General
Indian Navy Ships Shivalik and Kadmatt Arrive at Guam
Indian Navy Ships Shivalik and Kadmatt Arrive at Guam to participate in Multilateral Maritime Ex Malabar […]
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Agriculture & Commodities
Piyush Goyal Meets Export Community, sets target of $2 Trillion Exports By 2030
Union Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Meets Export Community, Discusses Measures To Boost Exports; Minister Exhorts Exporters To Rise To The Ambitious Challenge Of $400 Billion Export Target For 2021-22.And Target $2 Trillion Exports By 2030; Commerce Minister says “We Can Sort Out Ftas Fairly Quickly, If The Areas Where We Have The Ability To Compete Internationally Can Be Identified. We are Working Towards Early Harvest Agreements With Uk And Australia” […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Surplus sugar finds export and ethanol markets
Sugar cane farmers get a big relief as Centre facilitates export of surplus sugar & diversion of sugar to ethanol to ensure timely payment of cane dues; Against the export target of 60 LMT, contracts of about 70 LMT have been signed, More than 60 LMT has been lifted from sugar mills as on 16.8.2021; Record value of sugarcane worth nearly Rs. 91000 crores purchased by sugar mills in 20-21. […]
Technology
Defence India Startup Challenge 5.0 launched
DISC 5.0 is a reflection of Government’s resolve to create a self-reliant defence sector
The challenge to take innovation, design & development to newer heights
iDEX playing a crucial role in building a strong military & ‘AatmaNirbhar’ defence industry
Government support to private sector in building ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat’ […]
General
DRDO develops Advanced Chaff Technology for IAF
DRDO creates technology to safeguard fighter aircraft from hostile radar threats; Given to the industry for production in large quantities; Indian Air Force begins process of induction following completion of successful user trials; Raksha Mantri terms it another step of DRDO towards ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat’ […]
Foreign Relations
New Exchange Rates w.e.f. 20th Aug 2021
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies into Indian currency with effect from 20th August, 2021 for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods. […]
Foreign Relations
India – US sign MoU for cooperation in geology areas
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding between India and United States of America on cooperation in the field of Geology; Geological knowledge regarding Eastern Himalaya Syntaxis and Ladakh Plutons to get boost […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Cabinet approves implementation of National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm
A new Centrally Sponsored Scheme with a special focus on the North east region and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; A financial outlay of Rs.11,040 crore out of which Rs.8,844 crore is the share of Government of India; Focus on increasing area and productivity of oilseeds and Oil Palm […]
Foreign Relations
Envoys of four Nations present Credentials to President of India
Envoys of four Nations viz Holy See, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Republic of Austria and Republic of Korea presented Credentials to President of India through video conference […]
Technology
UK expresses willingness for collaborating with India on Green Hydrogen
UK expresses willingness for collaborating with India on Green Hydrogen; Union Minister for Power and NRE Shri R.K Singh meets the Rt Hon Mr. Alok Sharma, COP 26 President […]
General
TRIFED adds 75 new tribal products to Tribes India catalogue
On the occasion of India’s 75 years of Independence, 75 new tribal products launched by TRIFED and added to the already extensive, attractive Tribes India catalogue.
TRIFED GI Movement, has also identified 75 products of Tribal origin or source which will be registered for Geographical Indication (GI) Tag under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, India.
The Tribal products for GI Tagging have been identified from twenty Indian states.
Out of 75 identified GI Tribal products, 37 such products belong to eight states of North East.
From Tribal heartland states, 7 products from Jharkhand and 6 products from Madhya Pradesh have also been identified for GI Tagging. […]
Technology
AIM collaborates with Dassault for Student EDP
Atal Innovation Mission in collaboration with Dassault Systemes launch Student Entrepreneurship Program 3.0; Program designed to push school students to become future innovators and entrepreneurs […]
Technology
Indigenous memory technology adoption for 180 nm CMOS production
Indigenous memory technology adoption for 180 nm CMOS production: A national milestone in semiconductor R&D; A tiny memory to make chips “perfect” […]
Technology
India records 572% growth in grant of Patents in 7 yrs
India records 572% growth in grant of Patents in last 7 years; 28,391 patents granted in 2020-21 as compared to 4,227 grants during 2013-14 .
