Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) are set to receive grants from states as the Centre has released Rs 12,351.5 crore for this purpose to those 18 states which have provided utilisation certificate for the first instalment. As part of the basic grant provided by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance to states for RLBs, grants…
The recent FDI policy reforms measures taken by the government, coupled with the ease of doing business and investment facilitation, have altogether resulted in increased FDI inflows in the country. During April and November 2020, the country has received a total US$ 58.37 billion FDI inflow and it’s the highest ever for the first eight…
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is all set to levy a green tax on old vehicles polluting the environment after it has approved a proposal submitted for phasing out polluting and unfit vehicles. The ministry has announced that more than 8 years old transport vehicles could be charged 10-25% as green tax….
In conjunction with Science India Forum of Vijnana Bharti, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) of Government of India organised a detailed discussion on second post draft of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) 2020. The Indian scientific diaspora, in consultation with Indians residing in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, deliberated on fellowships in…
TRIFED, the nodal agency with its focussed efforts towards improving lives and livelihoods of tribal people, keeps forming partnerships with similar organisations. Moving ahead with the aim of tribal livelihood generation TRIFED has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Farm Forestry Development Co-operative Limited (IFFDC). The MoU was signed by Pravir Krishna, MD,…
In the 52nd Meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) meeting total 14 States/UTs participated and it was revealed that the construction of 1,68,606 new houses have been approved under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). It is proposed that these houses will be constructed across Affordable Housing in Partnership and In-Situ Slum Redevelopment…
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has joined hands with the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) for employment generation program. The ministry will purchase Khadi fabric for tribal students, and an MoU for this has been signed between the two in the presence of Nitin Gadkari, Minister of MSME and Arjun Munda, Minister of Tribal…
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has constructed 8169 Km from April last year to 15th January 2021 with a speed of over 28.16 km per day. In the last fiscal it had constructed 7573 Km roads. Even the ministry has created a record by constructing 534 km of national highway last week between 8th…
Department of Food and Public Distribution has come up with a modified scheme to increase the capacity of ethanol distillation to fulfil the requirement of 1st generation ethanol. It has modified and notified the scheme for providing financial assistance to the project proponents to enhance their ethanol distillation capacity. The scheme is also meant to…
India has joined hands with Japan to strengthen cooperation in 5G technologies field, besides telecom security, spectrum management, submarine optical fiber cable system to islands of India, smart cities, disaster management, public safety and high altitude platform for broadband in unconnected areas, among others. The MoU agreement for this joint endeavour was signed between depart…
