Initiatives

CBN has made Rajahmundry his temporary home and is closely monitoring the arrangements. He is interacting directly with the pilgrims, enquiring about the amenities provided by the government apart from regular supply of drinking water. AP Government has arranged a special Whatsapp Number 9491235816 to lodge grievances or complaints regarding ...

News: TCS had earmarked a budget of ₹ 100 crore for building dedicated sanitation facilities for girls in selected schools. The initiative aims to boost the enrollment rate and reduce the dropout rate of girl students in the adopted schools, and in turn, improve learning outcomes. Under the fist phase of ...

News: On the occasion of the first ever World Youth Skills Day, Modi has launched the “National Skill Development Mission”. Highlights of Modi’s speech: The country’s first priority is generating employment for the youth of the country. It’s not that skill only brings money in your pocket, it instills you with ...

News: US-based Boeing Co. and Tata Adavanced Systems Ltd (TASL) on Wednesday agreed to jointly develop products and platforms in aerospace and defence manufacturing and access new markets together. TASL is already on contract to manufacture aerostructures for Boeing’s CH-47 Chinook and AH-6i helicopters. “This agreement gives us an opportunity ...

News: Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between Ministry of Railways (MOR) and Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) on mutual cooperation on Skill Development as part of The National Skill Development Mission. The principal focus areas of the Union Government is the National ...

News: Foreign Direct Investment into the country has seen a 48 per cent growth in the seven-month period from the launch of ‘Make in India’ initiative in September till April 2015. The FDI inflow under the approval route saw a growth of 87 per cent during 2014-15 with inflow of ...

News: “There are about 8,000 stations on the railways network along with a good number of workshops, some of which are not fully utilised and will be used for skill training programmes,” Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said. With the signing of the MoU, National Skill Development Corporation will be able to ...

News: India is considering a proposal to make it mandatory for the strategic sectors of Defence, Space and Atomic Energy to use ‘Made in India’ chips. Government feels that ‘Made in India’ chips and electronics are necessary given that the imported products can be rigged and bugged. UPA government had cleared ...

News: Highway projects worth Rs 25,000 crore will be undertaken in Jammu & Kashmir this year, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. The construction of the Chenani-Nashri Tunnel project is being done by IL&FS Transportation Networks which had started work on it in May 2011. “This tunnel will be the first in ...

News: Department of Industrial Policy has come up with a multi-pronged strategy to develop innovation and creativity. The government, for a more refined and developed intellectual property regime in order to boost its ‘Make in India’ campaign, has announced a slew of measures to promote homegrown talent. The measures are listed below: ...