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TRAI penalty on Telcos for call drops illegal: SC

The Supreme Court of India has ruled that Telecom companies will not compensate mobile phone users for inconvenience caused by call drops. In this regard, the apex court...

May 12, 2016

Other Schemes of Ministry of Environment, Government of India

National Mission for a Green India With objective to increase the forest cover and also protect the existing forest land, the Ministry has two plan schemes namely, Green...

May 12, 2016

NPPA fixes ceiling price of 54 drug formulations

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed ceiling price of 54 drug formulations used for treatment of cancer, bacterial infections, diabetes and hypertension. NPPA has revised/fixed the...

May 12, 2016

Various Programmes of Ministry of Earth Sciences – Government of India

Various Schemes of the Ministry of Earth Sciences are as follows: Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resources Modeling and Science (O-STORMS) This scheme encompasses various schemes of the Ocean...

May 12, 2016

Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resources Modeling and Science (O-STORMS)

Ministry of Earth Sciences’ O-STORMS programmes is an umbrella of schemes related to Ocean Observational Networks, Ocean Information Services, Ocean Surveys, Ocean Research Vessels,  Development of Ocean technology...

May 12, 2016

Non-lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR)

During the Atal Bihari Vajpayee rule, the union ministries were mandated to spend 10% of their budget allocations for the development of North-Eastern region. However, in case the...

May 12, 2016

Ministry of Culture: Other Bodies

Indian Museum Indian Museum, an autonomous organization of Ministry of Culture, inter-alia is engaged in re-organization and renovation of galleries and also in obtaining ethnographic specimen and techno...

May 12, 2016

Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT)

Setup in 1979, the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training is a premier institution working towards culture with education. CCRT organizes variety of programmes to achieve specific objectives...

May 12, 2016

Asiatic Society

The Asiatic Society founded in 1784 by Sir. William Jones is a unique institution having served as a fountainhead of all literary and scientific activities. It was visualised...

May 12, 2016

Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana

After coming into power in 2014, the NDA Government has consolidated all major schemes of the Ministry of Culture under a single umbrella of Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana....

May 12, 2016

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