Going Slow on Future Liberalisation Commitments Under WTO The outcomes in the area of agriculture in the Nairobi MinisterialConference are results of the demands of developing countries including India. Among these, the Decision on Public Stockholding for Food Security Purposes and a Special Safeguard Mechanism for the developing countries acknowledge the special requirements of the… Read More »
Import of High-Tech Electronics As mentioned in the National Policy on Electronics (NPE 2012), the demand for electronics in the Indian market is expected to reach USD 400 Billion by 2020. Without intervention, at the current rate of growth, domestic production can cater to a demand of about USD 100 Billion by 2020. While the… Read More »
Nehru Yuva Kendras The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has said that there are 623 District Level Kendras of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) in the country including 86 Kendras in the North-East States as per the State-wise and District- wise details of the Kendras is given… Read More »
Impact of Crisis in the EU and China Steel Market on Domestic Steel Industry The Minister of Steel and Mines Shri Narendra Singh Tomar informed the Rajya Sabha today in reply to a question that the global steel industry is going through a severe downturn. Demand slowdown and global overcapacity have resulted in very low… Read More »
Shram Suvidha Portal Deen Dayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram Link to “Shram Suvidha” Portal The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy has said that Deen Dayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram was held on 16th October, 2014 where a series on initiatives were announced / started by the Ministry… Read More »
Sectoral Skill Gaps The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy has said that National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is building research base in the skills domain and has commissioned several district level and sector level skill gap studies. As… Read More »
80 lakh LPG consumers voluntarily surrender subsidy on LPG The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that the response from LPG consumers to the ‘GiveItUp’ campaign initiated by the Ministry to voluntarily surrender subsidy is overwhelming and as on 03.03.2016… Read More »
Fraudulent Recruitment Agencies In a Statement is laid on the table of the Lok Sabha today the Minister for external affairs Shrimati Sushma Swaraj informed the house that as per information made available to this Ministry by the Indian Missions / Posts in ten Middle East countries, including six GCC countries, there is no general… Read More »
DBT Scheme for Kerosene The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that Government has announced implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in Kerosene w.e.f. 01.04.2016 in 33 districts identified by 9 State Governments namely, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya… Read More »
Identification of Cities for City Gas Distribution Projects The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that in year 2007, Government has established Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) under the PNGRB Act 2006. Under the Act, PNGRB grant… Read More »