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Around 250 stations have been provided with the facility of water vending machines (WVMs) by Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) for providing pure drinking water to passengers at nominal rates. IRCTC has awarded licenses for installation of 2500 WVMs over Indian Railways

Indian Railways extend travel concessions in passenger fare to 53 categories of passengers and the element of concession ranges from 25% to 100%. The details are as under:- S. No CATEGORY OF PERSONS PERCENTAGE OF CONCESSION* I Disabled Passengers 1 Orthopaedically Handicapped/ Paraplegic persons who

After the demonetisation announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8th Nov there is so much of talking on encouraging cash less transactions. The government on its part is promoting this very actively through the media. Many ministries have joined hands in taking this message to the commoner

The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), AYUSH Shri Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurated the 7th World Ayurveda Congress and Arogya Expo, here today. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Naik said, this event and seminars which brings together worldwide experts, patrons, practitioners and enthusiasts

In Haryana workers will be provided with solar lighting system for homes. In the first phase 4 year old some 52000 registered workers will be getting these lights. To cost around 10000 Rupees this system would provide power equivalent to 100 watts. To read the full news published in Navbharat Times

A major boost to the drive towards increasing solar power availability in the country now the tariff has been quoted @Rs3/- per unit. From Rs18/- per unit in 2010-11 this is now one sixth. This is at par with the cost of coal fired generation which is about 3 to 5 Rs per unit. Compared to this the

The Ministry of Labour and Employment is working on war footing to facilitate cashless transfer of wages to workers with a view to promote digital transactions. The Ministry has taken several steps to support measures taken towards this objective. Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State

Government schools in Madhya Pradesh will now have a period dedicated to yoga and the discipline will be part of the curriculum in these schools from the next academic session (2017-18). The state’s school department said the move is to counter the increasing number of student suicides. Read details

Union Minister of Textiles Smt Smriti Zubin Irani inaugurated the Apparel and Garment Making Centre in Lamboikhongnangkhong, Imphal on Sunday. She also distributed “Pehchan” Identity Cards to some artisans. The Centre consists of one skilling block and two commercial blocks and 300 nos. of machines

As a part of the ongoing efforts to move towards cashless transactions of all kind, the Ministry of Urban Development has asked all the statutory 4,041 Urban Local Bodies to shift to e-payments at the earliest. These cities and towns account for about 75% of the total 40 crore urban population in

Life comes to a standstill every evening in Marottichal, a sleepy hamlet in Kerala, as people converge around black and white boards. Hushed discussions and sudden cries of “checkmate!” ring the air—at tea stalls, lanes and corners of this high-range village. For the country’s first chess-literate

The Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh launched e-pashuhaat portal ( www.epashuhaat.gov.in ) on the occasion of National Milk Day here today. Shri Singh informed that for the first time in the world under the scheme National Mission on Bovine Productivity ‘e