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What: First meeting of National Council under POSHAN Abhiyan Where: New Delhi When: 18 April, 2018 The first meeting of National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges under POSHAN Abhiyaan was held on April 18, 2018 in New Delhi. The meeting Read More …
What: Upgradation of Yagyi – Kalewa section of highway Where: Myanmar Who: NHAI To provide seamless vehicular movement for enhancing trade, business, health, education and tourism between Indian, Myanmar and Thailand, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has signed Read More …
What: First offshore wind energy project of India When: Gulf of Khambat When: April 11, 2018 The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has called for ‘Expression of Interest’ (EoI) for the first offshore wind energy project of India. The global Read More …
What: DATA SCIENCE LAB Who: RBI Why: To aid policy formulation Reserve Bank of India on April 5, 2018 announced to set up Data Sciences Lab. The proposed lab will improve RBI’s forecasting, surveillance and early warning detection abilities which will Read More …
Shri Piyush Goyal, the Union Minister for Railways and Coal, on April 5, 2018 launched UTTAM App for Coal Quality Monitoring. UTTAM stands for – Unlocking Transparency by Third Party Assessment of Mined Coal . Aims: The Ministry of Coal Read More …
The Central Government has approved for continuation of Credit Guarantee Fund for Education Loans Scheme and continuation and modification of Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme with a financial outlay of Rs. 6,600 crore for period from 2017-18 to 2019-20. The decisions Read More …
What: Integrated Scheme for Development of Silk Industry When: March 21, 2018 Who: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on March 21, 2018 gave its approval for Central Sector Scheme “Integrated Scheme for Development of Silk Industry” Read More …
What: NEIDS, 2017 When: March 21, 2018 Who: Union Cabinet The Union Government on March 21, 2018 approved the North East Industrial Development Scheme (NEIDS), 2017 with financial outlay of Rs.3000 crores upto March, 2020. Government will provide necessary allocations for Read More …
What: Ayushman Bharat -National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM) When: March 21, 2018 Who: Union Cabinet The Central Government on March 21, 2018 approved the launch of a new Centrally Sponsored ‘Ayushman Bharat -National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM)’. Union Finance Minister had Read More …
What: Plastic Park Where: Deoghar, Jharkhand Who: Shri Ananth kumar Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Ananth kumar on march 20, 2018 announced the setting up of a Plastic Park in Deoghar District in Jharkhand The Read More …
As per the Minister of Women & Child Development, number of beneficiaries enrolled under Pradhan Mantri Matru VandanaYojana (PMMVY) has increased to 17,66,423. Every day on an average, around 50, 000 new applications are received for enrolment. So far, Rs. 2048.21 Crores Read More …
According to the Union Finance Ministry, for promoting inclusive growth, the Government is implementing various programmes/schemes for creating better employment opportunities, strengthening social infrastructure and providing basic amenities like water, electricity, roads, sanitation and housing for covering all sections of Read More …
What: Working Group on USD 5 Trillion Indian Economy Where: New Delhi When: March 16, 2018 Who: Shri Suresh Prabhu The first meeting of the Working Group on USD 5 Trillion Indian Economy was held on March 15, 2018 in Read More …
As per the Minister of State for Planning (IC) and Chemicals & Fertilizers, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, 2044 Model Fertilizer Retail Shops have been made operational in the country. During Budget 2016-17, it was announced that over a period of Read More …
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on March 16 organized a Felicitation Programme to recognize the winning APY (Atal Pension Yojana) service providers under the “We for Victory” Campaign where in more than 4 lakh accounts were mobilised by Read More …