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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
India-Korea Startup Hub Launched
India Korea Business Symposium was hosted by Invest India and Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Seoul on 21st Feburary, 2019.The Symposiumwas organized to felicitate the Korean business community on their success in India and to present more opportunities for Korean businessinIndia.
Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, addressedthe business gathering on thewayahead to further strengthen bilateral ties between India and the Republic of Korea.Over 400 Korean business leaders, which includedcorporate groups likeCJ Group, Hyundai, Youngone Corporation, Samsung, LG, Lotte Group, SK Group and Hyosung were present on this occasion.
To furtherstrengthen the bilateral ties between India and Republic of Korea, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, launched the India-Korea Startup Hub and Startup Grand Challenge.The Hub is hosted on theStartup India digital platform, the world’s largest virtual incubator with over 300,000 registered startups and aspiring entrepreneurs. The Hub willenableaccess to resources for market entry and innovation exchangebetween India and the world.
The Startup Grand Challenge, on the India-Korea Startup Hub, will channelize the entrepreneurial capacity between Indian and Korean Startups to work together and build solutions for the challenges facing the world. Initial challenges will be focussing on issues across the themes of Credit Rating, Predictive Analytics, Fraud Detection, Cyber Security, Primary/Secondary/Tertiary Healthcare. The State Bank of India and Mahindra Group of India will be mentoring, providing pilot project opportunities, and financial support of upto USD 50,000 to the winners.
The applications for the Startup Grand Challenge are live on www.startupindia.gov.in/korea.
Special Service and Features
2.06 kg Gold worth Rs. 90.17 Lakhs seized by Chennai Air Customs
Based on intelligence, a male passenger, who arrived from Abu Dhabi by Etihad Airways flight No. EY 268 arrived at 0105 hrs on 07.11.2021 was intercepted at exit by the Customs officers.
On examination of his checked in baggage, four nos. of Gold wires ingeniously concealed inside the metal fabricated lining inside the stroller bags were recovered and seized. A total of 2.06 kg of Gold valued at Rs 90.17 lakhs  seized under The Customs Act, 1962. Passenger Arrested.
Further investigation is in progress, according to a press release issued by the Pr. Commissioner of Customs, Chennai International Airport
Ministry of Home Affairs
Government prohibits supply of Non-Essential Items through e-Commerce under Lockdown Restrictions to fight COVID-19
Ministry of Home Affairs  issued an order to exempt certain activities under the consolidated revised guidelines to all Ministries/Departments , regarding the Nationwide lockdown to fight COVID-19.
Under the above consolidated revised guidelines, it is clarified that, e-commerce companies supplying essential goods have been exempted from lockdown restrictions. Further, vehicles used by e-commerce companies, engaged in supply of only essential goods, would be allowed to ply with necessary permissions.
In line with the above provision of consolidated revised guidelines on lockdown restrictions, Government has prohibited supply of non-essential items through e-commerce under lockdown restrictions to fight COVID-19.
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Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Enhancing supply chain management by Community Based Organizations  of Changlang, Arunachal Pradesh, under Ministry of DONER.
In the rural areas, challenges such as scattered market, irregular demands, and transportation bottlenecks often impede farmers and entrepreneurs from getting the right value for their products. In order to overcome these challenges, North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Society  and the Changlang Community Resource Management Society  formed the Community Based Organizations . At present, these CBOs are working towards enhancing the supply chain management at the district level.
Replacing the vicious chain of middlemen, the CBOs source raw spices such as ginger, turmeric directly from the individual farmers. This gives the farmers a ready platform to sell their produce at competitive market prices. As the raw materials are sourced directly from the field to the processing unit, their quality and freshness also remains intact, giving the final products an edge over the other competition in the market.
Post production and labelling, CCRMS in collaboration Changlang Co-operative Society Ltd. market the products through networks of local vendors and also through Rural Marts & Haats of NABARD. Adding to the campaign of Vocal for Local, the initiative is giving a major boost to the promotion of local products & strengthening the business eco-system at the district level.
