Finance

Govt to promot Rupay and BHIM extensively

Cabinet approves an incentive scheme for promotion of RuPay Debit Cards and low-value BHIM-UPI transactions (P2M); Financial outlay for one year is Rs.1,300 crore; With this Digital Modes of Payment will become accessible to unbanked and marginalised populations outside the formal banking and financial system […]

Business

21.7% of GDP is Exports

The share of India’s total exports (Good & Services) to GDP was 18.7% in 2020-21, which is already above 15 percent. Exports have performed remarkably well in the current financial year with the share of exports to GDP at 21.7 percent in the first half (April to September) of 2021-22. […]

Finance

81.97B FDI received

During the last seven financial years, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows worth US$ 440.26 billion have been reported in India. FDI inflow in India stood at US$ 45.15 billion in 2014-2015 and has increased to 81.97 in 2020-21 […]

Agriculture & Commodities

Fishery and Piggery fattening in the North East

North Eastern Council (NEC), Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Government of India, have approved the project of “Promotion of Fishery and Piggery fattening in the North East India” at a project cost of Rs. 490.82 lakhs […]

Foreign Relations

8th Indian Ocean Dialogue

India hosted the 8th Edition of the Indian Ocean Dialogue under the theme ‘Post Pandemic Indian Ocean: Leveraging Digital Technologies for Health, Education, Development and Trade in IORA Member States’ […]

World

4th BRICS Sherpas and Sous Sherpas held

BRICS Sherpas and Sous Sherpas held their fourth and concluding meeting under India’s Chairship during the year 2021, on 15 December 2021. The meeting was chaired by Secretary (CPV&OIA) Shri Sanjay Bhattacharyya as India’s BRICS Sherpa. […]

Technology

Farmers to get a UID

Ministry of Agriculture& Farmers Welfare, Government of India is in the process for creating unique ID of farmers of the country. The unique identifier of the farmer will link the farmer profile with all the agricultural schemes, which have been availed by the farmer. […]

Foreign Relations

Raksha Mantri interacts with 1971 war veterans

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh interacts with Indian war veterans & Mukti Jodhas of Bangladesh as part of Swarnim Vijay Varsh celebrations

Pays rich tributes to the brave soldiers, sailors & air warriors who ensured victory in 1971 war

Raksha Mantri calls upon the youth to follow their footsteps and build a strong & self-reliant India […]

General

21 Greenfield Airports to come up soon

MoCA has accorded ‘in-principle’ approval for setting up of 21 Greenfield Airports across the country so far

154 RCS airports including 14 water aerodromes & 36 helipads have been identified for development/upgradation under UDAN scheme […]

Foreign Relations

4 envoys present credentials

The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, accepted credentials from Ambassador of Republic of Cuba, High Commissioner of Republic Ghana, Ambassador of Mongolia and High Commissioner of Republic of Sierra Leone in Ashok Hall, Rashtrapati Bhavan […]

Foreign Relations

8th India – Slovenia FOC held

The 8th Foreign Office Consultations between India and Slovenia took place on 10 December 2021 in virtual format. The consultations were led on the Indian side by Smt. Reenat Sandhu, Secretary (West), and on the Slovenian side by Dr. Stanislav Raščan, State Secretary (Deputy Minister), Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]

General

Main Bhi Digital 3.0 under PM SVANidhi Scheme

Digital onboarding and training of Street Vendors (SVs) is an integral part of PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbharNidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme.Lending Institutions (LIs) have been instructed to issue a durable QR Code & UPI ID at the time of disbursement and train the beneficiaries in conduct of digital transactions. […]

Business

North-Eastern Region to emerge as a hub for rubber production

North-Eastern Region to emerge as a hub for rubber production:Shri Piyush Goyal

“Central Government has planned rubber plantations on 2 lakh hectares in the NE”

Shri Piyush Goyal addresses the ‘Destination Tripura – Investment Summit’

“Tripura has the potential to emerge as the country’s hub of Agarbatti Industry”: Shri Goyal […]

Foreign Relations

ISRO to support small island states on early warning signals

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh says, ISRO has the requisite technologies to help protect small island statesfrom inundation due to rising temperatures

Infrastructure for Resilient Island States (IRIS)will extend its support to 58 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) across geographic regions: Dr Jitendra Singh […]

Finance

ADB to fund Uttarakhand water & sanitation projects

The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a $125 million loan to improve access to safe and affordable drinking water supply and citywide inclusive sanitation services in Dehradun and Nainital cities in the state of Uttarakhand. […]

Health Care

Ayurveda demand grows by 17% in 2021

Market size of AYUSH industry as a whole has grown around 17 per cent during 2014-2020 with the increase in global and domestic demand and enabled by a strong support to regulatory, research and development and robust infrastructure by the Ministry of AYUSH. […]

Business

Plastic industry asked to generate Rs 10 lakh Cr revenue by 2027

Shri Piyush Goyal today asked the Plastic manufacturing industry to aim to increase their turnover to Rs 10 lakh crore from present level of 3 lakh crore in next 5 years. He said that huge potential exists to increase the manufacturing of plastic machinery in India and reduce dependence on Imports. […]

Foreign Relations

21st India – Russia Annual Summit

President of the Russian Federation, H.E. Mr. Vladimir Putin, paid a working visit to New Delhi on 06 December 2021 for the 21st India – Russia Annual summit with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. […]

Agriculture & Commodities

Agri-export conference cum Buyer Seller Meet organized

For harnessing agricultural and processed food products exports potential from the eastern Uttar Pradesh also referred as Purvanchal, APEDA organized ‘Agri-Export Conference cum Buyer Seller Meet’ at Mirzapur, where Union Minister of State of Commerce and Industry, Smt. Anupriya Patel and more than 700 farmers, exporters and farmers attended the conference. […]

General

Tourism Officers Appointed in 20 Embassies

Tourism Officers Appointed in 20 Embassies to Promote Brand India: Union Minister G Kishan Reddy; 75 Top Destinations in India to be developed on International Standards: Tourism Minister; “Get completely Vaccinated with two doses to revive tourism sector at a greater speed”: Union Minister Appeals […]

Agriculture & Commodities

India’s Agri exports sees 13% growth

India’s exports of agricultural and processed food products witness an increase of more than 13 per cent in the first eight months of current fiscal notwithstanding logistical challenges posed by COVID19 pandemic […]

Foreign Relations

3rd India-ROK Strategic Dialogue held

At the invitation of Deputy National Security Adviser Shri Pankaj Saran, the Second Deputy Director of National Security, Mr. Kim Hyoung-zhin visited New Delhi for the Third India-Republic of Korea Strategic Dialogue between the National Security Council Secretariats of India and the ROK on December 3, 2021. […]