Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, while addressing the 38th convocation ceremony of AAPI (American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin) through video conferencing, said the disruption due to pandemic is an opportunity to radically reform the country’s healthcare sector by harnessing the digital technology together with the tools powered by artificial intelligence. He called for…
Union cabinet has informed that a draft Operational Guidelines of affordable rental housing complexes together with its framework for implementation has been circulated to implement scheme for affordable rental housing complexes, besides uploading e-copy of the guidelines on the website of affordable rental housing scheme under PMAY-U. It has further issued a model request for…
For the homebuyers stuck in stalled projects, there is a good news as the government has created SWAMIH investment fund (a special window for completion of affordable and mid-income housing) to meet the funding requirements of the stalled projects. Under this special window even those projects are also being considered for funding which have either…
Sighting the adverse situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the central government has come up with an advisory for all states and union territories as well as their real estate regulatory authorities with aim to relieve the stakeholders of real estate sector, including the homebuyers. It has advised to treat the pandemic as force majeure…
To support street vendors, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched a micro-credit scheme ‘Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AmtaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) just after it launched a package called Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhhiyan. In collaboration with Small Industries Development Bank of India, it has also developed an IT platform for the smooth…
With aim to achieve to achieve considerable reduction of up to 20% to 30% in the concentration of Particulate Matter by the year 2024 keeping the year 2017 as base, a National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) has been launched by the government as a time-bound, long-term and national level strategy to tackle air pollution issues…
In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Labour & Employment (I/C) Santosh Gangwar said the government has taken various initiatives to create jobs to support the migrant workers who have lost employment due to the spread of COVID-19. He said the government is engaged in job creation for…
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic creating global havoc, the Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology (IPFT) of the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers has developed two different disinfectant sprays for surface application as well as for fruits and vegetables. According to the IPFT, its spray for surface application is alcohol-based and the formulation evaporates after disinfecting the…
Union Power Ministry has in the last 3-4 years invested over Rs 11,000 crore in various initiatives connected with electrification in Bihar, informed Power Minister R. K Singh while inaugurating NTPC’s community-focused initiatives in the state. These included two community buildings in Barh district of Patna at Sahari and Shanaura. Inauguration of Meh-Indrapuri Barrage Road…
Despite COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has not stopped development work and it has released Rs 10,339 crore to the developers to expedite the construction of highways and to give a considerable boost to the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ scheme. The ministry is also in the process of releasing another Rs 2475 crore…
