The Real Estate Act which aims to protect the interests of homebuyers by ensuring transparency has come into effect. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) has asked all the states and Union Territories to implement the Act with letter and spirit. Since land is a state subject, ...
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Udan scheme to create 100 airports over next 2-3 years
New Delhi: Union Minister Jayant Sinha on Friday said that central government’s regional air connectivity scheme — UDAN — which was launched on April 27 is slated to create additional 100 airports over the next 2-3 years. The Minister for State for Civil Aviation was speaking at the Confederation of ...
Read More »‘Lakhpati kisans’ emerging in 4 states with Tata Trusts’ help
NEW DELHI: ‘Lakhpati tribal kisans’ have started emerging in Jharkhand, Gujarat, Odisha and Maharashtra in the last two years, thanks to the farm initiatives of Tata Trusts in 450 villages. The boost in farm income has been possible with the Trusts educating and training tribal households in small groups on ...
Read More »Odisha launches special crop specific scheme to promote betel leaf cultivation
BHUBANESHWAR: Farmers interested in setting up betel vines in Odisha will now get financial assistance from the State government under the special crop specific scheme launched to promote betel leaf cultivation. They will be provided at least 50 per cent of the first year’s establishment cost. Each farmer developing a ...
Read More »Kerala Unveils Education Loan Repayment Scheme
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala government today announced an education loan repayment scheme to help students from financially backward families. The scheme is to provide relief to debt-ridden families, who had taken education loans for their wards, State Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said while making a statement under Rule 300 in the ...
Read More »Apply for Mukhyamantri Solar Pump Yojana in Madhya Pradesh, Get subsidy upto 90% of the cost of solar pump
Madhya Pradesh has wide spread area of 154.55 lakh hectare of agricultural land, in which 89.70 lakh hectare of land is irrigated. More over 27% of the irrigation is done by small, medium and large enterprises and rest 73 % of irrigation is done by diesel pumps. Apart from Government ...
Read More »Kishori Shakti Yojana: Empowerment of Adolescent Girls
Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY) seeks to empower adolescent girls, so as to enable them to take charge of their lives. It is viewed as a holistic initiative for the development of adolescent girls. The programme through its interventions aims at bringing about a difference in the lives of the adolescent ...
Read More »Govt extends IP protection scheme for startups till 2020
The central government has extended the Startups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP) scheme, which aims to help entrepreneurs protect their patents and trademarks, by three years till March 2020, according to a circular issued by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). Announced as part of the Startup India programme ...
Read More »Goa Government to implement Blue Revolution Scheme
PANAJI: A state-level steering committee (SLSC) will be constituted for the implementation and monitoring of Blue Revolution schemes, following a new notification issued by the state government. The steering committee will attend the policy issues enabling environment for the growth of the fisheries sector in the state and will be ...
Read More »Get Central Grant for technology development in Wasteland Areas
Technology support is extremely vital for success of land based programme, specially in the development of Wastelands. Proper area specific strategy has to be developed keeping in view the Agro-Climatic conditions and capability of land. Realizing this, a Central Sector Scheme of TDET was launched during 1993-94 to develop suitable ...
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