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GDP of India 2016-17 First Quarter
GDP of India FY 2016-17 First Quarter: India’s economic growth slowed down to 7.1% in the first quarter (April-June) of the fiscal year 2016-17 from 7.9% in the preceding March quarter as agriculture, mining and construction sectors saw lower growth while front-loading of government expenditure increased services sector growth. Data released...
India-USA sign Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA)
India and the United States have signed the Logistics Exchange Memorandum Of Agreement (LEMOA) in Washington DC, USA on 29 August 2016. LEMOA is a facilitating agreement that establishes basic terms, conditions, and procedures for reciprocal provision of Logistic Support,...
PM launches Saurashtra Narmada Irrigation (SAUNI) Project in Gujarat
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today unveiled a plaque to launch the Saurashtra Narmada Irrigation (SAUNI) Project at Sanosara in Gujarat. The Prime Minister visited the AJI-3 dam site, and witnessed the release of water from the gates of the dam. Addressing a large...
Minimum Support Price (MSP), C2 Cost, C3 Cost and CACP Methodology
Minimum Support Price (MSP), C2 Cost, C3 Cost and CACP Methodology:
Minimum Support Price (MSP)
Price Support Policy of the Government is directed at providing insurance to agricultural producers against any sharp fall in farm prices. The minimum guaranteed prices are fixed...
KL Rahul hits fastest century by Indian
KL Rahul blasted the joint-second fastest century in Twenty20 Internationals and fastest International century by any indian player on 27th August in Lauderhill, Florida. KL Rahul score 100 runs in 46 balls ahead of Virat Kohli who score century on 52 balls against Australia in 2013. ...
POCSO e-box launched to protect children from sexual offences
POCSO e-Box was launched by the Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi in New Delhi today. Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO), e-Box, is an online complaint management system for easy and direct reporting of sexual offences against children and timely action against the offenders under the POCSO Act,...
Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016
Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction of the "Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016". The Bill will regulate surrogacy in India by establishing National Surrogacy Board at the central level and State Surrogacy Boards and Appropriate Authorities in the State and Union Territories....
Sunita Jain conferred with Vyas Samman award 2015
Hindi scholar and writer Sunita Jain was conferred with the prestigious 25th Vyas Samman 2015. She was presented with the award by West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi. She was bestowed with this prestigious literary award for her poetry collection Kshama (published in 2008). Through her poetry collection, she portrays the fine emotions between poet...
Sugamaya Pustakalaya - Online Library for Persons with print Disabilities
Sugamaya Pustakalaya, is an online platform that makes accessible content available to print-disabled people. The library houses publications across diverse subjects and languages and multiple accessible formats. It has been created by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment...
