NEW DELHI: Cabinet on Wednesday approved setting up of 12 industrial smart cities with an investment of Rs 28,500 crore under National Industrial Corridor Development Programme. The move is set to generate employment of around 12 lakh mandays, 12 lakh direct jobs and 20 lakh indirect jobs.Here is the full list of industrial areas planned:First:…
NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet on Saturday approved internships for Class 11 and 12 science and technology students under the ‘Vigyan Dhara’ scheme of department of science and technology.The scheme has three broad components — science and technology institutional and human capacity building; research and development; and innovation, technology development and deployment.“The proposed outlay for…
NEW DELHI: Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for Kharif crops for marketing season 2024-25. The highest absolute increase in MSP over the previous year has been recommended for oilseeds and pulses.On Cabinet decisions, Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “The Cabinet has approved Minimum Support Price (MSP) on 14…
NEW DELHI: While Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s top four ministers- Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar – retained their respective home, defence, finance and external affairs portfolios on Monday, five Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) allies from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) have also been allocated important ministries.Among the newly appointed Union Cabinet…
NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi was, on Sunday, sworn in as prime minister for the third time, equalling Jawaharlal Nehru’s record of three straight terms in the top office.With 71 members, his latest team is bigger than the previous two, and, contrary to speculations, he had little difficulty in putting the council of ministers, despitre leading…
VIJAYAWADA: TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh chief minister-elect N Chandrababu Naidu has started working on a new state cabinet and may give a couple of cabinet berths to Jana Sena and BJP.The TD Legislature Party is scheduled to meet on June 11 and Chandrababu Naidu is to take oath on June 12. He will also…
AIZAWL: Former IPS officer Lalduhoma, a maverick who led his fledgling party to a famous electoral victory against Zoramthanga’s MNF, was sworn in on Friday as the CM of a 12-member Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) government in Mizoram that includes the state’s first woman minister of cabinet rank in 61-year-old Lalrinpuii.The new government has seven…
