The Government launched the Environment Information System (ENVIS) portal- http://envis.nic.in, which works on improving the digital literacy in the environment sector and deliver services digitally all over the country. The digitization of valuable data covering the broad spectrum of subjects…
Month: February 2016
Indo-Nepal Battalion level combined Exercise Surya Kiran IX
The Ninth Indo-Nepal Combined Battalion level Military Training Exercise SURYA KIRAN is being conducted from 08 February to 21 February 2016. During the exercise, an Infantry battalion each from Indian Army and the Nepalese Army would be training together and…
Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the SP Mukharjee National Rurban Mission (SPM NRM) on February 21, from Kurubhat in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh. The word ‘rurban’ (rural+urban) refers to an area which possesses the economic characteristics and lifestyles of an…
GST Committee: Amit Mitra named chairman
West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra is named the new chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax (GST). He will succeed Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani who had to resign in November…
GSLV-MkIII on course as cryo engine passes big tes
The much-needed indigenous heavy-lift space launcher, GSLV-MkIII, looks set for a full-fledged first flight in December after its cryogenic engine passed a test to qualify it for use in future missions. ISRO Chairman: A.S. Kiran Kumar CROSS REFERENCES The Geosynchronous Satellite…
Indian-origin engineer’s discovery may help speed up gadgets
A team at the University of Utah led by an Indian-origin engineer, Professor Ashutosh Tiwari, has discovered a new kind of 2D semi-conducting material for electronics that opens the door for much speedier computers and smartphones that consume a lot…
Recently the government unveiled the National Capital Goods Policy.discuss the challenges and way out for capital good sector of india in the context of policy?
Capital goods industry forms the backbone of the manufacturing activity. Capital goods; plant machineries for agricultural, industrial and commercial segments of economic activities that have economic asset life of over three years; as those comprising plant and machinery, equipment /…
Cabinet approval for Trade Facilitation Pact ratification
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for ratification of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) of World Trade Organization (WTO), aimed at easing customs rules for expediting global trade flow of goods. To facilitate domestic coordination and implementation of the TFA,…