Tag: Government of India
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PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate Global Partners’ Forum 2018 in December
India is hosting this forum for the second time after 2010. The previous chapters of the forum have been held in Johannesburg (2014) and Delhi (2010) and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2007).
November 15, 2018 -
Train the Trainer
Of the many sectors critical to a country’s development, education is definitely the most important. And it is with this objective that all countries treat it with the utmost care and importance. This perhaps is the reason why the benefits of education have spread across the world. The countries, which had realised this earlier and …
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November 13, 2018 -
Atal Pension Yojana subscription crosses 1.24 crore: Government
As of October 27, 2018, the number of APY subscribers from Uttar Pradesh stood at 17.90 lakh, Bihar 11.16 lakh, undivided Andhra Pradesh 11.28 lakh, Maharashtra 10 lakh and Karnataka 9.15 lakh.
November 2, 2018 -
India to host Fourth Edition of Global Partners’ Forum 2018 in December
The forum will be co-hosted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, and PMNCH. Heads of State, Ministers of Health and other sectors would be present at the event.
October 22, 2018 -
SJVN Limited gets first woman director
Kapur was also the first woman officer to join SJVN HR Department and now she is the first woman functional Director of SJVN.
October 18, 2018 -
7 government apps to make your life easier
The Government of India has launched various mobile apps as part of its Digital India mission. It is important that you make the most of these to make your life easier.
October 18, 2018 -
The Karmapa Controversy
In a recent statement from New York, the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje (OTD), regarded as the most influential Tibetan Buddhist leader after the Dalai Lama, conveyed to the Government of India that he is unhappy over “restraints” on his travel and monitoring of his activities at all times by intelligence agencies. He also declared …
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September 1, 2018 -
Coal India Q1 profit up 61 pc at Rs 3,786 cr
Coal India Limited, which accounts for over 80 percent of the domestic coal output, has set a production target of 630 MT for 2018-19.
August 11, 2018 -
Uncertain Glory
Figures can on occasion be a route to self-deception. And for all the pleasure that the Government of India occasionally derives from articulating statistics on growth and development, it remained for Amartya Sen to expose the bitter irony that India has effected by taking what he calls a “quantum jump in the wrong direction”. This …
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July 13, 2018 -
PLUS POINTS
Matter of tradition Dree, the annual agriculture-based festival of the Apatani community of Arunachal Pradesh, was celebrated across the state last week, including their homeland, the Ziro plateau, with traditional pomp and gaiety, according to a report in the Guwahati-based Assam Tribune. Braving heavy rains, a large number of festival revellers, including men and women, …
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July 8, 2018 -
Centre opens lateral entry in top bureaucracy, Opposition objects
In an advertisement released on Sunday, the government invited applications from "talented and motivated Indian nationals" for 10 Joint Secretary-level posts through lateral entry.
June 11, 2018 -
Here’s how you can win a Rs 1 crore reward announced by govt
The Government of India has launched a unique reward scheme a la ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ for which you won’t have to be a master of general knowledge.
June 1, 2018 -
Apple’s “Make in India” proposal still awaited by Government: Suresh Prabhu
India is awaiting an appropriate proposal from US tech giant Apple to set up a manufacturing unit in the country, Union Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Monday. Briefing reporters here after a meeting of the Council for Trade Development and Promotion, the Minister said India was looking to manufacture more of products it currently …
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January 9, 2018 -
Govt yet to receive proposal to fill up judges’ vacancies in SC
There are six vacancies of judges in the Supreme Court, while nine high courts are working without regular chief justices, but the government has not received any proposal from the apex court collegium to fill up the slots, the Rajya Sabha has been informed. Union Minister of State for Law P P Chaudhary, in a …
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December 27, 2017 -
No decision on greater Nagaland: Government
The Centre on Saturday strongly refuted as "erroneous" the reports that it has agreed to carve out a larger Nagaland state, saying no such decision has been taken. A Home Ministry spokesperson said some reports have appeared recently to the effect that the Government of India has agreed to carve out a larger Nagaland state …
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March 25, 2017 -
No decision on greater Nagaland: Government
The Centre on Saturday strongly refuted as "erroneous" the reports that it has agreed to carve out a larger Nagaland state, saying no such decision has been taken. A Home Ministry spokesperson said some reports have appeared recently to the effect that the Government of India has agreed to carve out a larger Nagaland state …
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March 25, 2017 -
‘Doordarshan communicating developmental agenda of Govt’
Union Information and Broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said that while other broadcasters work for commercial purposes, public broadcaster Doordarshan has been communicating the developmental agenda of the government. Speaking at the 57th Foundation Day of Doordarshan, Naidu said that he has been advising broadcasters to stay nearer to truth while avoiding sensationalism. …
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September 15, 2016