News Based on the recommendations of the Identification committee of Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOP) of National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) chaired by Shri Anurag Thakur, MP, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) has included 39 more athletes in the Scheme. These athletes will get assistance under the ...

News Financial assistance upto Rs. 50.00 Crore is provided for setting up Mega Food Parks for creation of modern infrastructure facilities for food processing along the value chain from farm to consumer. A Mega Food Park is set up in an area of a minimum of 50 acres. Common facilities ...

News Over 120 obsolete laws have been repealed by the Narendra Modi government, while another 945 which have lost relevance are awaiting Parliamentary approval to lose their place in statute books. 1,871 more laws have been identified, which have lost relevance today. They are planning  to bring bills to get them ...

News PM: Foodgrain productivity must rise from 2 tons per hectare to 3 tons per hectare PM: Tehsil should be the unit of agricultural development DD Kisan channel launched It is the first such initiative of a Public Broadcaster to start a 24 hour channel exclusively dedicated to the farmers. ...

News The government has approved 17 solar parks and plans to auction 15,877 MW of solar generating capacity this year. They are also considering dollar tariffs in some cases to encourage foreign investment, power minister Piyush Goyal said. The government aims to set up 25 solar parks of about 100 ...

News Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari today announced that the state will get roads worth Rs 50,000 crore and the work will be started this year itself. The Union Minister also said that a water-port will be constructed along the Ganga in Patna to connect it ...

News The Centre would soon issue smart cards to the workers of the unorganised sector to enable them to access a number of social security benefits, Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said. Government would give them U-WIN (Unorganised Worker Identification Number) card to access the benefits and a portal would be ...

News The names of these five “Indian nationals” have been made public in Switzerland’s Federal Gazette with regard to details sought about them by the Indian authorities. Making public these names, the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA) has asked them to file an appeal within 30 days before the Federal ...

News A programme for payment of MGNREGS wages through mobile phones of the beneficiaries was launched at Rampa gram panchayat in Odisha’s Ganjam district. The wages were paid to 360 beneficiaries on Friday through a unique mobile money transfer service called m-pesa with joint effort by telecom major Vodafone and ...

News The union urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu on Monday urged IAS probationers to take up action oriented projects under the Swachh Bharat mission for evolving solutions such as open defecation free towns, 100% municipal solid waste management and rejuvenating parks and similar urban assets. Encouraging them to take up ...