Prime Minister’s New 15 Point Programme

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Prime Minister’s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities (PM’s New 15-PP) is an overarching programme, covering 24 schemes/initiatives of 11 participating Ministries / Departments which is implemented throughout the country, including Kerala. All these schemes / initiatives are being

Policy on Agricultural Labourers

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The Central Government has enacted the Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008 to provide social security benefits to the workers including agricultural labourers in the unorganised sector. This Act stipulates formulation of suitable welfare schemes for unorganised workers on matters

Govt approves new visa policy to attract foreigners, boost trade

Govt approves new visa policy to attract foreigners, boost trade , NEW DELHI: Seeking to promote medical tourism and attract more business visitors, the Union cabinet on Wednesday expanded the scope of e-tourist visa to include purposes such as short-term medical treatment, business trips and conferences. With the enlarged scope, the e-tourist visa will be rechristened the e-visa and shall allow

10 recommendations Subramanian Committee on New Education policy

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There Should Be an All India Education Service

An Indian Education Service (IES) should be established as an all India service with officers being on permanent settlement to the state governments but with the cadre controlling authority vesting with the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry.

Constitutionally guaranteed reservation to continue in new Education Policy: Prakash Javadekar

Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that the constitutionally guaranteed reservation will continue in the new Education Policy and that the government has no plans to make any changes. Speaking to media here on Friday, Javadekar clarified that the government has not finalised the new Education Policy and that the draft policy is yet to be placed before the Union Cabinet for debate. "The government will place

Agro-tech industry flays GM seed licensing policy

NEW DELHI: The agro-tech industry, including seed companies and biotech licensees, have strongly opposed the proposed GM seed licensing policy, which was introduced for public comment in May. The guidelines have been criticised as introducing a regime of 'compulsory licensing' for patented technology. They are also said to hamper innovation and adversely affect future

National IPR policy to promote creativity, innovation: DIPP

NEW DELHI: The National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) policy announced by the government will help promote creativity and innovation in the country, a senior official today said. Joint Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Rajiv Aggarwal said the government is making an ecosystem to promote both these things. "India has just come out with

HRD ministry ready with quality schooling plan

NEW DELHI: With every other report on education pointing to a major quality deficit and dipping learning levels, the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry is readying a slew of measures towards course correction right at school and the PMO is tracking closely. From holding annual learning assessment surveys across states to developing a 'sound' question paper for higher secondary classes and 'social auditing' of how

NITI Aayog to unveil National Energy Policy in 3 months

NITI Aayog is likely to unveil the new National Energy Policy in the next three months with a focus on air quality issue, renewable energy, natural gas, universal electrification and clean cooking fuel. The policy will replace Integrated Energy Policy that envisioned a road map for sustainable growth with energy security over a reasonable period of time. It was approved by the Union Cabinet in December 2008 during UPA

Sexual offence: Central government staff can’t move court

NEW DELHI: While a private sector employee can drag a colleague to a court or tribunal if she is not satisfied with the verdict of an internal committee in a sexual harassment probe, central government employees will not be able to do so. Their appeal will lie before the government only if the committee throws out the case. Sexual offence: Central government staff can’t move court The Centre has decided that the

Report on roadmap to double farmers' income by Sept: Govt

An inter-ministerial panel, which has been mandated to recommend a roadmap to double farmers' income by 2020, will submit the report by September, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Friday. Highlighting measures taken to boost farm output and farmers income, the Minister said in Rajya Sabha more funds have been allocated under various schemes like PMKSY and hence there are no plans for a separate

Submit plans for fund raising: Govt to PSU banks

Having announced capital infusion of Rs 22,915 crore in PSU banks, the Finance Ministry has asked them to submit plans for raising resources through markets, including public offers and sale of non-core assets. "With the infusion, the financial strength of the banks will get a boost. This can be then leveraged by the banks to raise funds from the markets which is looking up," sources said. Banks were advised to submit funds raising

Bihar lifts ban on toddy

Following pressure from its main ally RJD chief Lalu Prasad, the Bihar government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday took a U-turn by lifting the ban on the sale and consumption of toddy in the state. Bihar Excise and Prohibition Minister Abdul Jalil Mastan told media that there will be no ban on sale and consumption of toddy in the state. “Ban on toddy has been lifted,” Mastan said. In April after Bihar imposed

Tigers hold up Rio Tinto’s diamond mining plans in Madhya Pradesh

New Delhi: The government has shelved granting permission to mining corporation Rio Tinto to open a diamond mine in Madhya Pradesh, saying the plan endangers a rich forest area and a tiger corridor between the Panna Tiger Reserve and Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary. Rio Tinto says there are diamonds worth Rs.20,520 crore in Bunder. But environmentalists are concerned that the Rs.2,200 crore Bunder diamond

Parrikar approves new blacklisting policy for tainted defence companies

NEW DELHI  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that the new  backlisting policy for defence companies involved in wrongdoings has been approved and will be out in public domain in next few weeks. “I have approved the blacklisting policy and it will be issued in next few days after corrections of spellings and grammar,” Mr Parrikar said in an interview to a weekly news magazine (The Week).Under the new

Modi asks NITI Aayog to drive transformation

Create a new architecture of policy making that anticipates problems and suggests remedies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the NITI Aayog on Thursday. This was his second visit to the policy-making think tank he established in January 2015, after scrapping the historic Planning Commission. On Thursday, officials said Modi, who is also the chairman, gave last-minute directions to NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind

Patent Acquisition and Collaborative Research And Technology Development policy

The Government proposes to address the issues of less number of patents and low research share, of the country, in the world by encouraging industries to increase technology depth and value addition so as to manufacture products based on indigenous patents. The Government is already providing excise duty waiver on goods based on patented technology. Government has also promoted the setting up of technology

Policy for awarding Waterfront and associated lands in major ports approved

The Union Cabinet on 27 July 2016 approved the Policy for awarding waterfront and associated land to port dependent industries in major ports along with its operationalization. The Policy will result in uniformity and transparency in the procedure for awarding captive facilities. It will enable optimal utilization of capacities in major ports and increase revenue to the Major Port Authority. 

Second phase of the Feed the Future-India Triangular Training Programme launched

Second phase of the Feed the Future-India Triangular Training Programme was launched on 25 July 2016. The programme was launched in New Delhi by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID).  The programme will provide specialized agriculture training to 1500 agricultural professional across Africa and Asia.Objectives of Training: To address human

Railways plans airport-style makeover across stations

Long queues at enquiry windows and announcements over loudspeakers at railway stations will soon be a thing of the past. The Indian Railways have mooted a plan to fully digitise its railway stations and bring all passenger-related information on big LED screens. The idea is to convert railway stations into silent zones like the airports and mop up revenue through advertisement simultaneously. The directorate