News: Centre announced that it will approach Assam, West Bengal and Bihar states, take up the task of connecting Manas-Sankosh-Teesta-Ganga in Assam, West Bengal and Bihar and preparing a detailed project report. The Manas-Sankosh-Teesta-Ganga link will be the fifth interstate project. The government believes this river-linking project, if implemented, will not only ...
Read More »India accepted as a full member of SCO
News: The Beijing-based Shanghai Cooperation Organisation currently has China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan as members. India made an application last year for full membership of the grouping whose focus is on connectivity, counter-terrorism cooperation, bolstering cooperation in energy sector, enhancing trade and dealing with drug trafficking. India, which ...
Read More »Indian Posts to send SMS to customers to ensure delivery status
News: Indian posts to inform customers about the status of mails, parcels, money orders and other deliveries through SMS. The postal department has also decided to start tracking their postmen with help of GPS enabled handheld devices by October. This will help locate the postmen visiting the addresses given to ...
Read More »Modi conveys to Jinping, about India’s concerns on China’s action on Lakhvi
News: Modi strongly took up the issue of China blocking the resolution for action by the United Nations against Pakistan on the release of jailed Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. Prime Minister Modion Wednesday “strongly” and “clearly” conveyed concerns to China’s President Xi Jinping over China blocking the proposal. Modi also voiced India’s concerns ...
Read More »MNREGA world’s largest public work programme: World Bank
News : India’s rural employment guarantee programme MNREGA has been ranked as the world’s largest public works programme, providing social security net to almost 15 per cent of the country’s population. India’s Mid-day meal scheme has been classified as biggest school feeding programme benefiting 105 million beneficiaries. India is among the ...
Read More »Labour and Employment schemes: Arunachal Pradesh
News: Chief Minister Nabam Tuki said the revision of monetary ceilings of statutory financial assistance to the workers employed in building and construction work had been approved for the welfare of labourers. He said, medical assistance up to Rs 15,000 in normal case and up to Rs 25,000 in case ...
Read More »Integrated Power Scheme to be launched in Varanasi
News: The Indian Prime Minister has launched Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) on 28th June 2015 at Varanasi. Government of India will provide budgetary support of Rs. 45,800 crore over the entire implementation period of IPDS. Benefits : It aims at strengthening of sub-transmission network, Metering, IT application, Customer Care ...
Read More »Five things cleared by Modi government today
News: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday has approved a slew of projects. The proposals that were cleared include : 1) Rs 81,459 crore revised estimate for East-West freight corridor The Cabinet gave its approval for the revised cost estimate of Rs 81,459 crore for the Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor ...
Read More »West Bengal govt to spend Rs 2,600 Cr to increase 17,000 beds in hospital
News: West Bengal government has decided to infuse Rs 2,600 crore to add 17,000 more hospital beds in 2015-16. In the government sector, the total number of hospital beds in the West Bengal currently is 63,000 and it would become 80,000 after addition of the proposed 17,000 beds. Taking into ...
Read More »Ken-Betwa river linking project to be launched in December
News: India is finally launching its ambitious river interlinking project in December to irrigate parched farmlands and generate power. The 30-link project would start with the linking of Ken and Betwa rivers to provide irrigation facility to water-deficient Raisen and Vidisha districts of central Madhya Pradesh. The project is estimated ...
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