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Tourism department has finalized five projects under Swadesh Darshan scheme of the Central government. These include setting up of a light and sound show at Fatehpur Sikri, upgradation of the existing light and show facility at Agra Fort, conservation and upgradation of Bateshwar religious circuit, installation of musical fountain at ...

Officials in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur district have been ordered to make sure that farmers taking up “kuruvai” paddy cultivation, insure their crops under the Prime Minister’s insurance scheme. Chairing a review meeting here on Thursday, District Collector A Annadurai directed Agriculture Department officials to set up nodal centres in each ...

Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in Himachal, benefitting about 3 lakh BPL families in the state. Pradhan said that two LPG bottling plants and 50 LPG distribution centres would be opened in Himachal. The scheme aimed at providing five crore ...

Amid violent protests by farmers demanding loan waivers and fair price for their produce, the Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday launched a new debt relief scheme – Krishi Rin Samadhan Yojana — for farmers.  The cabinet also allocated Rs 1,000 crore for the scheme, minister Archana Chitnis was quoted as saying ...

New Delhi: In a bid to boost its engagement with BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation), India is looking to expand the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik or ‘common people of the country can fly’) scheme of its aviation policy to countries of this ...

MYSURU: A public bicycle sharing (PBS) system, Trin Trin, was launched here on Sunday by chief minister Siddaramaiah, bringing Mysuru on the list of select global cities which already have bicycles as a commuting option. A total of 450 bicycles (430 regular and 20 with gear) can be borrowed for ...

HYDERABAD: Telangana government on Sunday launched the single-women pensions scheme across the state. Single women will be given 1,000 per month in what is being described as the first such scheme in India. In the towns of Chinnakoduru and Nunganuru of Siddipet, irrigation minister T Harish Rao handed over pension ...

The government has formulated a scheme to increase awareness of intellectual property rights (IPRs) under which the DIPP would take several steps including organising 4,300 programmes in three years. The department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) created the “Scheme for IPR Awareness” under the mandate of the national IPR ...

New Delhi: Railways have decided to provide the ‘buy tickets now and pay later’ service for any express train, an IRCTC official said on Thursday. According to the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Ltd official, soon passengers would be able to buy tickets from the IRCTC website and ...

The ministries of tourism and culture have issued notifications making it mandatory for beneficiaries of their various schemes to have Aadhaar numbers. The notifications state that beneficiaries of their various schemes need to have Aadhaar as an identity document for delivery of services, benefits and subsidies from the government. The ...