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Need to increase Productivity by leveraging Technology
The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley said that said the key challenges faced by the Indian agriculture are the need to increase productivity by leveraging technology-especially for high yielding and resistant variety seeds and…
Finance Minister: Make Health and Social Security benefits accessible
The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley said that the making social security schemes accessible to unorganised sector workers is a major challenge, which the Government is keen to address at this juncture where the unorganised sector…
CPI Index for Agriculture and Rural Labourers up by 4 Points
The All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers (Base: 1986-87=100) for November, 2015 increased by 4 points each to stand at 853 (Eight hundred and fifty three) points and 857 (Eight hundred and…
Nitin Gadkari inaugurates Capital Dredging of Navigational Channel
Union Minister for Road Transport &Highways and Shipping, Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated Capital Dredging of Navigational Channel at Cruise Berth at Mormugaon Port in Goa on Friday. Speaking on the occasion he said Mormugao is going to…
Minister reviews Phase III of Cable TV Digitisation in urban areas
Keeping in view the cutoff date of 31st Dec 2015 for Phase III of cable TV Digitisation, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had a meeting of the Task Force on 30th Dec 2015 to take stock of the situation of cable TV digitisation in…
Committee set up to Review Wage Structure of Gramin Dak Sevaks
A one man Committee to examine the wage structure, service conditions, etc. of the Gramin Dak Sevaks in the Department of Posts has been constituted by the Government of India.
Shri Kamlesh Chandra, Retired Member of Postal Services…
Rabi Crops sowing crosses 541 Lakh Hactare
As per preliminary reports received from the States, the total area sown under Rabi crops as on 01st January, 2015 stands at 541.12 lakh hectares.
Wheat has been sown/transplanted in 271.46 lakh hectares, pulses in 128.24 lakh hectares,…
Smart City Plans throw up a range of vision statements
Smart City Plans for 95 cities received in the Ministry of Urban Development have thrown up a variety of vision statements ranging from becoming clean and green to being a multi-functional tribal hub.
A perusal of Smart City Plans of 50…
India’s External Debt at US$ 483.2 bn at end-September 2015
Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has been compiling and releasing quarterly statistics on India’s External Debt for the quarters ending September and December every year. Now it has released Report on…
PAN to be mandatory for transactions above Rs.2 lakh
In yet another bid to curb generation of black money, quoting of the income tax Permanent Account Number (PAN) would be mandatory for cash transactions above Rs.2 lakh from January 1, 2016.
“The government received numerous representations…