The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is planning to lend its hand to startups in terms of financial assistance in the oil sector to validate their presence in PM Mr. Narendra Modi’s ambitious Start-Up India project. Dharmendra Pradhan, Ministry of State (independent Charge) and Ministry of Petroleum & Natural ...
Read More »Centre to spend Rs. 1 lakh crore for roads in Karnataka: Nitin Gadkari at Invest Karnataka 2016
Indian IT capital Bengaluru’s traffic condition didn’t spare even the prestigious Invest Karnataka 2016 summit as many industrial moguls including Infosys founder Mr. NR Narayana Murthy has requested the Chief Minister of the state Mr. Siddaramaiah to make the city “livable” for its inhabitants. While mqany big IT firms encourage ...
Read More »Skill Development Scheme for the Youth of North East Region
Ministry of DONER (Development of NE Region) plans scheme of Capacity Building and Technical Assistance aims to provide funding for skill development, enhancing employability and promoting entrepreneurship amongst the youth in the region. Target Groups: Youth from the North East Region residing within or outside the region. Special focus on ...
Read More »PPP Policy of Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh has launched the Arunachal Pradesh Public Private Partnership Policy- 2011 with the PPP (Public-Private Partnership) approach. The PPP approach is best suited for the infrastructure sector as it supplements scarce public resources. The approach creates a more competitive environment and helps to improve efficiencies and reduce costs. Objectives: ...
Read More »Parvaaz (Empowerment Scheme for Minority Youth)
Parvaaz is a pilot programme and is one of the sub-schemes under ASDP. The main objective of the program is to mainstream minority BPL youth of the country by empowering them with education, skills and employment. The project will serve as a plateform for the marginalized youth to take their ...
Read More »Qatar Halves Price of Gas, Waives India’s Payment Liability of Rs. 12,000 Crore
In a major diplomatic behaviour, Qatar has halved the price of the selling gas under a 25 year contract and has also relinquished a payment responsibility of Rs. 12,000 crore since India refused to import the committed number of shipments in the year 2015 under its ‘take-or-pay’ clause. India’s largest ...
Read More »PM Inaugurates Delhi-Meerut Expressway
PM Narendra Modi today laid the foundation stone for the Delhi-Meerut Expressway which aims to resolve the havoc traffic congestion in Delhi-NCR. The alignment of the Expressway will start from Nizammudin Bridge (T point km 0) from Delhi and will continue its reach in NH-24 up to Dasna (km 30.38). From ...
Read More »Provision of Urban Amenities to Rural Areas (PURA)
The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India re-launched the scheme Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) during the remaining period of the eleventh five-year plan. MoRD, with support from Department of Economic Affairs and the Asian Development Bank, intends to implement the PURA scheme under a Public Private ...
Read More »Himayat (An opportunity for being skilled)
Himayat is one of the sub-schemes under ASDP. It is a training-cum-placement programme for unemployed youth in Jammu and Kashmir . Youth will be provided short-term training for at least 3 months, in a range of skills for which there is good market demand. At the end of the training, ...
Read More »Roshni (A light to youth in Roshni Districts)
Roshni is one of the sub-schemes under ASDP. The Ministry of Rural Development in 2013, launched a new skill development scheme designed to offer employment to tribal youth in critical Left Wing Extremist (LWE) affected districts. These LWE districts are named as ‘Roshni Districts’ and are 24 in numbers. Roshni will ...
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