The Department of Fertilizers has procured more than 10 Lakh MT of imported Urea in January 2015 for propositioning in the States. Additional procurement of imported Urea has been done in April, May & June 2015. With increased domestic production by 10 Lakh MTs and reduction of demand due to ...

Dr. Ashton Carter, the US Secretary of Defence, accompanied by Mrs. Stephanie Carter and a thirteen member US delegation, visited Visakhapatnam. During the visit, the Secretary of Defence interacted with Vice Admiral BK Verma, Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command and held discussions on issues of common interest. During the ...

The Employees Provident Fund Organisation(EPFO) has upgraded the District Offices / Services Centres in Gangtok, Imphal, Aizwal, Itanagar and Dimapur to special state offices.  The Special State Office shall be headed by an Assistant P.F. Commissioner level officer and would have an Enforcement Officer and other supporting staff. The special ...

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments: Shri C.R.Viswanath, IAS, Chairman and Managing Director of Food Corporation of India has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.  Ms.Vrinda Sarup, IAS, Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy ...

News The Railways has invited global players for a Rs 2,500-crore project it has lined up under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious ‘Make in India’ programme for the procurement and manufacture of 15 train sets which will be used for faster inter-city travel. While the successful bidder will be importing ...

News India is an emerging economy and has been able to sustain its growth rate more 7 % even after the recession of 2008. The country is experiencing major demographic  shift which can enhance the productivity of our labor force. Thus, the population size which was considered debt to the ...

News The government has set a target to achieve 100 per cent availability of toilets at schools by this month as part of its ambitious Swachh Bharat campaign. It has been included as a part of the CSR ( corporate social responsibility) programme. A lot of incentives in fiscal policy have ...

News The Government proposes to soon open 1000 more stores under the ‘Jan Aushadhi Scheme’ to make available quality generic medicines at affordable prices through these special outlets. Speaking at a function organised by the Indian Social Responsibility Network (ISRN) a facilitation network to build the corporate social responsibility (CSR) ...

News Defence manufacturing is one of the key sectors among the 25 sectors identified under the Make in India campaign launched by the Government of India. A series of consultations have been held across Ministries / Departments under the mentoring of PMO to enable simplification of rules and procedures to ...

News The foundation stone for this New Bank Note Paper Line was laid on 17.12.2011 by the then Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee. The project has been completed at a cost of Rs. 495 crore within the budget and within the time schedule. This New Security Paper Mill in Hoshangabad ...