The Government has opened 137 mountain peaks for foreigners desirous of obtaining Mountaineering Visa (‘MX’) for mountaineering and trekking. These peaks are located in the States of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim. While the highest number of 51 peaks have been opened to
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The government calls for applications for its latest initiative under the Swachh Bharat Mission, called the ‘San-Sadhan’ Hackathon, an initiative to ease lives of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) by making toilets smarter, more accessible, and easier to use. In this hackathon, the government
In a decision that would give boost to the ocean energy in India, Union Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable Energy (IC) and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, RK Singh approved a proposal to declare ocean energy as Renewable Energy on Thursday. Accordingly, the Ministry of New and
In the Union Budget 2019-20, the Finance Minister had announced the Sabka Vishwas-Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2019. The scheme has now been notified and will be operationalized from 1 st September 2019. The scheme would continue till 31 st December 2019. Government expects the scheme to be
The World Police and Fire Games are an Olympic-style competition with 10,000 athletes representing law enforcement, firefighters, and officers from corrections, probation, border protection, immigration and customs from 70+ countries across the world competing in 60+ sports. The World Police and
The 4 th Advance Estimates of production of major crops for 2018-19 have been released by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare on 19 th August, 2019. The assessment of production of different crops is based on the feedback received from States and validated with information
Sixteen State Governments signed MoU with Ministry of Textiles at a function in New Delhi today to take Samarth - Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS) forward. Initially, the Ministry has allocated over 3.5 lakh targets to the agencies nominated by State Governments to implement
Jal Shakti Minister, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, launched the Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019 (SSG 2019) in the capital today. To be instituted from August 14 to September 30, 2019, SSG 2019 will cover 17,450 villages in 698 districts across India and include 87,250 public places namely schools
The Geographical Indication (GI) under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade hasrecenly registered 4 new GIs. Palani Panchamirtham from Palani Town in Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu, Tawlhlohpuan and Mizo Puanchei from the state of Mizoram and Tirur Betel leaf from Kerala are
To increase awareness about the space programme, an online quiz competition will be conducted by ISRO in coordination with MyGov.in. This started on 10th August and the last date to participate is 20th August, 2019. Duration of the quiz will be 10 minutes (600 Seconds) during which a maximum of 20
Union Minister of Textiles and Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani, inaugurated Textiles Gallery at National Crafts Museum in New Delhi, on Tuesday. With this unique collection, the National Crafts Museum takes another leap to exhibit the fine Indian Craftsmanship to public. The other
वर्ष 2016 की तुलना में 2018 में पराली जलाने की घटनाओं में 41 प्रतिशत की कमी वर्ष 2018 में पराली जलाने की घटनाओं में कमी का उल्लेख करते हुए कहा कि कृषि अनुसंधान एवं शिक्षा विभाग (डीएआरई) के सचिव और आईसीएआर के महानिदेशक डॉ. त्रिलोचन महापात्रा ने कहा है कि जनता और निजी प्रयासों के जरिए इस तरह की