News: “There are about 8,000 stations on the railways network along with a good number of workshops, some of which are not fully utilised and will be used for skill training programmes,” Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said. With the signing of the MoU, National Skill Development Corporation will be able to ...
Read More »Use only ‘made in India’ chips: Govt plans to boost through defence, space sectors
News: India is considering a proposal to make it mandatory for the strategic sectors of Defence, Space and Atomic Energy to use ‘Made in India’ chips. Government feels that ‘Made in India’ chips and electronics are necessary given that the imported products can be rigged and bugged. UPA government had cleared ...
Read More »Make in India plan to get a big push with the 10 IPR steps
News: Department of Industrial Policy has come up with a multi-pronged strategy to develop innovation and creativity. The government, for a more refined and developed intellectual property regime in order to boost its ‘Make in India’ campaign, has announced a slew of measures to promote homegrown talent. The measures are listed below: ...
Read More »India to be an export hub for Honda
News: Honda plans to make India an export hub for auto components by enhancing supply from here to its various international operations. Honda which exported auto components worth Rs 722 crore in 2014-15, is looking for over 50 per cent increase by adding more countries such as the US, China ...
Read More »Country’s first community skill park to open in Kerala
News: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate Kaushal Kendra, a state of the art skill development centre, located around 70 km from Thiruvananthapuram, built at a cost of Rs.1.5 crore and it has even attracted the attention of the central government. “This is the first such centre in the ...
Read More »Over 250 online services launched during Digital India week
News: The services launched under the Digital India week include utility services, smart PDS card, land record services, mobile app for civic amenities, services for farmers, social welfare and pension services, electoral services, online court services, police services and employment exchange services. The communications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad ...
Read More »Swachh Gujarat – Anandiben shows the way
News: Gujarat so far has maintained a steady progress in the implementation of the project as it also topped the list of states during 2014-15. The PIB report stated that since the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission in October last year, a total of 3.83 lakh individual household toilets and 17,411 ...
Read More »Digital India: Go Paperless, Sign Digital, Says the Government
News: eSign is an online electronic signature service which can facilitate an Aadhaar holder to digitally sign a document within seconds which is legally valid and secure under the Information Technology Act, 2000. These services can enable a user to electronically store documents in eMlocker and provide signatures using eSign. ...
Read More »Swachh Vidhyalaya project gets boost from the Centre
News: PM’s ‘Swachh Vidyalaya’ project to ensure every single government school has a functional toilet. As the earlier authorities have failed to fulfill the goals he Centre has now directed all state governments and district authorities to immediately take over all the delayed construction so as to ensure a toilet ...
Read More »The must have Govt apps : Digital India
News: PM’s Digital India campaign is trying to change India digitally with certain departments and ministries that have their own mobile app. The six must have government apps are: Narendra Modi PM Modi has launched his own mobile app called ‘Narendra Modi’, the app is live now on Android Play ...
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