Eminent Bengali writer Suchitra Bhattacharya passed away on 12 May 2015 following a cardiac arrest in Kolkata, West Bengal. She was one of the most popular and powerful...
Maharashtra Government has banned digging of borewells beyond 200 feet with a view to check the steep decline of groundwater-level across the state. State government’s decision comes in...
Lok Sabha on 13 May 2015 passed The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015 by a voice vote. The Bills amends the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 in order to...
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) was launched in 2009 for augmenting secondary school infrastructure. It aims to ensure GER of 100% by 2017 and universal retention by 2020. Background While...
Union Cabinet has given its approval to Benami Transactions (Prohibition) (Amendment) Bill, 2015. The Bill seeks to amend the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 by adding additional provisions...
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a flagship programme of Government of India implemented by Ministry of Rural Development w.e.f 02.02.2006. The main objective of the...
Union Cabinet gave its approval to 5 per cent disinvestment in National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) and 10 per cent in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). Decision in...
[This scheme has been replaced by Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana] Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) was restructured as National Rural Livelihoods Mission and launched in June, 2011...
Update: Backward Regions Grants Fund (BRGF) scheme was launched in 2006-07. This scheme has been now de-linked from central support and left to state governments to implement. The BRGF...
Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) is a voluntary, non-political, non-profit making, social service organization established to promote education among the educationally backward minorities. Interest on the investment of...
