Day: April 2, 2018

West Bengal introduces ‘Rupashree scheme’ for marriage of poor girls

West Bengal introduces ‘Rupashree scheme’ for marriage of poor girls

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The West Bengal government has rolled out Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s dream project ‘Rupashree’ which provides one-time financial support to the marriages of poor women. ‘Rupashree’ scheme follows the chief minister’s ambitious ‘Kanyashree’ project which has drawn global applause. The application form for the ‘Rupashree’ scheme has been made available since Wednesday last across the state. The ‘Kanyashree’ scheme under which a beneficiary gets an annual scholarship of Rs 500 and a one-time grant of Rs 25,000 aims at incentivizing schooling of teenaged girls and delaying their marriages until its legal age at 18. For the latest ‘Rupashree’ scheme,...

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ISRO losses contact with communication satellite GSAT-6A

ISRO losses contact with communication satellite GSAT-6A

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The Indian Space Research Organisation today lost contact with the GSAT-6A satellite. The control room at the SHAR spaceport in Sriharikota is making concerted attempts to re-establish the link with the satellite. In a communique on its website, the ISRO said after successful long-duration firings, when the satellite was on course to the normal operating configuration for the third and final firing, scheduled for April 1, communication from the satellite was lost. The second orbit raising operation was successfully carried out by LAM Engine firing for about 53 minutes on March 31 morning....

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Delhi becomes first city to roll-out BS-VI fuel

Delhi becomes first city to roll-out BS-VI fuel

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Delhi, the National Capital of India has silently switched to BS VI grade fuel ahead of the 1st April 2018 schedule. Delhi state has about 397 retail fuel pump outlets and almost all of them now offer cleaner BS VI grade fuel. Delhi has become the first city in the country to offer BS VI grade fuel in India. Even though the deadline for the automakers to start selling BS VI compliant vehicle only by September 2020, the BS VI fuel will be made available much before the deadline for the cars. The earlier roll out of the cleaner...

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India becomes World’s second largest mobile phone producer

India becomes World’s second largest mobile phone producer

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India has now become the second largest mobile phone producer in the world after China as per Indian Cellular Association. ICA shared the data with the Ministry of Information Technology on the basis of market research firm IHS, China’s National Bureau of Statistics and Vietnam General Statistics Office. According to ICA, annual production of mobile phones in India increased from 3 million units in 2014 to 11 million units in 2017. In a letter to Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Manoj Sinha, ICA President Pankaj Mohindroo on 28 March said, “We are happy to inform you that with...

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Union Cabinet approves re-structuring of NSDF and NSDC

Union Cabinet approves re-structuring of NSDF and NSDC

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The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for restructuring of National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to strengthen governance, implementation and monitoring framework. The restructuring will also ensure better corporate governance, transparency and accountability in operations of NSDC besides strengthening the oversight role of NSDF. The approval would lead to the restructuring of the composition of Board of NSDF and the NSDC to strengthen governance, implementation and monitoring framework. NSDC and NSDF were set up by the Ministry of Finance and registered in July 2008 and January...

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