Don’t let your workers go away
Piyush Goyal tells the industry and trade associations;
Delhi, 28 MAR 2020
The Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry Shri Piyush Goyal has told the industry and trade associations to take care of their employees and workers in this hour of crisis and distress. Talking to representatives from various manufacturing, industry and tradin...
This will also ensure uninterrupted harvesting of crops
Delhi, 28 MAR 2020
Government has granted relaxation in the nationwide lockdown for activities related to agriculture-farming and allied activities with a view to address problems being faced by the farming community. This will also ensure uninterrupted harvesting of crops. In this regard the Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, R...
GeM takes a number of initiatives for procurement of goods and service...
Delhi, 28 MAR 2020
Government e-Marketplace (GeM), a Special Purpose Vehicle under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has taken a number of initiatives in the fight against COVID-19 Pandemic. GeM, which operates a dynamic, self-sustaining and user friendly portal for procurement of goods and services by Government offices, has taken steps to e...
PM praises efforts of AYUSH Ministry to promote #YogaAtHome
Delhi, 28 MAR 2020
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today interacted with AYUSH sector practitioners via video conference.
Prime Minister said that the AYUSH sector has a long tradition of keeping the nation healthy and its importance has increased manifold in the ongoing efforts to tackle COVID-19. Prime Minister observed that their network i...
BRO Brave COVID-19 Threat to Make Bridge, Undertake Snow Clearance Ope...
Delhi, 28 MAR 2020
Braving the threat of COVID-19, the Border Roads Organsation (BRO) personnel are working relentlessly to completely replace Daporijo bridge (430 feet Multi Span Bailey Brigde), the only lifeline of Upper Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh to restore Lines of Communication for all 451 villages and Security Forces located along...
24×7 electricity supply during lockdown, Payment security to be reduce...
Delhi, 28 MAR 2020
Despite the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the COVID 19 pandemic, the whole workforce of the power sector – generation, transmission, distribution and system operations - is working round the clock to keep all homes and establishments lighted.Shri R.K.Singh, the Union Minister of Power, has said that in this time of c...
Ministry of Coal working to ensure maintenance of critical coal suppli...
Delhi, 28 MAR 2020
Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi has ensured that Coal supplies are declared as an Essential service and directed all the officials of Ministry of Coal to work harder to ensure that critical coal supplies are maintained during the lockdown period due to COVID 19 pandemic so that power ...
DoPT Memorandum
Delhi, 28 MAR 2020
As per fresh Office Memorandum (OM) issued by the Ministry of Personnel, all the Ministries and departments have been instructed that while drawing up roster of staff who are required to attend essential services within their respective Ministries or departments, they may keep in mind that employees who are “Persons with Disa...
Ravana saw the Ramayana after 33 years
The magic of Ramayana in the 90s was that at the time of its transmission, the roads were dwindling. People were watching the Arun Govil, who played the role of Ram in the serial, and Deepika, who played the role of Sita, Arvind Trivedi of Kukadia village near Biloda, who plays Ravana. Arvind Trivedi lives in Mumbai. He watched the Ramayana on Sat...
Arvind Kejriwal’s Mahola Clinic in Delhi, now started in Gujarat...
With the successful completion of Arvind Kejriwal's Mahola Clinic in Delhi, it has been used in Gujarat. The Patan district health system has started mahola clinics to control corona virus transmission, as well as health centers, as well as immediate treatment of minor diseases in the city during the evening.
The Urban Health Center or Mahola Cl...
Gujarat, ahead of China, 2200 Bed Corona Hospital What’s New?
On March 28, 2020, China had a 1000 bed hospital ready in 10 days. Gujarat has decided to set up a hospital on March 21, 2020 and in 6 days, 2200 bed hospital is ready. A 1,200-bed corona hospital has been erected at a civil hospital complex in Ahmedabad. A 500-bed hospital has been set up in Surat, 250 in Vadodara and 250 in Rajkot.
Only c...
Power minister approves major relief measures for power sector
Union power ministry to ensure 24×7 electricity supply during lockdown, Payment security to be reduced by 50 percent
3 months moratorium on Discoms to make payment to Gencos and transmission licensees
Delhi, 28 MAR 2020
Despite the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the COVID 19 pandemic, the whole workforce of the power sector – gene...
GeM takes a number of initiatives for procurement of goods and service...
Delhi, 28 MAR 2020
Government e-Marketplace (GeM), a Special Purpose Vehicle under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has taken a number of initiatives in the fight against COVID-19 Pandemic. GeM, which operates a dynamic, self-sustaining and user friendly portal for procurement of goods and services by Government offices, has taken steps to e...
COVID outbreak, why not canceled US precedent program ?
Delhi, 28 MAR 2020
India's response to COVID-19 has been pre-emptive, pro-active and graded. India had already put in place a comprehensive response system at its borders much before WHO declared it as a public health emergency of international concern (30th January)
Screening of incoming air passengers followed by suspension of visas and and b...
Seventeen years ago : Murder of Haren Pandya and the passing of the Gu...
Seventeen years ago, two seemingly unconnected, but strangely enough, inter-related incidents, took place in quick succession: the murder of Haren Pandya and the passing of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Bill. March 26, 2003 would surely go down to rank as one of the most infamous days in the history of Gujarat, and perhaps of India!
Early mornin...