Government has no proposal to integrate Aadhaar project & NPR

Government has informed that it is not considering any proposal to integrate the UID (Aadhaar) project with National Population Register (NPR). In December 2010, the National Identification Authority of India Bill 2010 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha and was thereafter referred to the Standing Committee on Finance. The UPA government had to freeze Aadhaar-based ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2014

Topics: Current Affairs 2014 • IBPS • Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) • Socio-Economic

PM Modi opens Katra-Udhampur rail link

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 25 km-long Katra-Udhampur railway line in Jammu. The rail link will connect the base camp town of Katra directly with the rest of the country and facilitate millions of devotees who visit the Vaishno Devi shrine every year. On the other hand, with China is now preparing to spread ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2014

Topics: Ajit Doval • China • Current Affairs 2014 • IBPS • India China • India-International Relations • Indian Railways • infrastructure • Jammu and Kashmir • Ministry of Defence • Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) • Ministry of Railways • Narendra Modi

No visa-free entry for Bangladeshis: Home ministry

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to thwart any move to provide visa-free entry for Bangladesh nationals. The MHA has opposed the proposal of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to provide visa-on-arrival facility to Bangladeshi nationals and visa- free entry to citizens of that country under the age of 18 and ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2014

Topics: Bangladesh • Current Affairs - 2017 • Current Affairs 2014 • IBPS • India-Bangladesh • India-International Relations • Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) • Socio-Economic

India and Israel inked pacts on bilateral security relations

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (Government of India) and Israel signed three pacts to strengthen the efforts in the war against terror and beef up bilateral security relations. The pacts are Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty in Criminal Matters, Agreement on Protection of Classified Material and Agreement on Cooperation in Homeland and Public Security. The agreements ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2014

Topics: Current Affairs 2014 • India-International Relations • India-Iran • Iran • Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

Mobile makers should install "SoS" button for women safety: Finance Minister

On the first anniversary of December 16 brutal act that jolted the country, the Centre approved several proposals for improving women’s safety under the Nirbhaya Fund. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram announced that mobile handset makers will have to introduce an SoS alert button to ensure that women in distress can be reached by the police ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2013

Topics: Current Affairs 2013 • IT • Ministry of Communications & Information Technology • Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)