The Minister for Communications Manoj Sinha released a commemorative postage stamp on completion of 50 years of “The Passports Act, 1967”.
24th June 1967 marked an...
The Union Minister of State for PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh launched the online Software for Departmental Proceedings.
The aim of...
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India has notified Six Waste Management Rules in year 2016. These are
1. Plastic Waste...
A number of challenges in the field of water sector have been identified by Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. A...
WELLNESS TOURISM
The potential of wellness systems, developed through centuries of wisdom of this ancient civilization would be fully tapped. This is being done by...
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy of book ‘Garuda Purana’ (Critical Edition) published by All India Kashiraj Trust on June...
Britain got its first female Sikh MP and first turban-wearing MP.
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, known as Tan, won his Slough seat decisively polling 34,170 votes,...
Union Minister Shri D.V.Sadananda Gowda has inaugurated Making of Developed India Festival - MODI Fest at Malleswaram in Bengaluru.
The objective of the programme was...
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), under Ministry of Home Affairs and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) & National Skill Development Fund (NSDF)...
The National Aviation University (NAU) signed an MoU with the Bird Worldwide Flight Services (India) Private Limited to develop professional aviation and aerospace education...
A team of 12 doctors at the city’s Galaxy Care Laparoscopy Institute (GCLI) successfully completed the India’s first uterine transplant on a woman from...
Scientists from the University of Tuebingen and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, successfully recovered and analyzed ancient...
President of India, Pranab Mukherjee received the first copies of books – Color Atlas of Oral implants and Conservative Dentistry – Basics.
He congratulated the authors...
Union Minister of for Power Mr. Piyush Goyal launched the Saral Eindhan Vitaran Application (SEVA), developed in-house by Coal India Limited (CIL) for power...
Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has inaugurated the WiFi facility from Kudal Railway Station today at 28 Railway Stations of Konkan Railway.
Indian Railways...
The Minister of State for Communications Manoj Sinha launched BSNL’s satellite phone service that will be offered to government agencies in phase one and...
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a two-part book series on the eminent agricultural scientist Dr. M.S. Swaminathan.
The series is titled - M.S. Swaminathan:...
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated a Bio-Solar-Wind Microgrid Centre and Centre for Water and Environment Research at Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology (IIEST),...
The President of India Pranab Mukherjee received first copies of the books ‘Jnan, A-Janan and Bijnan: Popper-er Jnantatta’ and ‘Samudra Banijjer Prekshite Sthala Banijjya,...
Scientists have developed the first global Internet Atlas, including a detailed map of the Internet’s physical structure in India.
This Internet Atlas is developed by...
The IRCTC launched a special monsoon service offering visits to prominent southern tourist destinations in the Maharajas’ Express.
Maharajas’ Express, the flagship luxury train of...
The Union government has granted 11 crore rupees to the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, IIEST, Shibpur of West Bengal, for conducting medical...
Public sector undertaking, Oil India Ltd has notified two Hydrocarbon Discoveries in the Upper Assam Basin. The discoveries were made in the wells Borbhuibil-1...
The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has released a set of guidelines in a bid to protect consumers’ interest and encourage celebrities and...
The External Services Division of All India Radio and Aligarh Muslim University signed a MoU to cooperate in different areas of programme production.
This MoU...
Malaysian authorities seized 330 exotic tortoises from Madagascar worth 1.2 million ringgit ($276,721), in the latest heist of illegal wildlife and animal parts being...
Indian Navy and Space Application Centre (SAC) signed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding on Data Sharing and Scientific cooperation in the field of Meteorology and...
The Central Government vide notification dated 11th May, 2017 has notified that the requirement of quoting of Aadhaar / Enrolment ID shall not apply...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases World Herbal Encyclopedia at the inauguration of Patanjali Research Institute, in Haridwar.
The “World Herbal Encyclopedia” is a unique endeavour...
Union Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar launched the VIDYA VEERTA ABHIYAN in New Delhi.
Through this campaign a wall of valour will be...
Government of India’s announcement of Smart Cities project in mission mode has generated a lot of interest. The concept of smart cities is incomplete...
List of CPSEs Closed
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Name of CPSE
Date/year of approval of closure
City/State in which the Registered Office of the CPSE is located
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List of CPSEs closed
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Tyre Corporation...
The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir launched the website, http://npdrr2-mha.net.in, for the ensuing 2nd meeting of National Platform on...
Government has taken various measures to check malnutrition in the people living Below Poverty Line (BPL) and the tribals which are as follows:
1. Promotion...
Government of India has launched ‘Start-up India’ initiative in January 2016, which aims at fostering entrepreneurship and promoting innovation by creating an ecosystem that...
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), National Culture Fund (NCF) and NBCC (India) Limited, signed a MoU for the ‘Conservation, development & maintenance of Purana...
Sir David Attenborough is the famed British naturalist. Researchers from the Yale University and universities in England named shrimp fossil in the honour of...
