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Ministry of Culture
PM to visit Kedarnath on 5th November and inaugurate Shri Adi Shankaracharya Samadhi
PM to unveil the statue of Shri Adi Shankaracharya
PM to inaugurate and also lay foundation stone of multiple key infrastructure projects
PM to review and inspect the executed and ongoing infrastructure works
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit kedarnath, Uttarakhand on 5th November.
Prime Minister will offer prayers at the Kedarnath Temple. He will thereafter inaugurate Shri Adi Shankaracharya Samadhi and unveil the statue of Shri Adi Shankaracharya. The Samadhi has been reconstructed after the destruction in the 2013 floods. The entire reconstruction work has been undertaken under the guidance of the Prime Minister, who has constantly reviewed and monitored the progress of the project.
Prime Minister will review and inspect the executed and ongoing works along the Saraswati Aasthapath.
Prime Minister will also address a public rally. He will inaugurate key infrastructure projects which have been completed, including Saraswati Retaining Wall Aasthapath and Ghats, Mandakini Retaining Wall Aasthapath, Tirth Purohit Houses and Garud Chatti bridge on river Mandakini. The projects have been completed at a cost of over Rs. 130 crore. He will also lay the foundation stone for multiple projects worth over Rs 180 crore, including the Redevelopment of Sangam Ghat, First Aid and Tourist Facilitation Centre, Admin Office and Hospital, two Guest Houses, Police Station, Command & Control Centre, Mandakini Aasthapath Queue Management and Rainshelter and Saraswati Civic Amenity Building.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
A pictorial exhibition " Azadi ki Amrit Mahotsav" at Barrackpur Gandhi Memorial Museum
Kolkata , 20th March, 2021
A pictorial exhibition " Azadi ki Amrit Mahotsav" to mark the 75 years of Indian independence will be inaugurated at the Gandhi Memorial Museum, Barrackpur on 22March. The five day exhibition organised by the Regional Outreach Bureau, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Kolkata will be inaugurated by Shri Narayan Basu, Chairman, Gandhi Memorial Museum in presence of Shri.Pratik Ghosh Director-Secretary, Gandhi Mamorial Museum and ADG,PIB Srimati Jane Namchu and Director ROB, Shri AKA Lakra. The exhibition is part of the nationwide celebration of the 75 years of independence which began on the anniversary of Dandi March  throughout the country. The exhibition revolves around the independence movement and the role and leadership of luminaries like Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and SardarBallavbhai Patel etc.
The exhibition will continue for five days .
Vice President's Secretariat
Business houses must supplement Government's efforts to achieve equitable growth: Vice President
Addresses the 28th All India Builders' Convention
The Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu has asked builders and contractors to take part in Corporate Social Responsibility  activities in a big way, adding that Government efforts to build an equitable society must be supplemented by Private Industries through CSR.
He was addressing the All India Builders’ Convention in Bengaluru today. Karnataka Governor Shri Vajubhai Vala, Lok Sabha MP Shri PC Mohan and others were present on the occasion.
“The efforts of the Government to build an inclusive and equitable society must be supplemented by Private Industries. Organization like yours can play a key, constructive role in eradicating poverty, illiteracy, improving livelihoods and in making this planet a better place to live through environment-friendly measures,” he said
The Vice President said that CSR is not mere charity or philanthropy but a responsibility towards making a difference to the lives of people. There is a huge scope to launch CSR initiative in different areas, including healthcare, education and environment. One important area is vocational training to improve skills and employability of the needy and poor, he said.
The Vice President said that builders have a big role to play in developing the country’s Infrastructure, especially the Smart Cities project. “You are the valuable partners in building the Infrastructure of New India and work with the Government in the massive push to improve Infrastructure in the Railways and Roads Development and in boosting the Regional Connectivity through 50 new Airports,” he said.
The Vice President further said that Flagship Schemes of Housing for All and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation will provide a huge thrust to Housing and Infrastructure growth in the country.