Collection of Ginger by Community Based Organizations  at Spice Processing Unit, Neotan Village, Namphai Circle, Miao – Khagam Block
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Chairman, Lokpal Shri Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose launches logo of Lokpal
Motto of Lokpal “मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम्” also adopted
The Chairman of Lokpal, Shri Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose launched the logo of Lokpal, at an event held here today. The Members of Lokpal: Shri Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale , Shri Justice Pradeep Kumar Mohanty , Shri Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi , Shri Dinesh Kumar Jain , Smt. Archana Ramasundaram , Shri Mahender Singh  & Dr Inderjeet Prasad Gautam , Secretary Lokpal Shri B. K. Agarwal, CEO, Mygov Portal Shri Abhishek Singh and Joint Secretary Lokpal Shri Dilip Kumar were present on the occasion. The motto of Lokpal “मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम् was also adopted today.
An open competition was conducted on Mygov portal i.e. the website mygov.in, as well as through the Lokpal registry mail, to invite entries for Logo and Motto/Slogan for using the same as Logo and Motto/Slogan of Lokpal in stationary, backdrop, for IEC and any other way that the Lokpal deem fit. Accordingly, the same was made open for competition amongst all public  to submit their Logo latest by 13.06.2019 at 2345 hours.
The total 2236 entries received for Logo and total 4705 entries received for Motto/Slogan through Mygov portal from people of varied age groups and from different parts of the country.
On three stage selection process, the Logo design of Shri Prashant Mishra, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh is selected for adoption as Logo of Lokpal.
The logo of Lokpal is based upon the literal meaning of LOKPAL, LOK – meaning people and PAL – meaning caretaker, i.e. "caretaker of people". The logo symbolizes how LOKPAL protects and cares for the people of India by establishing justice as per law. The logo symbolizes various essence of LOKPAL figuratively in shapes such as: ombudsman , people , vigilance , law  and judicial . The logo is in tricolor representing the national essence of LOKPAL.
However, none of the motto received through portal was found suitable. The Lokpal has decided its Motto/Slogan in its full bench meeting based on their own inputs and discussion on 17th October 2019.The Hon’ble Bench unanimously decided to take one portion of the above 1st sloka of ‘Ishabasoupanishad’. The finally selected slogan/motto for the office of Lokpal is as under:-
“मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम्”
The meaning of the above slogan/motto in Hindi is मा गृधः= लोभ, मत करो, कस्यस्वित्=किसी के, धनम्=धन का i.e. किसी के धन का लोभ मत करो. The meaning in English is “Do not be greedy for anyone’s wealth.”
Ministry of Finance
Government Committed to Support MSME Sector
Better Credit Flow, Tech Upgradation, EODB and Market Access for MSMEs
Key Reforms Initiated for Faster Growth of MSME Sector
The Government is committed to support the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises  which is an important sector of the Indian economy that fosters entrepreneurship and generates employment opportunities at lower capital cost.
The Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2019-20 in Parliament today. The Economic Survey gave a detailed analysis of all the measures undertaken to support the MSME sector in India to ensure better credit flow, technology up-gradation, ease of doing business and market access.
The Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi on 2nd November 2018, announced key reforms for faster growth of this sector. The initiatives and the status of these initiatives are :
 In-principle approval for loans up to Rs.1 crore within 59 minutes through on-line portal. 1,59,422 number of loans have been sanctioned involving Rs.49,330 crore. Of this, Rs.37,106 crore have been disbursed upto October 2019.
 Interest subvention of 2 per cent for all GST registered MSMEs on incremental credit upto Rs.1 crore. SIDBI has received and settled claim of Rs.18 crore from 43 banks/NBFCs for the period from November 2018 to March 2019.
 All companies with a turnover more than Rs.500 crore to be mandatorily on TReDS platform to enable entrepreneurs to access credit from banks. So far 329 companies have registered themselves on the TReDS portal.
