A group of probationers of Indian Forest Service (2014 Batch) called on the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee today at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the Indian Forest Service has a long and glorious past. It was earlier known as the Imperial Forest Service and was constituted by the…
The Government has taken the following steps in order to meet the shortage of doctors in the country: The ratio of teachers to students has been revised from 1:1 to 1:2 for all MD/MS disciplines and 1:1 to 1:3 in subjects of Anaesthesiology, Forensic Medicine, Radiotherapy, Medical Oncology and Surgical Oncology. DNB qualification has been…
Funds allocated and spent for the projects of new lines, gauge conversion and doubling in North Eastern Region during the last three years are as under: 2012-13 Rs.2279 crore 2013-14 Rs.3392 crore 2014-15 Rs. 5200 crore Against a national average of 20 km/1000 sq. km. railway network density, North Eastern States have an average railway…
New Zones and Divisions on Indian Railways are set up keeping in view various factors like size, workload, accessibility, traffic pattern and other operational/administrative requirements, consistent with the needs of economy and efficiency. At present, there is no plan to set up new divisions on Indian Railways, except those with headquarters at Gulbarga, Jammu and…
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following : 1. Shri Amitabh Kumar, IRS (IT:87), as Joint DG (JS level), Ministry of Shipping (Mumbai) from the date of assumption the charge of the post for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri Deepak Shetty, IRS (C&CE:84)….
Girl students from the New Horizon Educational Institution, Karnataka, today called on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. These students had recently won the first prize in the Techno-Challenge 2015 competition in the United States. Inspired by the Prime Minister’s Swachh Bharat” initiative, these students have developed a mobile app, which connects buyers and sellers…
PM chairs high level meeting on sugar sector The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today chaired a high level meeting to review issues related to the sugar sector. Taking note of the current supply-demand issues with regard to sugar, the Prime Minister called for assiduous efforts to increase ethanol blending of fuel. He also called…
“On 27th July, 2015 at around 0530 hrs, 3 heavily armed terrorists dressed in army uniforms snatched Maruti Car No. PB 09B 7743 from the outskirts of Dinanagar, District Gurdaspur, Punjab after opening fire at the occupant of the car, Shri Kamaljit Singh, S/o Gian Singh, R/o Dinanagar. Subsequently, these terrorists opened fire indiscriminately in…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has deregulated the interest rates on term deposits from October, 1997. Accordingly, banks are now free to fix the interest rates on term deposits subject to the approval of their respective Boards. The RBI has also deregulated the savings bank deposit interest rate with effect from October 25, 2011….
Shri Aditya Thackeray, President of the ‘Yuva Sena,’ called on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today. He was accompanied by a delegation comprising Shiv Sena MPs including Shri Anandrao Adsul. Shri Aditya Thackeray briefed the Prime Minister on voluntary initiatives for the education sector – including distribution of study material for Classes 8th, 9th…
