Month: December 2018

Participation of Youth in Sports

open view web desk Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) through Sports Authority of India has been implementing the following Sports Promotional Schemes in the age groups of 8-25 years in 27 sports disciplines to identify and nurture sports talent across the country. •           National Sports Talent […]

International Youth Exchange Programme

open view web desk Under the Youth Exchange Programme conducted by Department of Youth Affairs, nominations are sought from reputed institutions viz. IITs, IIMs, NITs through Ministry of Human Resource Development; AIIMS; Youth Organizations of Ministry viz. NSS (National Service Scheme), NYKS (Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan), RGNIYD (Rajiv […]

Shri Bharat Bhushan Vyas takes Oath of Office and Secrecy as Member, UPSC

open view web desk Shri Bharat Bhushan Vyas, IAS (J&K 1986) (Retd.) took the Oath of Office and Secrecy as Member, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) today. The Oath was administered by Shri Arvind Saxena, Chairman, UPSC. He was born on 15/11/1957. He has done B.Sc. (Botany). He […]

Revised Guidelines for Ground Water Extraction Notified, to be Effective From 1st June 2019

open view web desk Water Conservation Fee Introduced for the First Time In order to comply with various directions of the Hon’ble NGT and to address various shortcomings in the existing guidelines of ground water extraction, the Central Ground Water Authority, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and […]

Revamping of Kolkata Port and Haldia Dock

open view web desk The Minister of State for Shipping and Finance Shri Pon Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today informed that the Government is preparing a plan to invest and revamp Kolkata port and Haldia dock to boost industrial and commercial business […]

Maintenance of Roads Under PMGSY

open view web desk Maintenance of rural roads constructed under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is the responsibility of the State Government. As per programme guidelines, State Governments are required to undertake the maintenance of the entire Core Network, particularly the road works constructed/upgraded under the PMGSY. […]

Welfare Schemes for Rural Masses

open view web desk The Government organized “Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (GSA)” from 14th April to 05th May, 2018 and also extended the campaign to villages having population of more than 1,000 in 117 Aspiration Districts from 1stJune 2018 to 15th August 2018. The campaign, undertaken under the name of “Sabka Sath, […]

Quality House Construction Under PMAY-G

open view web desk The erstwhile rural housing scheme Indira Awaas yojana (IAY) has been restructured into Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana –Gramin (PMAY-G) from 01.04.2016. A statement indicating houses constructed under PMAY-G/IAY, State/UT-wise during the years 2010-11 to 2013-14 and 2014-15 to 2018-19 are given at Annexure-I. Pradhan […]

Rural Road Connectivity

open view web desk Rural Roads is a State subject and Pradhan Mandri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a one-time special intervention to provide road connectivity, by way of single all weather road to the eligible unconnected habitations in the Core Network. There is no provision of constructing […]

Women Participation Under Mgnregs

open view web desk The women participation rate in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has been 55% in FY 2015-16, 56% in FY 2016-17, 53% in FY 2017-18 and 53% in 2018-19 (as on 07.12.2018) which has been above the statutory requirement of 1/3rd women participation under […]

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