Miscellaneous

During the year 2017-18, a massive drive for scaling up of retail marketing activities was initiated by TRIFED of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for achieving the sale target of Rs . 21.00 Crores and corresponding procurement target of Rs . 12 . 25 Crores . A number of new initiatives were

"In next three years metering will go smart prepaid, and gone will be the days of bills reaching your house. So need of the hour is to scale up manufacturing of smart prepaid meters and to bring down their prices." said R K Singh, Minister of State(IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy. Singh was

The World Bank has approved Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY), a Rs.6000 crore Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. The scheme is to be implemented over a period of five years from 2018-19 to 2022-23, with World Bank assistance. The scheme

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by P M Narendra Modi, approved the project for construction of 9.9 km long new 6 - lane bridge across river Ganga on NH - 96 at Phaphamau in Allahabad with total capital cost of Rs. 1948.25 crore. The construction period for the project is three

The Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) and department of environment and forests are taking a number of measures to pursue this year’s World Environment Day’s motto ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’. In an effort to curb the usage of polythene bags for buying fruits and vegetables, BSPCB will put up

A new grassroot-level volunteer workforce is out there to protect the bio-diversity of river Ganga called Ganga Praharis. A group of 427 trained volunteers are reaching to each and every house in areas along river Ganga to educate them about the importance of protecting river’s bio-diversity. They

This is the story of how by making incense sticks, agarbattis, tribal women in village Bediya, in Dumka district of Jharkhand, have changed their lives - earlier they were selling the local liquor, called 'handiya', but now they are making incense sticks and selling them. A group of women were given

Snehlata, who runs a common service centre (CSC) in Alwar district of Rajasthan, has been providing exemplary service by spreading digital literacy among the Banjara community, tweeted Ravi Shankar Prasad, minister of electronics and information technology, on Wednesday. She has been educating

Ministry of Culture introduced a new scheme namely ‘ SevaBhojYojna’ with a total outlay of Rs.325.00 Crores for 2018-19 and 2019-20. The scheme envisages to reimburse the Central Government share of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) and Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) on purchase of raw

The state industries department has decided to set up a khadi school at Manpur in Gaya. “We are thinking of starting a batch consisting 100 students from July or August this year. The minimum qualification required for admission will be either 10th or 12th certificate. The students will be trained

India has made unprecedented progress in coconut cultivation from mid 2014 to 2018 and now it has become the leading country in coconut production and productivity. Productivity increased to 11516 fruits per hectare in 2017-18 as compared to 10122 in 2013-14. Between 2014 and 2018, 13,117 hectare

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has approved the construction of another 1.5 lakh affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) with an investment of Rs.7,227cr with central assistance of Rs.2,209 cr. The approval was given in the 34th meeting of the