India to conduct skill mapping exercise of foreign returning citizens
With the aim of making the best of our skilled workforce returning to the country due to the ongoing pandemic, the Government of India has launched a new initiative SWADES (Skilled Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support) to conduct a skill mapping exercise of the returning citizens under the Vande Bharat Mission. This is a joint initiat...
India and Bhutan signed MOU in this regard
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of India and the Royal Government of Bhutan on Cooperation in the areas of Environment.
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The Memorandum of Understanding will enable establishment and promotion of closer and long-term cooperation between the two cou...
Now you can go to another state by taking a rental bike, New advisory
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued advisory based on the issues received from certain stakeholders in implementing “Rent a Motor Cab/Cycle Schemes” vide No RT-11036/09/2020-MVL (pt-1) dated 01 June 2020 wherein it has been written that - The person driving the Commercial Vehicle carrying the valid driving license /IDP and a...
Rs 812 Crore for Odisha’s Jal Jeevan Mission
Through ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’, Government of India is making all efforts to provide every rural household in the country a Functional Household Tap Connection for water in adequate quantity of prescribed quality on regular and long-term basis. State Governments are steering this programme to bring cheers in the lives of rural people by providing ...
Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) campaign launched for 1.5 crore dairy farmers...
The Government will provide Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to 1.5 crore dairy farmers belonging to Milk Unions and Milk producing Companies within the next two months (1st June-31st July 2020) under a special drive. The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy in gin association with Department of Financial Services has already circulated relevant circ...
Three more States included in One Nation One Card scheme
The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan today announced the inclusion of three more states namely - Odisha, Sikkim and Mizoram in the scheme on ‘Integrated Management of Public Distribution System’ (IM-PDS). Under this system nation-wide portability of the benefits under NFSA through “One Nation On...
Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for Kharif Crops for 2020-21
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all mandated Kharif crops for marketing season 2020-21. Government has increased the MSP of Kharif crops for marketing season 2020-21, to ensure remunerative prices to the growers for their produce. The highest increase in MSP i...
Agriculture relief: Repayment of outstanding loan will resume after Au...
The Union Cabinet has given its approval to extend repayment date upto 31.08.2020 for Standard Short-Term loans upto Rs.3 lakh advanced for agriculture and allied activities by banks. Which have become due or shall become due between 1st March, 2020 and 31st August, 2020 with continued benefit of 2% Interest Subvention (IS) to Banks and 3% Promp...
Technology Platform to empower MSMEs ‘CHAMPIONS’ Launches
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow launched the technology platform CHAMPIONS which stands for Creation and Harmonious Application of Modern Processes for Increasing the Output and National Strength. Too long? Well you newer waited in que at government offices. As the name suggests,the portal is basically for making the smaller units big by s...
PFC to provide PPE Kits and Ambulances to Government of Uttarakhand.
In yet another step to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) , the central PSU under Ministry of Power and India's leading NBFC, has come forward to provide financial assistance of ₹ 1.23 crore to the Government of Uttarakhand. The fund will be utilized for procurement of 500 PPEs Kits for frontline staff and 06 fully ...
Assam plans to provide functional water tap connections to 13 lakh rur...
Assam presented the Annual Action Plan for consideration and approval of Ministry of Jal Shakti. Government of India approved Rs 1407 Crore for 2020-21 under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). In 2020-21, State plans to provide tap connections to 13 lakh households out of total 63 lakhs. Realization of the goal of Jal Jeevan Mission in Assam is not diffi...
SpaceX’s Falcon rocket took off in a historic flight, crew missi...
After nearly a decade, America has once again made history by sending a human mission to space from a private company's spacecraft. US space agency NASA sent its astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday through Elon Musk's company SpaceX's Dragon Spacecraft. Earlier at 2:03 pm on May 27, 2020, NASA had to send two American astronauts...
Lockdown had to be relaxed, almost half of the cases came in the fourt...
In just 14 days of lockdown 4.0, 85,974 cases have been reported, which is about half of the total cases. So far, more than 1.82 lakh people have been infected in the country with the corona virus. The fourth phase of the lockdown started on 18 May, which ran till 31 May. Firstly PM Modi announced the lockdown from March 24, which was 21 days Co...
Herd immunity to deal with corona virus is very big risk for any count...
Governments are working in countries around the world to prevent corona virus infection. Every important step is also being taken in India. Meanwhile, discussion about 'herd immunity' is also gaining momentum. But it is difficult to say at the moment how protective it would be for any country to take this step. Shekhar Mande, director general of th...
’Neighbor’ bent on spoiling relations, Nepal will deploy a...
31 May, 2020
Relations with India's neighboring Allied Nepal are becoming stronger. Nepal has introduced the Constitution Amendment Bill in Parliament to show three regions of India in its map. Prime Minister KP Oli has closed open borders, now only a few borders will allow Indians to enter Nepal. Another controversial decision has been taken o...

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