News The government has approved the National Smart Grid Mission with an outlay of Rs 980 crore. The mission will serve as an institutional mechanism for planning, monitoring and implementing policies and programmes related to the smart grid. Activity Development of smart grid and micro grids, consumer engagements, training and ...

News The commissioning of INS Sardar Patel at Porbandar would enable the Navy to augment its infrastructure and organisational effectiveness in Gujarat. It would improve coordination and synergy with other maritime agencies. The base would improve the logistic support being provided to the Indian Navy units deployed in the Northern ...

News Army today inducted the indigenously- developed supersonic surface-to-air missile Akash, more than three decades after the project was initiated . The Army has initially ordered two Akash regiments, with six firing batteries. The total cost of the order which includes hundreds of missiles is about Rs 19,500 crore. They ...

News There will be  eight working groups Each group will have 9-11 members It will cover the following areas: industry; skill development; infrastructure relating to rail, road & air; urban development; rural infrastructure and human resource management; agriculture and agro processing; financial services; health and social issues. Task The government’s ...

News India meets more than three fourths of its energy requirements through imports. The imports, worth around $150 billion annually, is expected to double by 2030 unless a planned strategy to reduce demand for fossil fuel is put in place at the earliest. “We are exploring the possibility of a ...

News The process of preparing a master plan to scale up LPG (gas supplied in cylinders to households and commercial establishments) coverage in the next three years  has been initiated by the centre. The proposed master plan will revolve around a marketing strategy with options of providing cylinders of different ...

News The government on Tuesday approved  19 foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals involving an amount of Rs 2,165.04 crore. Investments AXA’s FDI in Bharti group will be worth Rs 1,290 crore. Mylan Laboratories Rs 128.77 crore Par Formulations Rs 124 crore Touchstone Trust Rs 29 crore Augure Wireless Broadband Rs ...

News Although US was not quite happy , India went ahead with the signing of an agreement with Iran for the development of the strategically important Chabahar port. The MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) was signed after the talks between the two sides. India intends to lease two berths at Chabahar for 10 ...

News India said it agrees with the assessment that it is “presumptuous” of the five permanent members to claim responsibility for global security when they represent only 1.9 billion of the world’s seven billion population. Prakash Gupta, the Counsellor at the Indian mission at UN said there is a structural ...

News Government has developed a ‘Track and Trace’ mechanism to check the authenticity of medicines being sold and stored in the country, Health and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda today informed Rajya Sabha. The primary, secondary and tertiary packs of medicines will have a unique bar code allotted to a ...