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GOVERNMENT SCHEME-DAILY-NEWS-11-08-2016 AND 12-08-2016

e-Marketplace launched

Commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday launched the government e-marketplace. It's a one stop online marketplace for govt buyers and is expected to be a game changer. The "e-marketplace" has been launched online purchase of goods and services by various central government ministries and departments. The e marketplace is expected to bring tranparency and improve governance. To begin with common use

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Finance ministry starts studying rail, general budget merger

NEW DELHI: The Indian railway budget may no longer be a standalone financial plan and may instead be merged with the general budget as early as next year, with the government considering a proposal to combine them. "It's a possibility next year," Arvind Panagariya, vice chairman of NITI Aayog, the government's policy-making body, said on Monday, responding to a query on the possibility of merging the

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NASA to launch spacecraft to near-Earth asteroid

WASHINGTON: NASA is set to launch a new spacecraft in September that will travel to a near-Earth asteroid known as Bennu and bring back a sample of surface material which may contain building blocks of life. To identify the regions in which the building blocks of life may be found, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) team equipped the

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Turtle village to become biodiversity heritage site

Conservation For Livelihood' Turns Poachers Into Saviours'

It is 6.45 am. Mohan Upadhye is in the hatchery, readying to release the Olive Ridley hatchlings into the sea. A crowd of spectators has gathered outside; peeping through the openings of the wire mesh that serves as the hatchery's walls. All eyes are fixed on the upturned cane basket lying on the sand covered

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Eminent journalist D Padukone launches book on R D Burman

Dadasaheb Phalke awardee and senior music-biz journalist Chaitanya D Padukone today on the birth anniversary of music maestro R D Burman launched a book on the interesting anecdotes never known before about the legend. ‘R D BurMania’–PanchaMemoirs’, is a book nothing less than a goldmine for the legion of ardent Pancham Da across the globe as it contains loads of information and never known

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Government initiates process to constitute Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934

Government decides to bring the provisions of amended RBI Act regarding constitution of MPC into force on 27th June, 2016 so that statutory basis of MPC is made effective;  Rules governing the procedure for Selection of Members of Monetary Policy Committeeand Terms and Conditions of their Appointment and factors constituting failure to meet inflation target under the MPC Framework notified

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Modi to inaugurate Smart City Project in Pune today

Pune, June 25 : : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch 'Smart City' projects, one of the flagship programmes of the NDA Government, at a special function at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune on Saturday, reports said. The Smart City project is part of the Governments integrated urban planning and development in the country, The Prime Minister will launch 14 projects for Pune, along

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Union Textiles Minister inaugurates Training Programme for Scheduled Castes Handloom Weavers in Odisha

The Union Textiles Minister Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar inaugurated today, a 45-day long skill upgradation training programme for Scheduled Caste handloom weavers belonging to Sohlela Block in Bargarh district of Odisha. In the function held in the village Birjam, the Minister also gave away the certificates to pass outs of the first Handloom Entrepreneur training course. The Minister also handed

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BCCI appoints Anil Kumble as the head coach of Indian cricket team for the next one year

MUMBAI: Former captain Anil Kumble will be head coach for the next year, the country's cricket board (BCCI) said on Thursday. "After discussions we have taken a final call that for one year Anil Kumble will be the head coach," BCCI President Anurag Thakur told reporters in Dharamsala. Former leg-spinner Kumble, 45, is India's most successful bowler and took 619 wickets in 132 tests and 337 from 271 one-day

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Health Minister launches mobile app on Diabetes

In view of rising non-communicable diseases across the country, central government has stepped up efforts for fight against diabetes, obesity, hypertension and heart diseases. Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda launched a Mobile App on diabetes. Besides, the health ministry has also launched various magazines. The Health Minister launched the M-Diabetes initiative which harnesses the power and potential of the vast

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