Criteria for LPG Distributorships The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that recently, the Government has modified the selection guidelines for LPG distributorship and a Unified set of Guidelines have been framed for all types of LPG distributorship of Public… Read More »
Check on Capitation Fee by Colleges There have been complaints of charging of capitation fee by some professional colleges. In order to regulate this, and in accordance with the Supreme Court of India’s directions, a National Fee Committee under the chairmanship of Justice B. N. Shrikrishna was constituted for fixing norms and guidelines for charging… Read More »
SWAYAM Prabha-Educational Contents through DTH Government has approved a project to launch the ‘SWAYAM Prabha’-a project for operationalising 32 Direct to Home (DTH) Television Channels for providing high quality educational content to all teachers, students and citizens across the country interested in lifelong learning. There will be new content of four hours every day, which… Read More »
Steps to Check Corporal Punishment in Schools Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, prohibits ‘physical punishment’ and ‘mental harassment’ under Section 17(1) and makes it a punishable offence under Section 17(2). The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and the State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCRs)… Read More »
Sanskrit in Schools Government of India had constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of Shri N. Gopalaswami, Chancellor, Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati to suggest a long term vision and road map for the development of Sanskrit. The Committee has, inter-alia, recommended the following: (i) National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) may collect data… Read More »
Steps to curb ragging in Universities During the financial year 2015-16, Ministry of HRD allocated a sum of Rs. 5 crore for Media Campaign to UGC for undertaking a publicity campaign against ragging in Higher Educational Institutions in the country. The UGC has spent an amount of Rs. 4.78 crore on various activities, including preparing… Read More »
Prime Minister urges political parties to keep national interests above everything else Shri Narendra Modi compliments parties for speaking in one voice over Kashmir events Government sought cooperation of all parties on GST Bill, says Shri Ananth Kumar Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has urged all the political parties to keep national interests above any… Read More »
RI-NETRA – Terrain imaging for diesel dRivers Infra-red, Enhanced Optical & Radar Assisted system Ministry of Railways, Railway Board has initiated a proposal to install TRI-NETRA systems on locomotives for enhancing the vision of Locomotive Pilots in inclement weather. TRI-NETRA stands for – Terrain imaging for diesel dRivers INfra-red, Enhanced opTical &Radar Assisted system. TRI-NETRA… Read More »
In order to improve standards of professions, the Central Government has planned to appoint regulators for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Medical Council of India (MCI) and other professional bodies. Key points of this development are as follows: 1. The Ministry of Commerce is working… Read More »
Combined Medical Services Examination, 2016 On the basis of result of the written part of the Combined Medical Services Examination, 2016 held by the Union Public Service Commission in June, 2016, the candidates with the under mentioned Roll Numbers have qualified for Interview/Personality Test:- The candidature of these candidates is PROVISIONAL subject to their being… Read More »