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Foreign Relations
9th OSM Meeting held between India and Nepal
India and Nepal held the 9th meeting of the Oversight Mechanism (OSM) in Kathmandu. The meeting was co-chaired by H. E. Mr. Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Ambassador of India to Nepal and H.E. Mr. Bharat Raj Paudyal, Foreign Secretary, Government of Nepal. […]
Agriculture & Commodities
World’s second-largest refurbished gene bank setup in India
Union Agriculture Minister inaugurated the world’s second-largest refurbished gene bank at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources; Our farmers are skilled human resources even without a degree – Shri Narendra Singh Tomar […]
Business
Government is committed to Support Startups: Piyush Goyal
Indian startup ecosystem has the potential & promise to make India the Innovation & Invention hub of the world: Shri Piyush Goyal; says that government is committed to cut red tape, improve “Ease of Doing Business” , provide financial assistance through Startup seed fund, supporting incubators, enhancing skills […]
General
KVIC’s BOLD project implemented by Indian Army
The Project BOLD (Bamboo Oasis on Lands in Drought) of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has received Indian Army’s support in Leh […]
Foreign Relations
PM Modi invites Isreali PM to visit India
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi spoke on phone today with H.E. Naftali Bennett, Prime Minister of Israel and extended an invitation to H.E. Bennett to visit India. […]
Foreign Relations
Russian President’s speech at the UN Security Council high-level debate Maintenance of international peace & security
The Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the UN Security Council high-level debate Maintenance of international peace and security: Maritime security held on August 9 via videoconference. The event took place at the initiative of Prime Minister of the Republic of India Narendra Modi. India holds the presidency of the UN Security Council in August 2021. […]
World
Power Minister Launches “Reform and Regulatory Knowledge base for Power Sector”
Shri R.K Singh launched “Reform and regulatory knowledge base for power sector”, an e certification program to provide regulatory training to the practitioners from diverse backgrounds, here today, through virtual mode. […]
Finance
Know all about e-RUPI, the new digital payment instrument
Shri Narendra Modi on August 2nd launched the digital payment solution e-RUPI, a cashless and contactless instrument for digital payment. Prime Minister said that the eRUPI voucher is going to play a huge role in making Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) more effective in digital transactions in the country […]
Business
Action Plan to Promote Dairy Industry
Department has launched Animal Husbandry and Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) in 2020 with an outlay of Rs. 15,000 Cr and Dairy Processing Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) in 2017 with an outlay of Rs. 11,184 Cr as a part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat package stimulus. […]
Education
Shri Subhas Sarkar addresses the G20 Research Ministers’ Meeting virtually
Shri Subhas Sarkar participated in the G20 Research Ministers’ meeting today. The meeting was hosted in blended mode by Italy. G20 Education Ministers exchanged views on enhancing research collaborations and sharing digital space among G20 Countries for a strong, sustainable, resilient and inclusive recovery. […]
Foreign Relations
Australian delegation calls on Union Minister Shri Pralhad Joshi
Shri Pralhad Joshi, held discussions with a high-level delegation led by former Prime Minister and Special Trade Envoy of Australia Mr. Tony Abbott here yesterday. The delegation had called on the Minister to discuss expanding trade and economic relationship between India and Australia […]
Health Care
8,001 Janaushadhi Kendras opened covering all the districts of the country
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyajana (PMBJP), the Government has opened 8,001 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) as of 02.08.2021 covering all the districts of the country […]
Foreign Relations
Disengagement at Patrolling Point 17A
the twelfth round of talks between the Corps Commanders of India and China was held on 31 July 2021 at Chushul Moldo Meeting Point in Eastern Ladakh. […]
Foreign Relations
Government making all efforts to reduce crude oil imports
Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today informed that the Government is making all efforts to reduce crude oil imports. […]
Agriculture & Commodities
APEDA inks MoU with UAS, Bangalore for boosting agri-exports
To give boost agricultural and processed food products exports especially from Karnataka, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Agricultural Science (UAS) Bangalore. […]
Foreign Relations
Various measures taken by the Government for promotion of exports
The government is committed to promoting Indian exports in international markets and suitable interventions are done from time to time. […]
Business
Government encouraging the transfer of technologies developed in the field of space to Indian industries
Jitendra Singh said that space programme offers a variety of services beneficial to any country in various domains of its development work. India has its own priority in selected domains of the space programmes and is doing relatively good in its space programmes. […]
General
Cabinet approves continuation of CSS for Fast Track Special Courts for further 2 years
Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the continuation of 1023 Fast Track Special Court (FTSCs) including 389 exclusive POCSO Courts as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme […]
Business
PM launches digital payment solution e-RUPI
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the digital payment solution e-RUPI, a person and purpose-specific digital payment solution, today via video conference. e-RUPI is a cashless and contactless instrument for digital payment. […]
Business
Auctioning of Coal Mines
The auction of coal mines is a continuous process. The success of the auction process depends on the response received from bidders. Following policy measures have been undertaken for providing more flexibility to the prospective bidders […]
Business
Government takes Series of Measures to Incentivize the Manufacturing Sector
India’s vision of becoming Aatamnirbhar and enhancing India’s Manufacturing capabilities and exports, an outlay of Rs 1.97 lakh crore has been announced in Union Budget 2021-22 for production linked incentive scheme(PLI schemes) […]
Business
Arbitration under MSME Act
Sub-section 3 of Section 18 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act, 2006 provides that where the conciliation fails under the provisions of the Act, the Micro & Small Enterprises Facilitation Council (MSEFC) shall either itself take up the dispute for arbitration or refer it to any institution or center providing alternate dispute resolution services for such arbitration. […]
Articles
Koo shares ‘Eminence Criteria’ in the public domain
The Yellow Tick – called Eminence – recognizes and showcases distinction in Indian life; promotes well-regarded personalities.
In line with Koo’s ideology towards transparency for its users and the social media ecosystem. […]
General
Union Minister Dr.Jitendra Singh releases “Biotech-PRIDE Guidelines
Dr. Jitendra Singh today released “Biotech-PRIDE (Promotion of Research and Innovation through Data Exchange) Guidelines” developed by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology. […]
Foreign Relations
AYUSH system of medicine become popular in many countries
With increasing awareness about health, fitness and changing lifestyles, the demand for AYUSH Systems especially Ayurveda & Yoga has increased tremendously at the international level. […]
Foreign Relations
India and US sign Second Amendment to the (SGP) on Triangular Cooperation for Global Development
India and the United States today signed the Second Amendment to the Statement of Guiding Principles (SGP) on Triangular Cooperation for Global Development. […]
Business
NTPC invites tender to set up India’s first Green Hydrogen Fuelling Station in Leh
TPC’s wholly-owned subsidiary has invited a domestic tender to set up India’s first Green Hydrogen Fuelling Station in Leh, Ladakh. The sale of bid documents would commence from 31st July 2021. […]
Business
Global level market for MSMEs
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) through its MSME-Development Institutes (DI) situated in all States, facilitates MSMEs to export from Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) and Special Economic Zone (SEZ). […]
Business
KVIC as nodal agency at national level for generating employment in the country
(KVIC) as nodal agency at the national level for generating employment in the country by setting up micro-enterprises mainly in the agro and rural sectors. […]
Business
Development of Small Scale Industries under the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan
Government has announced various relief measures for several sectors under the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan and has taken a number of initiatives to support the MSME Sector in the country, especially in the Covid-19 pandemic situation. […]
Education
Landmark decision taken by Government of India in Medical Education
the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken a historic and landmark decision for providing 27% reservation for OBCs and 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in the All India Quota (AIQ) Scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate medical/dental courses (MBBS / MD / MS / Diploma / BDS / MDS) from the current academic year 2021-22 onwards […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Agriculture plays an important role in socio-economic transformation: Narendra Singh Tomar
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar virtually delivered the Ministerial Statement in the Pre-Summit of United Nations Food System Summit 2021 today. In the statement, the Minister emphasized the importance of Agriculture in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals […]
Foreign Relations
Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh inaugurates the BRICS Civil Forum 2021
Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs inaugurated the BRICS Civil Forum 2021 being organised by the Research and Information System for Developing Countries […]
General
Pre-Departure Orientation Trains 1 lakh participants
Ministry of External Affairs launched PDOT programme in 2018 to enhance soft skills of Indian migrant workers going abroad, especially to Gulf countries and other ECR countries. […]
Finance
Direct tax collection doubled for first quarter of current fiscal
Direct tax collection for the first quarter of the current fiscal has doubled. This was stated by Union Minister of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today. […]
Finance
Rs 24,356 crore of unclaimed deposit lying with Scheduled Commercial Banks
Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the total amount of unclaimed deposits of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) was Rs. 24,356 crore, as of 31.12.2020. […]