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Bhiwani and Mahendragarh districts of Haryana included in National Capital Region (NCR)

The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) has approved the proposal of Government of Haryana for inclusion of Bhiwani and Mahendragarh districts of state of Haryana in National Capital Region (NCR). The proposals for inclusion of districts in the NCR are recommended by the respective NCR participating States. The justifications given by State Governments were… Read More

Central Vigilance Commissioner Inaugurates Delhi Chapter of Vigilance Study Circle

Shri Pradeep Kumar, Central Vigilance Commissioner has asked Institutions and Organisations working in vigilance sector to collaborate with like minded people and organisations for strengthening of vigilance administration. Inaugurating the Delhi NCR chapter of Vigilance Study Circle in New Delhi today, Shri Kumar said vigilance officers have a greater role to play as the acceptance… Read More

Measures for Long-Term Viability of Aviation Sector

Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Shri K. C. Venugopal informed the Rajya Sabha today that a Working Group was constituted under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Civil Aviation to discuss the factors causing stress in civil aviation and to suggest solutions to the same. Based on the recommendations of the Working Group,… Read More

National Antibiotics Policy

The Government has already framed a comprehensive policy, namely, the National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance, to address the problem of multi-drug resistance due to widespread and indiscriminate use of antimicrobial / antibiotic drugs in the country. The policy was developed by a Task Force constituted under the chairmanship of Director General of Health… Read More

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India Announces the Results of its Professional and Executive Programmes

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), functioning under the aegis of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, has announced the results of its (i) Professional Programme and (ii) Executive Programme examinations held in June this year. The results have been released to all the regional and chapter offices of the Institute throughout the country… Read More

Food Security Bill gets Loksabha Nod

States Foodgrain Entitlements to be Protected Legally ; Definition of Meal Changed to Avoid Package Food ; States to get one year for Implementation of the Bill ; States to be Consulted for Making Rules to Carry out Provisions of Bill ; The National Food Security Bill, a historic initiative for ensuring food and nutritional security to the… Read More

National Policy on Fertilizers

Urea is the only fertilizer under statutory price control and its import to bridge the gap between assessed demand and estimated indigenous production is made on Government account. The Government has notified the New Investment Policy 2012 on 2nd January, 2013 to facilitate fresh investment in urea sector and to reduce India™s import dependency. In response… Read More

Food Security Bill to Provide Minimum Support Price to more Farmers

In the wake of the increased requirement of foodgrains for implementation of the proposed Food Security Act, procurement operations will be further extended and more farmers will get the benefits of MSP operations. Foodgrain requirement for the implementation of the bill is estimated 614.3 lakh tonnes as against the existing requirement of 563.7 lakh tonnes… Read More

State-Wise Population Coverage Under Food Security Ordinance

The National Food Security Ordinance, 2013, promulgated on 05.07.2013, provides for coverage of upto 75% of the rural andupto 50% of the urban population, at the all India level, to receive 5 kilograms of foodgrains at subsidized prices under Targeted Public Distribution System, provided that households covered under Antyodaya Anna Yojana will be entitled to 35 kilograms per household per month. The annual requirement… Read More

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India Launches Placement Portal for Members and Corporates

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has launched a Placement Portal for its Members and the Corporates. The President of the Institute, Shri S.N. Ananthasubramanian yesterday launched the Placement Portal. The portal provides free of cost online platform for Corporates and Members of ICSI seeking jobs. Corporates looking for Company Secretaries can register… Read More

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

National Policy to Save Water

Government of India has formulated the National Water Policy, 2012 wherein several recommendations have been made for conservation, development and management of water resources in the country. The Salient Features of the National Water Policy, 2012 are Annexed. Ministry of Agriculture has informed that in order to address the adverse impact involving economic and ecological situations… Read More

Allocation for Twelfth Five Year Plan for State Sector Schemes of Ministry of Water Resources

Planning Commission has indicated an outlay of Rs. 18118 crore for Central Sector Schemes and Rs. 91435 crore for State Sector Schemes of Ministry of Water Resources for Twelfth Five Year Plan. Ministry of Water Resources has prepared schemes in this regard which are at different stages of approval. The Ministry of Water Resources ensures performance of Plan schemes in tandem with… Read More