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Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) to be continued in 12th Five Year Plan: CCEA

October 5, 2013

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved continuation of the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) in the 12th five year plan. It also approved new projects for utilizing the balance of Rs 717 crore left in the 12thfive ..

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Rajan Committee’s new methodology to replace ‘special category’ status for devolution of funds to States

September 29, 2013

The panel set up by the government under the chairmanship of the then Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan (now RBI governor) has suggested ending the ‘special category’ criteria for providing additional assistance to poorer states. Why did the government set up ..

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Government sets up high-level panel to map status of tribals

August 20, 2013

The Government has set up a high level panel to prepare a position paper on the socio-economic, health and educational status of tribals and also recommend policy initiatives as well as effective outcome-oriented measures to improve development indicators and strengthen ..

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Rajya Sabha passed National Waterway Bill for Assam’s Barak River

August 20, 2013

The National Waterway (Lakhipur-Bhanga Stretch of the Barak River) Bill, 2013 has been passed by the Rajya Sabha. The Bill aims to develop the 121 km Barak river stretch in Assam as country’s sixth National Waterway that would particularly benefit ..

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Bhim Sain Bassi is the new Delhi Police Commissioner

August 3, 2013

Bhim Sain Bassi, the 1977-batch IPS officer of AGMU (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories) cadre has taken over the charge as the 20th Delhi Police Commissioner as he succeeded Neeraj Kumar, the outgoing Delhi Police Chief.  Bassi will hold the office till February ..

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Manipur bags overall team Champion for 22nd time in North East Game 2013

April 16, 2013

In the 27th edition of North-East Games played at Imphal, the host state Manipur claimed the title of overall team champion for the 22nd time. Overall standing: Manipur Assam Mizoram Nagaland Meghalaya Tripura Sikkim This was the 27th edition of ..

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Uttarakhand tops in “Environmental Performance Index (EPI)”

November 1, 2012

Uttarakhand (scored 0.8123) topped the list of best-performing States and Union territories in terms of environmental performance. As per the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) released by Planning Commission: · Uttarakhand is followed by Himachal Pradesh (0.7316), Chandigarh (0.7270), Sikkim (0.7149), ..

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Current Affairs : January 24, 2012

January 29, 2012

Al-Qaeda takes over Yemen city In Yemen, Al-Qaeda militants have taken over the city of Rada in the Southeastern Al Bayda province. They have named Tareq al-Dahab, a brother-in-law of slain US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi, who was killed in a ..

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