September, 2017

• 16 September

  Haryana Govt aims to create new jobs through ESDM and IT Policy

  

  The Haryana Government launched  two new policies for the state under ‘Digital Haryana Summit’. “Digital Haryana Summit “,initiative of the Government of Haryana and NASSCOM. It envisions to bring together industry experts, visionaries, heads of states, policy makers and academicians cohesively driving a singular agenda for scripting the digital transformation ...

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• 15 September

  Digital India IT ministry adds dashboards to track Digital India schemes 24*7

  

  Aiming to track real-time implementation of various schemes under Digital India programme, the Union Ministry of IT and Electronics plans to set up a live dashboard in the offices of all senior officials including the ministers. The aim is to analyse real time statistics of all the existing schemes running ...

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• 15 September

  FAME Scheme to push e-vehicles extended by six months

  

  NEW DELHI: In a move to promote the use of electric vehicles, the government has extended by six months the phase I of the FAME India Scheme (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles), a programme that extends incentives to spur purchase and usage of electric vehicles. The Ministry ...

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• 14 September

  Eight lakh Goans become members of Din Dayal health scheme

  

  Around eight lakh Goans have got themselves enrolled in the ambitious Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY) or mediclaim scheme since its launch in May last year. According to the government, majority of the members are in the age group of 40-60 years. The state Cabinet today took stock of ...

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• 14 September

  Solar Generation In India Grows 87% Y/Y In Q2 2017

  

  Sep 14 (Renewables Now) – Solar power plants in India had a combined output of 5.5 billion kWh in the second quarter, marking an 87% year-on-year increase, data by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) shows. The improved generation was a result of the increased number of photovoltaic (PV) facilities that ...

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• 14 September

  India to conduct wind power auction next Tuesday

  

  New Delhi: India will conduct the much-awaited auction to award 1 gigawatt (GW) of wind power contracts next Tuesday. The auction to be conducted by state-run Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) comes in the backdrop of India’s wind sector transitioning from a feed-in tariff regime to tariff-based competitive auctions. While ...

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• 14 September

  Government checking the cash deposits made before demonetisation scheme

  

  NEW DELHI: If you thought cash deposits made prior to November 8 last year — when the government announced its demonetisation exercise — will escape the eagle eye of the tax department, you would be mistaken. Tax authorities have sought explanations related to deposits of cash made in FY11. Not ...

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• 13 September

  The Narendra Modi government has addressed systemic issues that have traditionally plagued development schemes in India.

  

  As the Narendra Modi government enters the fourth year of its mandate, the opposition has accused it of usurping as many as 23 legacy schemes of the UPA and rebranding them as its own. However, there is more to government schemes than names. It is probably simplistic to say that some of ...

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• 11 September

  Age limit for joining the National Pension Scheme has been raised to 65 years from the current 60

  

  The upper age limit for joining the National Pension System (NPS) has been raised to 65 years from the current 60, the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) announced on Monday. PFRDA Chairman Hemant Contractor made the announcement at a conference here on “Transferring Superannuation Funds to National Pension ...

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• 11 September

  Women paid less than men, says Centre panel: MGNREGA Scheme

  

  Women, employed under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme across the country, get only 78 per cent of the minimum wages paid to men, according to Indian Express report. The Ministry of Rural Development panel report said that not a single state has been able to enforce ...

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