Tata Trusts signs MoU with Government of India (GoI) to provide development support in Naxal-hit districts in Chhattisgarh

Tata Trusts, the philanthropic organisation, has signed a MoU with the Government of India (GoI) to provide development initiatives in 8 worst Naxal-affected districts in Chhattisgarh, which were covered under the “transformation of aspirational” districts programme of NITI Ayog. As ..

Tags: Bastar • Bastar division • Maoism in India • Subdivisions of India • Sukma

Person in News: ‘Alex Paul Menon’

The then District Collector of Sukma District (Chhattisgarh) who was abducted by the Moists. The 32 year old 2006-batch IAS Officer was abducted by Naxalites on April 21, 2012 from Manjipara village where he was attending a government programme. He ..

Tags: India • Indian Administrative Service • Maoism in India • Subdivisions of India • Sukma

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012

Current Affairs : January 16, 2012

Pakistan’s Parliament passes a pro-democracy ResolutionThe Parliament of Pakistan has passed a pro-democracy resolution which gives a moral booster for the beleaguered government that is haunted by the graft issues and the so called memogate controversy.The resolution, introduced by a ..

Tags: Chhattisgarh • India • Kondagaon • Maoism in India • Paramilitary organizations

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012