The Leather Industry holds a prominent place in the Indian economy. This sector is known for its consistency in high export earnings and is among the top ten foreign exchange earners for the country. It is an employment intensive industry, providing jobs to about 2.5 million people, mostly from the weaker sections of the society.… Read More
Tags: Government of India, Haryana, India, Kolkata, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh
The Government of India has approved financial assistance of Rs 17,500 crore at an average of Rs 2500 crore per city (subject to a ceiling of Rs 3000 crore per city) for the development of the following seven DMIC industrial cities in the first phase: Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad Investment Region, Uttar Pradesh; Manesar-Bawal Investment Region, Haryana; Khushkhera-Bhiwadi-Neemrana Investment Region, Rajasthan; Pithampur-Dhar-Mhow Investment Region, Madhya Pradesh; Ahmedabad-Dholera Investment… Read More
Tags: Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project, Dholera, DMIC, Gujarat, India, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh
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
Health is a State subject and it is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments to regulate and monitor hospitals in the States. No such information regarding illegally operation of hospitals is maintained centrally. However, Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 has been enacted for registration and regulation of the Clinical Establishments and for… Read More
Tags: Bihar, Clinical Establishments, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh
The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and the Scheduled Tribes (STs) (Prevention of Atrocities) {PoA} Act, 1989, extends to the whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir, and responsibility for its implementation rests with State Governments/Union Territory Administrations. Section 14 of the PoA Act, stipulates specification for each district, a Court of Session to be a Special… Read More
Tags: Andhra Pradesh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, India, Madhya Pradesh, Special Courts, Uttar Pradesh
Streamlining Healthcare Services Since Public Health is a State subject; it is responsibility of the State Government to make available necessary health care facilities for the people. As far as the AIIMS, New Delhi, JIPMER, Puducherry, PGIMER, Chandigarh and three Central Government Hospitals in Delhi viz. Safdarjung Hospital, Dr. RML Hospital and LHMC & Associated… Read More
Tags: Chandigarh, Clinical Establishments, Government, Himachal Pradesh, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Safdarjang Hospital, Uttar Pradesh
The Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles, Shri Anand Sharma launched 21 New Textile Parks approved under Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) here today. These new parks take the total number to 61 parks as 40 Parks were sanctioned earlier. The Scheme for Integrated Textiles Parks (SITP) has been instrumental in development of… Read More
Tags: Anand Sharma, Andhra Pradesh, Cabinet of India, Himachal Pradesh, India, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
As part of the Pre-Union Budget memorandum for the leather sector for the year 2011-12, the Council for Leather Exports (CLE) had requested the Government of India for announcement of the Mega Leather Cluster scheme in the Union Budget 2011-12 and its subsequent notification for setting up of seven Mega Leather Clusters in various states.… Read More
Tags: Andhra Pradesh, Government of India, Haryana, India, Leather, Madhya Pradesh, Mega Leather Cluster, Uttar Pradesh
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval to: (i) continue the special plan for Bihar in the remaining four years 2013-14 to 2016-17 of the Twelfth Five Year Plan with a total allocation of Rs.12,000 crore for the entire Twelfth Five Year Plan period, (ii) continue the special plan for the KBK… Read More
Tags: Bihar, Bundelkhand, Five-year plans of the People's Republic of China, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Twelfth Five Year Plan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal