Day: October 3, 2017

The Government has provided an additional Rs.12000 Crores to fight malnutrition over next three years in the country by revising cost norms for supplementary nutrition provided in anganwadis and in the scheme for adolescent girls. Briefing media persons in New Delhi, Secretary, WCD Shri Rakesh Srivastava said that the government has effected a quantum increase of about 33% in cost norms, which have been revised for the first time since 2011 in the case of ICDS. In the case of Scheme for Adolescent Girls, cost norms have been increased first…

A MoU was signed by Lt Gen Ashwani Kumar, AG, IHQ of MoD (Army) and Prof. E Vayunandan, Vice Chancellor, Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU), Nasik on 21 Sep 2017 at New Delhi to empower the soldiers. The Bachelor’s degree Programme designed for the Army Personnel gives special recognition to the in-service training/Army courses completed and by providing exemption from studying certain courses. Apart from the highly subsidised fees charged, the courses offered for study by the university have been carefully selected on the basis of their relevance and…

A high-level Canadian delegation comprising Brian Parrott from the High Commission of Canada and James A. Dovchuk, President, Cameco called on the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh for discussion on various aspects of uranium and nuclear/atomic energy collaboration with India. They acknowledged and complimented the Department of Atomic Energy, GOI for having distinguished itself as an internationally known Uranium and nuclear/atomic energy establishment. Dr Jitendra…

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the revamped Khelo India programme at a cost of Rs.1,756 crore for the period 2017-18 to 2019-20. This marks a watershed moment in the history of Indian sports, as the Programme aims at mainstreaming sport as a tool for individual development, community development, economic development and national development. The revamped Khelo India Programme would impact the entire sports ecosystem, including infrastructure, community sports, talent identification, coaching for excellence, competition structure and sports economy. The programme strives to…

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi dedicates the Sardar Sarovar Dam to the nation, at Kevadia in Gujarat. The height of the dam was recently raised to 138.68 metres, facilitating a usable storage of 4.73 Million Acre feet (MAF). This will greatly benefit the participating States of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. The project has helped transport the waters of the River Narmada, to the water-deficient areas of Gujarat through an elaborate canal and pipeline network. Irrigation from the project is expected to benefit about 10 lakh farmers, and…

Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of all concerned agencies and representatives of certain States to review the measures being taken to arrest the growing trend of cybercrime in the financial sector. He expressed concern over the disturbing rise in cyber frauds using cards and e-wallets in particular. The strategies being adopted to check financial cybercrimes were discussed in detail. Officers from various agencies made presentations and appraised the Home Minister of the current trends of financial cybercrimes in the country and the steps being taken by…

Civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has inaugurated the new campus of the Indian Aviation Academy (IAA). The institute was set up in 2010 as collaboration among Airports Authority of India (AAI), Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The new campus is spread over eight acres and has 12 training halls, a hostel, an open air theatre, two gymnasiums and other sports and recreational facilities. With the inauguration of the new facility, IAA aims to train double the number of students each year.…

Six Central Oil PSUs viz. ONGC, IOC, BPCL, HPCL, GAIL and OIL have contributed Rs 15 Crore to the Flood Relief Fund of the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat to aid the flood affected people of the State. While ONGC and IOC have contributed Rs 3.2 Crore each, the other four PSUs have contributed Rs 2.15 Crore each. A cheque of Rs. 15 crores was handed over to Shri Vijay Ramniklal Rupani, Chief Minister of Gujarat by the representatives of Oil companies led by ONGC CMD Shri D K Sarraf…

To promote Under-17 FIFA Football World Cup 2017 scheduled in October 2017, NCL is organising Football Tournament from 15th September to 24th September under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ambit of the company. As a part of inaugural ceremony, Chief Guest, S.K. Jha, General Manager (CSR), NCL flagged off the tournament in Karela on 15th September, 2017. T.B. Raju, GM (Personnel) and Bikul Borthakur, GM (Civil/CSR) graced the occasion as guests of honour. The 10-day tournament, lasting up to September 24th, 2017, will be played under rural and urban genre. Opening…

A Workshop on RTI was held at NTPC, PMI-Noida. The programme was inaugurated by Director (HR), Shri S. Roy and ED(CP) Shri P. Purkayastha. The objective of the Workshop was to promote, awareness, update the development in RTI field and to have an effective communication between APIOs and RTI Cell. The Portal for internal communication was also displayed and suggestions regarding the same were sought from the participants. In his Inaugural Speech D(HR) stressed on the importance of timely disposal of RTI queries and make the internal Portal effectively functioning…