In a meeting on COVID Appropriate Behaviour chaired by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science and Technology it was brought to light that there are nine vaccine candidates in the world in advanced stages of their trial. Three more vaccine candidates are being developed in India out of which one in advance stage 3 and…
India’s forex as well as gold reserves have surged to soar high even though the country’s economy is passing through a challenging period. Forex reserves of India have jumped to a record 551.505 billion dollars. The country’s gold reserves as well have surged to 36.598 billion dollars in the month of October. The country’s special…
Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has come up with a series of incentives including free FAR, free of cost trunk infrastructure facilities, besides concessional finance of the project under its scheme for Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHC) creation for the poor and urban migrants under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), informed the Minister of State(I/C),…
In view of the fast-approaching winter and the festive season, it is imperative to adopt Corona-appropriate behaviour like wearing masks, following social distancing, besides maintaining hand hygiene. The AYUSH ministry has also started promoting a pledge for safety during the pandemic among the government employees, grassroot organizations, subordinate offices and the general public. With its…
Due to the rapid spread of COVID-19 pandemic, the International Monetary Fund(IMF) had earlier forecast the growth in the world economy to be -5.2 percent, however, in its latest report it has revised its forecast to -4.4 percent growth and has expected less severe recession then it predicted earlier. According to Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist,…
“LEADS 2020 : Reimagine the World” is a 4-day global leadership initiative from FICCI to evolve a shared vision for global economic prosperity. The detailed program is available at www.ficcileads.in. Following are the regional sessions scheduled for Day 3, starting at 1045 am (IST): Gulf & West Asia Session: Reimagining Business Beyond Oil – Auditorium 1 South Asia Session:…
To fight the slowdown following COVID-19, the Finance minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a slew of measures through a stimulus of Rs 73,000 crore to boost demand and consumer spending in the economy before the end of the current financial year. The stimulus announced by the FM included LTC Cash Voucher Scheme and Special…
Emerging as a powerful tool to provide record of rights to rural households across the country, the Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA) yojana launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to bring in historical changes across the villages of the country. Under this scheme, property cards…
With an aim to provide a safe and clean tap water connection to every rural households across the country by 2024, the Ministry of Jal Shakti has taken up tap water connection work on a war footing, while placing the necessary emphasis on quality surveillance and monitoring of the supplied water. The Govt of Haryana,…
Goa has become the first state in the country with ‘Har Ghar Jal State’ tag after it successfully completed its mission of providing tap water connection to every rural household. It has established water connection in over two lakh 30 thousand rural households, out of which 65 thousand rural households have been provided water tap…
