Ministries

News: The supercomputer would have a capacity (speed) of half petaflop to 20 petaflop and can help in defence simulation, computing, biology and material science and earth science, Ashutosh Sharma, secretary of DST, said that these computers will enable high-level research in different fields and government has formed modalities to discuss ...

News: “We have addressed underlying macroeconomic instability that we had, despite global volatility. Government will focus on banking reforms, GST and macro-economic stability in the remaining 3-4 years” minister of state for Finance Jayant Sinha said at an IVCA (Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association) event. Sinha said the finance ...

News: An investment of USD 120 billion will be made in next five years in the cash-strapped railways which is in the process of upgradation and expansion. Requiring huge resources, the government has already decided to allow FDI in certain segments of the railways, like coach manufacturing, station development, suburban rail ...

News: Pakistan’s enforcement on UN financial sanctions against terrorism will be closely monitored by Financial Action Task Force (FATF), through its associate body, the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering . FATF is a policy-making body whose objectives include setting standards to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism and ...

News: The Ministry External Affairs, has put in place a mechanism for stricter vigilance of erring officers posted in various Indian diplomatic missions across continents and act fast on complaints and allegations leveled against any diplomat. Over 20 officers with diplomatic passports from different background across missions are under scanner. MEA ...

News: A senior official from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed that the Rs 951-crore exercise is expected to link the National Population Register (NPR) with Aadhaar numbers. The core purpose behind the entire operation is to avoid duplication in collecting biometrics and also to get a check on ...

News: The government has made daily yoga compulsory for the 10 lakh strong Central Armed Police Forces as a part of their physical drills at active duty areas like border posts and those in the Left Wing Extremism affected states of the country. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a circular ...

News: Railway Minister has asked young minds to come out with a foolproof method to prevent ticketless travel in trains. Ministry is aiming at engaging youth in Indian Railways, to sought innovative ideas for improvement in facilities in the public transporter. Ticket less travel is one of the major problems faced ...

News: India tops among the 110 countries, as the destinations for attractiveness to foreign investors. China has secured the 65th position and the U.S. is at the 50th. The ranking is based on an index for baseline profitability that assumes that three factors: how much the value of an asset grows; ...

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 ...