Chinese archaeologists have recovered more than 10,000 gold and silver items that sank to the bottom of a river in southwestern Sichuan Province over...
The Marine Department of the port had initiated installation and commissioning of Radiological Detection Equipments at all the exit gates including the Rail Gates....
Sahitya Akademi, an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, is organising many programmes to promote literature in local dialects of the country.
Details of the...
The Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, Delhi established under Redressal of Public Grievances, 1998, to deal with consumer complaints against the Insurance Companies operating...
Food Corporation of India (FCI) has awarded contracts for creation of 1.6 Million MT silos and State Governments have completed/awarded contracts for 2.15 Million...
The ‘Smart India Hackathon 2017’ has been launched in collaboration with i4c, MyGov, Persistent Systems, NASSCOM and Rambhau Mhalgi Pabodini.
‘Smart India Hackathon 2017’ has...
As per Economic Survey 2016-17, the expenditure by Government (Central and State Governments combined) on health as percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for...
Ministry of Power has issued/entitled to purchase Energy Savings Certificates (ESCerts) to Designated Consumers (DCs) of Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) Cycle I on...
According to UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the number of South Sudanese fleeing their homes is “alarming” as 1.6 million people have either...
There are 03 institutions under the Ministry of AYUSH, which are imparting education in Yoga and Naturopathy including Yoga and Naturopathy in the country...
The global ranking systems give weightage to the parameters such as percentage of the international students and foreign faculty, and perception - where Indian...
National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) defines the roles and responsibilities of various stake holders including Central Ministries/ Departments, State Governments, UT Administrations, District Authorities...
Government scholarships for students undertaking higher education in foreign universities in the field of art, agriculture, law, medicine, engineering are as follows:-
1. National Overseas...
Government of India has launched ‘Start-up India’ initiative in January 2016, which aims at fostering entrepreneurship and promoting innovation by creating an ecosystem that...
Ministry of AYUSH (India) has set-up five autonomous Research Councils, namely, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Central Council for Research in...
Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Archana Ramasundaram was the Chief Guest at the 32nd Inception Day of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
NCRB is...
The norms for withdrawal of General Provident Fund (GPF) have been relaxed which will enable employees to receive payments within 15 days.
Employees can also withdraw...
Ministry of Tourism compiles data on tourist arrivals and visits to States/ Union Territories (UTs) on the basis of details received from various sources...
Three mines of NMDC Ltd have received five star ratings from the Indian Bureau of Mines for their sustainable development practices.
These mines include two...
Ministry of Tourism compiles monthly estimates of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) & FTAs on e-Visa on the basis of Nationality-wise, Port-wise data received from...
WHO has completed the assessment of the status of the Indian vaccine regulatory system against WHO NRA Global Benchmarking Tool (GBT) for benchmarking and...
The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has released the Final Estimates: 2015-16 and First Advance Estimates of 2016-17, of area and production of...
The Income Tax Department (ITD) had initiated ‘Operation Clean Money’ on 31st January, 2017 for the e-verification of large cash deposits made during the...
Digital India initiative of the government of India has transformed the digital profile of India significantly. Some of the key indicators of this are:
Phone...
The existing National Institutes under the Ministry of AYUSH are as under:-
I. National Institute of Ayurveda-Jaipur(Rajasthan)
II. National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bangalore(Karnataka)
III. National Institute...
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has taken the following steps/actions to encourage consumers for use of digital payment methods at various petrol...
The objectives of Act East Policy includes deepening of economic cooperation and expanding trade with countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. The process facilitates bilateral...
The provisions of Mines Act, 1952, Subordinate Rules and Regulations made thereunder are being administered for ensuring the safety in coal mines by Directorate...
According to the Economic Survey 2016-17, the inter-state migration of workers in India has increased substantially to 90 lakh annually between 2011-16.
The first-ever estimate...
Two vessels namely, M.T. BW MAPLE and M.T. DAWN KANCHIPURAM while crossing each other collided at 03.45AM on 28th January, 2017 outside the Kamrajar harbour.
The...
Coconut Development Board (CDB) has approved 38 projects with an outlay of ₹60.20 crore and financial assistance of ₹9.086 crore under Technology Mission on...
As per information received from Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), there are 1081 Regular Cases (RCs) and 75 Preliminary Enquiries (PEs) were pending investigation/enquiry...
Mr. Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment distributed Free Aids and Assistive devices under the ADIP scheme of Government of India to 1544...
Bharat Parv, a national festival showcasing the country’s diverse culture, cuisines, handicrafts and catch glimpses of a progressive India was inaugurated by Dr. Mahesh...
This year Republic Day Parade on Rajpath will witness tableaux from 17 States and Six Ministries of the Central Government. These tableaux will showcase...
Government of India will facilitate Tangaliya weavers in purchase of looms, by providing them an assistance amounting to 90% of the price of looms.
The...
