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13,002 villages have been electrified till date under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram JyotiYojna (DDUGJY). Out of remaining 5450 un-electrified villages, 835 villages are uninhabited. All the remaining 4615 un-electrified villages are to targeted to be electrified by 1 stMay, 2018 . The progress of

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, will dedicate to the nation, India’s longest road tunnel – the 9 kilometer long “Chenani – Nashri Tunnel” in Jammu & Kashmir on April 2nd, 2017. The tunnel on NH-44 which connects Jammu with Srinagar, will reduce travel time between the two cities by up to two hours

The Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh said that Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narender Modi has dreamt of a New India, which will be free of black money and corruption. Promotion of Digidhan and cashless transactions are part of the mission. Shri Singh stated it

The ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat’ programme, aims to actively enhance interaction between people of diverse cultures living in different States and UTs in India, with the objective of promoting greater mutual understanding amongst them. As per the programme, each year, every State/UT would be paired

General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), on 27 March 2017 at South Block, New Delhi, released the book ‘Home of the Brave’ on the history of Indian Army’s Counter Insurgency Force, the Rashtriya Rifles (RR). The book is authored by Mr Nitin A Gokhale, Defence & Security Analyst and Brig

Government has said that due to fast adoption of digital technology, it is expected that number of internet users will increase in the country. Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha said that as per information received from Telecom Regulatory Authority of

Government has said that there are many companies who have approached the Department of Posts for collaboration with India Post Payments Bank. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha said that while the Department is in various stages of discussions

UDAIPUR: Not long ago, Sita, a tribal woman of Shishviya village in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district, used to share a kerosene lamp with her children who studied under its dim light as she cooked. Last month, her house was lit up with solar energy when Shishviya and 26 other remote villages in the

Winter has finally come, it's time to take the morning off and enjoy the #earthly #pleasure of #heavenly #pristine snow," reads one post with a photo of snow-clad fields on the Instagram channel @voicesofmunsiari. This is no holiday post by a visiting city-dweller, but the musings of a villager in

One does not come across such stories very often. Abhishek Pallav, a doctor-turned IPS officer in Bastar of Chhattisgarh, treats wounded Maoist after a seven-hour long encounter. Somaru, a Maoist commander, owes his life to IPS officer Pallav who had engaged him in a fierce gun battle last week in

Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh has said that the biggest challenge for the agricultural sector is to make smallholdings profitable and engage rural youth in agriculture. Work is going on to provide small farmers distinct technological option so that they can choose as per

TB is a disease which is largely curable and preventable. “We are committed to achieving zero TB deaths and therefore we need to re-strategize, think afresh and have to be aggressive in our approach to end TB by 2025.” This was stated by Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda, at a