Approximately 1.5 Million rural residents of Madhya Pradesh are going to directly benefit from improved livelihoods, education and mobility with the USD $ 140-Million loan approved by the Board of Directors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in a meeting held on 11th April in Beijing
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In drought ridden areas of Rajasthan the programme to construct cost effective water storage tanks are helping fight shortage of water. More than 57,000 tanks, which will store some 17531 lakh litres of water, at a cost of 730.71 crore Rupees have been constructed. Read more.... प्रदेश के 12
Prime Minister launched Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) on 20 th November, 2016 from Agra. The erstwhile rural housing programme, Indira AwaasYojana (IAY), was restructured into PMAY-G. To achieve “Housing for All by 2022”, a target of completing one crore PMAY-G new pucca houses in
Many a times we feel, how alone I could help some, though from within I want to do it earnestly. Read this story of one Sumit Gunjan on a journey that would not only change his life but that of scores of tribal children in ‘Bal Nivas’, a hostel he set up for them in Banta-Hajam, a village in Silli
Efficient logistics is critical for countries like India to harness trade and facilitate greater & faster integration with both the domestic as well as world economy. Keeping this in mind 56 new airports will become functional in the next few years, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil
Union Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation Minister, Suresh Prabhu today launched digital initiatives by Export Inspection Council (EIC) for ease of export at New Delhi today. Speaking on this occasion the Minister said that India’s potential for agricultural and food export will get a great
Minister of State (IC) for Planning and Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Rao Indertjit Singh, while giving a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today on number of centres of the Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology (CIPET) in the country and number of
Deendayal Antodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) that seeks to alleviate rural poverty through building sustainable community institutions of the poor. The centrally sponsored programme is implemented in
The Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that we decided to proactively advance the roll-out of BS-VI fuel in Delhi from April 2018, instead of April 2020 after taking stock of the alarming pollution situation in Delhi in winters.BS-VI fuel will bring down sulphur by 5 times from
People, be aware. A herd of 18 elephants was moving around in Dhanbad district’s Tundi block since March 26 and it could stay for a few more days. Another herd of 12 was spotted in Kutingya village in Simdega district and an elephant each in Chandwa and Barwa Toli in Latehar districts. The warning
Coaching trains will start running with electric traction on Itarsi-Jabalpur-Itarsi route from 30 th March 2018. Initially three pairs of trains will run with electric traction after which this will be extended for other trains also. With the electrification of Itarsi-Jabalpur section which is 245
Coal India Ltd (CIL) has recorded the highest offtake of 2 MT in a single day on 28.3.2018, with Railways helping movement of highest number of 289.5 rakes from CIL’s own sidings. Clubbed with supplies at private coal washeries and goods sheds, Railways has helped movement of 344.5 Coal rakes on 28