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ROC-cum-OLs

ROC-cum-OLs refer to Registrar of Companies-cum-Official Liquidators. Their main functions are registry, scrutiny of annual returns, balance sheets and other documents of public and private companies under the...

September 27, 2012

Sugar Development Fund

The Sugar Cess Act, 1982 provides for levy of cess, which currently is Rs. 24 per quintal with effect from 1st March, 2008 on production of Sugar for...

September 27, 2012

Project Bhavini

Bhavini refers to BHARATIYA NABHIKIYA VIDYUT NIGAM LIMITED. Government of India had accorded administrative approval and financial sanction for setting up of Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam...

September 27, 2012

Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology (BRIT)

Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology (BRIT), a constituent unit of the Department of Atomic Energy is responsible for · Production and supply of a variety of radioisotope...

September 27, 2012

Institute For Plasma Research

Institute for Plasma Research is located on the banks of the Sabarmati river near the Indira Bridge in village Bhat (Gandhinagar district), in Gujarat. The institute has a...

September 27, 2012

Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre

Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) at Kolkata is operating India’s largest and the first indigenously built Cyclotron and has been delivered first time in India energetic Neon 20...

September 27, 2012

IGCAR

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) is the second largest R&D centre of the Department of Atomic Energy after BARC. The Centre is engaged in design and...

September 27, 2012

Patua Paintings

The Patua is a community found in West Bengal. Some Patuas are Hindus, while others are Muslims and Buddhists. The paintings tradition of Patuas was started as a...

September 27, 2012

Tessy Thomas

Dr. Tessy Thomas, also known as "Missile Woman of India" is the Key Scientist for Agni-V in Defence Research and Development Organisation, Hyderabad. She is the first woman...

September 27, 2012

African Grand Free Trade Area

African Grand Free Trade Area is a planned Cape-to-Cairo free trade zone that will encompass 26 countries, 525 million people and $1 trillion in output. If it comes...

September 27, 2012

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