Union Cabinet Approves Allocation of 2.5% of Central Road Fund for National Waterways Development

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for allocating 2.5% of the Central Road Fund (CRF) for the development of the National Waterways. Central Road Fund is a duty on excise and customs levied on petrol and high-speed diesel. Significance ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2017

Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Sanchar Kaushal Vikas Pratisthan Scheme Launched

The Minister of State for Communications Manoj Sinha has launched three new initiatives, namely, BSNL’s satellite phone service; Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Telecom Skill Excellence Award Scheme & Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Sanchar Kaushal Vikas Pratisthan Scheme.  Salient Highlights BSNL’s satellite phone service will ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2017

Ravichandran Ashwin Wins International Cricketer of the Year Award

India’s Ravichandran Ashwin has won the international cricketer of the Year Award at the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International awards 2017. He was presented with an award at a function held at the Cricket Club of India by former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar and Harsh Goenka ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2017

Swachh Bharat App Launched

Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma has launched Swachh Bharat app at the National Museum in New Delhi. The app will enable visitors to report garbage on the premises of the ASI monuments across the country. Around 30 galleries in the National Museum have already ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2017

India’s First Underwater Rail Tunnel Completed

The two organizations Afcons Transtonnelstroy and Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation Ltd (KMCRL) involved in implementing the East West Metro have completed boring the India’s first underwater tunnel under the Hooghly river to link Howrah and Kolkata.   The length of Kolkata’s East West Metro is 16.6 km ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2017

Union Cabinet Approves Abolition of FIPB

The Union Cabinet has approved the abolition of 25 year old FIPB. Henceforth, concerned ministries will be responsible for direct approval of foreign investment proposals. The decision falls in line with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s proposal to scrap FIPB in this year’s ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2017

Inauguration of Integration of eSanad with CBSE's Academic Repository

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has jointly inaugurated the integration of E-Sanad with CBSE’s digital repository ‘Parinam Manjusha’ in New Delhi. Salient Highlights E Sanad is an e-service for online verification and attestation of ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2017

Government Lays off 129 Non-Performing Officers in Public Interest

According to Union Minister Jitendra Singh, the government has forced 129 government officers to retire for non-performance in the past few months. In total, 30 Group A and 99 Group B officers has been forced to retire in the past few ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2017