Government has been implementing dedicated organic farming schemes of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Mission Organic Value Chain Development in North East Region (MOVCDNER) since 2015-16. Under these schemes, farmers are primarily encouraged for organic cultivation using organic fertilizers and provided hands-on training about on-farm production of organic fertilizers and its use are integral part of these schemes. Farmers ...
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New Sponge Iron Industries
The details of State/Union Territory wise number of sponge iron plants operational during FY 2020-21 in the country, including Uttar Pradesh are as following:- State/Union Territory wise details of Indian Sponge Iron Industry, 2020-21 State/Union-territory No of Units Andhra Pradesh 6 Chhattisgarh 69 Goa 3 Gujarat 10 Jharkhand 24 Karnataka 35 Maharashtra 7 Odisha 76 Tamil Nadu 6 Telangana 9 ...
Read More »Apprenticeship Mela
Skill India mission is aimed at imparting relevant skills to our youth and enabling their employment / micro entrepreneurship. In this connection, DGT and NSDC organized a day long ‘Apprenticeship Mela’ on 4th October 2021 across the country in over 660 locations. Under the initiative, nearly 60,466 apprentices were registered and the event witnessed participation from more than 5000+ organisations, ...
Read More »Steps taken by the Government to promote Women participation in Skill Training Programme
Under Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) focuses on inclusive skill development, with the objective of increased women participation for better economic productivity. The Ministry through its various schemes viz. PradhanMantriKaushalVikasYojana (PMKVY), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS), Jan ShikshanSansthan (JSS), Craftsmanship Training Scheme (CTS) and Craft Instructor Training Scheme (CITS) provide skill development training to all ...
Read More »Measures Adopted to Curb Illegal Mining
The Ministry of Mines, through Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), has developed the Mining Surveillance System (MSS), in coordination with Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications & Geo-informatics (BISAG), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) to use space technology for curbing illegal mining activities of major minerals in the country. The system checks upto 500 meters around the existing mining ...
Read More »RELIEF TO MSMEs
NSIC facilitates availability of key raw materials like Steel, Aluminium, Copper, Zinc, Polymer, Bitumen, Emulsion, Cement etc., from bulk producers by entering into MoUs with them and provides these raw materials at competitive prices to MSMEs. Further, NSIC is implementing Raw Material Assistance (RMA) Scheme to provide credit support to MSMEs for procurement of raw materials from the bulk manufacturers ...
Read More »Scheduled Commercial Banks recover Rs 90 crore from financial frauds in last 5 years
Cyber financial frauds in banking primarily relate to frauds that have taken place on ATM/ debit cards, credit cards and internet banking platforms. This was stated by Union Minister of State for Finance Dr Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. Giving more details, the Minister stated that as per RBI data on frauds ...
Read More »Strategic disinvestment of Air India and its identified subsidiaries/JVs
On account of huge accumulated debt of Air India, Government followed Enterprise Value (EV) bidding approach for strategic disinvestment of Air India and its identified subsidiaries/JVs (100% shareholding in AIXL and 50% shareholding in AISATS). This was stated by Union Minister of State for Finance Dr Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha Given more ...
Read More »Inspection by Central Pollution Control Board
Emission and discharge from industrial units are one of the many sources of pollution. All industries, including highly polluting (17 category) industries likechlor alkali, pesticide, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, dye &dye intermediate, fertilizer, oil refinery, inorganic chemicals andorganic chemical have provided pollution control system for effluent as well as emission to comply with the notified standards. The compliance status of effluent and emission ...
Read More »Installed capacity of solar energy in India increased by more than 18 times between March 2014 to October 2021
As a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), India periodically submits its National Communications (NCs) and Biennial Update Reports (BURs) to the UNFCCC which includes national Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory. As per India’s third BUR submitted to the UNFCCC in February 2021, total GHG emissions, excluding Land Use Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) in 2016 ...
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