Government Policy

Viewing Kartarpur via telescope

Govt. to instal instrument for across-the-border view of the gurdwara India plans to install a “high-powered telescope” in Punjab’s Gurdaspur for Sikh devotees to view Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib across the border in Pakistan, the Home Ministry said on Monday. This is part of a series of projects planned to commemorate …

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Viewing Kartarpur via telescope

Govt. to instal instrument for across-the-border view of the gurdwara India plans to install a “high-powered telescope” in Punjab’s Gurdaspur for Sikh devotees to view Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib across the border in Pakistan, the Home Ministry said on Monday. This is part of a series of projects planned to commemorate …

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Quota for Marathas approved

Socially and Educationally Backward Class category created for the purpose The Maharashtra Cabinet on Sunday cleared the decision to extend reservation to the Maratha community by creating a new category called Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) on the recommendations of the State Backward Class Commission. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis …

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Modi govt. divested twice as much as UPA

Rs. 2.1 lakh crore stake sale done in the last four years alone, data show The NDA government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accounts for a whopping 58% of all the disinvestment that has taken place since 1991, an analysis by The Hindu of data released by the Department …

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Railways plan to set up 10 medical colleges

The Indian Railways is planning to establish medical colleges to offer postgraduate courses for doctors at 10 of its existing hospitals across India.The official said that the proposal has been cleared by the Railway Board and now, the Railways is in the process of getting permissions from the Medical Council …

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Himachal CM flags off ‘Startup Yatra’

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday flagged off a “Startup Yatra”, saying the programme was aimed at turning the State’s educated youth into job providers from jobseekers. He said the State government would provide all possible help to the youth to develop entrepreneurship under the scheme. Source …

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Ex-officials write to CAG on Rafale

Express concern at delay in tabling audit reports in Parliament Sixty retired bureaucrats have written to the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) over the “deliberate delay” in tabling the audit reports on the Rafale deal and demonetisation in Parliament. They demanded that these be tabled in the Winter Session. The CAG’s …

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New index to check ease of doing agri-business

Centre to reward high-performing States States may soon start receiving extra funding for the Agriculture Ministry’s flagship schemes on the basis of their performance in encouraging agri-business, especially with regard to marketing, land and governance reforms. The Centre expects to roll out a new Ease of Doing Agri-Business Index early …

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