Finance ministry approved the Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) scheme, related to transfer pricing regulations. The APA scheme, proposed in Budget 2012-13, is being considered as one of the...
The Centre is planning to carry out the Sixth Economic Census as a Central Sector Plan Scheme in collaboration with all states and Union territories. Objective: It will...
Introduction India is in a stage of transition, in its adolescence if you may. Compared to US which enjoys 230 years of independence, India will soon complete just...
Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change. -mohammed ali Poverty is a manifestation of inequality and in turn...
The Centre is progressing on a new law for ‘Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation’, and revising the current Schemes for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers...
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) has developed indigenous and economically feasible method to reduce high fluoride content in potable water, which has possible domestic and community applications....
The Sports Ministry granted Rs 77 crore to 26 states for organizing annual sports competitions under the Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA) scheme. The states include...
As per the Union Cabinet, the Home Ministry and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will together collect biometric data of 1.2 billion Indians. What was the...
Government approved capital infusion of Rs 632 crore in some RRBs (Regional Rural Banks). Objective: To improve CRAR [Capital to Risk (Weighted) Assets Ratio] for RRBs. Thus to...
The Govt with an aim to thrust exports up by 20% in 2012-13 announced a series of initiative as part of 7-point strategy including interest subsidy and market...