The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that as on 01.05.2016 more than 1 crore LPG customers have given up LPG subsidy under the ‘GiveItUp’ campaign. State/UT-wise number of LPG consumers who have given up their subsidy is at Annexure-I.… Read More »
MOU with Foreign Countries Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) of Department of Space, Government of India has signed MoU/ Cooperative agreements for exploration and use of outer space with 37 countries viz. Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar,… Read More »
Atomic Material Radiation Sterilisation is a cold process that uses gamma radiation for sterilisation of Healthcare Products. Controlled gamma energy which is released by radioisotope such as Cobalt-60 is used for sterilisation. Cobalt-60 is most preferred radioisotope as it is readily available from single nuclear reaction in reactor and also cost effective. Gamma radiation is… Read More »
Indian films truly reflect Indian character of Unity & Diversity- Hon’ble President of India President of India confers Film Awards at 63rd NFA Function Best of Indian cinema is yet to come: Shri Arun Jaitley The Hon’ble President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee today conferred National film awards for the year 2015 in various categories at the… Read More »
Scheme for Poor Talented Players The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has said that following major schemes are being implemented by the Department of Sports for the development of sports in the country: (i) Scheme of Assistance to National Sports Federations (NSFs) for conduct of National Championships… Read More »
NHAI takes steps to remove Hurdles for Faster Execution of Projects In order to ensure faster execution of projects, National Highways Authority of India has delegated powers to its Regional Officers for hiring of equipment and laborers up to Rs.10 lacs per project, to demolish structures that fall within the right-of-way of the project. As… Read More »
Five Layer Plan to stop Infiltration In order to curb the infiltration from Indo-Pakistan border, the Government has adopted multi-pronged approach which include construction of fencing, floodlighting, Border out Posts (BoPs), induction of latest surveillance equipments like Hand Held Thermal Imager (HHTI), Long Range Recce Observation System (LORROS), Nightvision Goggle/Devices, etc. Beside this Government of… Read More »
Compensation to Family Members of Martyrs The Government has not sought assistance from corporate houses to assist the families of deceased Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles (AR) personnel. However, Sarojini Damodaran Foundation (SDF), Bangalore has recently provided scholarships from the academic year 2015-16 to the wards of CAPFs & AR personnel who… Read More »
Manufacturing of Electric Cars Government has already introduced new scheme for boosting manufacturing of electric & hybrid vehicles in the country for initial period of two years w.e.f. 01.04.2015, popularly known as Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India – FAME India. The detail of the vehicle segment wise breakup of… Read More »
Cervical cancer in women As per data collected by National Centre for Diseases Informatics and Research – National Cancer Registry Programme of ICMR, the estimated number of deaths due to cervical cancers accounts for 24% of all anatomical sites of cancer in women in India. This is the largest proportion among all cancers in women… Read More »