News: Government plans to bring a bill to rectify an anomaly as per which judges selected from the Bar get lesser pension than those elevated from state judicial services. The proposal to amend the High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954, comes more than a year after ...
Read More »Government servants can file revised assets details by October 15: Lokpal Act
News: The Department of Personnel and Training has issued a notification asking all public servants, who have filed their annual property returns to file the revised declarations and information by October 15, 2015. All Group A, B and C employees are supposed to file a declaration under the new rules. ...
Read More »Health Minister invites NGOs to adopt wards in hospitals under Kayakalp initiative
News: Health Minister invites NGOs to adopt a ward or a section in the three government-run hospitals in the city to help improve cleanliness and amenities in the institutions. Minister met representatives from various NGOs to seek their participation in the Ministry initiative ‘Kayakalp’ and also provide feedback on schemes ...
Read More »IAS topper to be the mascot for department of disabilities
News: IAS topper Ira Singhal could be the mascot to raise awareness about the schemes run by the department of disabilities. Social justice minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot said that her achievement shall inspire a whole generation of youth to come forward and achieve glorious heights. The ministry officials will hold consultations ...
Read More »Draft of National Medical Device Policy
News: Government of India developed a draft NMDP-2015, it presents as a landmark policy initiative towards making India self-reliant in the medical device development field by promoting Research & Development, Innovation and Manufacturing in India. The objective is to strengthen the Make in India drive in medical device sector by reducing ...
Read More »Govt makes it easy for IAS officer to return to Centre
News: IAS officers being repatriated to their parent cadre for appointment as Chief Secretary can now easily come back to central services as they now do not have to face “extended cooling off period”. The extended cooling off period was mandatory for officers who choose to go back to their parent ...
Read More »Yoga now must in paramilitary forces
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 ...
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 »China gets its first yoga college
News: The first yoga college in China has been established at the Yunnan University of Nationalities in Kunming. India and China are also jointly organizing a massive 5-day yoga training camp in Chengdu city, where nearly 1,000 Chinese students will be trained by visiting Indian gurus. The camp which will ...
Read More »Khoya Paya web portal launched.
The Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi and Union Minister of Communication & IT, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad jointly launched the Khoya Paya web portal at a function organised at National Media Centre in New Delhi. The Khoya Paya portal is a citizen based website ...
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