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Cabinet approves two more metro lines for Delhi at cost of Rs 8,399 crore Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the development of two more Delhi Metro corridors -- Lajpat Nagar to Saket G Block and Inderlok to Indraprastha -- with an investment of Rs 8,399 crore, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said after the meeting. The total project cost of these two corridors of Delhi Metro's Phase - IV project is Rs 8,399 crore, which will be sourced from the Central government (Rs 4,309 crore); the government o...
Cabinet approves two more metro lines for Delhi at cost of Rs 8,399 crore
Cabinet approves two more metro lines for Delhi at cost of Rs 8,399 crore
Source: IANS
2024-03-13 04:53:16 pm
1st BIMSTEC C`ships: India`s initiative to develop `sporting culture` in Bay of Bengal region  India is hosting the BIMSTEC Aquatics Championships in the national capital which will see athletes from the Bay of Bengal region competing under several disciplines at the Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Pool complex starting Tuesday. The sporting competition involving South Asian and Southeast Asian nations is said to be the ‘brainchild’ of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and over the next four days, it will see sportspersons from seven countries compete for top honour...
1st BIMSTEC C`ships: India`s initiative to develop `sporting culture` in Bay of Bengal region
1st BIMSTEC C`ships: India`s initiative to develop `sporting culture` in Bay of Bengal region
Source: IANS
2024-02-06 06:00:00 pm
India to spend over $141 billion to extend its free food grains program by 5 years, minister says  India will spend 11.8 trillion rupees ($141.63 billion) to fund the extension of its free food grains program for the next five years, the country's information minister said on Wednesday. The scheme is aimed at ensuring food and nutrition security for 813.5 million people, Anurag Thakur told the media after a federal cabinet meeting. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Nov.4 announced that his government would extend the welfare scheme, which was due to end in December, by...
India to spend over $141 billion to extend its free food grains program by 5 years, minister says
India to spend over $141 billion to extend its free food grains program by 5 years, minister says
Source: Reuters
2023-11-29 05:44:06 pm
Cabinet okays drone scheme for women self-help groups Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said on Wednesday that the Union Cabinet had cleared the scheme for providing drones to women self-help groups for agriculture. Around 500 drones will be handed over to these women self-help groups by March 2024. After this as many as 14,500 drones will be given over the next 2 years to these self-help groups. Drone Sakhis will be paid Rs 15,000 per month and the drone maintenance and repair costs will be provided by the Centre, he added....
Cabinet okays drone scheme for women self-help groups
Cabinet okays drone scheme for women self-help groups
Source: IANS
2023-11-29 04:02:23 pm
Cabinet clears Rs 11.8 lakh cr scheme for free foodgrain to poor The Union Cabinet has approved the extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) to provide free foodgrain to the poor for another five years at a cost of Rs 11.8 lakh crore. Addressing a press conference here, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said on Wednesday that the Centre is extending the PMGKAY scheme to provide 5 kg of free foodgrain per month to 81 crore poor people for another five years, effective from January 1, 2024. The Minister a...
Cabinet clears Rs 11.8 lakh cr scheme for free foodgrain to poor
Cabinet clears Rs 11.8 lakh cr scheme for free foodgrain to poor
Source: IANS
2023-11-29 02:25:09 pm
India hikes government employee inflation-adjusted allowance by 4% The Indian government on Wednesday hiked the inflation-adjusted allowance for its 11.7 million employees and pensioners by 4% ahead of the festival season, a minister said, a move that would cost the exchequer 128.57 billion rupees ($1.54 billion) annually.The wage increase, or dearness allowance -- a part of monthly wages and pensions provided to cushion against rises in the cost of living -- was effective beginning July 1, 2023, the Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said o...
India hikes government employee inflation-adjusted allowance by 4%
India hikes government employee inflation-adjusted allowance by 4%
Source: Reuters
2023-10-18 04:49:05 pm
Nitin Gadkari clears Rs 154 crore plan to build bridges in Himachal Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced on Friday that schemes worth Rs 154.25 crore had been approved for the Una and Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh under the Central Road and Infrastructure Fund.The Minister said with this approval, two bridges will be constructed on Swan River at a cost of Rs 50.60 crore and Pong Dam on Beas River at a cost of Rs 103.65 crore.Gadkari said Himachal has been affected by natural disasters recently and there was a detailed discussio...
Nitin Gadkari clears Rs 154 crore plan to build bridges in Himachal
Nitin Gadkari clears Rs 154 crore plan to build bridges in Himachal
Source: IANS
2023-10-06 06:08:37 pm
India to provide 7.5 million free gas connections, total outlay of about $200 million  India will provide 7.5 million free cooking gas connections for households to women over the next three years with financial implication of 16.5 billion rupees (about $200 million), Anurag Thakur, the federal information minister, said on Wednesday.
India to provide 7.5 million free gas connections, total outlay of about $200 million
India to provide 7.5 million free gas connections, total outlay of about $200 million
Source: Reuters
2023-09-13 04:34:36pm