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Real Estate Act comes into effect
The Real Estate Act which aims to protect the interests of homebuyers by ensuring transparency has come into effect. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) has asked all the states and Union Territories to implement the Act ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2017
'Digi Yatra' initiative to make flying simpler
The Ministry of Civil Aviation under the proposed “Digi Yatra” initiative is looking forward to make boarding pass and security check-ins digital at airports using Aadhaar and mobile phones. Under this initiative, a digital mode for airport entry and verification ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Government launches Test and Treat policy for HIV
Union Health Minister JP Nadda has launched the Test and Treat policy for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients. As per this new policy, anyone who is tested and found positive will get the necessary treatment free of cost. Anyone found ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
PM launches UDAN Scheme
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) scheme from Jubbarhatti, an airport on the outskirts of Shimla. ‘Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik’ means ‘the common man flies’. He flagged of the first UDAN flight ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Agriculture Ministry unveils model APMC Act
In order to give more freedom to farmers to sell their produce, the agriculture ministry has unveiled “The State/UT Agricultural Produce and Livestocks Marketing (promotion and facilitation) Act, 2017” which has defined each state/UT as a single unified market area. ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Cows to have Aadhaar like ID
The central government has informed the Supreme Court that it intends to provide unique identification number for cows as suggested by an expert committee to track cattle and prevent their trafficking. According to the August 2016 report submitted by the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
One crore assets geotagged under GeoMGNREGA initiative
MGNREGA has reached a major milestone by geotagging one crore assets created under it. The geotagged assets have been put in public domain. The scale of assets created under MGNREGA is massive and is estimated to be about 2.82 crore ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Government launches programme for capacity building of Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) of Panchayats
The Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with the Ministry of Panchayati Raj has launched a nationwide programme for capacity building of Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) of Panchayats and a training program for Trainers of women panchayat leaders ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Government covers 14 SC, ST, OBC and DNT scholarship schemes under Digital Payments
The Government has stated that 14 scholarship schemes for Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) / Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-nomadic Tribes (DNTs) students come under Digital Payments Initiatives. This is expected to benefit 3.54 crore students across the country. ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana crosses loan targets
Loans disbursed under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) have crossed its target of Rs 1.8 lakh crore in the financial year 2016-17. Loans extended currently stands at Rs 1.80,087 crore. Of this, a majority of the loans were awarded ..