The High Level Committee (HLC) under the Chairmanship of the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, has approved additional Central assistance under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to five States and one Union Territory, which were affected by floods/ landslides during 2021. This shows the resolve of the Union Government under the leadership of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi to help the people of the five states and one Union Territory who faced these natural disasters. The HLC approved additional central assistance of Rs. 1,664.25crore to five Statesfrom NDRF and Rs 17.86 crore to one Union Territory. The break-up is as follows:- Rs…
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Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu emphasized the need for revisiting our history textbooks with an Indian perspective in order to instill a sense of pride in our glorious cultural heritage among the younger generation. Addressing the 75th Anniversary Celebrations of Sir C R Reddy Educational Institutions, Eluru in Andhra Pradesh, he reminded the students that India was once known as a ‘Vishwa Guru’ and called upon them to revisit our roots and protect and preserve our tradition and culture. Emphasizing the need to re-establish ourselves, he urged everyone to strive hard to develop India into a powerful India that is free…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that for this government, science and technology is not an isolated sector. In the field of economy, the vision is linked with areas like digital economy and fintech. Similarly advance technology has huge role in infrastructure and public service delivery related vision. He addressed seventh webinar in the series of post-budget webinars to consult and encourage stakeholders to fully implement the themes of the budget in a time bound manner. “This is a collaborative effort to ensure how, in the light of budget, can we implement the provisions quickly, seamlessly and with optimum outcome”, he said…
India’s merchandise export in February 2022 was USD 33.81 billion, an increase of 22.36% over USD 27.63 billion in February 2021 and an increase of 21.88% over USD 27.74 billion in February 2020. India’s merchandise export in April 2021-February 2022 was USD 374.05 billion, an increase of 45.80% over USD 256.55 billion in April 2020-February 2021 and an increase of 28.16% over USD 291.87 billion in April 2019-February 2020. India’s merchandise import in February 2022 was USD 55.01 billion, an increase of 34.99% over USD 40.75 billion in February 2021 and an increase of 45.12% over USD 37.90billion in February…
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman launched the Electronic Bill (e-Bill) processing system, announced in Union Budget 2022-23, on the occasion of 46th Civil Accounts Day here today at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre. Along with Finance Minister as Chief Guest, Finance Secretary Dr. T.V. Somanathan; Smt. Sonali Singh, Head of the Organisation of Controller General of Accounts (CGA); Smt. Dharitri Panda, Additional CGA (PFMS) and Smt. Bharati Das, Principal CGA (MHA) also graced the occasion. Talking about the e-Bill processing system initiative, Smt. Sitharaman said that this is part of ‘Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) and Digital India eco-system’ to bring…
Second Indian student died from a stroke in Ukraine, as the country fights a war with Russia, which invaded it almost a week ago. He identified as Chandan Jindal (22), hailed from Punjab’s Barnala and was a medical student at Vinnytsia National Pyrogov Memorial Medical University. Jindal was admitted in Emergency Hospital Vinnytsia (Kyivska street 68) after suffering an Ischemic stroke. He breathed his last earlier in the day. His father has written to the Government of India to make arrangements for bringing back his body. The Centre is also making efforts to bring back the body of a student…
Russian invasion on Ukraine is putting India in delicate situation globally; as it is unable displease any one. On one side Russia is a crucial partner in defence and security sectors, in which Ukraine is also significant partner, besides growing association developing with USA. The US commands considerable economic weight and as evident from the past, any sanctions it imposes on Russia will into dilemma on its foreign policy. On one side it cannot desert long-standing and time-tested allay Russia and on the otherhand, it may be difficult to attract new allays like USA and European nations. The US has…
Bhupender Yadav, Union minister of environment, forests and climate change, said that we can change people’s lives by linking affordability with sustainability. Releasing Down To Earth’s Annual State of India’s Environment Report 2022 at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue organised by Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), on Monday, he highlighted three extremely critical issues that confronted India today — climate change, desertification and the sustainability-affordability linkage. “ We have to link traditional knowledge with scientific temperament; we sometimes are so proud of traditional knowledge that we forget logic. But we have to think of logic and affordability along with tradition to…
Prime Minister iNarendra Modi spoke on phone with Andrzej Duda, President of Poland, Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic and Charles Michel, President of the European Council and discussed on Ukraine crisis. The Prime Minister warmly thanked President Duda for the assistance provided by Poland in evacuation of Indian citizens from Ukraine, and for the special gesture of relaxing visa requirement for Indian citizens crossing over to Poland from Ukraine. He expressed his particular appreciation for the warm reception and facilitation extended by Polish citizens to Indian nationals at this difficult time. Alluding to the traditional friendly relations between the…
Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu, called for imparting value-based education to children, with emphasis on Indian culture and heritage. He stressed that ‘education is meant for empowerment, enlightenment and employment not for mere acquisition of degrees and certificates.’ Deploring the commercialisation of education, he said that education and medicine were treated as missions in the olden days. Education must produce socially conscious and responsible citizens who will strive selflessly for the larger good of the society and the country. “Nobody will remember if you love yourself but you will become immortal if you live for others, then you will live…