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Govt to revisit Watershed management guidelines
The guidelines provided for Integrated Watershed Management Programme to be revised as State Governments found the current guidelines rigid and inflexible to their requirement. The States have demanded that the cost of Rs 15,000 per hectare allocated for Naxal affected ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
30 new activities brought under NREGS
The government has amended Schedule-I and Schedule-II of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREG) Act, 2005. There is now an expansion of the scope of activities permitted under the MNREGS by including 30 new activities. These will supplement ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
A 1.7% decrease in the Unemployment rate of India
India’s Unemployment rate fell by 1.7% in 5 years. The point of notice is that this occurred in spite of global slowdown. The Unemployment Rate in India was 8.3% in 2004-05 and it went down to 6.6% in 2009-10. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2012
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Current Affairs: February 2, 2012
122 2-G licenses cancelled by SC The Supreme Court cancels 122 2-G licenses allocated to telecom companies in 2008. The court mandated that the licenses were granted in arbitrary and unconstitutional manner. The Supreme Court asks the Telecom Regulatory Authority ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2012
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Current Affairs – February 2012
Click Here for Current Affairs – January 2012 Current Affairs: February 1, 2012 Dassault Aviation bags India’s biggest ever military contract for supplying combat aircrafts to Indian Air Force All Private Banks eligible to handle Government Business State Restructuring Commission, ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2012
Current Affairs: January 22-23, 2012
T.R. Ramachandran re-elected Press Club of India president The Press Club of India announced that veteran journalist T.R. Ramachandran of G-Files has been re-elected president and Anil Anand of Greater Kashmir is the new secretary general. Leshka project in Meghalaya ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs