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6 lakh Assam tea plantation workers, who have opened their bank account for the first time after demonetisation, will get 2500 Rs each in their account. Another 2500 will be deposited in their account if they operate their account for a minimum of six months.

CBSE has tied up with Ramkrishna MIssion to impart value education. A "Awakened Citizen Programme" has been prepared by the Mission for teachers and students.

As per preliminary reports received from the States, the total area sown under Rabi crops as on 22^nd December, 2017 stands at 546.02 lakh hectares as compared to 544.97 lakh hectare this time in 2016.

Wheat has been sown/transplanted in 262.74 lakh hectares, rice in 14.78 lakh hectares, pulses in 146.06 lakh hectares, coarse cereals in 49.41 lakh hectares and area sown under oilseeds is 73.03 lakh hectares.

All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), established at Sarita Vihar, New Delhi on the pattern of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was dedicated to the Nation by Prime Minister of India on 17^thOctober, 2017. The Institute is fully operational now.

Deadline for mandatory linking of PAN with Aadhaar had been extended by three months to March 31, 2018. Till Nov, some 13.28 crore PANs have been linked with Aadhaar, though the total number is around 33 crore.

Prices of 51 essential drugs have been cut by 6 to 53%. These include drugs used for the treatment of cancer, pain, heart conditions and skin problems.

As per a govt notification all smartphones sold from Jan 2018 must be GPS enabled. As per earlier decision even 'panic button' will be a must from Jan 2018.

To reduce urea consumption and promote balanced use of fertilisers, it will be sold in 45 kg bags instead of 50 kg bags from 2018. 

Only electric vehicles for public and private transport will be allowed in Andhra Pradesh new capital Amravati, says CM N Chandrababu Naidu. 

Assam's Higher Secondary education council has announced that in their Class XII lessons on GST has been incorporated in economics subject. Must be the first state to do so.

Central government has enhanced the limit of loans that its employees can avail for building homes to 25 lakh Rupees. Earlier this limit was 7.5 lakhs.

To help foreign tourists policemen in Agra will learn 6 foreign languages, apart from English - German, Mandarin, Spanish, French, Korean, Portuguese, Japanese and Russian.