Government Owned Hotels and Yatri Niwas India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. (ITDC) under the administrative control of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India runs 15 hotels in the country. The details of the hotels are given below. ITDC has been in profit for the last three years. The details are as under: (Rs. in… Read More »
Bed and Breakfast Scheme The Scheme for Approval and Registration of Incredible India Bed and Breakfast/Homestay Establishments of the Ministry of Tourism is voluntary in nature. The main objective of the scheme is to provide a clean and affordable place for foreigners and domestic tourists alike including an opportunity for foreign tourists to stay with… Read More »
Seeks to amend Notification No. 20/2016-Central Excise (N.T.) dated 01.03.2016 [Central Excise (Removal of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable and Other Goods) Rules, 2016] so as to notify 16.03.2016 as the date from which the said rules will be effective. Further the requirement of submission of security for availing the… Read More »
Sports Ministry revises Guidelines for Appointment of Government Observers for various Sports Disciplines With the objective of promotion of sports in the country, the Government of India has revised the guidelines for appointment of Government Observers for various sports disciplines. The Government Observers will keep the government informed about fair play in the selection of… Read More »
Indian Railways Launches Four Services/Initiatives To Ensure Passenger Comfort and to Strengthen Its System Indian Railways E-Catering Service extended from existing 45 Major Stations to 408 Designated Stations E-Ticketing For Accredited Journalist On Concessional Passes launched We Have To Meet Passengers Needs : Suresh Prabhu E-Governance Will Bring Impartiality In The Functioning Of Indian Railways… Read More »
Dr. Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan, appointed as chairperson of the Law Commission of India Government has appointed Dr. Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan, retired Judge, Supreme Court of India, as Chairperson, 21st Law Commission w.e.f. afternoon of today (15th March, 2016). He will remain on this post upto 31st August, 2018. Apart from this, Mr. Justice… Read More »
Establishment of New AIIMS The Government has cleared the proposal to establish three new AIIMS, at Mangalagiri near Guntur in Andhra Pradesh at the cost of Rs. 1618 crore, Nagpur in Maharashtra at the cost of Rs 1577 crore and Kalyani in West Bengal at the cost of Rs 1754 crore under PradhanMantriSwasthyaSurakshaYojana(PMSSY), involving a… Read More »
Impact of Passive Smoking on Children As per Global Youth Tobacco Survey, a school-based survey of students in grades 8, 9, and 10 conducted in 2009, one in five students live in homes where others smoke, and more than one-third of the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; one-quarter of… Read More »
Air Pollution The Government has notified National Ambient Air Quality Standards envisaging 12 pollutants to control air pollution under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. These norms have been formulated to adopt uniform methodology for measurement of air pollutants with the help of network of 612 monitoring stations set up across the country. The Government has… Read More »
Agreement on Pollution Abatement The Government of India has signed a loan agreement with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in January, 2016 for a project of ‘Pollution abatement of river Mula-Mutha at Pune under National River Conservation Plan (NRCP)’. JICA is providing a soft loan of 19,064 million Japanese Yen to Government of India for… Read More »