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A MoU has been signed between Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) and National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) for geo-tagging of agriculture land. Speaking on the occasion Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said that Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) works for the development of Agriculture &

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of 'Multimodal Terminal' at Sahibganj in Jharkhand today. To be constructed at a cost of 280 cr, the cargo handling capacity here will be 22.4 lakh tonnes per year. The facilities at this terminal include berthing for two vessels, stockyard

Many a times we hear of teachers not attending to their classes. And in such circumstances how can we expect imparting of good education. Such cases are mostly in government schools, particularly in remote areas, and states like UP have comparatively very high such cases. Here comes a very positive

To generate rural employment and to promote the entrepreneurs in the rural areas of the country, Ministry of MSME is implementing the following schemes through Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) and Coir Board: I. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC): i) Prime Minister’s

Jharkhand government has launched the PTG Dakia Yojana on Monday in which food packets of 35 kgs will be delivered at the doorsteps of some 70,000 vulnerable tribal families. It is reported that employees of Food and Civil Supplies Department will deliver these packets once every month to these

In Bastar’s Maoist land, healthcare, education and social indicators are often low, but the Bijapur hospital is an anomaly, a symbol. There is a new blood bank, new operation theatres, and a 50-bed maternal and child healthcare section, strung up with the latest technology. In this report by

Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information and Broadcasting, in presence of Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment distributed 3052 Aids and Assisted Living Devices distributed to 1843 senior

In order to connect the country’s under-served and unserved airports under the Centre’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS), five airlines, have won bids to operate on 128 routes. The routes will connect 70 airports, including 31 unserved and 12 under-served ones under the scheme — also known as UDAN

A new variety maturing within 125 days, yet yielding nearly as much as those now grown over 135-160 days, could provide the ultimate solution to Punjab’s woes stemming from farming of water-guzzling paddy. Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has released a paddy variety PR-126 that gives an average

A team of five IIT-Madras students has developed a mechanical device that can lead to safer use of public toilets. The device lifts, sanitises and wipes a toilet seat, and is hands-free. These students have developed a prototype that comprises a simple foot pedal at the base of the commode that

Government has set a deadline of 2021 to provide clean drinking water to 28,000 habitations, heavily affected with arsenic and fluoride contaminated water. Concerned that polluted water is linked with onset of cancer and even hypertension, diabetes and reproductive disorders, the ministry of

A Kolkata-based company has designed a bus that will run on biogas produced from cow dung. The first bus flagged off on Friday will run between Ultadanga in the north and Garia in the south in Kolkata. At just Re 1 for the 17.5 km stretch, the bus will be the cheapest mode of transport for a