A logo design contest has been organised for the Ntional Bamboo Mission. The last date to submit the entries is 31st December 2019. Bamboo has been the lifeline of rural India since time immemorial. With the passage of time and development of technologies leading to new usage, the 'green gold' has
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As per information received from Society of Indian Automobile Manufactures (SIAM), there are about 30 crore vehicles plying on the road which are based on internal combustion engine. Department of Heavy Industry is implementing a scheme namely Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric
(हिन्दी में भी यह समाचार आगे दिया गया है) Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (IC), Prahlad Singh Patel launched the Indian Culture web portal on Tuesday in New Delhi. The Indian Culture portal was envisioned by the Ministry of Culture and was developed by a team from the Indian
‘Education’ sector received the maximum CSR spent during financial year 2014-15 to 2017-18. This was stated by Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today. On the basis of filings made by the companies in
The Government has released the Key Results (Provisional) of 20 th Livestock Census, 2019. The comparison of species-wise population of livestock and poultry between the last two Livestock Census periods is given in the following table: All India-Livestock & Poultry Population ( in Million) Category
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has started a pilot project for using FASTags for parking purposes at Hyderabad Airport. The pilot project has been launched in two phases, the first being a controlled pilot testing, wherein only ICICI tags would be used. The second phase of pilot shall cover
The Khadi and Village Industries products will get a major boost as Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah has recently instructed the Director Generals(DG’s) of all para-military forces to use Khadi Fabric in their uniforms and Village Industries products such as pickles, papad, honey, soaps and
To commemorate 150 th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and to support the weaker section of the society in Boondi District, Rajasthan, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) organized an event yesterday, in which the Speaker of Lok Sabha, Om Birla, distributed 500 Bee Boxes, 500 Electric
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change coordinates a Central Sector Scheme namely ‘Environment Education, Awareness and Training’ with an objective to promote environmental awareness among all sections of the society and to mobilize people’s participation for conservation of
With a focus on connectivity of Islands, UDAN 4.0 scheme under the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has invited bids for 3 unserved airports/airstrips in Andaman & Nicobar Island and 1 underserved airport/airstrip in Lakshadweep Island . The ministry has also recognized 4 Water Aerodromes locations
With focus on connectivity of North eastern region, UDAN 4.0 scheme under the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has invited bids for 6 underserved and 24 unserved airports /airstrips in the North-East states of India. The ministry has also recognized 1 Water Aero drome location that is up for
Nearly 11,000 residents of illegal settlements at the foot of a hill on Central Railway’s Mumbra-Kalwa stretch must cross the railway line in order to reach the highway that connects them to the rest of the world. They — and the Railways — have no option: it is not possible to build a foot