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In a major boost to pro-people and pro-poor initiatives, the Union Cabinet in its meeting held on 5.9.2018 has approved the continuation of National Mission for Financial Inclusion - Pradhan Mantri JanDhan Yojana (PMJDY) with the following changes:- The National Mission for Financial Inclusion

Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu today launched Coffee Connect - India coffee field force app and Coffee KrishiTharanga - digital mobile extension services for coffee stakeholders at a function here today. The mobile app Coffee Connect has been developed to ease the

Income earned from export of coconut products was Rs 3975 crore during 2004-14, which increased to Rs 6448 crore during 2014-18. India has started exporting coconut oil to Malaysia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Till last year, India used to import coconut oil from these countries. Besides, for the first

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today launched the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi. The function was witnessed at over 3000 locations across the country, which were connected to the main event in Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said that through

In what is one of the longest hauls in Inland Water Sector (IWT) movement in the country, a consignment of bagged fly ash bound for Pandu Inland port in Assam sailed from Kahalgaon in Bihar on today. Marking the commencement of a critical integrated movement through three Waterways, 1233 tonnes of

In yet another game changing initiative, the Union Minister for HRD, Prakash Javadekar and Union Minister of State for HRD, Dr. Satya Pal Singh launched the Innovation Cell and Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA )at AICTE, New Delhi on Thursday. Innovation cell is MHRD’s

The literacy and income levels of parents do not necessarily impede their children from aiming for and gaining admission to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), according to an inference drawn by IIT Kanpur from an analysis of this year’s entrance process. Close to 800 students

The third edition of World’s Biggest Open Innovation Model - Smart India Hackathon 2019 was launched by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi on Wednesday. MHRD, AICTE, Persistent Systems and i4c have joined hands to make a hat trick with their highly

The Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned two new projects under Heritage and North East Circuits of Swadesh Dashan Scheme for Rs. 164.95 Crores in Punjab and Tripura. Under Heritage Circuit in the state of Punjab, the project covers sites of Anandpur Sahib – Fatehgarh Sahib – Chamkaur Sahib – Ferozpur

A Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) was signed between the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and National Health Agency (NHA) here today, to provide capacity building for Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana(PMJAY) to ensure effective rollout and continued quality implementation. As per the

Indian Air Force is celebrating its 86 th Anniversary on 08 Oct 2018. To commemorate this event, IAF has launched a unique event in the form of Trans-Himalayan Mountain Terrain Biking Expedition (THE MTB). The team for the expedition consists of 18 Air warriors (12 riders and 06 support staff) which

The Airport Authority of India has allotted space at Ahmedabad, Udaipur and Kolkata airports for opening of Tribes India outlets. Besides, TRIFED has been offered spaces at International Airports at Dehradun, Varanasi, Pune, Goa, Coimbatore, Lucknow, Amritsar and Gangtok for setting up of Tribes