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Govenrment measures to improve female literacy
Census 2011 reported 32.23 percent illiteracy rate, in 7 and above age group in rural areas of the country, compared to 41.26 percent in 2001thus showing a decrease in illiteracy rate by 9.03 percentage points. Likewise, as per Census…
Centre asks States to use Rs 292 crores funds for Fodder Development
Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri Devendra Chaudhry today here held a video conference with the Principal Secretaries of Animal Husbandry of all the…
Govt investment of Rs 86,000 Crores in Renewable Energy Power Projects
Most of the investment in renewable energy come from private sector. Total estimated investment in renewable energy power projects during last three years is around Rs. 86,000 crore. As per inputs provided by Central Electricity Authority…
Piyush Goyal launches Web Portal of Coal India Limited to curb Corruption
Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy launched ‘Contract Labour Payment Management System’- a portal of Coal India Limited (CIL). Shri Goyal also felicitated employees of his Ministries,…
Minister of Railways launches E-enabled application to monitor Railway projects
Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Minister of Railways launched one E-enabled project, namely, Project Management & Information System (PMIS). Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Railways was especially present on the occasion. Railways…
President of India confers 63rd National Film Awards
The Hon’ble President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee conferred National film awards for the year 2015 in various categories at the 63rd National Film Awards Function held at Vigyan Bhawan here. Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and…
Startup India Action Plan 2016 Highlights
Startup India campaign is based on an action plan aimed at promoting bank financing for start-up ventures to boost entrepreneurship and encourage start ups with jobs creation. The campaign was first announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Centre closely monitoring Water Crisis in Drought hit areas
Stating that the country has experienced two successive years of poor rains, Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh has said that immediately after the IMD’s monsoon forecasts in April, 2015 recognizing the…
PM Modi launches Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana for BPL Women
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the Rs. 8,000 crore Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) scheme to provide 5 crore LPG connections to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in the next 3 financial years.
This scheme is being funded…
Govt. of India assists farmers deal with crop loss
Financial assistance to farmers by way of immediate relief in the event of disaster is provided as per the norms of assistance in the Ministry of Home Affairs guidelines on revised items and norms of assistance under SDRF/NDRF dated 8th…