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News: In a bid to provide affordable houses and boost the agricultural produce in the economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Cabinet and CCEA on Wednesday took key decisions on the ‘Housing For All’ project and Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for farmers. The government increased the MSP of pulses by Rs 200 ...

News: India’s ties with the US have been “completely transformed” with setting of new parameters in bilateral engagement during the first year under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and there is more to come in, all the areas. In one year, India under Modi, government has been used effectively to lay the foundation ...

News: The government has launched an insurance pool to the tune of Rs 1,500 crore which is mandatory under the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage(CLND) Act n a bid to offset financial burden of foreign nuclear suppliers. Clauses in the CLND Act, which give the operator the Right to Recourse and ...

News: The government  has approved a slew of measures to boost the agriculture, international highways and a beleaguered sugar industry. Approved Measures: Import of lentils in large quantities to boost supply. Pulses prices have risen by up to 64 per cent in the last one year so, the cabinet decided to ...

News: The central government is stepping to revive the investment climate, facilitating clearances for 42 stalled projects worth Rs 1.15 lakh crore since it presented the Budget for 2015-16. Description: In last nine months only 50 pending investment plans worth Rs 1.45 lakh crore were granted green signals through the ...

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments: Shri C.R.Viswanath, IAS, Chairman and Managing Director of Food Corporation of India has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.  Ms.Vrinda Sarup, IAS, Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy ...

News  Bureaucratic reshuffle in Niti Aayog leads to appointment of Alok Kumar and Jitendra Kumar as the advisers. Other appointments Anna Roy has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Financial Services . She is currently working as a director in the same department. An IAS officer Sanjay Prasad ...

News Three major centres of Indian Space Research Organisation, including Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, will have new Directors from tomorrow. Dr K Sivan, Distinguished Scientist and currently Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Thiruvananthapuram, will take over as the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), ...

Appointments The Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Shri Pradeep Kumar Sinha, IAS (UP:77), as the next Cabinet Secretary, with effect from June 13, 2015. He succeeds Shri Ajit Seth. The Prime Minister has also approved that Shri P.K. Sinha may be appointed as OSD in the Cabinet Secretariat ...

News Identifying five most deprived families in every village and providing them assistance through direct intervention is expected to be one of the recommendations of Niti Aayog’s panel set up to suggest ways to eliminate poverty in the country. The beneficiaries would be identified by the panchayats and would be ...