Sexual Harassment Act – Reported incidents’ data
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) does not maintain data exclusively on sexual harassment at workplaces. However, the State/UT wise data of complaints registered with National Commission for Women (NCW) for sexual harassment of women at work places during the last three years and the current year is as given below. State 2010 2011 2012 2013 (as… Read More
Tags: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Himachal Pradesh, National Crime Records Bureau
More than 40 crore aadhaar numbers generated till date
Unique Identification Authority of India, UIDAI has reiterated that the target of 60 crore Aadhaar enrolments will be achieved by 2014. More than 40 crore 29 lakh Aadhaar numbers have been issued till date and the process is continuing at a healthy pace. Only in the month of July, 2013, about Two Crore Aadhaar numbers have been generated. It has also announced the setting up of… Read More
Tags: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, India, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, UIDAI, Unique Identification Authority of India, Uttar Pradesh
Ban on Sale of Nicotine Containing Products
Government of India has notified the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011 dated 1st August 2011, under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, which prohibit the use of tobacco and nicotine as ingredients in any food products. The said Regulation 2.3.4 lays down as under Product not to contain… Read More
Tags: Arunachal Pradesh, Food Safety, Gutka, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Regulation, Tobacco, Uttar Pradesh
National Rural Health Mission – Mainstreaming of AYUSH
A total of Rs 553.00 crores was given to the States / UTs for mainstreaming of AYUSH under National Rural Health Mission during 2009-13. This resulted in the establishment of new AYUSH facilities in 803 Primary Health Centres, 113 Community Health Centres, 24 District Hospitals and up-gradation of 379 exclusive AYUSH hospitals and 415 Dispensaries… Read More
Tags: Arunachal Pradesh, Community health worker, Department of Ayurveda Yoga and Naturopathy Unani Siddha and Homoeopathy, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Himachal Pradesh, National Rural Health Mission, Primary health centre, Thane District
Government to Provide Support for Infrastructure Development for Mountaineering in NER
The Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Shri U.K. Sangma said that the Government will provide all possible support for infrastructure development for mountaineering in North Eastern Region. He said this while interacting with media and the mountaineers of the 1st North East India on top of the World (Mt. Everest) Expedition 2013 here today. Shri Sangma said… Read More
Tags: Arunachal Pradesh, India, Manipur, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Mizoram, Mount Everest, Northeast India, Pranab Mukherjee
CCEA approves continuation of same scale allocation of food stocks to Above Poverty Line families
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the continuation of the same scale of allocation to APL families during 2013-14 under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS). As on 1st April, 2013, the total stocks of rice and wheat in the Central Pool is 596.75 lakh tonnes comprising 354.68 lakh tonnes of rice… Read More
Tags: Above Poverty Line, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Government of India, Himachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep, Meghalaya, Public Distribution System
Planning Commission’s Environmental Performance Index – State wise rankings 2012
The planning commission is in the process of developing an Environmental performance index (EPI) to incentivise states for environmental performance through budgetary allocations. The major aspects taken into account for this are Air pollution, Forest, water quality, water management and Climate change. The state-wise EPI and ranking are given below. State/UT Final EPI 2012 Rank Andhra… Read More
Tags: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh
Annual Plan 2013-14 for Arunachal Pradesh finalised
Arunachal Pradesh The Annual Plan for the year 2013-14 for the state of Arunachal Pradesh was finalised here today at a meeting between Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Mr.Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Sh. NabamTuki. The plan size has been agreed at Rs.3,700crore. In his comments on the plan performance of the… Read More
Tags: Ahluwalia, Arunachal Pradesh, Chairman, Gross domestic product, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Planning Commission, State
Package for Tea and Coffee Growers
The Tea and Coffee Board had made a comprehensive analysis of the problems of the small tea and coffee growers in the country. In the tea sector, more than 2 lakh growers are involved and they are concentrated in the states of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Tripura and Himachal Pradesh. Of late, small… Read More
Tags: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
The National Waterway (Lakhipur Bhanga stretch of the Barak River) Bill, 2013 introduced in Rajya Sabha
The National Waterway (Lakhipur Bhanga stretch of the Barak River) Bill, 2013 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha today by the Union Minister for Shipping Shri G.K. Vasan. The bill proposes to declare the navigable stretch of the Barak River between Lakhipur and Bhanga (121 km) in Southern Assam as a National Waterway. The bill… Read More
Tags: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Barak River, Brahmaputra River, Government of India, India, Lakhipur, Navigability
Subsidies and other Incentives to Industries in NER and J&K and Special Category States
Incentives provided to existing and new industrial units in North-Eastern Region including Sikkim and the Special Category State of Jammu & Kashmir include the Capital Investment Subsidy, Central Interest Subsidy, Comprehensive Insurance Subsidy, Excise duty exemption and Income Tax exemption. For the Special Category States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand incentives of Capital Investment Subsidy, Excise duty… Read More
Tags: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Excise, Himachal Pradesh, Income tax, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Sikkim