Welfare Schemes for War Widows and Dependents District-wise number of war widows and ex-servicemen from Rajasthan State at present are given below: Sl. No. District No. of War Widows No. of Ex-Servicemen 1. Ajmer 32 9636 2. Alwar 145 19986 3. Barmer 13 1750 4. Bharatpur Nil 6474 5. Dholpur Nil 531 6. Bhilwara 12… Read More »
Government to sign a pact with WHO in the field of traditional medicines The Union Cabinet in its meeting held on 17th Februray 2016 approved the signing of Agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO). The Agreement, however, is yet to be signed. As per Cabinet approval, as a first step in the long term… Read More »
Minister of Railways launches one E-enabled application, namely, Project Management & Information System (PMIS) for proper Monitoring of all the Railway projects throughout the country This Application will be able to have a watch over the lifecycle of any project of the Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Minister of Railways during a function held at… Read More »
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has launched Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) on 11th November, 2014 to enable higher educational institutions to work with the people of rural India in identifying development challenges and evolving appropriate solutions for accelerating sustainable growth. The Ministry of HRD has advised all the higher educational… Read More »
Epfo Launches a Special Drive :Mission Consolidation”One Employee-One Account” on May Day A Software also Launched for Centralized Processing to Transfer and Consolidate Accounts with Ease EPFO Greets the Human Engines of Nation – Our Labour Force on International Labour Day Greeting workers on International Workers Day with the. Sh. Bandaru Dattatreya, the Union… Read More »
Government clarification on issues regarding M/S Agusta Westland International Limited (AWIL) In the matter pertaining to acquisition of Agusta Westland helicopters, the undisputed central issue that stands out is corruption, especially bribery. Any other line of assumption, approach and effort, as is being attempted in some quarters, is misleading, tries to hide the wrong-doers and… Read More »
Bullet Train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai The Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail project has been sanctioned at total completion cost of ₹ 97,636 crore as per details below (in ₹): Construction cost : 44,621 crore (Track/Station/Depot/Electric/ Signalling & Telecom) Rolling Stock : 5,255 crore Land : 9,863 crore Miscellaneous … Read More »
Railway Minister announces two more passenger friendly services namely (i) Cancellation of PRS counter tickets through IRCTC website and 139 (ii) Acceptance of International Debit and Credit Cards for payment for e-ticketing through IRCTC website Working on the fast track to implement Rail Budget Announcements of 2016-17 ranging from improving passenger amenities to infrastructure development,… Read More »
Indian Railways Withdraws Busy Season Charges Ministry of Railways has decided to withdraw Busy Season Charge levied on all commodities loaded in Covered Stock for two months. This will be applicable from 1st May 2016 to 30th June 2016. This was announced by the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu in a programme today. BACKGROUNDER :… Read More »
Success Rate of Mega Food Parks Scheme The Mega Food Parks Scheme aims at creating modern infrastructure facilities for food processing in the country along the value chain from farm to market based on hub and spokes model. It includes creation of infrastructure for primary processing and storage near the farm at Primary Processing Centres… Read More »