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...
The Accelerated Pulse Production Programme (A3P) commences in the Kutch district in Gujarat Programme is under the National Food Security Scheme In first phase of the scheme, 3000...
One MP-One Idea” Scheme announced by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS). Focus of the Scheme: advocating...
Planning Commission constitutes an expert group headed by noted Economist C. Rangarajan to review the Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty. Why this group has been constituted? After...
About National Instructional Media Institute (NIMI): It is an Indo-German project established in 1986 by the Government of India under the Ministry of Labour in collaboration with Deutsche...
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee tabled a White Paper on black money in Lok Sabha, which makes a strong case for setting up Lokpal and Lokayuktas to deal with...
Interest rates have been increased on the following Schemes for the year 2012-13 to 8.8% from 8.6% currently: Special Deposit Scheme (SDS) State Provident Fund (SPF) General Provident...
The Government has set up a committee in the wake of the cartoon row to review NCERT’s political science textbooks for schools. The committee, comprising 5 members from...
