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Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu today launched ‘Swachh Suvekshan-2017’ to assess and rank 500 cities and towns based on levels of sanitation and efforts made by respective urban local bodies and also to capture progress towards achieving ‘Open Defecation Free’ status. The

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016. The important provisions include increase in compensation for Hit & Run cases from Rs. 25000 to Rs. 2 lakhs. It also has provision for payment of compensation upto Rs 10 lakh in road accidents fatalities. In the area

Many prominent religious heads came together at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai to talk on encouraging their followers to become organ donors. Mostly refusal are based on the perception that their religions do not sanction such an act. However, it was pointed out that while accepting

Due to favourable agro-climatic conditions prevailing in the country, India produced 2.158 million tones of flowers during 2015-16. Flower crops are grown in almost all the States. The major flower growing States are Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Gujarat, Andhra

The duty and functions of National Dairy Development Board are to promote, plan and organize programmes for the purpose of development of dairy and other agriculture based and allied industries and biological on an intensive and nation-wide basis and to render assistance in the implementation of

The Government had launched ‘Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA)’ scheme to support for extension reforms in the State during 2005-06. Presently the Scheme is under implementation in 652 districts of 29 States and 3 UTs in the country. Under the scheme grants-in-aid is released to State

Various projects under the ambitious 'Namami Gange' programme, worth 400 crores, got approval on Monday. These include development of ghats and crematoria in the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. The river stretch between Rudraprayag and Guptkashi in Uttarakhand

To meet the growing demand of trained drivers for commercial vehicles the Road Transport Ministry under the skill development programme will undertake this training with the help of private and state undertakings. The ministry will provide a stipend of 15000 Rupees per month for those undertaking

192 villages have been electrified across the country during last week (from 25th to 31st July 2016) under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY). Out of these electrified villages, 10 villages belong to Assam, 2 in Bihar, 24 in Jharkhand, 2 in Madhya Pradesh, 123 in Meghalaya, 3 in Nagaland

Faced with budgetary cuts from the central government, IIT Kharagpur+ has found a new way to raise funds through a "Learn-Earn-Return Fund" scheme, where students will get a fee waiver if they pledge to donate money after getting a job. Launched from this new academic session, the scheme will help

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today held meeting with all District Nodal Officers (DNOs) of Eastern States and North Eastern States. Nearly 250 DNOs, Senior Officials of the Ministry and Oil Marketing Companies attended the meeting. The DNO

The Ministry of AYUSH has created Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) in collaboration with Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) for digitalization of traditional medicinal knowledge. Under TKDL, more than 2.90 lakh formulations from the texts of Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha