The foundation stone have been laid for 32 projects costing about Rs 905 crore in Uttarakhand on Tuesday under Namami Gange programme in the august presence of Dr. Satyapal Singh, Minister of State, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. Major General Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri, Shri Prakash Pant, Drinking Water minister, Uttarakhand, Shri Satpal Maharaj, Irrigation minister, Uttarakhand, Shri Ramesh Pokhrial, MP, Haridwar, Shri Madan Kaushik and MLAs Shri Surendra Singh Negi, Shri Adesh Chauhan and Shri Mahendra Bhatt also graced the occasion. Two sewerage treatment projects – sewerage…
Author: Aruna Sharma
The Government of India has taken various initiatives to boost the GDP growth which, inter-alia, include; fillip to manufacturing, concrete measures for transport and power sectors as well as other urban and rural infrastructure, comprehensive reforms in the foreign direct investment policy and special package for textile industry. Government had also announced various measures in the budget 2017-18 to promote growth in the economy which, among others, include push to infrastructure development by giving infrastructure status to affordable housing, higher allocation to highway construction, focus on coastal connectivity. The other growth promotion measures include: lower income tax for companies with…
Ministry of Railways is actively working to provide 100% LED lighting for its most of the Non-traction Energy needs like Railway Staff Colonies, Railway Stations, Railway Platforms etc. Under this 100% LED initiative, Ministry of Railways has decided to make all railway stations 100% LED lit by the end of current financial year i.e. by 31st March, 2018. It is a huge initiative to provide energy efficient lighting which will eventually greatly help in conservation of environment as well. Till date (i.e. till November 2017) about 3500 Railway stations have already been provided with 100% LED lights & all balance stations…
(Hindustan) संसद के शीतकालीन सत्र का तीसरा दिन हंगामेदार रहा। जिसके चलते लोकसभा और राज्यसभा दोनों को शोर शराबे के चलते स्थगित करना पडा़। पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री मनमोहन सिंह के खिलाफ प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की कथित टिप्पणी को लेकर राज्यसभा में जारी गतिरोध को दूर करने के लिए सदन के नेता अरूण जेटली और संसदीय कार्य मंत्री अनंत कुमार ने कांग्रेस के वरिष्ठ नेताओं गुलाम नबी आजाद और आनंद शर्मा से मुलाकात की। कांग्रेस नेता मल्लिकार्जुन खड़गे ने कहा कि अगर मनमोहन सिंह पाकिस्तान के साथ मिलकर साजिश कर रहे थो तो क्या सरकार सो रही थी? उन्होंने अभी तक FIR क्यों नहीं दर्ज करवाई। इससे पहले…
(FE) Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on 25th December to inaugurate the Delhi Metro’s new Magenta Line, a train running on the same line has reportedly met with an accident. The accident happened during the trial run of the metro. The metro reportedly slammed into a wall. No reports of casualties have been reported. The Delhi Metro officials haven’t issued any statement clarifying the details of the accident as yet. The incident took place at Kalindi Kunj depot. Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the Kalkaji Mandir-Botanical Garden corridor of the Delhi Metro (Magneta Line) on December 25. The Magneta Line of the Delhi Metro…
The Government is aware of the roadmap outlined by NITI Aayog for reforms in agriculture sector and doubling farmers income by 2022. The Roadmap presents a quantitative framework for doubling farmers’ income which has identified seven sources of growth. These are: (i) increase in productivity of crops. (ii) increase in production of livestock. (iii) improvement in efficiency of input use (cost saving). (iv) increase in crop intensity. (v) diversification towards high value crops. (vi) improved price realization by farmers. (vii) shift of cultivators to non-farm jobs. This Policy paper was shared with the States/UTs for devising a relevant strategy so…
The First edition of ‘ONGC Para Games’ kicked off today at Thyagraj Stadium, New Delhi. The 3-day event- a first of its kind corporate initiative, will witness participation from 120 Employees-100 men and 20 women with Disabilities from 16 work centers from across the country. The 1st ONGC Para Games is majorly focused on Athletics, Badminton and Table Tennis. The participants belong to different categories of disabilities, namely, VH (Visually Impaired), HH (Hearing Impaired) and OH (Orthopedically Handicapped). The events are categorized into 8 sub categories- Genderwise, age wise and disability wise.A total of 46 Events will be held in the 3…
(PTI) Days after UIDAI action against Bharti Airtel, state-owned oil companies have started writing to the Sunil Mittal-led firm, asking it to transfer back the LPG subsidy that was credited to its payments bank accounts. The country’s largest mobile operator has been accused of opening ‘Payments Bank’ account of its subscribers without seeking their “informed consent”. Bharti Airtel, which also operates this new category of banks, has been allegedly using Aadhaar numbers of mobile subscribers to open their accounts, which led the subsidy to flow to the latest bank account linked to the biometric ID. The subsidy that government pays to…
(DJ) गुजरात के सभी 182 विधानसभा क्षेत्रों में एक-एक बूथ पर इलेक्ट्रॉनिक वोटिंग मशीनों (ईवीएम) के मतों और वीवीपैट स्लिपों के मतों का मिलान शत प्रतिशत सही पाया गया। चुनाव आयोग के एक वरिष्ठ अधिकारी ने सोमवार को यह जानकारी दी। चुनाव आयोग ने कहा था कि वह गुजरात के सभी विधानसभा क्षेत्रों से अचानक चुने गए एक-एक बूथ पर ईवीएम और वीवीपैट स्लिपों के मतों का मिलान करेगा। उक्त अधिकारी ने बताया कि मतों के मिलान के लिए मतदान बूथों के चुनाव का फैसला ड्रा के जरिये किया गया और इस दौरान सभी प्रत्याशी या उनके एजेंट भी उपस्थित थे।…
(FE) PM Narendra Modi Kerala Tamil Nadu Lakshadweep visit live updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu and Kerala today. He will review the situation arising in the aftermath of devastating Cyclone Ockhi. PM Modi had arrived in Karnataka’s Mangalore late last night. It has been learnt that during the visit, the prime minister will also update himself as regards the status of the relief operations at Kavaratti, Kanyakumari and Thiruvananthapuram. He would meet officials and public representatives as also the cyclone victims, including the fishermen, and farmers’ delegations, accoridng to reports. This visit comes a day after PM…