Home Minister Amit Shah to inaugurate development works worth 1,600 crore rupees in Gandhinagar, Gujarat

September 30, 2023 8:06 AM

Home Minister Amit Shah to inaugurate development works worth 1,600 crore rupees in Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Home Minister Amit Shah to inaugurate development works worth 1,600 crore rupees in Gandhinagar, Gujarat  Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate and lay foundation stone for various development works worth over 1,600 crore rupees in his Lok Sabha constituency Gandhinagar, Gujarat today. The Home Minister will also inaugurate the permanent campus of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research at Palaj in Gandhinagar.  Akashvani Correspondent r...

1,40,599 crore rupees paid to about 1457 lakh farmers under PMFBY till June 2023 since the inception of scheme in 2016

August 11, 2023 9:59 PM

1,40,599 crore rupees paid to about 1457 lakh farmers under PMFBY till June 2023 since the inception of scheme in 2016

One lakh 40 thousand 599 crore rupees have been paid to about 1457 lakh farmers under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) till June this year since the inception of the scheme in 2016. This information was given by Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in the Rajya Sabha today. He said these farmers have paid a premium of more than 29 thousand crore rupees.   The Minister said the admissible claims under the PMFBY are generally paid by the concerned insurance co...

PNB put up 11 NPA accounts for sale to recover dues of Rs 1,234 cr

September 8, 2019 7:27 PM

PNB put up 11 NPA accounts for sale to recover dues of Rs 1,234 cr

State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) has put up for sale nearly a dozen non-performing assets (NPA) to recover dues of more than 1,234 crore rupees.  The lender has invited bids from asset reconstruction companies non-banking financial companies, banks, financial institutions for 11 NPA accounts. The bank said in a statement that the sale is on 100 per cent cash basis. The bank has asked the prospective bidders to expedite the process of due diligence. The public lender is set to merge two pee...

Humans putting 1,700 animal species at greater extinction risk: Study

March 5, 2019 1:58 PM

Humans putting 1,700 animal species at greater extinction risk: Study

A study says that increased human land-use may put 1,700 species of amphibians, birds, and mammals at greater extinction risk over the next 50 years, by shrinking their natural habitats.<br />''<br />''The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, combined information on the current geographic distributions of about 19,400 species worldwide with changes to the land cover projected under four different trajectories. These potential paths represent reasonable expectations ...

Humans putting 1,700 animal species at greater extinction risk: Study

March 5, 2019 1:58 PM

Humans putting 1,700 animal species at greater extinction risk: Study

A study says that increased human land-use may put 1,700 species of amphibians, birds, and mammals at greater extinction risk over the next 50 years, by shrinking their natural habitats.<br />''<br />''The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, combined information on the current geographic distributions of about 19,400 species worldwide with changes to the land cover projected under four different trajectories. These potential paths represent reasonable expectations ...