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The Minister of State for Human Resource Development Smt. D. Purandeswari has appealed the State Governments to extend full cooperation for the betterment of education infrastructure in the Country. Addressing the All India Editors Conference on Social Sector Issues in Puducherry here today Dr. Purandeswari said education is a collective and cooperative responsibility of Union as well as all state governments. The minister said in order to strengthen the elementary Education sector... Read Full Story

The high court has given the go-ahead to the state government for conducting the Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) examination on February 17 with riders. A bench of Justice Navin Sinha dismissed a bunch of petitions challenging the state government’s decision to allow untrained candidates to appear in the TET examination for filling up vacancies in the secondary and senior secondary schools of the state. The court passed the direction while hearing petitions filed by trained candidates who... Read Full Story

The state government has decided to park its money only in the banks meeting the benchmark loan disbursement target. In a bid to increase the credit flow, the government has set a norm for depositing government money/funds deposited in the banks which meet certain criteria. A bank has to get a minimum of 33 marks on four counts — Kisan Credit Card (KCC) loan, credit-deposit (CD) ratio, agriculture loan and priority sector lending, According to the criteria, banks would get 20 marks if their... Read Full Story

The Janata Dal (United) MLAs, Shyambahadur Singh Wonders Why This Kolavari Di Over His Nach Gana ! He had only danced with nautch girls at a marriage party held on February 8. The MLA is amazed over the hue and cry raised by the media. “What is there to make a hue and cry about? People in our area dance and sing at in cultural shows in marriage functions,” he said, stressing that he was actually dancing with “artistes” at the function. He insisted that he had done no wrong. “The people of my... Read Full Story

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is the largest steel maker of India and amongst the top public sector enterprises in terms of turnover with the prestigious status of ‘Maharatna’. With this comes the responsibility of being a catalyst for positive change. Apart from the business of manufacturing steel, the objective of the company is to conduct business in ways that produce social, environmental and economic benefits to the communities in which it operates. SAIL’s socio-economic... Read Full Story

Kumud Behari, a Tripuri hill man, is a traditional jhuming farmer. He is happy this year as he yielded double crop. A similar record was set by Mohammed Abdul Gafar who adopted the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and increased the yield to 3.3 tons per hectare from 2.3 tons per hectare produced earlier by traditional methods. These inspiring instances, in contrast to the prevailing scenario in agriculture sector across the country, are outcome of a comprehensive plan initiated by Tripura... Read Full Story

The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has been implementing a Central Sector Scheme of Rural Business Hubs (RBHs) for promoting manufacturing of products using raw materials / skills available in the rural areas. The scheme works on a 4-P (Public-Private-Panchayat-Partnership) model and is applicable in all the BRGF districts and all the districts in the North-Eastern Region. Setting up of RBHs is primarily done through convergence of resources from various ongoing schemes. The assistance... Read Full Story

Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on January 20, 2012, Government has approved 20 Proposals of Foreign Direct Investment amounting to ` 1034.371 crore approximately.   Details of Proposals considered in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) Meeting held on 20.01.2012                   Following 20 (Twenty) proposals have been approved . Sl. No. Name of the applicant... Read Full Story

A three-day International Conference on Scientific Developments and Technical Challenges in the Progressive Control of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) begins here on Monday. The conference will discuss the likely roadmap to eradicate FMD from South Asia. India has to play a pivotal role in engaging other stakeholders in this important issue. Conference jointly organized by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries and Food and... Read Full Story

The National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) was established by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) in 1998 with the objective of mobilizing resources from non-government resources, including private/public sector and non-resident Indians for the promotion of sports and games in the country. The funds available under NSDF are mainly used towards supplementing government assistance to the elite sportspersons who are medal prospects at major international events, for meeting their... Read Full Story