Ravi Shankar Prasad dedicates Wi-Fi Hotspot at Vaishno Devi Union Minister for Telecom and Information Technology, Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad today dedicated 1000th WI-FI hot spot to the nation with the operationaliation of WI-FI facility at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine. Speaking on the occasion, he said that as part of Government’s initiative to modernize BSNL… Read More »
Implementation of RTI Act, 2005 to be strengthened DoPT invites views/suggestions by 31st March, 2016 A Committee of Experts consisting of Shri A.N. Tiwari, former Chief Information Commissioner and Dr. M.M. Ansari, former Information Commissioner of Central Information Commission was constituted to recommend, inter-alia, measures to further strengthen implementation of Section 4 of the RTI… Read More »
ESIC Hospitals The State-wise total number of Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) hospitals already set-up and 24 more are proposed to be setup in the country as per enlisted details. Total number of Insured Persons as on 31.03.2015 is 20344530. Data compilation as on 29.02.2016 has not been finalized. Medical needs of ESI beneficiaries are adequately… Read More »
Tie up of SAI for setting up of CRPF sports company The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has said that the Government of India through Sports Authority of India (SAI) has approved establishment of a Boys Sports Company to be run by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)… Read More »
Special Facilities For The Disabled in Indian Railways Improvement/augmentation of amenities at stations, including those for differently abled passengers is a continuous process. In order to provide better accessibility to passengers with disabilities, short term facilities as detailed below have been planned at all stations, beginning with ‘A-1’, ‘A’ & ‘B’ category stations: • Standard… Read More »
Allowing Private Sector in Mineral Exploration TheMines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015 (MMDR Amendment Act, 2015) has,besides Mining Lease (ML), two specific provisions for mineral exploration viz. Non-exclusive Reconnaissance Permit [NERP] and Prospecting License-cum-Mining Lease [PL-cum-ML] through which private sector can participate in mineral exploration. The allocation of mineral blocks through auction… Read More »
Shri Amarnathji Yatra from 2nd July to 18th August, 2016 The process of registration of pilgrims for Shri Amarnathji Yatra 2016 has started. Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board chaired by the Governor, Jammu and Kashmir has issued following procedure for registration of yatris through bank:- The registration and issue of Yatra Permit (YPs) will be done… Read More »
Kailash Manasarovar Yatra – 2016 Ministry of External Affairs has announced today the commencement of online application for Kailash Manasarovar Yatra-2016 on the website http://kmy.gov.in The Yatra is planned during the period 12 June to 9 September 2016 through Lipulekh and Nathu La. The route via Lipulekh Pass (Uttarakhand), which involves extensive trekking of about… Read More »
Change of Address in Passports Address of the passport holder is printed on the additional data page of the passport. This page is laminated along with the primary data page containing the photo, name and other personal particulars of the passport holder, using a laminate paper with high security features. Change in address of the… Read More »
Facilities for Haj Pilgrimage The number of pilgrims who proceeded for Haj during the last three years are as follows: Year Number of Pilgrims proceeded for Haj 2013 135,938 2014 135,914 2015 135,868 The expenditure towards Haj is borne by the pilgrims themselves. No financial assistance is given directly to Haj pilgrims. However, Ministry of… Read More »