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According to the Central Statistics Office’s (CSO) detailed crop-wise estimates of the value of output from agriculture and allied sectors, the country’s farmers produced milk worth Rs 4,95,841 crore in 2014-15. For the first time, the value of milk produced exceeded the total value of foodgrains

To bring momentum in skilling through collaborative efforts, the Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh along with Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated India's first Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) for Skilling in

The first Phase of the RO RO (Roll on, Roll off) ferry service between Ghogha and Dahej will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. This ferry service shall reduce the travel time between Ghogha in Saurashtra, and Dahej in South Gujarat, from about seven or eight hours, to just

On the occasion of Bhai Dooj, the National Urban Livelihood Mission gifted sewing machines to 130 women to help them earn. The machines were distributed at a function organised by the Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee at Birsa Munda Town Hall in Sidhgora on Saturday. "I learnt stitching around five

Running time of over 500 long distance trains will be trimmed by up to two hours. The new timings will be updated in the November timetable of the railways. Following directions from Railway Minister Piyush Goyal earlier this month, the national carrier incorporated "innovative timetabling" under

The Department of Rural Development has been making concerted efforts to improve the work availability in rural areas. Besides wage employment opportunities under MGNREGS, it is also promoting skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled wage labour in a very large rural housing programme like PMAY-Gramin

At IIM Ahmedabad, students of PGP (postgraduate) and PGPX (executive postgraduate) programmes recently learnt some valuable lessons from India’s ancient fables, the Panchatantra. The management lessons were based on the understanding and interpretation of conflict in the Panchatantra. These were

Tourism sector is one of the largest employment generators in India and encourages inclusive growth of the less-advantaged sections of the society. One of the objective of the Paryatan Parv is to spread the awareness about tourism as a major engine of economic growth and harness its direct and

In the hinterlands of UP , gram pradhans are signing on to social media platforms. The reason: it's easier to access the UP police through the digitial forum than getting the attention of the cop at the thana. Pradhans like Gita Rai (@i8YjlKjW7ZGZX7g) and Sachin Singh (@sachin_kakari) are

In an attempt to end gender bias in women against women, the Ministry of Women and Child Development is undertaking an online campaign #IamThatWoman. Through the campaign, the Ministry seeks to highlight the various aspects of women standing 'by' and 'for' women. Ministry of WCD has urged people to

Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today dedicated the All India Institute of Ayurveda, in New Delhi, to the nation. Speaking on this occasion, the Prime Minister congratulated the gathering on the celebration of Dhanvantari Jayanti as Ayurveda Divas. He complimented the Ministry of AYUSH for the

Farmers in dry areas of Rajasthan are taking advantage of the ''Mukhya Mantri Jal Swawalamban Abhiyan' and turning their farms to give them profits. After all water is the basic need and this problem has been solved taking advantage of this programme of the state government. मरु प्रदेश को पानी की