Ministry of Finance
NABARD sanctions ₹ 217.72 crore so far during the year under RIDF assistance to Government of Goa
Panaji, 10 August, 2021
NABARD has sanctioned loans worth ₹ 188.81crore for Construction of Super Speciality Block, Bambolim and Enhancement of Solid Waste Treatment Plant, Saligao under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund  to the Government of Goa for various Social infrastructure Projects in the State, taking the cumulative sanctions to ₹ 217.72 crore during 2021-22, said Smt. Usha Ramesh, GM/OiC NABARD, Goa Regional Office. She further stated that RIDF was introduced with the sole objective of giving low cost funding support to State Governments and State owned Corporations for quick completion of projects related to Medium and Minor Irrigation, Soil Conservation and others forms of rural/social infrastructure. The social infrastructure created out of the projects sanctioned to Rural Health Infrastructure, Sewerage, Solid Waste Management, Rural Drinking Water Distribution projects, etc. in the State would not only improve the standard of living of the people in the State but also contribute to Prime Minister’s ‘ Swachh Bharat Mission’.
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Business Beyond Borders: International SME Convention – 2018 begins in New Delhi
Minister of State for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Giriraj Singh, addressing delegates at the International SME Convention -2018
Delegates from 37 countries are participating in the first ever International SME Convention being held in New Delhi from 22nd to 24th April 2018. Some of the participating countries are Australia, Austria, France, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Korea, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, South Africa and UAE. Delegates from these countries are representing small enterprises of their countries in the sectors of agriculture, healthcare, strategic defence training, education, logistics, digital entertainment and waste management. The Convention will be also hosting over 400 entrepreneurs from India.
During the 2 days’ Convention a Khadi fashion show called “Transcending Boundaries” will be held. The show is being curated by Sunil Sethi of the Fashion Design Council of India featuring Khadi designs of Rohit Bal, Anju Modi, Payal Jain and Poonam Bhagat. The Convention has a special session for women entrepreneurs where successful women business persons will discuss creating sustainable livelihoods for women entrepreneurs.
The MSME sector has emerged as a most vibrant sector in the Indian economy and has gained recognition throughout the world for doing business in areas as varied as waste management, gems and jewellery, agriculture and food processing and the automotive industry. During this Convention around 150 exhibitors from India and abroad have set up stalls showcasing their business and products. During the inaugural function 35 of India’s “Small Giants” were felicitated by the Minister. The companies felicitated are dealing with logistics, bio-technology, pharma, semi-conductors, textiles, gems and jewellery, security and chemicals.
The Minister hoped that a Convention like this will act like a bridge across all sectors and will help India in making use of its demographic dividend by generating jobs for the youth of this country.
The Polish delegation has the largest number of participants and is led by the Mayor of Sosnowiec, Mr. Arkadiusz Chęciński. Sosnowiec is an industrial city of Southern Poland. On this occasion, Gianfranco Terenzi, President of World Union of Small and Medium Enterprises , Prahlad Kakkar, Chairman, India SME forum, Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises , Dr. Arun Kumar Panda, Chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission and Chairman of Coir Board of India were also present.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister’s meeting with Prime Minister of Japan
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Japan H.E. Mr. Fumio Kishida. Prime Minister conveyed his deepest condolences for the demise of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Prime Minister noted the contributions of late Prime Minister Abe in strengthening India-Japan partnership as well in conceptualizing the vision of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region.
The two leaders had a productive exchange of views on further deepening bilateral relations. They also discussed a number of regional and global issues. The leaders renewed their commitment towards further strengthening the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership, and in working together in the region and in various international groupings and institutions.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Computerisation of Panchayats in Bihar
Under the scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan, computers for 531GPs have been approved to the State of Bihar
Under Fourteenth Finance Commission, grants to the tune of Rs. 5674.70 cr had been released during 2019-20 to the Gram Panchayats  of Bihar for delivering basic services and other infrastructural facilities for the people in villages.
