Achievements made by DRDO Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is a Mission Mode Organisation, which is primarily engaged in design and development of strategic, complex and security sensitive systems for the Armed Forces. DRDO has developed number of systems/products/ technologies, a large number of which have already been productionised. The value of systems/products/technologies developed… Read More »
“Mahila e-Haat”, an online marketing platform for women launched by Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Mahila e-Haat will provide access to markets to thousands of women who make products and are spread all over the country: WCD Minister In a path-breaking initiative, theMinister of Women and Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi launched “Mahila e-Haat”, an… Read More »
Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry- Regarding. In continuation of Commission’s Press Note No. ECI/PN/16/2016 dated 4th March, 2016, it is informed that the Commission has provided on the National Voters’ Services Portal, first time the facilities to search the voters’ name in… Read More »
V.O. Chidambaranar Port sets Container handling record V.O. Chidambaranar Port has achieved a momentous landmark in container handling by surpassing the previous financial year’s container traffic of 5,59,727 TEUs by handling 5,61,586 TEUs 25 days ahead of the close of the current financial. This year, upto 6th March 2016, the Port has maintained an impressive… Read More »
24×7 Real Time Monitoring of Pollution from Industries “24×7 Real Time Monitoring of Pollution from various industries is a major revolution brought in by the NDA Government. Earlier method of physical sampling and lab testing was found to be inadequate as it could not capture pollution levels all 24 hours. With on-line monitoring the situation… Read More »
Extending Support to Farmers in Case of Crop Failure Farmers are indebted to both institutional and non-institutional sources of credit. However, borrowing from non-institutional sources is the major reason for debt-related farmers’ distress which is one of the reported reasons for farmers’ suicide in the country. In order to reduce the dependence of farmers on… Read More »
Reforms in Agricultural Marketing To address the demands for marketing of increased and diversified agricultural marketable surplus there is a need to strengthen the network of regulated markets and augment it with alternative marketing channels. As per the recommendation of the National Farmers Commission (2004), that a regulated market should be available to farmers within… Read More »
Subsidy for Purchasing Combine Harvester Under the Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization being implemented by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, subsidy @ 40% of the project cost limited to a maximum of Rs. 24 lakhs, whichever is less, is extended to the rural entrepreneurs, progressive farmer and self help groups for establishment of… Read More »
Unified National Market for Agriculture Commodities The Government has approved a scheme for setting up of National Agriculture Market (NAM) through Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund (ATIF) on 01.07.2015 with a budget of Rs.200 crore and to be implemented during 2015-16 to 2017-18. The scheme envisages implementation of the National Agriculture Market (NAM) by setting up of… Read More »
Sectorwise Beneficiaries of Railway Budget 2016-17 Sectorwise beneficiaries of the Railway Budget 2016-17 has been complied and given below: – Interest group/Subject Initiatives in Budget SAFETY 946 ROB/RUB sanctioned Launch Mission Zero accident Eliminate all unmanned BG crossings in next 3 years Equip the high density network (10,000Kms) with TCAS in next 3 years PROJECT/… Read More »