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March 1, 2016 6:10 PM

Rs 362 crore earmarked for soil health card and management in Budget: Agri min

Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan singh has said there is a provision of Rs 362 crore for Soil Health Card and Soil Health Management in the budget 2016-17. He said, last year Rs 142 crore was earmarked. Briefing reporters in New Delhi today, Mr Singh said, the Ministry is committed to fulfill its ob...

March 1, 2016 5:50 PM

Center to procure 1.50 lakh tonne pulses for creating buffer stock

Center will procure 1.50 lakh tonne pulses this year to create buffer stock. Briefing reporters in New Delhi today, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ramvilas Paswan said, the Ministry has already procured 50,000 tonne of pulses from Kharif crops and has plans to purchase one lakh tonne through Rab...

March 1, 2016 5:33 PM

Sedition law being reviewed: Govt tells Parliament

Government is reviewing a section of the Sedition Law. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, Minister of State for Home, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said the Law Ministry has requested the Law Commission of India to study the usage of Section 124 A of the India Penal Code under which seditio...

March 1, 2016 5:31 PM

PM to inaugurate 3-day int'l meet to overhaul environmental issues on Friday

National Green Tribunal, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Ministry of Water Resources and United Nations Environment Programme is organizing an International Conference on Rule of Law for Supporting the 2030 Development agenda and Sustainable Development Goals in New Delhi from Friday. The three ...

March 1, 2016 4:55 PM

Centre formulates draft legislation to combat sporting frauds

The Centre has formulated a draft legislation to combat sporting frauds such as match fixing and deliberate under performance. It is intended to further strengthen the legal provisions to prevent sporting misdemeanours. Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal gave this information in the Lok Sabha today....

March 1, 2016 4:54 PM

Bill to amend Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order,1950 tabled in LS

A bill to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order,1950 was introduced in the Lok Sabha today. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill,2016 seeks to give effect to proposals of Chhattisgardh, Haryana,Kerala,Odisha and West Bengal to modify the list of Scheduled Castes. The ...

March 1, 2016 4:19 PM

Sedition law being reviewed: Govt tells Parliament

Government is reviewing a section of the Sedition Law. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, Minister of State for Home, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said the Law Ministry has requested the Law Commission of India to study the usage of Section 124 A of the India Penal Code under which seditio...

March 1, 2016 4:19 PM

Postal Department to start Payments Bank from March 2017: Prasad

Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said Postal Department is likely to start Payments Bank from March 2017. Talking to media, Mr Prasad said all 25000 departmental post offices would offer Core Banking Solutions. He said around 1000 postal ATMs will be installed over the countr...

March 1, 2016 4:19 PM

More welfare schemes must come under e-payment mode: President

President Pranab Mukherjee has said that Government must expand its e-governanace capabilities to transform India into a financially inclusive society. Addressing the 40th Civil Accounts Day function in New Delhi today, Mr Mukherjee said Direct Benefit Transfer scheme has made significant progress i...

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