The Hyderabad Declaration, adopted at the end of two-day 24th National Conference on e-Governance at Hyderabad, stated that the Government of India and State Governments shall collaborate to bring citizens and government closer through digital platforms. It also proposed to transform citizen services through use of technology by leveraging the artifacts of India Stack that include Aadhaar, UPI, DigiLocker, UMANG, e Sign and consent framework. It was organised by the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DAPRG), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India in collaboration with the Government of Telangana. The theme…
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh expressed hope that setting up of 100 new Sainik schools will provide an opportunity to girls to join the Armed Forces and contribute to national security. Chairing a webinar on Sainik Schools, he said, the Government believes inincreasing the role of women in the Armed Forces. He recalled that a series of steps have been taken in that direction, including clearing the way for admission of girls in Sainik Schools and providing Permanent Commission to women officers. He exuded confidence that the decision to establish new Sainik schools will encourage girls to realise their dreams of…
Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra today announced the crucial assembly election schedule for UttarPradesh, besides four other states. The polls, viewed as mini-general elections and rehearsal for 2024 Lok Sabha polls, will be held in 7 phases in UP, beginning from February 10, till March 7. Counting of votes will take place in all states on March 10. Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa will vote in a single phase on February 14. Manipur, on the other hand, will vote in two phases on Feb 27 and March 3. Elections will be held for 403 assembly seats in UP, 117 in Punjab, 70 in…
Following a dramatic turn of events, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today won the Chandigarh mayoral election defeating the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), by just one vote. BJP municipal councilor Sarabjit Kaur today became the new mayor Chandigarh Municipal Corporation mayor defeating AAP candidate Anju Katyal. Though BJP faced humiliating defeat in the corporation polls by bagging only 12 seats, as against earlier 26 seats and the AAP entering the poll arena for the first time performed well by winning 14 seats, the delicate political position of the Congress helped BJP to win the coveted Mayor post. In view of forthcoming Punjab assembly…
Chairman KVIC Vinai Kumar Saxena launched the country’s first Mobile Honey Processing Van at Village Sirora in Ghaziabad, UP, last evening. The Mobile Van has been designed in-house by KVIC at its Multi-disciplinary Training Centre, Panjokehra, at a cost of Rs 15 lakh. This mobile honey processing unit can process up to 300 KG of honey in 8 hours. The van is also equipped with a testing laboratory that would instantly examine the quality of honey. The Mobile Honey Processing Van comes as a major development under KVIC’s Honey Mission which aims at training beekeepers, distributing Bee Boxes to farmers…
Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman is hopeful that credit demand is expected to pick up on account of growth in retails segments, improvement in overall macroeconomic prospects and improving financial health of borrowers. She reviewed the performance of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) with their Chairmen & Managing Directors (CMDs/MDs) via virtual mode in New Delhi today. The review meeting was also attended by Union Minister of State for Finance Dr Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad and Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS), Shri Debasish Panda, along with senior officials of the DFS. During the review meeting, Smt. Sitharaman…
Union Minister of Tourism, Culture G. Kishan Reddy along with Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath and Minister of State for Tourism and Defence Ajay Bhatt inaugurated various components developed at the Govardhan Bus Stand under the project “Development of Govardhan, Mathura” under PRASHAD Scheme of the Ministry of Tourism today virtually. The PRASHAD scheme is being implemented to improve the Tourism infrastructure like facilitation centers for tourists such as Information and Interpretation Centers, ATM and Money exchange facilities, Eco-friendly buses, lighting, parking, toilets, cloak rooms, first aid centers, rain shelters and internet connectivity at the Tourist locations, he…
The Government of India is moving towards issuing e-Passports to its residents. “Indian residents are probably going to begin getting e-visas soon,” said Ministry of External Affairs Secretary Sanjay Bhattacharyya in a tweet. He said that the e-Passports will be imbued with chips that would be secure with biometric information and will empower smooth sections through movement posts worldwide, in addition to other things. The chip in the e-Passport is said to be inserted to hold indispensable data connected with the identification holders, for example, his biometric information, name, and different things. It will likewise hold security includes that will…
The Beijing Winter Olympics open in a month and the FIFA World Cup kicks off in November in Qatar. With the world’s two biggest sporting events being hosted by major human rights abusers, Minky Worden, Director of Global Initiatives, Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern that this year is forcing an overdue reckoning for powerful sports bodies that for years have sidelined their formal commitments to human rights. The Olympics and the World Cup each have audiences of more than 3 billion people worldwide— almost half the global population — which is why China and Qatar so badly want to refashion…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India is also achieving the historic milestone of 150 crore – 1.5 billion vaccine doses, in the first week of the first month of the year itself. 150 crore doses in less than one year is a significant achievement and symbol of the will power of the country. Inaugurating the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in Kolkata today via video conference, he said that it denotes the country’s new confidence, Aatmnirbharta and pride, he said. As cases are rising due to the omicron variant, this shield of 150 crore vaccine doses becomes all the…