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The Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG) scheme of the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Government of India. The scheme enables technology innovators and entrepreneurs to pursue a promising technology idea, and establish and validate proof of concept (POC) for the idea. By funding establishment and validation of POC, BIRAC wishes ...

The DDA or Delhi Development Authority has opened its housing scheme once again. Called ‘DDA Aawasiya Yojana 2017’, the Delhi Development Authority’s housing scheme is aimed at providing affordable housing to general public by disposing of about 12,000 flats of different categories and in different locations. Out of the 12,000 ...

People suffering from tuberculosis will have to mandatorily submit their Aadhaar number to avail benefits under a central government scheme. A notification in this regard has been issued by the Union health ministry, which also asked those who do not have an Aadhaar card to get themselves enrolled by August 31. “An individual eligible to receive ...

NEW DELHI: The government is working on a scheme to promote energy efficient homes by offering cheaper loans and lower registration fee for green residential units as it ramps up efforts to mitigate climate change by moving towards a net zero-energy building regime. Government sources said the proposal is part ...

The Punjab government today signed a tripartite agreement with the Centre and Airports Authority of India under the country’s flagship programme UDAN in the presence of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh. A spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said the tripartite agreement was signed by Usha Padhee (Joint Secretary, Ministry ...

To promote low-cost accommodation as part of the housing-for-all scheme, the government will push for building up of steel houses. The project aims at providing affordable houses to urban and rural poor. This in turn will help reduce slums. Each house will have in-built cement chambers to allow cooling and ...

The Amma Master Health Check-up scheme will be expanded to cover all districts soon, said Chief Minister ‘Edappadi’ K Palaniswami on Tuesday. The master health check-up facility is now available only at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH). In the coming days, said the Chief Minister, efforts will be ...

No-frills carrier SpiceJet on Monday announced the launch of its UDAN routes connecting Mumbai with Porbander and Kandla from July 10. There will be two new daily direct flights from Mumbai-Probander-Mumbai and Mumbai-Kandla-Mumbai sectors. According to a statement issued by the airline, SpiceJet is the only airline which has not ...

Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in Himachal, benefitting about 3 lakh BPL families in the state. Pradhan said that two LPG bottling plants and 50 LPG distribution centres would be opened in Himachal. The scheme aimed at providing five crore ...

The ministries of tourism and culture have issued notifications making it mandatory for beneficiaries of their various schemes to have Aadhaar numbers. The notifications state that beneficiaries of their various schemes need to have Aadhaar as an identity document for delivery of services, benefits and subsidies from the government. The ...