Establishment of New AIIMS The Government has cleared the proposal to establish three new AIIMS, at Mangalagiri near Guntur in Andhra Pradesh at the cost of Rs. 1618 crore, Nagpur in Maharashtra at the cost of Rs 1577 crore and Kalyani in West Bengal at the cost of Rs 1754 crore under PradhanMantriSwasthyaSurakshaYojana(PMSSY), involving a… Read More »
Impact of Passive Smoking on Children As per Global Youth Tobacco Survey, a school-based survey of students in grades 8, 9, and 10 conducted in 2009, one in five students live in homes where others smoke, and more than one-third of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; one-quarter of… Read More »
Air Pollution The Government has notified National Ambient Air Quality Standards envisaging 12 pollutants to control air pollution under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. These norms have been formulated to adopt uniform methodology for measurement of air pollutants with the help of network of 612 monitoring stations set up across the country. The Government has… Read More »
Agreement on Pollution Abatement The Government of India has signed a loan agreement with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in January, 2016 for a project of ‘Pollution abatement of river Mula-Mutha at Pune under National River Conservation Plan (NRCP)’. JICA is providing a soft loan of 19,064 million Japanese Yen to Government of India for… Read More »
Water Pollution The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) / Pollution Control Committees(PPCs) is monitoring the quality of water bodies at 2500 locations across the country under National Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NWQMP) which indicate that organic pollution is the predominant cause of water pollution. Based on the… Read More »
Gallantry Awards for Exemplary Courage Details of gallantry awards conferred to soldiers for the gallantry during war and peace time and the monetary allowance provided by the Government of India for these awards are as under:- Sl. No. Gallantry Awards Monetary Allowance (Per Month) 1. Param Vir Chakra Rs.10,000/- 2. Ashoka Chakra Rs.6,000/- 3. Mahavir… Read More »
Building of War Memorial in Delhi The process has started. The Cabinet in its meeting held on 7th October 2015 has approved the proposal for construction of National War Memorial at ‘C’ Hexagon of India Gate and the National War Museum either at Princess Park Complex in Delhi or any other suitable site in the… Read More »
CSR Activities by Corporate Houses Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) provision of the Companies Act, 2013 came into force from 1st April, 2014. The year 2014-15 was the first year of implementation of CSR by companies under the legislation. During this year, a total of 460 listed companies which have placed annual CSR returns on their… Read More »
TRAI releases consultation paper on “Issues related to Radio Audience Measurement and ratings in India” The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today released a consultation paper on “Issues related to Radio Audience Measurement and ratings in India”. The importance of a credible, transparent and representative radio audience measurement system for generation and publication… Read More »
India’s Foreign Trade (Merchandise): February, 2016 MERCHANDISE TRADE EXPORTS (including re-exports) Exports during February, 2016 were valued at US$ 20738.60 million (Rs. 141515.41crore) which was 5.66 per cent lower in Dollar terms (3.77 per cent higher in Rupee terms) than the level of US$ 21983.43 million (Rs. 136379.94crore) during February, 2015. Cumulative value of exports for… Read More »