The Cabinet approved the implementation of a joint venture programme on affordable Healthcare. The Department of Biotechnology and the Wellcome Trust, London, U.K., one of the world’s largest...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved implementation of the programme National Monsoon Mission of the Earth System Science Organization for a period of 5 years. Main Objective...
Interest rate on Employees’ Provident Fund will be increased from 8.25% to 8.6% in the current fiscal. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) had brought down the rate...
The National Eligibility Test, NET, will be completely objective type from June 2012. The test conducted by University Grants Commission, UGC, will consist of 3 papers. As per...
The Centre proposes to set up an integrated vaccine production park in the country. It will be located at Chengalpattu in Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu. To be...
Setting at rest the controversy over the safety of the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam, the Empowered Committee, headed by the former Chief Justice of India A.S. Anand, held that...
The Rajya Sabha passed the Central Educational Institutions Reservation in Admission Amendment Bill 2010. The bill was passed by a voice vote. Objective: It provides that the State...
Government held that India’s production of Chrome ore is sufficient to meet domestic consumption and exports and the export of chrome ore is not directly impacting the steel...
The IMF (International Monetary Fund) lowered India’s growth forecast to 6.9% for this year. The lowered growth outlook in 2012 owes much to a slowdown of investment which...
Minister of State for Power, Mr. K.C. Venugopal held that over 259 lakh Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) have been distributed under Bachat Lamp Yojana, BLY and the scheme...
