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National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) established by Government

June 8, 2013

In order to Coordinate and Harmonize the Skill Development Efforts of the Government of India and the Private Sector to Achieve the Skilling Targets of the 12th Plan, the Government has set up  the National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) by subsuming the ..

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Centre returns West Bengal ponzi Bill for rectification

June 7, 2013

The Centre has returned the West Bengal Bill, aimed at reining in ponzi firms.  The Centre expressed reservations about the “retrospective effect” clause and asked the State government to rectify it. The West Bengal Protection of Interest of Depositors in ..

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Duty hiked on the import of Gold and Platinum

June 6, 2013

With an aim to curb the soaring CAD and depletion in the value of rupee, the government has raised the import duty on Gold and Platinum from previous 6% to 8%. The increase is targeted at discouraging import of gold, ..

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Fact Box: India Post 2012 Project

June 2, 2013

What is ‘India Post 2012’ project? ‘India Post 2012’ project is a multi-faceted IT automation programme which was cleared in year 2010 by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs with a total outlay of 1877.2 crores. Vision of the Project: India ..

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One Stop Crisis Centre facility for women victims in Haryana

June 2, 2013

Faridabad and Gurgaon (Haryana) will soon have “One-Stop Crisis Centre” (OSCC) facility which will provide legal aid, police services and counselling to women victims under one roof. What is OSCC? OSCC is a comprehensive service which will provide medical facility along with ..

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India, Japan to expedite negotiation on civil nuclear pact

June 1, 2013

Prime Ministers of India and Japan have inked a joint statement directing officials of their countries to speed up the negotiations of an Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.  The statement didn’t fix any timeline and ..

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LPG subsidy directly in bank accounts from June 1 in 18 districts

May 31, 2013

The government is ready to experiment the Direct Benefit Transfer programme in the form of LPG subsidy. 18 districts have been selected to test this scheme in which the government will transfer LPG subsidy directly into the Aadhaar linked banked ..

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UIDAI launches online authentication services

May 30, 2013

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched three new Aadhaar-enabled services and announced the establishment of around 300 permanent enrolment centres (Aadhaar kendras). The number of centres will be scaled up to 1,000 by September 2013. These services ..

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Malayalam to get ‘Classical Language’ status

May 25, 2013

The Union Cabinet has approved classifying Malayalam as a ‘Classical Language’. What is a ‘Classical Language’ ? A classical language is a language with a literature (art of written work) that is classical. U.C.Berkeley linguist George L. Hart defined Classical Language ..

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Government to create 20,751 additional posts in IT Dept

May 25, 2013

The Cabinet has approved the proposal for creation of 20,751 additional posts in the Income Tax Department in various cadres. Of them, 1349 posts will be in the Indian Revenue Services (IRS) cadre and 19,402 posts in the non-IRS cadres. This will help the Income Tax Department ..

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