Day: January 9, 2019

Border Infrastructure Projects

open view web desk The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India have accorded General approval under Section 2 of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 to expedite the forest clearances for taking up border infrastructure works:-  Letter No. Name of the Border Clearance accorded F. No.-11-246/2014-FC […]

Electronic Travel Authorisation

open view news desk Since inception of the e-Visa scheme in November, 2014 till December, 2018, a total number of 60,92,142 e-Visas have been issued to nationals of various countries. As per available information, foreign exchange earnings from tourist inflow has increased from 19.7 billion USD in the […]

Terrorism in J&K

open view news desk The number of terrorists killed/arrested during the last three years and the year 2018 in terrorist incidents in the State of Jammu and Kashmir is as under:-  Sl. No. Year Terrorists killed Terrorists arrested 1. 2015 108 10 2. 2016 150 24 3. 2017 […]

Cyber Crime prevention against Women and Children

open view news desk The main objective of Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC) Scheme is to have an effective mechanism to handle cybercrimes against women and children in the country.  The scheme has a total estimated outlay of Rs. 223.198 crores and main features of […]

Police Boats for Patrolling

open view news desk 204 police boats have been provided to coastal States/UTs under Phase-I of the Coastal Security Scheme (2005-2011) based on the threat perception of each coastal State/UT. An amount of Rs.1023.50 crore has been allotted for procurement of 225 new boats under Phase-II of the […]

Repeal of AFSPA

open view web desk At present, there is no proposal to repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), 1958. Presently, AFSPA, 1958 is operational in entire States of Assam, Nagaland, Manipur (except Imphal Municipal area), three districts namely Tirap, Changlang and Longding of Arunachal Pradesh and the […]

Setting up of NDRF unit

open view news desk Ministry of Home Affairs has approved to set up a Regional Response Centre (RRC) of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) near Yelahanka, Bengaluru, Karnataka for immediate response. For establishment of this RRC, 02 acres of land have been acquired by NDRF at Village Vennkatala, […]

Modernization of Police Force

open view web desk Public Order’ and ‘Police’ are State subjects as per the Constitution of India. Therefore, equipping of police forces is the primary responsibility of the State Governments. However, the States have not been able to modernize and equip their police forces up to the desired […]

Auction for Sale (Re-issue) of Government Stocks

open view web desk The Government of India has announced the Sale (Issue/Re-issue) of (i) ‘7.37 per cent Government Stock, 2023’for a notified amount of  Rs.3,000 crore (nominal) through price based auction, (ii)‘New Government Stock of 10 year tenor’ for a notified amount of Rs.4,000 crore (nominal) through yield based […]

Rationalisation of staff and branches after merger of banks

open view news desk The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Acts of 1970 and 1980 provide that the Central Government, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), may make a scheme, inter alia, for the amalgamation of any nationalised bank with any other nationalised bank […]

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