News: Gujarat government announced plans to implement the Gujarat ( Right of Citizens to Public Services) Act 2013, which gives every citizen the right to time-bound delivery of public services, said Health Minister and spokesperson of Gujarat government Nitin Patel. “The Act provides that if the relevant service is not provided ...

News: India’s 12 major ports added more capacity in the first year of the government than they did in any single year over nearly a decade before that. This includes the attempts of Jawaharlal Nehru port trust India’s largest container facility, to tap into its dollar denominated income to raise ...

News: Consumers of BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) can now register ‘no supply’ complaints through a newly-launched app, and need not call the discoms call centre for the purpose. Using the ‘BSES App’, the consumers can easily register complaints related to no supply, street-lights and those related to emergency ...

News: The Indian Navy has sent requests for proposals to four potential foreign contractors to assist it in constructing its second indigenous aircraft carrier. The four companies that received the letter are the US-based Lockheed Martin; Britain’s BAE Systems, French shipbuilder, DCNS; and Russia’s Rosoboronexport state arms exporter. Unlike India’s ...

“In a world filled with complex security and economic challenges, this relationship matters more now than ever before,” Indian Ambassador to the US Arun K Singh and his American counterpart Richard Rahul Verma wrote in The Huffington Post. Terming India and the US as “natural partners”, Singh and Verma said ...

News: Ministry of Power has asked LED bulb producers to bring down prices of LED bulbs. Center  allow “indiscriminate imports” to increase competition in case any cartelisation is found in the segment. He emphasized that the competition should be healthy and on quality and margins. The recent price discovery of Led ...

News: Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd and Russia’s JSC Ship Repairing Centre Zvyozdochka have agreed to jointly refit and certify submarines of the 877EKM category at an estimated Rs.11,000 crore. India currently has a fleet of nine EKM submarines, an export version of Russia’s kilo-class vessels. Of these, ...

News: “While the cost towards building and launching a satellite will be met by the government of India, the cost towards ground system is expected to be sourced by respective SAARC countries,” Union Minister of State for the Department of Space, Jitendra Singh said He also added that the government ...

News: “Owing to the Department’s consistent focus on quality improvement and increasing use of technology, the revenue receipts have steadily grown from Rs 9,366.50 crore in 2012-13 to Rs 11,733.13 crore in 2014-15,” Minister of Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad said. Speed post, which is the flagship express ...

News: Centre’s housing for all project is expected to give the economy a Rs 15-trillion boost over the next 7 years, but its success will depend on ramping up existing urban infrastructure. The plan is expected to increase employment opportunities and help grow the services sector and the economic impact ...