 All Central Public Sector Undertakings  to compulsorily procure at least 25 per cent of their total purchases from MSMEs. CPSUs have procured goods and services worth Rs. 15,936.39 crore from 59,903 MSMEs.
 Out of the 25 per cent procurement mandated from MSMEs 3 per cent is reserved for women entrepreneurs. During 2019-20, procurement has been done from 1,471 women owned MSMEs to the tune of Rs.242.12 crore.
 All CPSUs must mandatorily procure through GeM portal. 258 CPSUs/CPSVs have been on boarded/registered on the GeM portal and a total of 57,351 MSME sellers and service providers have been registered on the portal.
 20 Technology Centres  and 100 Extension Centres  to be established at the cost of Rs.6,000 crore. Rs.99.30 crore have been released for setting up of these TCs and ECs. Ten more ECs have been planned in FY 2019-20.
 The Government to bear 70 per cent of the cost for establishing pharma cluster. Four districts of Solan, Indore, Aurangabad and Pune have been selected for pharma clusters and developing of common facilities.
 Returns under eight labour laws and 10 Union Regulations to be filed once a year.
 Establishments to be visited by an Inspector will be decided through a computerized random allotment. 3,080 inspections have been conducted and all inspection reports have been uploaded on Shram Suvidha portal.
Ministry of Communications
Cabinet approves USOF scheme for provision of mobile services in Uncovered Villages of Aspirational Districts across five states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra & Odisha.
7,287 uncovered villages of 44 Aspirational Districts across five States to get 4G based mobile services at the estimated cost of about Rs 6,466 crore
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for provisioning of mobile services in Uncovered Villages of Aspirational Districts across five States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra & Odisha.
The Project envisages to provide 4G based mobile services in the 7,287 uncovered villages of 44 Aspirational Districts across five States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra & Odisha at an estimated cost of implementation about Rs 6,466 crore including operational expenses for 5 years. The project would be funded by Universal Service Obligation Fund . The project will be completed within 18 months after the signing of the Agreement and likely to be completed by November 23.
The work related to provision of 4G mobile services in identified uncovered villages will be awarded through open competitive bidding process as per extant USOF procedures.
The present proposal for provisioning of mobile services in the remote & difficult uncovered areas of Aspirational Districts across five States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra & Odisha will enhance digital connectivity useful for self-reliance, facilitate learning, dissemination of information and knowledge, skill upgradation and development, disaster management, e-Governance initiatives, establishment of enterprises & e-commerce facilities, provision of adequate support to educational institutes for knowledge sharing & availability of job opportunity and fulfilling the vision of Digital India promoting domestic manufacturing and fulfilling the objectives of Atmanirbhar Bharat etc.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development  organizes Online National Consultation Meet on ‘Child Protection’ under Mission Vatsalya for District Magistrates & Additional District Magistrates in New Delhi
National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development  organized an Online National Consultation Meet on ‘Child Protection’ under the Mission Vatsalya for District Magistrates and Additional District Magistrates on 30 June, 2023 at NIPCCD Headquarters, New Delhi. As many as 293 Participants attended the Programme.
The Scheme aims to:
- Support and Sustain children in difficult circumstances
- Develop content-based solutions for holistic development of children from varied backgrounds
- Provide scope for green field projects for encouraging innovative Solutions
- Cement convergent action by gap funding as per the need.
Ministry of Defence
Increase in Defence Budget
Replacement of ageing and obsolete defence equipment is part of modernisation of Armed Forces which is a continuous process based on threat perception, operational challenges, technological changes and available resources. The process is based on a 15 year Long Term Integrated Perspective Plan , five year Service Capital Acquisition Plan  and Annual Acquisition Plan .
Government attaches high priority to ensuring that the Armed Forces are adequately equipped and operationally prepared to deal the entire spectrum of security challenges facing the country. In this context, there is a constant endeavour to modernize the Armed Forces through acquisition of contemporary systems, development of new technologies and upgrading of conventional equipment.
