Government of India has recently approved setting up an independent rail regulator that will be responsible for recommending passenger fares, setting performance standards for rail operations and creating level playing policy for private sector participation. Ministry of Railways had brought out a concept paper for public consultation on setting up of Rail Development Authority of India. Based on inputs received...
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Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors to Boost India’s Nuclear Energy
India’s nuclear power sector gets a boost under the flagship “Make in India” projects, with Cabinet giving approval, on Wednesday 17 May 2017, for construction of 10 units of India’s indigenous Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) having total installed capacity of 7000 MW; with the commitment to prioritize use of clean power in India’s energy mix, as part of low-carbon growt...
NITI Aayog to Transform UP
National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, at the instance of Prime Minister Office, has drawn up plan to transform Uttar Pradesh, with focus on tackling education, health & poverty, tourism, infrastructure creation, connectivity and the complete development of the state. Centre to assist UP on mission mode with efforts to pull state out of poverty and lift its performance across indices to li...
Lucky Grahak Yojana
Demonetization of high denomination currency notes was an earthshaking development on the front of combating black money and dismantle network of the corrupt. Along with this revolutionary initiatives, it required government resolve to remain on high vigil and not allow re-generation of spurious wealth in future, because even if demonetization drive might be successful, it alone is not enough to check the infusi...
Katra-Banihal Rail Project to have World’s Tallest Bridge & Asia’s Longest Tunnel
Katra-Banihal Rail Project, the toughest in the India’s engineering history, involving construction of 27 bridges-including the tallest rail bridge in the world, and 37 tunnels-including one-more than 12 km tunnel-the longest in Asia; offering all-weather connectivity, will now hopefully become functional by 2021. This rail link will enable trains to operate between New Delhi an...
International Mega Food Park
Mega Food Park Scheme launched with the primary objective to provide adequate/excellent infrastructure facilities for food processing along the value chain from farm to market, is expected to facilitate processing of perishables, leading to reduction in wastage, increase realization for farmers, capacity building of producers and processors and creation of an efficient supply chain along with si...
India revises macroeconomic Indices to capture structural changes in economy and improve the quality and representativeness
India has revised its key macroeconomic indicators to capture structural changes in the economy and improve the quality and representativeness of the indices. The base year of the all-India Index of Industrial Production (IIP) & Wholesale Price Index (WPI) has been revised from 2004-05 to 2011-12 to align i...
India Gifts South Asia Satellite for Inclusive Development of Region
GSAT-9, the South Asia Satellite, India's gift to its neighbors, was launched by GSLV-F09 on Friday, May 05, 2017 from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR (SDSC SHAR), Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh and injected into the orbit in a flawless flight; with the primary objective to provide various communication applications in Ku-band with coverage over South Asian countrie...
Election of President of India
President of the Republic of India is the Head of State of India and the Commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces. The President is the head of the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary of the country. The 13th and current President Mr Pranab Mukherjee was elected on 22 July 2012, and sworn in on 25 July 2012. A presidential electionContinue Reading...
Disaster Risk Mitigation Initiatives to Make India Resilient by 2030
“Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development: Making India resilient by 2030”, was the theme of second meeting of National Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction(NPDRR), that was inaugurated by its Head, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, on 15 May, 2017. NPDRR is a multi-stakeholders National Platform for sharing the experiences in disaster management and for making a coll...