Indian Railways accord highest priority to safety in train operations. Safety measures taken on Indian Railways is a continuous process which envisage accident prevention and mitigation directed towards continuous reduction in risk level to its customers. This is done by adopting new technologies and improvement in asset reliability to reduce human dependency. In the Budget 2017-18, setting up of a Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK) has been announced with a corpus of Rs1 lakh crore over a period of 5 years. A provision of Rs 20,000 crore has been made in Budget 2017-18 towards RRSK to fund essential safety works.…
Author: Aruna Sharma
ISRO and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)/ NASA are jointly working on the development of Dual Frequency (L & S band) Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging Satellite named as NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR). The L-band SAR is being developed by JPL/NASA, while ISRO is developing S-band SAR. The L & S band microwave data obtained from this satellite will be useful for variety of application, which include natural resources mapping & monitoring; estimating agricultural biomass over full duration of crop cycle; assessing soil moisture; monitoring of floods and oil slicks; coastal erosion, coastline changes & variation of winds in coastal waters;…
(AU) ट्रेनों में घटिया खाने की आपूर्ति और खराब पेयजल के सवाल पर लोकसभा में प्रश्नकाल के दौरान रेल मंत्री सुरेश प्रभु बुरी तरह घिर गए। जवाब के दौरान उन्हें बार-बार हूटिंग का भी शिकार होना पड़ा। इस सवाल पर सत्तारूढ़ दल के सांसदों ने भी नाराजगी जाहिर की। तीखी नोकझोंक के बीच स्पीकर सुमित्रा महाजन को बार-बार हस्तक्षेप करना पड़ा। स्पीकर को करना पड़ा रेलमंत्री का बचाव खानपान से जुड़ी चौतरफा शिकायतों के बीच स्पीकर को भी रेल मंत्री के बचाव में कहना पड़ा कि क्या लोग खाने के लिए ट्रेनों में सफर करते हैं। गौरतलब है कि मंगलवार…
(FE) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav yesterday unanimously elected Leader of the SP Legislature Party in both the Houses of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature, at a meeting of party legislators. SP veterans Azam Khan and Shivpal Singh Yadav were conspicuous by their absence from the meeting. At the meeting of SP MLAs and MLCs, the former chief minister was unanimously elected as the combined leader of the party in both the state Assembly and Council, SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary said.Besides, Akhilesh was also authorised to pick the leader of the party in the Legislative Council, he added. Akhilesh is a…
(AU) देश के आर्थिक सुधार की दिशा में सबसे बड़े कदम करार दिए जा रहे जीएसटी कानून के तकनीकी पहलुओं को वित्त मंत्री अरुण जेटली ने भाजपा सांसदों के बीच रखा। जीएसटी बिल को देश के लिए अहम करार देते हुए जेटली ने कहा कि इसे संसद में सर्वसम्मति से पारित करवाने का प्रयास होगा।वित्त मंत्री ने सोमवार को जीएसटी से जुड़े चार बिलों को लोकसभा में पेश किया था। इस पर बुधवार 29 मार्च को चर्चा होनी है। बिल पर मुकम्मल चर्चा के लिए सरकार ने करीब 7 घंटे का समय रखा है। ताकि सभी दलों के सांसदों को…
(HT) The government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday it was not possible to appoint a lokpal till Parliament cleared the changes proposed to the law governing the appointment of the anti-corruption watchdog. Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi said the amendments to the definition of the leader of opposition in the lokpal act were pending with Parliament. “Currently there is a problem with the law due to which selection of lokpal cannot happen.In the absence of a leader of opposition, the appointment cannot be done,” the country’s top law officer told the court. The court, which was hearing a bunch of…
ONGC bagged the India’s Pride Award for ‘Excellence in the Oil & Gas sector ’ at a glittering awards ceremony held at Hotel Ashok, New Delhi on 27 March 2017. Minister of State for Railways, Mr. Manoj Sinha gave away the eminent award to Director (HR), ONGC, Mr. D. D Misra, who received it on behalf of the organization. The Hon’ble Union Cabinet Minister for Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Mr. Nitin Gadhari , also joined occasion later and congratulated the winners for excelling in their fields. This is the 8th Edition of Dainik Bhaskar India Pride Awards with ONGC…
Hon’ble Minister of State, Independent Charge, Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan flagged off ONGC Mission Everest Project 2017 at an event in New Delhi on 28 March 2017. Complimenting ONGC for a robust selection of a young team for this ‘bold’ initiative, the Minister said, “This may go down as a historic event in the annals of oil industry.” Buoyed by this project, the Minister asked ONGC to explore other such innovative projects, especially in the unique natural ecosystem of Uttarakhand. Earlier, ONGC CMD Mr. D K Sarraf said that though ONGC has made its mark in drilling kilometers below the Earth’s…
(PTI) Putting a final lid on the Planning era, the Niti Aayog is gearing up to launch the three-year action plan from April 1 after the end of 12th Five Year Plan on March 31.Under the new system, sources said states will be encouraged to meet the targets of various schemes or face the prospects of drying up of the fund flows. “The 12th five years plan is coming to an end on March 31. The three-year action plan to be unveiled this month will come in force from April 1, which will also end the prevailing system of the…
(PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government is mulling various options, including raising loan to meet additional burden on the exchequer, to fulfill BJP’s commitment to waive debts of small and marginal farmers. A finance department spokesman today said Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal has already started deliberations with senior officials of his department for fulfilling this promise at the earliest. The government will have to pay banks to meet the waived loan amounts of small and marginal farmers, and for bearing this burden it will have to look at options of either seeking grant from the Centre under the transfer to state head…