General

PM-KUSUM Scheme to include solar energy generation in the farm sector

MNRE expands the scope of PM-KUSUM Scheme to enable greater solar energy generation in the farm sector; Solar power plants can be installed on pastureland and marshy land of farmers besides barren, fallow and agricultural land;
Size of solar plant has been reduced to enable participation of small farmers; CFA allowed for solar pumps to be set up and used by Water User Associations (WUAs)/Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)/Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACSs) or for cluster based irrigation system; Separate bids to be invited for solar pumps with Universal Solar Pump Controller (USPC); USPC pumps to also get subsidy […]

Agriculture & Commodities

Edible Oil Import rates see a jump of $100 per MT from last month

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient to do so, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.), dated the 3rd August, 2001, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S. O. 748 (E), dated the 3rd August, 2001, namely:-

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General

President Addresses the Valedictory Ceremony of 60th NDC

The state of the world today poses multiple challenges before every nation. Decision-makers have to be guided by national interests as well as international objectives, both of which should be adaptive and multi-pronged, said the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind. He was addressing the valedictory ceremony of the 60th NDC course today (November 13, 2020) through a video message. […]

Health Care

India is the Global Centre of Traditional: WHO Report

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi dedicated two future-ready Ayurveda institutions to the nation on the 5th Ayurveda Day today via video conferencing. These are the Institute of Teaching & Research in Ayurveda (ITRA), Jamnagar and the National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur. Both the Institutes are premier institutions of Ayurveda in the country. The former has been conferred the status of an Institution of National Importance (INI) by an Act of the Parliament, and the latter is an Institution Deemed to be University by the University Grants Commission. The Ministry of AYUSH, since 2016, has been observing ‘Ayurveda Day’ every year on the occasion of Dhanwantari Jayanti (Dhanteras). […]