March, 2015

• 25 March

  You don’t need a Silver Fork to eat Good Food: 17 Food Parks

  

  News The Centre allocated the development of 17 mega food parks across the country to state governments and private firms envisaging an investment of over Rs 6,000 crore. The project cost to set up these 17 mega food parks would be Rs 2,030 crore, of which the central grant would ...

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• 25 March

  The MUDRA Bank: Micro Unit’s Fuel

  

  News MUDRA- Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch on April 8 the Rs 20,000 crore MUDRA Bank, an agency to refinance micro-finance institutions which will also act as regulator for the sector. This bank would be responsible for regulating and refinancing all MFIs which ...

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• 25 March

  India, Qatar sign 6 pacts during Emir’s visit: FastTrack External Affairs

  

  6 Pacts: Agreement on transfer of sentenced prisoners: Under this agreement , Indian prisoners convicted in Qatar can be repatriated to India to serve the remaining part of their sentence. Similarly Qatari citizens convicted in India can be sent to their home country to serve their sentence. This agreement would enable ...

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• 24 March

  The Coal Story

  

  History Coal allocation scam or Coalgate, is a major political scandal concerning the Indian government’s allocation of the nation’s coal deposits to public sector entities (PSEs) and private companies. In a draft report issued in March 2014, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) office accused the Government of India ...

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• 24 March

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• 23 March

  Checkmate China: Early Resolution of Border Disputes

  

  India and China have emphasised their commitment to arriving at an early resolution of the border disputes between them. Both the countries concluded the 18th round of boundary talks in Delhi on 24th of March 2015. Both sides also agreed to take necessary steps to maintain peace and tranquility in the ...

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• 22 March

  Black is the New White: Black Money Law

  

  India moved a step closer to a harsher regime for those hiding wealth overseas with the government introducing legislation in Parliament that makes such concealment a criminal offence. Tax advisors, financial advisors, banks or financial institutions caught aiding any Indian in stashing black money overseas will also face jail terms ...

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• 21 March

  Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

  

  Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (Save girl child, educate girl child) is a Government of India scheme that aims to generate awareness and improving the efficiency of welfare services meant for women. Prime Minister Modi launched the programme on January 22, 2015 from Panipat, Haryana. The scheme was initiated with an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore. According to ...

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• 20 March

  We aren’t Addicted to Oil, but our Cars are: Building Crude Reserves

  

  West Asian companies likely to build five crude reserves in India: The government may rope in private refiners and state firms from West Asia to build five new crude reserves worth Rs 20,000 crore and is also considering tax incentives to attract foreign firms to build and use the assets. ...

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• 18 March

  Home Ministry in Action

  

  Operation Smile When Ghaziabad police recovered 227 missing children in 30 days by a unique campaign called “Operation Smile” Rajanath Singh order the campaign to be emulated in other states too. The plan has been successful  as at least eight states have told the Ministry that they rescued over 2500 missing children ...

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