Miscellaneous

The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, in association with the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation and Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, organized a National Convention of Gram Pradhans in Alaahabad, with the support of the

Smart cards for the benefit of workers of unorganised sector will be launched soon. This Unorganised Workers Identification Number (UWIN) smart card will be launched by PM Sri Narendra Modi. This was stated by Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya in Coimbatore on Friday. He said, of the total

From next month, patients at AIIMS, Ram Mohan Lohia Hospital, PGI Chandigarh or NIMHANS will be able to give their feedback on the quality of services and this feedback will be part of those hospitals’ overall ratings. The ministry has set a target of covering all central government and district

Women at Kachhabali, a small panchayat comprising 12 villages in Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district, part of the Bhim tensil, became the first in the state to vote to shut down its lone liquor shop, driven by a dedicated campaign by local women who said they bore the brunt of the addiction problem. Read

Indian Railways has decided to sign a model agreement for plantation on railway land with the State Forest Departments of Haryana and Punjab. This agreement paves way for the following improvements with regard to afforestation on railway land: • Railway can contribute substantially towards the Green

Foundation stone laying ceremony of the biggest Sewage Treatment Plant of its kind in India will be done on Wednesday in Vrindavan, Mathura, UP. This plant will treat 200 lakh litres of effluent per day and the treated water will be used by Mathura Refinery for its industrial use. Costing 40 crores

Government proposes to launch a low premium insurance cover for milch cows and buffaloes with an objective to create a protection mechanism for farmers and cattle-rearers against any loss of their livestock during natural disasters. Under the new livestock insurance scheme, the farmers will have to

IIT-Delhi will launch a mentorship programme on October 1, under which 30 women entrepreneurs will be trained for three months to work on their start-ups. The IIT will also help them get funds and the programme will be free of cost. Candidates can be students, homemakers or professionals and there

National Green Highways Mission (NGHM) under NHAI has collaborated with Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (PFC) for plantations work on NH 7 in Nagpur region (Borkhedi – Wadner, & Khatara – Kelapur) covering 87 km stretch. Power Finance Corporation Ltd. has provided financial assistance of Rs. 13 crore

The Union Minister for Urban Minister Shri Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated a consultative workshop on "Scaling Up Citizens’ Participation in Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban)" {SBM(U)} to a 'Jan Andolan' in New Delhi on Tuesday. The two day workshop is being organised jointly by Ministry of Urban Development

398 villages have been electrified across the country during last week (from 8 th to 14 th August 2016) under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY). Out of these electrified villages, 2 villages belong to Arunachal Pradesh, 60 to Assam, 28 to Bihar, 11 to Chhattisgarh, 91 to Jharkhand, 28