Initiatives

News: Sweden has offered to collaborate with India on production of light combat aircraft in the country along with state-of-the-art submarines as part of the ‘Make-in-India’ initiative. Highlights of the Meeting: Both the countries have discussed issues of mutual interests concerning bilateral defense cooperation and regional security scenario. They have ...

News:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for development of the four laning of the Guna-Biaora and Biaora-Dewas section of National Highway – 3 in Madhya Pradesh with an estimate cost of Rs.2815.69 crore. The work will be under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase-IV. The approval ...

News: Haryana government will set up a mobile veterinary hospital and diagnostic lab in every districts of the state to provide medical facilities to livestock to animals. Benefits: The mobile units which will provide on-the-spot testing and medical facilities to livestock in each district.  Each mobile unit will travel across the district to conduct test ...

News: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has reviewed the progress of the Swachh Vidyalaya Programme at a high level meeting comprising top officials from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the NITI Aayog and the PMO. Earlier the current status of construction of toilets in schools across various states was ...

News: Germany-based Henkel AG will invest about 30 million euro (around Rs 210 crore) to set up an adhesives plant near Pune in Maharashtra, having an annual capacity of about 80,000 tonnes of adhesives and surface treatments, through its subsidiary Henkel Adhesive Technologies India Pvt Ltd. The new plant is expected ...

News: Shell, an Anglo–Dutch multinational oil and gas company is setting up its largest offshore delivery centre globally in Bengaluru. This unit will lead to generation of more than 5,000 jobs in the city. The company has decided to move its IT set-up in Malaysia, US and UK to Bengaluru. Shell has signed ...

News: AndhraPradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu gave a call for Nava Nirmana Deeksha aimed at eliminating poverty through collective efforts. Description: Rs.3,000 would be credited into the account of each member of DWCRA self-help groups on June 2 as part the government’s decision to provide debt relief to the tune ...

News: Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) has notified and earmarked land for a women-only industrial park adjoining its new estate in Sanand, near Ahmedabad. 200 plots of 500 square metres each and 2,000 square metres plots will be offered to women entrepreneurs in phase one. A proposal to give entrepreneurs ...

News: 5000 women from 500 Mahila Samitis are formed to keep an eye on anti-social activities and working of cops. Assistant commissioner of police (women cell), Kanan Desai said that police station and ward wise formed Mahila Samitis will communicate with the local police about any information regarding crime. The ...

Current Policy Updates: The Gujarat government is expected to announce a ‘redevelopment policy’ to initiate building of 1 lakh affordable houses in cities like Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara and Surat. The policy primarily aims to build new houses in place of old, again and dilapidated houses built around 15 to 25 ...