The total sown area as on 25 th August 2017, as per reports received from States, stands at 1013.83 lakh hectare as compared to 1019.60 lakh hectare at this time last year. It is reported that rice has been sown/transplanted in 358.28 lakh ha, pulses in 135.96 lakh ha, coarse cereals in 178.85 lakh
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One can make good money even from not so common activity - here is a story of how one has made fortune by beekeeping. PARDEEP KUMAR was only 14 in 2000, when his mother Usha Rani gave him Rs 30,000 to take up beekeeping. He started by purchasing eight honeybee nest boxes and, over the next five
This is in continuations of the post yesterday titled "Niti Aayog to Launch Mentor India Campaign". NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), Government of India’s flagship program to promote innovation and entrepreneurship, is inviting applications for ‘Mentor India’. Mentor India is as a
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is going to establish National Sports Museum, first of its kind, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. The decision was taken three months back and after a series of meetings and his personal visits to several locations in the capital, the current venue for
NITI Aayog will launch the Mentor India Campaign, a strategic nation building initiative to engage leaders who can guide and mentor students at more than 900 Atal Tinkering Labs, established across the country as a part of the Atal Innovation Mission. CEO NITI Aayog, Shri Amitabh Kant will unveil
‘Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat’ Programme, an initiative of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan to prepare a physical Health and Fitness Profile Card for more than 12 lakhs of Kendriya Vidyalaya students was launched in Kochi. Union Minister for Human Resource Development Shri. Prakash Javadekar unveiled
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), under the Ministry of Power, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) for distribution of energy efficient appliances under the flagship Unnat Jeevan by
India’s Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) has illuminated 50,000 KM of roads with installation of 30 lakh LED street lights across the country. With this milestone Energy Efficiency Services Limited, under the administration of Ministry of Power, has become the world’s largest street light
To draw nationwide attention to the depletion of rivers and to find solutions that will not just replenish streams but help increase farm income and reduce floods and droughts, spiritual guru Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is embarking on a month-long 'Rally for Rivers' - he will drive the entire distance
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given the clarion call to achieve a New India by 2022 under Sankalp se Siddhi, a mass resolve to make all dirt and filth quit India. In pursuit of this vision, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation is organising countrywide Film, Essay and Painting
Two Mobile Apps Launched National Highways Authority of India launched two mobile Apps – MyFASTag and FASTag Partner in New Delhi on Thursday, to facilitate the availability of FASTags for Electronic Toll Collection. Speaking on the occasion the NHAI Chairman Shri Deepak Kumar said the cumbersome
“ Walking the talk of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s speech on Independence Day 2017, the Government has fixed the ceiling prices of orthopaedic implants used in knee surgeries from today”, informed Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Ananthkumar. Based