Government of India to launches awards of the Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana

Government of India to launches awards of the Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana in 100 cities over 100 days on December 25th at the Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Promoting digital payment options is an integral part of Government’s overall strategy to weed out black money and corruption from public life. NITI Aayog has been tasked to undertake a comprehensive campaign

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna comes into effect from today

Offering one last chance to black money holders, the government has said that they have time until 31st March 2017 to come clean by paying 50 per cent tax of the unaccounted money under the Pradhan Madntri Garib Kalyan Yojana.  Government will use this money from penalty under this scheme for social schemes.   Government has notified changes to income tax law for the new black money

Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana

NITI Aayog announces launch of the schemes - Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana - for incentivising digital payment .Government of India has initiated numerous steps to combat the scourge of Corruption and Black Money in the last two and a half years. The Union cabinet had approved a slew of initiatives in February 2016 to encourage digital payments and a transition to

Centre sanctions Rs 30 crore for solar cities programme

Centre sanctions Rs 30 crore for solar cities programme NEW DELHI: Funds worth over Rs 30 crore have been sanctioned to 21 states and union territories under the solar cities development programme, the government said Thursday. these funds were sanctioned during the last three years till November 30 this year. Out of the total sanctioned amount of Rs 30.36 crore under the Development

Madhya Pradesh Inaugurates First Crop Insurance Claim Distribution Programme

Madhya Pradesh Inaugurates First Crop Insurance Claim Distribution Programme Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan on December 10, 2016, inaugurated the programme to distribute Pradhan Mantri Fasal Beema Yojna claim worth 4 thousand 416 crore rupees to 20 lakh 46 thousand farmers of the state from Ujjain district.  Madhya Pradesh is the first Indian state to

Steps taken by Government for ensuring implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women

Steps taken by Government for ensuring implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 . The Government has enacted the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 to provide a safe and secure environment to women at the workplace. The Ministry of Women and Child

India has improved by 21 spots as per latest Gender Gap Report of World Economic Forum

India has improved by 21 spots as per latest Gender Gap Report of World Economic Forum  As per the Global Gender Gap Report 2016 by World Economic Forum, India ranks at 87th in respect of Global Gender Gap Index (GGI) among 144 countries of the World. According to the Human Development Report 2015 brought out by UNDP, India ranked 130 on the Gender Inequality

Social Security Scheme for Domestic Workers

Social Security Scheme for Domestic Workers In order to provide social security benefits to the workers in the unorganised sector including domestic workers, the Government has enacted the Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008. The 2008 Act stipulates formulation of suitable welfare schemes for unorganized workers on matters relating to: (i) life and disability cover, (ii) health

Credit linked Capital Subsidy Scheme under Ministry of MSME

Credit-linked -Capital -Subsidy -Scheme- under -Ministry- of- MSME . The objective of Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) is to facilitate technology upgradation in Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) by providing capital subsidy of 15 per cent (limited to maximum of Rs.15.00 lakhs) on institutional finance availed by them for induction of well-established and improved technology in the

Centre to Implement Public Financial Management System to Cut Cost

Centre to Implement Public Financial Management System to Cut Cost  The Central Government is planning for the speedy implementation of Public Financial Management System (PFMS) in the country.  ii. There are about Rs.1-1.5 lakh crore of idle funds lying with the government .The system will enable the government to monitor and access the more than Rs.1 lakh crore of idle

NITI Aayog to Provide Rs. 5 Lakh to each district to Promote Digital Payment

NITI Aayog to Provide Rs. 5 Lakh to each district to Promote Digital Payment To encourage each district in the country to encourage digital payments for day to day financial transactions without fear, the NITI Aayog has taken an initiative to transfer Rs.5 lakh to each district to implement the move.  Aim: to give a boost to cashless digital payment systems across districts, talukas and

Govt launches campaign to educate people about digital payments

Govt launches campaign to educate people about digital payments, 

Government has launched a massive campaign to educate people about digital payments. The campaign comes in the wake of government’s demonetisation move and resulted cash crunch. organizations like Nehru Yuva Kendra are being roped in to spread the awareness on digital payments and its advantages

Tendulkar adopts village in Osmanabad under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna

MUMBAI: Cricket icon and Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar has selected Donja village in Osmanabad district for development under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna.  "We are happy that Tendulkar has picked Donja. We are sure this will inspire other villages in the region to emulate this model of development," Osmanabad Zilla Parishad CEO Anand Rayate said.  Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, launched in October

Union Government launched Smart Ganga City Scheme in 10 cities

Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti and Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on 13 August 2016 launched Smart Ganga City Scheme. The scheme was launched in 10 ten important cities through video conference. These cities are –

PM Modi announces 20 pc hike in freedom fighters pensions

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced a 20 per cent hike in the pension of freedom fighters."Pension for our freedom fighters will be increased by 20 per cent. So those who are receiving Rs 25,000 will now get Rs 30,000," Modi said in his address to the nation from the Red Fort here on the 70th Independence Day. He also announced that museums would be established in different states to glorify the

Scheme to help farmers shift from tobacco extended to 10 states

NEW DELHI: Crop diversification programme has been extended to 10 states to encourage tobacco growing farmers to shift to alternative crops, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Production of flue cured virginia (FCV) tobacco, used for manufacturing of cigarettes, has been going down in the past few years and stood at 52.29 million kgs approximately in 2015-16. Health Minster JP Nadda, in written reply to a

Union Government launches data bank portal of MSMEs

The Union Government has launched two important initiatives of the Union Ministry of MSME, viz. MSME Databank Portal and Online Finance Facilitation Web Portal. They were launched by Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley on the sidelines of 14th Meeting of the National Board of MSME in New Delhi. Key Facts MSME Databank Portal: It aims to gather information about micro, small and

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Yemen govt accepts UN deal to end civil war

The Yemeni government  accepted a UN-proposed peace agreement to end civil war in the country. However, it set a pre-condition that the Houthi rebels and ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh need to sign the deal by August 7. Notably, the deal abolishes the supreme political council set up jointly by Saleh and the rebels, and nullifies all its decisions. The announcement came after a high-level meeting in Riyadh chaired by

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Projects under Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojana

Total 97 number of Cluster Development Programme related to natural fibre (including Bamboo craft) under Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojana (AHVY) have been sanctioned to different agencies during last five year from 2011-12 to 2015-16. During last five years, 77148 artisans were mobilized and about 4572 SHGs have been formed. These artisans of SHGs have been benefited through different kind of interventions like

Centre forms ‘Disha’ for timely implementation of Central Schemes

The Centre today announced the formation of District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DDCMC) to be named “Disha” for effective development coordination of almost all the programmes of Central Government, whether it is for infrastructure development or Social and human resource development. Making a suo-motu statement in the Lok Sabha, the Union Minister of Rural