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30 March

A National Body to Combat Human Trafficking

News Government is all set to set up a national body to combat human trafficking that will be controlled by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The government realized the need for this as there is little effort by the cops to nab members of gangs active on the borders with ...

29 March

Plans to Develop 700 Uninhabited Islands: Sagarmala project

News Many of the over 700 uninhabited islands across India will be developed for tourism, filmmaking, entertainment activities, as honeymoon destinations, maritime security and also for generating non-conventional energy – both wind and solar. This scheme will be part of the ambitious Sagarmala project. The Cabinet approved the concept note ...

29 March

Indigenously Built Dredger Ready to be Inducted in Indian Navy

News Tebma Shipyards said its indigenously built dredger is ready to be inducted in the Indian Navy. The dredger sailed out on March 25, 2015, after successfully completing all the trials in ship builders yard to Mumbai for its formal induction to the Naval fleet under Western naval command. The ...

29 March

ISRO Working on Satellite for SAARC Countries

News Indian space agency ISRO is working with SAARC countries for setting up a dedicated satellite for them as mooted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking after the succesful launch of navigational satellite IRNSS-1D , ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar expressed confidence that once the project gets approved, significant development would ...

29 March

Project for Next-Generation Airborne Warning System: Defence

News The government sanctioned a Rs 5,113 crore project to develop a next-generation Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS), which will act as a 360-degree ‘Eye in the Sky’, and also approved purchase of two Airbus A330 aircraft for the same. The eventual plan is to induct eight such aircraft ...

28 March

$10-billion Push for Chip Manufacturing: Make In India

News The Centre plans to pump $10 billion into facilities in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, where a consortium of firms have come up as production bases. India would also be investing $400 million in developing an Indian version of micro-processor. Infrastructure for chip manufacturing and designing will be considerably strengthened ...

28 March

Delhi-Jaipur Expressway to be Completed by June

News The much-delayed Delhi-Jaipur Expressway would be completed by June, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said today. Centre is ready to build four bypasses by December for important towns if Rajasthan government offers land. Out of 57 structures to be completed which include flyovers, vehicle underpasses and pedestrian ...

27 March

PRAGATI- To Lay a Heavy Hand on Corruption

News PMO announced the launching of a new public grievance cell, PRAGATI or Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation, which is a unique integrative and interactive platform. The PRAGATI platform uniquely bundles three latest technologies: Digital data management, video-conferencing and geo-spatial technology. This new portal will replace the portal PMO CPGRAMS which ...

26 March

Spectrum Auction Fetches a Record Rs 109,874 Crore

Past Sibal, as Telecom and IT Minister in the previous UPA government, in January 2011 had stated that there was zero loss to the Government as a result of giving away second generation or 2G telecom licences to new players on first-come-first-serve basis in 2008. News In the auction that ...

26 March

Land Customs Station at Indo-Myanmar border

News Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated a land customs station at the Indo-Myanmar border trade centre at Zokhawthar in Champhai district of Mizoram. The Centre has been taking up development in the North East on a mission mode and arrangements were made for expeditious completion of pending projects in the region. ...

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March, 2015