Newdelhi:19/2/23:A month long Intensive Safety Drive has been launched by Indian Railways starting from today to prevent derailments, Signal Passing at Danger (SPAD) and other types of accidents. Senior officers from Railway Board, Zonal Railways and Divisions have been instructed to go to various sections, lobbies, maintenance centers, work sites, etc. and carry out thorough review of working practices to ...

Noida:18/2/23:  Union Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Shri Giriraj Singh today challenged the Senior Congress leader Shri Rahul Gandhi to debate on MGNREGA, both in terms of fund allocations and Assets Creations during the 2004-14 UPA rule and 9 years of Narendra Modi Government. Speaking on the side-lines of the SARAS Mela in Noida, UP, Shri Giriraj Singh ...

Newdelhi:17/2/23:India’s largest producer of iron ore NMDC, swept five awards at the Governance Now 9th PSU Awards held in New Delhi on 16 February 2023. The ceremony witnessed the presence of Justice Shri Dipak Mishra, Former Chief Justice of India, Supreme Court as the Chief Guest to felicitate the winners. The Governance Now Awards recognize and celebrate the commitment of PSUs ...

Newdelhi:17/2/23:Twelve cheetahs will later today (Friday) depart from South Africa for India as part of an initiative to expand the cheetah meta-population and to reintroduce cheetahs to a former range state following their local extinction due to over hunting and loss of habitat in the last century. This media statement was issued by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the ...

Newdelhi:16/2/23:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated Aadi Mahotsav, the mega National Tribal Festival at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi today. Aadi Mahotsav is an attempt to showcase tribal culture on the national stage and it celebrates the spirit of tribal culture, crafts, cuisine, commerce and traditional art. It is an annual initiative of the Tribal Cooperative Marketing ...

New Delhi :16/2/23:The Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER, Shri G. Kishan Reddy presented the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar  (UBKYP) 2019, 2020 and 2021, at Meghdoot Theatre Complex, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi on 15th February. Chairperson of Sangeet Natak Akademi, Dr. Sandhya Purecha presided over the event. Sangeet Natak Akademi, the national academy of Music, Dance and Drama, and the ...

Bhubaneswar:16/2/23:Under the aegis of Ministry of Coal, the east zonal conference on PMGatiShakti (National Master Plan for Multimodal connectivity) and National Logistic Policy was held today in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.  The programme supported by Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd, a Government of India enterprise and the Government of Odisha focuses on integrated infrastructure development in Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Bihar. It was ...

Bhubaneswar:16/2/23:Ministry of Panchayat Raj (MoPR), Government of India, in close collaboration with Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department, Government of Odisha and State Institute for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (SIRD&PR), Odisha, is organising the National Workshop on Localization of Sustainable Development Goals in Gram Panchayats through Adopting Thematic Approaches on Theme 3: Child Friendly Village and Theme 9: Women Friendly Village during 17–19 February, 2023 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The Chief Minister ...

Newdelhi:15/2/23:PM Gatishakti National Master Plan (NMP), a transformative approach for improving logistics efficiency and reducing logistic costs, was launched for integrated infrastructure development in the country. The objective is to bring different Ministries/States/Departments/Industries together for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity Projects. The Hon’ble Prime Minister has launched National Logistic Policy. It aims to reduce cost of logistics ...

Establishing viable Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) in each uncovered Panchayat, viable dairy cooperatives in each uncovered Panchayat/village and viable fishery cooperatives in each coastal Panchayat/village as well as Panchayat/village having large water bodies, and strengthening the existing PACS/dairy/fishery cooperative societies. Initial target to establish 2 lakh multipurpose PACS/ Dairy/ Fishery Cooperatives in next five years. Plan to be implemented ...