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KVIC, RSETIs sign MoU to provide vocational training to unemployed youth
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has joined hands with Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI), to provide vocational training to unemployed youth. In this regard memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the two bodies in the presence ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Union Government launches Soil Health Card Scheme in Rajasthan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched nationwide Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme in Suratgarh town of Sriganganagar district, Rajasthan. During the launch PM gave slogan- Swasth Dharaa. Khet Haraa (Healthy Earth, Green Farm). Key facts of Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports revises Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar Scheme
The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has revised the Scheme of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar. This scheme was introduced by government in 2009 to encourage involvement of corporates and sports promotion boards in the development of sports in ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Union Government’s Sukanya Samridhi Yojna begins in Uttar Pradesh
Union Government’s Sukanya Samridhi Yojna under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) campaign has begun in Jaunpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The first account under the scheme was opened in the name of a three-year old girl Vedika ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Union Government launches Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign
Union Government has launched ambitious Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao(BBBP) campaign to save and empower girl child. The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Panipat in Haryana. Why Haryana was chosen to launch Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign? Haryana was ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Union Government launches HRIDAY scheme
Union government has launched a Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) scheme to preserve and rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage of the country. Union governments ambitious Rs 500 crore HRIDAY project was launched by Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
President launches pulse polio immunization programme
President Pranab Mukherjee has launched the Pulse Polio Immunization(PPI) Programme by administering polio drops to children at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. It was launched by President ahead of the National Immunization Day which is observed on 18 January. PPI Programme is ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Union Government launches schemes to support entrepreneurs from Scheduled Castes
Union Government has launched Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes Scheme to encourage budding and existing entrepreneurs from Scheduled Castes (SCs). It was launched by Union Social Justice Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot in Delhi. Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Government hands over new Maritime Security Gadget to Navy, Coast guard
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has handed over Resident Identity Card (RIC) readers to Navy Chief Admiral R K Dhowan and Coast Guard Director General Vice-Admiral A G Thapliyal. As part of RIC Scheme, these maritime security gadgets will be ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Idukki district of Kerala becomes India’s first district with rural broadband network
Idukki district of Kerala has become first district in India to have high speed Rural Broadband Network i.e. National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) Internet connectivity. Union Minister of Information Technology and Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad commissioned this Hi-speed rural broadband ..