Aiming to track real-time implementation of various schemes under Digital India programme, the Union Ministry of IT and Electronics plans to set up a live dashboard in the offices of all senior officials including the ministers. The aim is to analyse real time statistics of all the existing schemes running ...

NEW DELHI: In a move to promote the use of electric vehicles, the government has extended by six months the phase I of the FAME India Scheme (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles), a programme that extends incentives to spur purchase and usage of electric vehicles. The Ministry ...

Around eight lakh Goans have got themselves enrolled in the ambitious Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY) or mediclaim scheme since its launch in May last year. According to the government, majority of the members are in the age group of 40-60 years. The state Cabinet today took stock of ...

Sep 14 (Renewables Now) – Solar power plants in India had a combined output of 5.5 billion kWh in the second quarter, marking an 87% year-on-year increase, data by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) shows. The improved generation was a result of the increased number of photovoltaic (PV) facilities that ...

New Delhi: India will conduct the much-awaited auction to award 1 gigawatt (GW) of wind power contracts next Tuesday. The auction to be conducted by state-run Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) comes in the backdrop of India’s wind sector transitioning from a feed-in tariff regime to tariff-based competitive auctions. While ...

NEW DELHI: If you thought cash deposits made prior to November 8 last year — when the government announced its demonetisation exercise — will escape the eagle eye of the tax department, you would be mistaken. Tax authorities have sought explanations related to deposits of cash made in FY11. Not ...

As the Narendra Modi government enters the fourth year of its mandate, the opposition has accused it of usurping as many as 23 legacy schemes of the UPA and rebranding them as its own. However, there is more to government schemes than names. It is probably simplistic to say that some of ...

The upper age limit for joining the National Pension System (NPS) has been raised to 65 years from the current 60, the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) announced on Monday. PFRDA Chairman Hemant Contractor made the announcement at a conference here on “Transferring Superannuation Funds to National Pension ...

Women, employed under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme across the country, get only 78 per cent of the minimum wages paid to men, according to Indian Express report. The Ministry of Rural Development panel report said that not a single state has been able to enforce ...

NEW DELHI: An international report on how energy-poor cities can be powered while containing polluting has cited Delhi’s net-metering policy for solar rooftop systems as a probable solution for providing cheap electricity. The World Resources Institute’s report, titled “Powering Cities in the Global South”, was released on Wednesday. The report also pointed out ...