Allocated budget is optimally utilised to avoid gap between the need and the availability of funds. There has been consistent increase in total Capital Budget of Ministry of Defence. The details of Capital Budget  for the last three years and current year are as under:
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Capital Budget 

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2016-17
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90,209.63
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2017-18
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91,579.70
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2018-19
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99,563.86
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2019-20 
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1,08,248.80
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik in a written reply to Shri Jayadev Galla in Lok Sabha today.
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Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana  was launched as a one-time special intervention to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all- weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations of designated population size  in the core network for uplifting the socio-economic condition of the rural population. Relaxation has been provided to the Tribal  areas and Selected Tribal and Backward Districts  and Planning Commission) and unconnected habitations in these areas with a population of 250 persons and above in the Core Network as per Census 2001 are eligible for connectivity under the scheme. In the critical Left Wing Extremism affected blocks , additional relaxation has been given to connect habitations with population 100 persons and above as per 2001 census.
The mandate of PMGSY has been subsequently widened to include new interventions. PMGSY- II was launched in the year 2013, with a target to upgrade 50,000 Kms of the existing rural road network to improve its overall efficiency as a provider of transportation services for people, goods and services. Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas  was launched in the year 2016 for construction/upgradation of strategically important roads chosen in the 44 worst affected LWE districts and adjoining districts in the 9 States of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. PMGSY-III was launched in the year 2019 for
consolidation of 1,25,000 Km Through Routes and Major Rural Links connecting habitations, inter-alia, to Gramin Agricultural Markets , Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals.
The main features of PMGSY are decentralized and evidence based planning, standards and specifications as per Indian Road Congress  and Rural Roads Manual, dedicated implementation mechanism at central, state and district level, scrutiny of Detailed Project Reports  at multiple levels, strong IT backbone for monitoring and implementation of the programme, three-tier quality management system, unbroken flow of funds, inbuilt mechanism for consultation with public representatives at planning, selection of roads and monitoring stages, etc.
The State of Tamil Nadu has been allocated a target length of 7,375 Km under PMGSY-III. The State has so far been sanctioned 880 road works of 3,198.01 Km at an estimated cost of Rs. 1,817.10 crore, which also includes 18 roads of 78.30 Km sanctioned for widening and strengthening of the existing carriageway width. The implementation period of PMGSY-III is upto March, 2025.
The allocation of funds to the States for implementation of PMGSY depends, inter-alia, on works in hand, pace of expenditure and unspent balance available with the State. The unspent balance with the State as on 1st April, 2021 was Rs. 258.26 crore, out of which the State has spent Rs.227.22 crore as on 15th July, 2021, leaving a balance of Rs. 31.04 crore with the State.
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Ministry of External Affairs
Country’s Diaspora
The Government has brought about a transformational change in its engagement with the Indian diaspora. The 30 million strong Overseas Indian community is an invaluable partner in the progress of the nation. A successful, prosperous, and influential diaspora is an asset for India.
The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas  Convention, PBD Conferences, Regional PBDs, Youth PBD, Know India Programme, Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children, Bharat Ko Jaaniye Quiz are some of the important programmes undertaken by the Government to strengthen diaspora’s connect and engagement with India. The Government’s efforts are also aimed at harnessing the diaspora potential to its fullest including through investments, philanthropy and transfer of knowledge and expertise.
Ongoing economic reforms and flagship programmes viz Swachh Bharat Mission, National Mission for Clean Ganga, Make in India, Digital India, Skill India, Stand up India provide an enabling environment to our youth. The Government is also trying to convert ‘brain drain ‘into ‘brain gain’ by engaging the Indian diaspora in making India strong and self-reliant.
Persons of Indian Origin  can also avail the Overseas Citizen of India  card scheme. As per the provisions of the scheme, OCI card holders under Section 7A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 get multiple life-long entry visa for visiting India and they are exempted from registration in FRRO irrespective of duration of their stay in India.
