To expand the outreach of the Atal Pension Yojana (APY), people can now enrol and subscribe digitally to the scheme. “The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority has now introduced “APY@eNPS” which involves a complete digital enrolment process,” the Finance Ministry said on Friday, adding that it will give additional ...

In order to give fillip to tourism sector, the department of tourism Kashmir has asked hoteliers to avail the ‘central government incentive schemes’ for the construction, renovation and up gradation of their properties. Director Tourism Kashmir Mahmood A Shah said they were encouraging hoteliers to avail GoI incentive schemes for ...

The role of a Chartered Accountant (CA) is evolving continually to assume newer responsibilities in a dynamic environment. In the given scenario, the potentiality of the Chartered Accountancy education system to meet the diverse range of expectations of various stakeholders from the profession becomes the focal point. The Revised Scheme ...

In order to improve family planning services, the Union government is all set to roll out “Mission Parivar Vikas” programme in 146 districts that house 28 per cent of the country’s population. The high density population districts in the seven states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand ...

The Punjab government today signed a tripartite agreement with the Centre and Airports Authority of India under the country’s flagship programme UDAN in the presence of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh. A spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said the tripartite agreement was signed by Usha Padhee (Joint Secretary, Ministry ...

To promote low-cost accommodation as part of the housing-for-all scheme, the government will push for building up of steel houses. The project aims at providing affordable houses to urban and rural poor. This in turn will help reduce slums. Each house will have in-built cement chambers to allow cooling and ...

The Amma Master Health Check-up scheme will be expanded to cover all districts soon, said Chief Minister ‘Edappadi’ K Palaniswami on Tuesday. The master health check-up facility is now available only at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH). In the coming days, said the Chief Minister, efforts will be ...

IC last month operationalised a new pension scheme called Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY). This follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier announcing the launch of a scheme for senior citizens (60 years and above) in which they will get a guaranteed interest of over 8 per cent for 10 ...

No-frills carrier SpiceJet on Monday announced the launch of its UDAN routes connecting Mumbai with Porbander and Kandla from July 10. There will be two new daily direct flights from Mumbai-Probander-Mumbai and Mumbai-Kandla-Mumbai sectors. According to a statement issued by the airline, SpiceJet is the only airline which has not ...

“Tele-law”, a scheme under which 1,000 trained volunteers will assist residents of rural areas in reaching legal experts via video conferencing, was launched on Sunday. The assistance will be given from 500 Common Service Centres in the first phase, where a Para Legal Volunteer (PLV) — the first point of ...