Since Panchayat is a State subject, saturation of computerization in the Gram Panchayats  is primarily the responsibility of States. Hence, no timeline can be fixed by the Ministry for saturation of computerization in the State of Bihar. However, Ministry of Panchayati Raj supplements the efforts of States including Bihar, through its schemes and programmes on a limited scale. Under the scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan , computers for 531GPs have been approved to the State of Bihar. Further, the untied/ basic grants under 15th Finance Commission can also be used by Gram Panchayats for computer in the respective Gram Panchayats. As per information available 547 GPs in Bihar do not have computers. District-wise information is not maintained centrally.
This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
PIB Headquarters
R SRAVAN S RAO TAKES OVER AS INDIAN OIL’S STATE HEAD FOR TELANGANA & ANDHRA PRADESH
Mr R Sravan S Rao has taken over as the Executive Director & State Head of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd for the states of Telangana & Andhra Pradesh. He takes over from Mr. Rahul Bhardwaj, who’s since taken up an assignment in the Marketing Head Office of Indian Oil.
Prior to this posting, Mr. RSS Rao, has been heading the Secretariat of Director  in Indian Oil’s Marketing Head Office at Mumbai, monitoring the execution of several strategic marketing initiatives of IndianOil. He brings to the position of state head, an extensive grasp and keen insight of the wide range of Divisional operations of the IndianOil. As the convener of the core strategic group meetings of the senior management of IndianOil for several years, he has interfaced intensively with all other Divisions of IndianOil including Business Development, gathering valuable insights and knowledge of corporate governance in the process.
Hailing from Hyderabad, he holds a Post Graduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University besides having attended courses from premier management institutions.
Mr. Rao has over three decades of experience in Indian Oil, primarily in LPG with its functional verticals of Operations, Engineering and Salesin the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh. Earlier during his stint in Secunderabad Area Office, he spearheaded the implementation of the first In-house developed LPG Distributor Software. His seminal contribution to the improvement in commercial/industrial LPG sales is well recognized. Besides he significantly contributed to the first phase of AADHAR based LPG Cylinder Deliveries.
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NITI Aayog
Vice Chairman NITI Aayog calls on Ms.Mamata Banerjee Chief Minister,West Bengal in Kolkata
Taking forward the agenda of NITI Aayog for promoting cooperative federalism in the country, a team of senior officials of NITI Aayog, led by Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, met with the Chief Minister of West Bengal Ms. Mamata Banerjee and other senior officials of the state govt.
The Vice Chairman was accompanied by Member, Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Shri Vikram Singh Gaur, Joint Secretary and other officials of NITI Aayog.Shri Amit Mitra, Finance Minister,Govt. of West Bengal and Shri Malay Kumar De, Chief Secretary,Govt. of West Bengal also participated in the deliberations.
Vice Chairman & Chief Minister held discussions on wide-range of issues regarding the overall development of the State. Specific discussions were held on the following -
- Revival of flood management program of Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hoogly system, Damodar, Roopnarayan, Subranarekha, Kangsabati, Teesta, Torsha and Jaldhaka rivers
- Restructuring of the state power distribution companies
- Desiltation of Maithon&Tanchet reservoirs
- Full operationalization of airport at Durgapur  and Introduction of direct flights between Kolkata & Europe
- Backward Region Grant Fund, 14th Finance Commission – Performance grant for rural & urban local bodies
- SarvaShikshaAbhiyan, Mid-day meal program, National Social Assistance Program
- AMRUT, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
- Mining & abandoned coal mines, Allocation of coal blocks
- Dredging of Haldia Port, Development of Dhorsagar &Tajpor Port, Allotment of surplus land of Kolkata Port Trust
- Modernization of Police Forces, Rehabilitation & Upgradation of Infrastructure of Bangladeshi Enclaves
- Crop Insurance Scheme, Kisan Credit Scheme, Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
Outstanding issues ofCentral Ministries with respect to State of West Bengal in sectors such as Coal, Commerce, Petroleum & Natural Gas, Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Civil Aviation, Mines, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Food and Public Distribution, Panchayati Raj, Rural Development, and Housing & Urban Affairs were also deliberated upon.
