India’s South Asian neighbours ranked higher, with Pakistan pegged at 67, Bhutan at 95, Bangladesh at 125 and Sri Lanka at 130. India ranks 140th on the United Nation’s latest World Happiness Report that assesses 156 countries, a decline of seven spots from the last edition of the survey. India was also amongst the five […]
Read MoreThe existing IST is said to be negatively impacting the lives of the northeastern people as the sun rises and sets much earlier than the official working hours By heading towards the east, Phileas Fogg had gone towards the sun and, consequently, his days were four minutes shorter for each degree of longitude covered in […]
Read MoreAccess to great water bodies within and outside your borders is a huge asset. India is a land of rivers, and its 7,500-km-long coastline gives it access to Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. The name of our country itself comes from the mighty Indus river, and this alone should be inspiring […]
Read MoreCabinet approves”Pradhan Mantri Jl-VAN yojana” Financial support to Integrated Bioethanol Projects using lignocellulosic biomass and other renewable feed stock Posted On: 28 FEB 2019 10:15PM by PIB Delhi The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the “Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN (Jaiv Indhan- Vatavaran Anukool fasal awashesh Nivaran) […]
Read MoreNational Mineral Policy, 2019 approved by Cabinet The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approvedNational Mineral Policy 2019. Benefits: The New National Mineral Policy will ensure more effective regulation. It will lead to sustainable mining sector development in future while addressing the issues of project affected persons especially those residing in […]
Read MorePM launches One Nation, One Card in Ahmedabad for Mobility Single Card for seamless travel through different metros and other transport systems. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched today One Nation, One Card for transport mobility at a function in Ahmedabad today. The Indigenous Automatic Fare Collection System based on One Nation One Card Model i.e. National […]
Read MoreThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to merge three categories of Non Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) into a single category to provide greater operational flexibility to non-banking lenders. NBFCs categorized as Asset Finance Companies (AFC), Loan Companies (LCs) and Investment Companies (ICs), will be merged into a new category called NBFC – Investment […]
Read MoreNITI Aayog co-hosted a conference on “The Future of Indian Banking” on February 22, 2019, with the Foundation for Economic Growth and Welfare (EGROW Foundation). Technology has become critically important for banking already and will continue to become more important in future. This will serve to bring banking closer to the customer, including those in […]
Read MoreThe Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, will visit Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh tomorrow on 24 February 2019. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM KISAN) The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM-KISAN) was announced in the interim Budget 2019-20 on February 1, 2019. Under the Scheme, Rs 6,000 will be given per year to […]
Read MoreCabinet approves launch Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved launch of Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan with the objective of providing financial and water security to farmers. The proposed scheme consists of three components: Component-A: 10,000 MW of […]
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