Miscellaneous

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched a month long special drive from 1 st July for maximization of registration of eligible electors with focus on left out eligible young citizens in age group of 18-19 and removal of names of registered dead electors, if any, from electoral rolls

This is the story of Rupa who was in Class 3 when she got married to 12-year-old Shankar Lal in a Rajasthan village. Child marriage is illegal in India but common in rural, poor communities where a girl is seen as a financial burden. Girls are also married young because of fears for their safety

86 % payment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for April-June 2017 has been made on time. In the same period last year 64% payments were made in time. मनरेगा के तहत अप्रैल से जून 2017 में 86 फीसदी मजदूरी का भुगतान समय से किया गया मनरेगा के तहत, अप्रैल से जून 2017

The first ever Industry-Academia mission to accelerate biopharmaceutical development in India will be formally launched by the Cabinet Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi on 30 th June 2017. The program named Innovate in India (i3) will witness an investment of USD 250 million with USD 125

Election Commission of India (ECI) is launching a ‘Special Drive to enrol left out electors, with a special focus on first time electors from 1 st July, 2017, so as to move in the direction of Commission’s motto that 'NO VOTER TO BE LEFT BEHIND’. In order to reach out to maximum eligible voters, the

The Minister of Shipping and Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari says that C ruise Tourism is one of the fastest growing components of the leisure industry worldwide, and can be a major growth driver for the Indian economy by generating huge employment opportunities. He was speaking at

In the next five years, approximately Rs 7 lakh crore will be spent in building and expanding highways and constructing expressways across the country Road construction is considered a major employment generator. Sources said around 40,000 km of highways will be expanded till 2022, which includes

We keep on reading news of shortage of judges as being the main reason for the staggering number of pending court cases. The government has made plans to recruit some 6000 judges soon and to seat them 3000 court halls are being constructed. At present, there are more court halls than the working

Market Research Division of Ministry of Tourism compiles data on domestic and foreign tourist visits to States/Union Territories (UTs) received from Departments of Tourism of various State Governments and UT Administrations. Following are the salient features of the compilation for 2016: Domestic

Central government today announced another list of 30 cities for development as smart cities taking the total cities picked up so far to 90 under Smart City Mission launched on June 25, 2015. Announcing the new batch of smart cities at a National Workshop on Urban Transformation here today, Minister

16 former women convicts of Hyderabad's Chanchalguda prison will start a new life at an all-women petrol pump where they will work for a pay of Rs 12,000 per month. The prisons department had undertaken a programme called 'Maha Parivartan' to bring about a change in prisoners so that they can start