March, 2015

• 8 March

  Bolstering Indian Defence with an Eye on Developing Indigenous Technology: Ministry of Defence

  

  India under Modi saw a host of war vessels, fighter planes, missiles and other sophisticated Warcraft being commissioned into Indian military. Also, humongous deals were struck with countries like Russia, US, South Korea and Israel for acquiring state of the art weapons. These are commonplace under many Indian governments, but ...

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• 7 March

  Transport and Shipping

  

  Shipping: Kamrajar Port, Ennore is now ISO 14001-2004 certified for Environmental Management System. Ministry of Shipping has evolved a new incentive scheme to encourage major ports to become green ports. Green projects such as waste water treatment, renewable energy generation, use of bio-diesel and provision of shore power would be ...

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• 6 March

  Home Ministry

  

  Gadkari has reportedly favoured limiting the privilege to President, Vice-President, Prime Minister, Speaker and Chief Justice of India at the Centre. In line with this norm, use of red beacon could be limited to governor, CM, assembly speaker and chief justice of the high court in states. Operation Smile: Rajnath ...

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February, 2015

• 21 February

  Workaholic Prime Minister

  

  Instances Narendramodi landing in the early morning & having cabinet meet immediately – earlier PMs used to recover in 1-2 days.

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January, 2015

• 31 January

  Smart City Plan

  

  News The government’s initiative for creating 100 smart cities achieved a major milestone as the various stakeholders came out with the criteria for the selection and ranking of cities and also broadly agreed on innovative financing models and urban governance reforms to be implemented as part of the project. Among ...

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October, 2014

• 2 October

  Swachh Bharat

  

  Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (स्वच्छ भारत अभियान) is a national campaign by the Government of India, covering 4041 statutory towns, to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country. It is India’s biggest ever cleanliness drive and 3 million government employees and school and college students of India participated in this event. The mission ...

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September, 2014

• 25 September

  Make In India

  

  Make in India is an international marketing strategy, conceptualized by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi on 25 September 2014 to attract investments from businesses around the world, and in the process, strengthen India’s manufacturing sector. The campaign’s purpose is to enhance job creation, boost the national economy, convert India to a self-reliant country ...

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August, 2014

• 28 August

  Pradhanmantri Jandhan Yojna

  

  Scheme Details Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is National Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure access to financial services, namely, Banking/ Savings & Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pension in an affordable manner. Account can be opened in any bank branch or Business Correspondent (Bank Mitr) outlet. PMJDY accounts are ...

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• 21 August

  Digital India

  

  Nine Pillars of Digital India It is a vision to prepare India for the digital era ahead. The focus is more on enabling and using technology in all walks of life. Using technology as the key enabler, the government is trying to weave together a mesh of comprehensive schemes. Various ...

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