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Redevelopment of Railway Stations

open view web desk Government has recently approved Railways’ proposal for redevelopment of railway stations by Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited (IRSDC) as Nodal Agency, through simplified procedures and for longer lease tenure.   Accordingly, all the stations on Indian Railways have been entrusted to IRSDC for undertaking […]

Modernisation of Railway Stations

open view web desk Upgradation of stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and on-going process. Works for improvement of passenger amenities are undertaken depending upon need, volume of passenger traffic and inter-se priority, subject to availability of funds. ‘Adarsh’ Station Scheme has been started since 2009-10 and […]

Categories of Reservation Quotas in Indian Railways

open view web desk With a view to cater to requirements of different categories of passengers served by Indian Railways, available reserved accommodation is distributed broadly under following types of reservation quotas: S.No. Quota Available for General General Public Tatkal General Public Premium Tatkal General Public Parliament House […]

Revision of Flexi Fare Scheme of Indian Railways

open view web desk Flexi fare scheme has been introduced in Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains from 09.09.2016. Under this scheme, the fare increases by 10% with every 10% of berths sold subject to maximum limit of 1.5 times in classes Second AC, Sleeper, Second Sitting (reserved), AC […]

Shri Piyush Goyal holds a high level review meeting with the entire Railway Board, all General Managers of Zonal Railways & Divisional Railway Managers

open view web desk The Minister emphasizes on timely delivery and vigorous monitoring of Railway projects and activities Minister of Railways & Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal held a high level review meeting with the entire Railway Board, all General Manager of Zonal Railways & Divisional Railway Managers of […]

Swachh Survekshan 2019 launched across 4,237 Urban Local Bodies

open view web desk Annual Cleanliness survey to be from January 4- 28, 2019– to be completely Digital & Paperless 7 Cities (Indore, Ujjain, Khargone, Shahganj, Rajnandgaon, Ambikapur & Bhilai) certified ODF++ & 35 Cities certified ODF+. The Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, […]

Swachh Survekshan -2019, Paperless and Digital, will Commence from 4th Jan, 2019 Covering all cities : Hardeep S Puri

open view web desk Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban)-4124 Cities & Urban Areas of 21 States / UTS Declared ODF SWM- Processing Increased to 46% Consultative Committee Meeting of the MoHUA Held Shri Hardeep S Puri, Minister of State(I/C) for Housing & Urban Affairs has stated that 83% of […]

CRR for Employees of CPSE

open view web desk Counselling, Retraining & Redeployment (CRR) scheme is being implemented as a social safety net to provide opportunities to the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) employees or their dependents under Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) / Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS). The aim of retraining of the […]

Nutritional Support to Tb Patients

open view web desk The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) has launched the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for nutritional support to tuberculosis patients as Nikshay Poshan Yojana (NPY) from 01.04.2018. As on 1st January 2019, out of 20.94 lakhs eligible beneficiaries, 8.78 lakh (42%) beneficiaries have […]

Adolescent Health

open view web desk The Partners Forum 2018 was hosted by the Government of India from 12th to 13th December 2018 at VigyanBhawan in New Delhi. The theme of the Partners Forum 2018 was “Power of Partnership” to bring different constituencies together for cross-sectoral action for women’s, children’s and […]

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