meet its local requirements as the company has stopped importing finished products from China. “The new schemes and taxes now in place have made it beneficial for mobile devices companies ...

News: Hyderabad has a stronger missile base and its foundation was laid after the 1962 Sino-Indian border war. The cabin of the Sikorsky S-92 chopper that ferries the US President Barack Obama is made in Hyderabad, as also some crucial components powering Isro’s inter-planetary craft to Mars, Mangalyaan. Hyderabad’s aerospace ...