Government of Jharkhand in its endeavor to promote industrial activity and establish Jharkhand as one of the prime investment destination of Eastern India is organising a two day investment and business summit to improve the overall investment climate. Jharkhand is currently ranked third by World Bank report in terms of ...
Read More »Scheme for girl child born after 1st April, 2015 “Ladli Beti”: Jammu Kashmir
Jammu & Kashmir Government announced this scheme “Ladli Beti” exclusively for new born girl child of the State born on or after 01st April, 2015. Objective To arrest the declining female sex ratio. To reduce the financial burden of the girl’s parents. To ensure that the girl child does not ...
Read More »Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana: 8% Assured returns for senior citizens
The Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2017, a pension scheme for senior citizens, was approved by the Union Cabinet in a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The scheme will be implemented through Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) during the current financial year to provide social security during ...
Read More »Get rewards for helping road accident victims “Good Samaritan Policy”: Delhi
Delhi government approved ‘Good Samaritan Policy’ under which monetary incentive of Rs 2,000 and appreciation certificate will be given to people who help road accident victims in the national capital. [tii_pullquote align=”right”]”Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness”[/tii_pullquote] Announcing the Cabinet’s decision, Deputy Chief Minister ...
Read More »Get additional 5kg of ration from Govt under this Scheme (MMSFES) : Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir government launched the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Food Entitlement Scheme (MMSFES) to supplement the National Food Security Act in the state. Objective To address the grievance of general public about decrease in their scale of ration after the implementation of National Food Security Act in the state. To ...
Read More »NTR Arogya Raksha Scheme-Register now for health Benefits upto Rs. 2 lakh: Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Government has launched NTR Arogya Raksha Scheme to provide the medical treatment to the people of Above Poverty Line (APL) at Rs. 1200 premium per annum. Apply for the benefits under this scheme from 01.01.2017 upto 28-02-2017 by paying the premium of Rs. 1200 per individual per year. ...
Read More »India’s first Startup and Innovation Policy for Students: Gujarat
Gujarat government has come up with India’s first student startup and innovation policy, which aims to provide- Rs. 200 crore in the form of grants to ideas developed by them. To support over 1,000 innovation per year and create pre-incubation support in all universities of the state. The policy will ...
Read More »Tamil Nadu joins UDAY scheme
New Delhi: After having dithered for over a year, Tamil Nadu on Monday signed up for the center’s scheme for revival of financially stressed state-owned power distribution companies. The southern state, which became the 21st state to join Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY), is also one of four states with ...
Read More »Aadhaar now mandatory for EPF pension scheme
NEW DELHI: The Centre has made obtaining an Aadhaar number mandatory for 2.5 crore members of the Employees’ Pension Scheme of 1995, one of the benefits available to Employees’ Provident Fund subscribers. The Labour Ministry said in a notification that those without an Aadhaar number will have to make an ...
Read More »Service charge by hotels/restaurants not mandatory: Govt
New Delhi: New Year comes with good news for food lovers across the country! In the wake of a number of complaints from consumers that they are being forced to pay service charge in the range of 5-20 per cent, in lieu of tips, irrespective of the kind of service provided ...
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