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Aiming to track real-time implementation of various schemes under Digital India programme, the Union Ministry of IT and Electronics plans to set up a live dashboard in the offices of all senior officials including the ministers. The aim is to analyse real time statistics of all the existing schemes running ...

NEW DELHI: In a move to promote the use of electric vehicles, the government has extended by six months the phase I of the FAME India Scheme (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles), a programme that extends incentives to spur purchase and usage of electric vehicles. The Ministry ...

New Delhi: India will conduct the much-awaited auction to award 1 gigawatt (GW) of wind power contracts next Tuesday. The auction to be conducted by state-run Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) comes in the backdrop of India’s wind sector transitioning from a feed-in tariff regime to tariff-based competitive auctions. While ...

NEW DELHI: An international report on how energy-poor cities can be powered while containing polluting has cited Delhi’s net-metering policy for solar rooftop systems as a probable solution for providing cheap electricity. The World Resources Institute’s report, titled “Powering Cities in the Global South”, was released on Wednesday. The report also pointed out ...

The Shramik Annapoorna Yojana (Construction Workers` Meal Scheme), under which each registered worker is provided a plateful of food for a mere Rs 10 with the Gujarat government providing a hefty subsidy of Rs 19 per meal. The meal includes rotis or theplas, mixed vegetable, cereals, rice, pickle or chutney, ...

IlluminatiX is the institute’s window to the outside world. Its activities range from media and public relations, press coverage to copywriting, editing, designing and more. IlluminatiX regularly interacts with a plethora of Media Houses. In its endeavor to foster interactions between the media world and B-School students, the Media and PR Cell of ...

New Delhi: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has received 20,000 applications for its new housing scheme, for which the last date for submitting applications is September 11, an official said on Friday. The initial deadline for submission of forms was August 11, but the DDA authorities had extended it by ...

To reduce the air pollution and electricity consumption, the CBSE has directed the affiliated schools to instal solar panels. As significant amount of power is consumed in the educational institutions, having solar panels is likely to reduce the consumption of power from electricity grids which will help reduce the power ...

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship programme Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) on the completion of its three years. The PMJDY and the other schemes were not only the first step towards financial inclusion and providing security to the poor, but these ...

20 August, 2017, Bhubaneswar Abhivyakti 2017-the Rural Management Conclave organized by RMAX, the Rural Manager’s Association of XUB was held by Xavier School of Rural Management, Bhubaneswar on 20 August 2017, Sunday. The speakers for the first session of the event were Mr. Sarabindu Mohanta (Product Head, Indian Oil), Mr. ...