Ministries

News: A government panel has recommended that not only should junk food be banned from school canteens but that shops, restaurants or vendors within 200 meters of the school should not be allowed to sell the products to school children. The committee has also suggested a comprehensive definition of junk ...

News: The government has decided to scrap the proposal to privatise Chennai, Kolkata, Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports and private players would be roped in only for operation and maintenance activities of Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports. Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey said that Airports Authority of India (AAI) has invested ...

News: The Centre is planning to give the Faridabad-Noida-Ghaziabad (FNG) expressway the status of a national highway and extend it till Sohna. The FNG expressway is 56km long with 19.9km in Noida-Greater Noida, 8km in Ghaziabad and the remaining 28.1km in Faridabad. If it is extended till Sohna, its length ...

News: To check black money generation, the government approved signing and ratification of the agreement between India and Seychelles for exchange of information with respect to taxes which will help curb tax evasion and avoidance. The agreement will enable the competent authorities of India and Seychelles to provide assistance through ...

News: The finance ministry on Thursday said that it has launched a portal – Vidya Lakshmi – to provide single window access for students to apply for education loans and government scholarships. The ministry noted that that 13 Banks have registered 22 educational loan schemes on the portal and five ...

News: In view of the high costs involved in cleaning up and inter-linking of rivers, the government is considering levying a charge on river water users and those polluting them. The cost of inter-linking of rivers has risen from Rs 5 lakh crore to Rs 11 lakh crore. The cost ...

News: The 24 countries participating in the summit, which is being held in the lead up to the United Nations Summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, together account for two-thirds of the global child-mother mortality rate. The ‘Call to Action 2015’ summit will discuss all the areas ...

News: Hair has announced an additional investment of over Rs 100 crore for its Pune-based manufacturing facility, taking the total to Rs 465 crore. The company plans to scale up manufacturing operations and launch new product lines in washing machines, AC, LED panels, water heaters and deep freezers. The increase ...

News: Ashwani Lohani, a Railway Service officer who is now the chief of Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (MPTDC), was appointed as CMD of Air India, the state-run carrier whose combined losses currently stood at Rs 30,000 crore. A qualified mechanical engineer, Lohani is a fellow of the Chartered Institute ...

News: The government is not planning to raise excise duty on petrol and diesel to mop up gains accruing from oil prices that slumped to six-and- half year low. The government had in four installments raised excise duty on petrol and diesel between November and January to take away the reduction ...