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He expressed hope that there will be record production of food grains during Kharif season. Inaugurating Krishi Kumbha, PM Modi reiterated the government’s commitment to double farmers’ incomes by 2022 will help the nation’s food producers at every stage from sowing to selling.  Prime minister said events such as Krishi Kumbh ... Read More »

Syndicate Bank has received capital infusion of Rs 728 crore from the government in lieu of preferential allotment of shares. The finance ministry had conveyed to the bank on October 17 of getting government sanction for release of Rs 728 crore towards contribution of the preferential allotment of equity shares ... Read More »

PM dedicated to the nation the National Police Memorial. Prime Minister laid a wreath at the Memorial erected on 6.12 acres of land in Chanakyapuri, at the northern end of Shanti Path. This Police Memorial represents all State and Union Territory Police Forces and Central Police Organizations of the country. ... Read More »

Dhruv Consultancy Services has received letter of acceptance (LoA) for ‘Consultancy Services for Authority’s Engineer’ Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of existing National Highway to two lane with paved shoulders configuration of Pen-KhopoliMahad (Ashtavinayaka) Road Section NH 166D on EPC Mode in the state of Maharashtra; from the office of the Chief ... Read More »

Hindustan Zinc, in association with State and Central Government invests worth Rs. 1 cr. in constructing high level quality toilets in 30 rural Government Girl’s School, under the ‘Swacch Bharat Mission’. The complete maintenance of the toilets will be done by the respective Management of the schools. The event was ... Read More »

The centre has proposed an amalgamation of state-owned Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank to create India’s third largest public sector bank. The alternative mechanism under Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has advised the boards of the three banks to consider the proposal. The new amalgamated bank will be ... Read More »

The Finance Ministry took notice of a rumour on social media about closure of banks for six days in the first week of September and clarified that the banks and banking activity will continue unimpeded in the week. The Ministry said that Monday, September 3, is not a pan India ... Read More »

Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Thursday interacted with BJP workers in Varanasi via video conferencing through Narendra Modi App. Prime Minister has appealed to the people to join Swacchta Hi Seva Campaign which is set to begin from September 15. He said that Pravasiya Bhartiya Diwas 2019  will be organised ... Read More »

Interacting with BJP workers in Varanasi through Video Conferencing Wednesday morning, PM Modi said, healthcare must also be affordable. Prime Minister said, as a citizen, every eligible person should enroll his name in the voter list and also ensure that the names of people around them should also be on the voters’ ... Read More »

16 per cent reservation will be given to SCs, and one per cent to STs. The decision was taken following an advice received from the Union Personnel and Training Department in the light of the orders passed by the Supreme Court on May 17th and the 6th of last month ... Read More »

The government has increased the fair and remunerative price (FRP) of sugarcane by Rs 20 per quintal to Rs 275 for the forthcoming 2018-19 sugar season, beginning October. The decision on FRP was taken at Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs meeting. The FRP is the minimum guaranteed price that farmers ... Read More »

He added that he hopes time will be utilised constructively. “I have always expressed my hope that Parliament should run smoothly and that the government is ready to debate on any issue that the Opposition wants to,” PM Modi concluded. The government has listed a substantive legislative business for the ... Read More »

Health Minister J P Nadda confirmed that the government will provide services to all eligible beneficiaries with or without Aadhaar card.  The scheme is aimed at providing an insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh per year for hospitalisation to 10.74 crore poor families. The clarification of the Health Ministry came ... Read More »

The centre has said that the proclamation is based on an opinion poll, rather than any reports or data calling the ranking a surprise and clearly inaccurate. In a detailed release, the ministry of woman and child development has raised pertinent questions on the methodology to arrive at the conclusion. ... Read More »

Addressing a Press Conference on the “Four year’s achievement of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment” in New Delhi, Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot said that there is an increase of 12.19% in the Budget of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in the ... Read More »

In association with Muskaan Dreams, to provide audio-visual content and internet support to over 15000 rural students Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc, India’s only and world’s leading integrated producer of Zinc-Lead-Silver has come forward to support the initiative of Muskaan Dreams, a youth-driven Non-profit social start-up to transform 100 rural government schools of ... Read More »

LIC is the biggest public shareholder in IDBI Bank, with a stake of 10.82% as of March. The government is considering selling over 40 per cent of its stake in IDBI Bank to state-run Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), sources have told. The government, which is the largest shareholder in IDBI ... Read More »

The study, published in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation, also found that women’s representation in local politics is important too – the likelihood of having to bribe is lower in regions with a greater representation of women in local-level politics in Europe. “This research underscores the importance of ... Read More »

In a major decision to boost affordable housing, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has approved the revision of the carpet area of houses eligible for interest subsidy. The carpet area for MIG I category houses has been raised from 120 square metre to 160 square metre while that ... Read More »

He said that people will vote for BJP this time due to the transparent governance provided by PM Modi in the last four years of his tenure. He was speaking at a karyakarta sammelan of his parliamentary constituency at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Auditorium in New Delhi. Speaking at the same ... Read More »