This information was given by GEN.  V. K. SINGH , the Minister of State for External Affairs, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Nari Adalat
The National Commission for Women  used to provide financial assistance to Non-Governmental Organisations  for organising Parivarik Mahila Lok Adalats  till the year 2014-2015. Thereafter, the scheme has been discontinued by the NCW.
The matters redressed through these Lok Adalats related to family affairs, matrimonial disputes, bigamy, succession, and motor vehicle accident disputes related to labour. The NGOs in association with District Legal Aid and Advisory Boards, activists, advocates and other stakeholders, used to organize PMLAs. Till discontinuation of the scheme in 2014-15, a total of 298 such Adalats were held.
The Government has now approved ‘Mission Shakti’, an integrated women empowerment programme. The program is carefully designed to touch upon and address all concerns and issues of women, responsively, in a comprehensive manner, and during their entire lifecycle continuum. One of the components included in Mission Shakti is 'Nari Adalat'. Initially, it is being started on a pilot basis, for providing women with an alternate Grievance Redressal Mechanism for resolving cases of petty nature  faced by them at local level.
This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Kurnool Airport inaugurated
Flight operations to start from 28th March 2021 under UDAN
Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, MoS, I/C, Civil Aviation virtually joined Shri Yeduguri Sandinti Jaganmohan Reddy, Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh at the inauguration of the Kurnool Airport, Orvakal, Andhra Pradesh today. Andhra Pradesh CM attended the inauguration at Kurnool airport along with senior officials and other important stakeholders. Senior officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation  & Airport Authority of India  also attended the event virtually. Kurnool is the 6th airport in Andhra Pradesh to become functional after Kadapa, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Rajahmundry & Vijayawada.
The flight operations at Kurnool airport will commence on 28th March 2021 under the Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik . Direct flight operations to Bangalore, Vishakhapatnam and Chennai will bring the region closer to the major hubs in the South India. These routes were approved by the MoCA under the UDAN 4 bid process last year. The Government of India and the Government of Andhra Pradesh will jointly share the VGF towards the operations on an 80:20 basis. Till date, 56 unserved and underserved airports  with 325 routes have been operationalised under UDAN across the length and breadth of India.
Kurnool is the judicial capital of Andhra Pradesh and a historical hub of the country. The place is famous for its mighty caves and temples. The city of Kurnool lies on the banks of the Tungabhadra River and, Nallamalas mountain hill range runs parallel. Moreover, Famous tourist spots include Nallamala Forest, Ahobilam, Belum Caves, Mahanandi, Mantralayam, Orvakal, Sangameshwaram, Kethavaram and Kalva Bugga. This air connectivity will fulfill the aspirations of the people of Kurnool and provide impetus to the local economy and tourism.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Shri Nitin Gadkari says work is nearly complete on Churhat bypass including the Twin Tunnel on the Rewa-Sidhi section of NH 75E in Madhya Pradesh
Twin tunnel will result in zero interference to movement of wildlife in the forest: Shri Gadkari
In a series of tweets Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari informed that work is nearly complete on Churhat bypass including the Twin Tunnel on the Rewa-Sidhi section of NH 75E in Madhya Pradesh.
The Minister said moving forward with the vision of sustainable development and ensuring the harmonious coexistence of Man, Nature & Wildlife, this bypass has a Twin tunnel that will result in zero interference to movement of wildlife in the forest.
Shri Gadkari said as a result of the diversion of traffic, the natural habitat where 'White Tiger Mohan' lived, has been found to be restored. He said suitable number of Underpasses will reduce possibilities for road accidents and ensure road safety. The construction of the tunnel will reduce bottleneck traffic at Mohaniya Ghat and provide smooth transit, he added.
The Minister said the construction of Twin Tube Tunnel has reduced the distance between Rewa to Sidhi by about 7 km with improved geometrics that will also reduce the travel time by 45 mins.
Shri Gadkari said transforming New India with Sustainability is the hallmark of our Good Governance under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
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