News: India is one the fastest growing smartphone markets globally. According to research firm CMR, 19.5 million smartphones were shipped in India in the March 2015 quarter. Xiaomi, which entered the Indian market last year, said it had sold one million units till end of 2014. Posting a picture of ...
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Ministry of Defence to clear Rs. 5000 crore procurement of “Made in India” Akash missile systems
News: The defence ministry is set to clear a Rs 5,000 crore procurement of ‘Made in India’ Akash missile systems for the air force in a contract that will involve significant private sector participation, with companies like Tata Power SED and Larsen & Toubro likely to get major work portions. ...
Read More »Railways to form SPVs with 17 states for infra development
News: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said his ministry will form special purpose vehicles (SPVs) with 17 states to develop railway infrastructure. According to the minister Maharashtra has decided to invest Rs 10,000 crore for next five years in this company. He also announced 250 additional trains to clear the rush ...
Read More »Centre invests Rs 4.85 lakh crore in big infrastructure projects
News: The Centre has invested Rs 4.85 lakh crore in big infrastructure projects, costing over Rs 150 crore, as of June 1 in the current fiscal. These projects are related to civil aviation, petroleum, power, railways, road transport and highways, steel, urban development, coal, atomic energy, shipping and ports, heavy, industry, fertiliser ...
Read More »Accessible India: Let’s make public buildings disabled friendly
News: As a part of Accessible India, Centre is roping in big corporates and asking them to take up a school, hospital, park, mall or other public building in their city for this purpose. The initiative will begin with the identification of public places that are inaccessible to the differently ...
Read More »Government releases Rs 40,000 crore under Bundelkhand package
News: Government has released Rs 4,015.20 crore under package of over Rs 7,200 crore for the parched Bundelkhand region. Union government had approved Rs 7,266 crore special package for implementing drought mitigation strategies in Bundelkhand on November 19, 2009. The special package included Rs 3,506 crore for Uttar Pradesh and ...
Read More »Lok Sabha Passes Bill to Repeal 295 Obsolete Acts
News: A bill seeking to scrap a set of 295 obsolete Acts dealing with several issues including changes in marriage laws and cement hoarding was today passed by Lok Sabha which continued to witness boycott by Congress and several other opposition parties. The Repealing and Amending (Fourth) Bill, 2015, pertains ...
Read More »Bill to revise airlines’ liability introduced
News: A Bill to revise the liability limits of airplanes on compensation for death, injury and loss of baggage and cargo was introduced in Lok Sabha, under which the compensation for death in an air accident goes up to over Rs 1 crore from Rs 89 lakh. It would enable the government ...
Read More »Odisha chief minister to give free laptops to students next week
News: CM Naveen Patnaik, will be distributing free laptops to meritorious students of the 2014-15 academic year on Wednesday, at Berhampur. This scheme is modelled on similar earlier schemes in Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The Odisha scheme is under the Biju Yuva Shashaktikaran Yojana. The state government has ...
Read More »GPS Equipped Gujarat Buses Will Give Real Time Updates to Passengers
News: Gujarat State Regional Transport Corporation has planned to install Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in its express buses to provide real time updates to passengers. According to State Transport Minister, Vijay Rupani, GSRTC will be installing GPS in 2,200 express buses by the end of December this year. The facility ...
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