CM appreciated the efforts of NITI Aayog andalso conveyed that NITI Aayog will be kept in the loop for taking up all the major issues with the Centre.
Ministry of Education
New NCERT textbooks to be made/ developed in 22 languages included in the VIII Schedule.
Dharmendra Pradhan steers meeting on faster roll out of textbooks
Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today held a high level meeting on new National Curriculum Framework and new textbooks based on NEP 2020, in New Delhi.
Secretary, School Education Shri Sanjay Kumar, Senior officials of NCERT and Members of National Steering Committee on National Curriculum Framework attended the meeting.
During the meeting the Minister asked to develop textbooks in 22 languages included in the VIII schedule of the Constitution. This will be in consonance with the National Education Policy - 2020 perspective of imparting multilingual education.
Shri Pradhan also said that the learning-teaching material “Jaadui Pitara” developed by the NCERT will be taken forward to reach out to every school in the form of open education resources. There is a need to make it a mass movement so that innovative and creative youth will join hands to develop a variety of innovative learning-teaching materials, he added.
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Revised MoA signed for Funding of Central Share of 99 Prioritized Irrigation Projects
A revised Memorandum of Agreement  has been signed yesterday amongst Govt. of India , NABARD and National Water Development Agency  for funding of central share of 99 prioritized irrigation projects under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana  through Long Term Irrigation Fund .
It will enable this Ministry to release Central Assistance to prioritized projects under PMKSY as per the requirements from time to time.
During 2015-16 PMKSY was launched by the Central Government with an overarching vision to ensure access to some means of protective irrigation for all agricultural farms in the country, and to produce ‘per drop more crop’, thus bringing much desired rural prosperity.
Under PMKSY, 99 ongoing irrigation projects were identified for completion in mission mode by December, 2019. Total requirement of funds for completion of these projects was estimated at Rs. 77,595 crore  with Central Assistance of Rs. 31,342 crore.
Subsequently, a tripartite Memorandum of Agreement  was signed on 06 September 2016, amongst Govt. of India , NABARD and NWDA for funding of Central Assistance in respect of these 99 irrigation projects through LTIF.
During 2016-17 and 2017-18, cumulative loan amount of Rs. 7863.60 crore has been availed from LTIF for funding these projects.
Now, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance has modified certain existing mechanism of funding of these 99 projects under LTIF, with reference to source of funds, liability towards servicing of coupon on bonds, repayment pattern of loan and rate of interest on loan, etc. which has necessitated some revision in the earlier signed MoA.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Direct Sale of Biodiesel
The Government has allowed the direct sale of biodiesel  for blending with high speed diesel to all consumers, in accordance with the specified blending limits and the standards specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards, with effect from 29th June, 2017. For this purpose, “Guidelines for sale of Biodiesel for blending with high speed diesel for transportation purposes-2019” have been issued vide Notification dated 01.05.2019.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited  and Indian Oil Corporation Limited  had entered into Joint Ventures  / Limited Liability Partnerships  to carry out jatropha plantation with the help of Gram Panchayats in Uttar Pradesh. BPCL had formed a Joint Venture  Company named “Bharat Renewable Energy Ltd. ” which entered into agreement with the Panchayats to grow Jatropha / Pongamia plantations in their fallow lands. The JV company closed down due to poor yields and high operating cost.
Similarly, IOCL had formed 'Indian Oil Ruchi Biofuels LLP', a LLP firm, to participate in `Jeevan Jyoti Yojana' Project of Government of Uttar Pradesh, for Jatropha plantation by Gram Panchayats on Panchayat wasteland. The LLP facilitated jatropha plantation in 1818 hectares. IOCL has to exit from LLP since no seeds were made available by Gram Panchayats for biofuel production.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM celebrates Women Archers' triumphant achievement of winning the Bronze Medal at the Asian Games
Congratulates Ankita Bhakat, Simranjeet and Bhajan Kaur for this achievement
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi congratulated Ankita Bhakat, Simranjeet and Bhajan Kaur for winning the Bronze Medal in Women Archery at the Asian Games.
