Steps Taken to Reduce Post Harvest Food Losses The Government has got a study done on “Assessment of Quantitative Harvest and Post-Harvest Losses of Major Crops and Commodities in India” by ICAR – Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET), Ludhiana. The study was commissioned in 2012 and the final report submitted on… Read More »
Lending Rate Based Interest Rates Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued guidelines on computing interest rates on advances based on the Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) to banks vide circular DBR No. Dir.BC.67/13.03.00/2015-16 dated December 17, 2015 which will be effective from April 1, 2016. Apart from helping improve the transmission… Read More »
White Label ATMs The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued guidelines regarding setting up of White Label ATMs by non-bank entities. Non-bank entities that intend setting up, owning and operating ATMs, are christened “White Label ATM Operators” (WLAO) and such ATMs are called “While Label ATMs” (WLAs). Three different schemes are available to WLAOs… Read More »
OROP Scheme Detailed instructions along with OROP tables on implementation of OROP have been issued on 3.2.2016. Considering the requirement for implementation of “One Rank One Pension”, the expenditure ceiling for Defence Pensions in BE 2016-2017 has been increased from Rs.69,876 crores to Rs.82,332.66 crores. Government has received representations from various Ex-Servicemen Associations and beneficiaries… Read More »
Economic Survey 2015-16 Volume I Volume II Statistical Appendix Economic Survey – Volume-I(All Chapters) Economic Survey – Volume-II(All Chapters)
MUDRA Scheme Loans are extended under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Scheme by banks and Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) in three categories: Shishu (loans upto Rs. 50,000); Kishore (loans from Rs. 50002 to Rs. 5 lakh); Tarun (loans from Rs.5 lakh to Rs. 10 lakh) Till 12th February, 2016, the loans extended are as… Read More »
Cases reported under Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data which is available upto 2014, a total of 895, 453, 141, 362 and 47 cases were reported in the country under Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 during last five year i.e 2010, 2011,2012, 2013… Read More »
605 Special Courts set up across the country till date under POCSO Act, 2012 45498 cases registered under POCSO Act,2012, from November,2012 till March,2015 As per information available with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), 605 Special Courts have been set up across 654 Districts under the Protection of Children from Sexual… Read More »
More than twenty two thousand cases of violation of women’s rights registered with NCW in the year 2015-16 till date The National Commission for Women has reported that they have registered 16584, 22422, 32118 and 22292 cases of violation of women’s rights in 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 (till date). The highest number of such… Read More »
The revised crèche scheme of the M/o Women & Child Development being implemented Honorarium of crèche worker and supplementary nutrition for child increased under the new norms The RGN Crèche Scheme (RGNCS) of the Ministry of Women and Child Development has been revised and the revised scheme is being implemented from 01.01.2016. The scheme focuses… Read More »