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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to a slew of new initiatives in the 2016-2017 budget presented on 29th February, giving special focus on addressing rural stress with the PM pledging for nearly $13 billion on Rural Development to double farmers’ incomes by 2022. Irrigation or rather ‘just adding water’ ...

The central government has enforced a new norm on LPG subsidy as the government has now debarred LPG users those who earn above Rs. 10 lakh annually from receiving subsidy. This will be applicable from users’ next refill. People who are earning above Rs. 10 lakhs per annum are not ...

The union government is working ‘effortlessly’ to preserve ecology by establishing 20 water recycling plants along the river Ganges and thereby creating massive employment opportunities, said Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadhkari. He further said that developing waterways will resolve or rather “minimize” pollution. The government has already ...

Project Neev is Tata Motors rural initiative to discover potential markets in especially rural area and thereby empower the population. The project started off with only just three states in the year 2010 and has reached to 11 states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh among others and covering over ...

The Rajya Sabha has finally passed the landmark Real Estate Bill yesterday keeping in mind the interests of home buyers and home developers equally to combat corruption and lastly inefficiency. Union Minister of Urban development Venkaiah Naidu calls the bill a milestone which will make consumer the king. Real estate ...

The Cabinet has finally approved of a Rs. 8,000 crore Pradhan Mantri Ujwala Yojana to provide free of cost cooking gas or LPG connections to women members of economically weaker households. The corpus budget would be utilized for three years with an aim to provide to thoroughly and speedily provide ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated an ambitious Rs 50,800 crore Setu Bhratam project in New Delhi on Friday. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari was also present on the occasion.   Here are some key features of the Setu Bharatam project: For the first time all bridges in the ...

The Government of India, the State of Bihar and the DISCOMs of Bihar (North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited, and South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under the Scheme UDAY (Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana) on Monday for operational and financial turnaround of the DISCOMs. The signing ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flattered the rural part of India on Sunday by inaugurating a Rural-Urban or Rurban Mission in Chhattisgarh as well as urging farmers in Orissa to register for the National Crop Insurance Scheme. The scheme known as Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Scheme aims to improve basic ...

The central government today has revealed that electricity has reached to 5,537 villages in the current financial year (2015-2016) under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY). The Ministry of Power has said that 258 villages have been electrified in the last week (15th-21st February, 2016) under DDUGJY. Out ...