The Prime Minister posted on X;
“India celebrates our Women Archers' triumphant achievement of winning the Bronze Medal at the Asian Games. Congratulations to Ankita Bhakat, Simranjeet and Bhajan Kaur. Their precision, teamwork and dedication are remarkable.”
Ministry of Finance
Norms of Aadhaar KYC are eased, not of the Change of Address in Aadhaar
Norms of Aadhaar KYC are eased for opening of bank account and not for the change of address in Aadhaar, said the Department of Revenue , Ministry of Finance today while clarifying on Aadhaar KYC use with reference to its notification dated 13.11.2019 on amendment to the Prevention of Money-laundering  Rules, 2005. The DoR said in a categorical statement that its notification is with regard to easing of Aadhaar KYC use for opening of the bank account for the convenience of people who often migrate from place to place for jobs or any other reason and it is not regarding the change of address in Aadhaar card, as has been misreported in various media.
Revenue Secretary, Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey said, “The amended PMLR applies only to Aadhaar KYC purposes for opening of bank account and not for the change of Address in Aadhaar card. If a person has moved residence for purposes of work and needs to use Aadhaar KYC for opening a new bank account or change his bank branch, etc., he can give a self declaration of new address while retaining the original address on his Aadhaar card”.
Dr Pandey said that the PML Rules amendment makes opening bank account easier for individuals who are living in an address different from their address in Aadhaar. People who submitted Aadhaar card with a different address as KYC at banks can now submit local address by providing a self-declaration.
He said that with this amendment, giving a self-declaration about a local address or any address other than the one on Aadhaar card will be sufficient as address proof to open bank account with Aadhaar KYC. This amendment brings in convenience especially for the migrant people. For example, if a migrant worker comes from Jharkhand to Mumbai and his/her Aadhaar has Jharkhand’s address, then to open a bank account a self-declaration about his/her local address in Mumbai will be sufficient for Aadhaar KYC.”
DoR sources said that the change has been made through an amendment in the PML Rules and not by way of amending Aadhaar Act/Regulations. So, it does not apply to change of address in Aadhaar card. This amendment has been issued to allow people who have used Aadhaar KYC to open bank account and want to give an address different from the address in Aadhaar as current address on self declaration basis.
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Ministry of Railways
RAILWAY BOARD MEMBER INFRA REVIEWED ECoR PERFORMANCE WITH OFFICIALS AT BHUBANESWAR
Railway Board Member  Shri Roop Narayan Sunkar today reviewed the performance of East Coast Railway with respect to Infrastructural Development in this region.
To improve both the freight traffic and passenger traffic movement, Shri Sunkar stressed upon joint cooperation and mutual understanding between various agencies of the Central and State Governments and with stakeholders like Industries, Ports & Corporate agencies. This will benefit various Stake Holders and Railways.
Shri Sunkar also reviewed the on-going works for Redevelopment of Puri and Cuttack Stations with World Class infrastructure & facilities and instructed concerned officials to execute the project work in an exemplary manner.
He also advised officials to provide facilities at these Stations targetting for the comfort of passengers, especially tourists and pilgrims apart from facilities for common public. Shri Sunkar further advised officials to focus for the speedy completion of project especially, passenger centric amenities.
Hon’ble Minister of Railways Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw is giving priority for the Development of Railway Infrastructure of the region along with various project works going on in Odisha and also is monitoring the developmental works regularly. Hence, completion of project works in target period should be given priority, added Shri Sunkar.
East Coast Railway General manager Shri Manoj Sharma, Additional General Manager Shri Sharad Kumar Srivastava and other Principal Heads of the Departments of ECoR like Chief Administrative Officer/Construction, Principal Chief Engineer, Principal Chief Operations Manager, Principal Chief Commercial Manager, Principal Chief Electrical Engineer, Principal Chief Signal & Telecommunication Engineer, Principal Chief Materials Manager were present in the review meeting.
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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
ACC appointments
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet  has approved various Secretary and Additional Secretary level appointments.
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