DBT or Direct Benefit Transfer Mechanism started under UPA on 1 January, 2013 on pilot basis and subsequently effectively implemented under present NDA regime of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took off in a major way after the commencement of LPG Subsidy Scheme through this and has saved nearly one year of total subsidy payout by the government in the last three years u...
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Improvements to Stratospheric Craft of Google’s Project Loon to Make People’s Lives Better
Project Loon of Google is a reliable and cost-effective way to beam Internet service from the sky to places lacking it. It beams Internet connectivity hundreds of kilometers between balloons while they travel the stratospheric winds. To extend connectivity to billions of people for whom the closest Internet access point can be hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away and particularly to those in remote rura...
ISRO Scripts History Again by Launching 104 Satellites at One Go
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) with successful launch, on Wednesday the 15 May 2017, of a record 104 satellites and putting them into orbit in a single mission on board PSLV-C37, has once again done proud to the country. Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) injected India's weather observation Cartosat-2 Series satellite and 103 nano satellites in the polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO) in a gap of abo...
With Robust Intellectual Property Rights Policy India may Lead Knowledge-based Economies
“Creative India - Innovative India: रचनात्मक भारत; अभिनव भारत”, is what the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy, endeavours to do, and to channelize the abundant creative and innovative energies that flow in India, towards a better and brighter fu...
Artificial Intelligence should be Beneficial and Not Harmful to the Future of Humankind
Fear of future machines surpassing the intelligence of humans and taking over the world could be real! As new technology brings in a new set of challenges and creating artificial intelligence -driven technology products is almost like replicating human intelligence. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already real. There are statistical machines that automate and increasingly can outpe...
Successful Trials of Agni IV & V Confirm India’s Nuclear Deterrence Capability
Agni IV was successfully test-fired for a range of about 3,100 km on 2 January 2017, as part of a user trial by the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) at 11.55 am from launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) Dr. Abdul Kalam Island (formerly known as Wheeler Island), off Damra village on the Odisha coast. Agni-IV is India’s two-stage, surface-to-surface long-range, strategic ballistic missile and can carry a nuclear war...
Council for Trade Development and Promotion ties up with States to Boost Exports
Council for Trade Development and Promotion was constituted by Government of India in 2015 in order to ensure a continuous dialogue with State Governments and UTs on measures for providing an International trade enabling environment in the States and to create a framework for making the States active partners in boosting India’s exports; with Union Commerce & Industry Minister ...
Ordinances Though Promulgated under Compelling Circumstance Make Parliament Appear Redundant
President Pranab Mukherjee has recently given assent to Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 and Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance, 2016. These are the latest ordinances of the Modi government which immediately after taking charge in May 2014 began its innings with recommendations for two ordinances at the very first Cabinet meeting.
G-Triangulation Creates Digital Maps for Conclusive Land Titles
G-Triangulation is a high-impact project of Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC) which has created digital maps of Gurugram (Gurgaon) to obtain a clear view of land claims. By using unmanned drones to create digital maps, Gurugram district administration has now the most accurate maps in land records in the entire India that have enabled the...
Financial Data Management Centre to Maintain Confidentiality of Data
A Financial Data Management Centre (FDMC) is to be created as a statutory body as recommended by the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC). FDMC will be a repository of all financial regulatory data, to enable standardization of Data across the financial sector and providing analytical support to Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) on issues related...