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New Delhi: Gujarat Industries Minister Shri Saurabhbhai Patel today urged the Union Power and Coal Minister Shri Piyush Goyal to direct the concerned authorities to evolve a mechanism for allowing Gujarat DISCOMS to entitle for Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) and sale of solar RE certificates. Shri Patel said that Gujarat is …
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Portal to market MSME products demanded
New Delhi: Gujarat Industries Minister Shri Saurabhbhai Patel today strongly demanded that banks should be directed to lend money to MSMEs without Collateral security up to the loan amount of Rs 1 crore. He also urged the Central Government to direct banks to lend the loan at 8 per cent …
Read More »World class saffron park to be set up in India
Pulwama: Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Union Agriculture Minister laid the foundation stone for the Saffron Park Project at Pampore Pulwama in J&K today. The foundation stone ceremony was attended by Shri Ghulam Hassan Mir, Minister for Agriculture, J&K, Shri Nazir Ahmad Khan Gurezi, Minister of State for Agriculture, J&K, Shri …
Read More »President Underlines Importance of Quality Education in India
Murshidabad: The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has underlined the importance of quality education starting from primary to post graduate level and necessity of women education for overall socio economic progress. The President was addressing a gathering following the inauguration of a new building of Domkal Girls’ College at …
Read More »President Inaugurates KKM Memorial Gold Cup
Murshidabad: The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 6th Edition of Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee Rural Football Tournament at Raghunathganj in Murshidabad district today. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that football is a popular game in the country particularly in rural areas. He said it is difficult …
Read More »First Indigenously Built Stealth Anti-Submarine WarShip- INS Kamorta- Commissioned
Visakhapatnam: Breaking new grounds in the making of warships in the country, India today commissioned the first indigenously built stealth Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette, INS Kamorta, at an impressive ceremony at Visakhapatnam naval dockyard. The Defence Minister Shri Arun Jaitley who commissioned the warship, described the development as ‘the coming of …
Read More »National Digital Literacy Mission launched in India
Ranchi: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today asserted that if India has to emerge as a developed nation, then no part of the country can remain weak and underdeveloped. The Prime Minister said eastern India has remained underdeveloped, and growth should be balanced across north, south, east and west …
Read More »India to set up waste water management in 500 urban centres
Nagpur: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today outlined a vision for solid waste management and waste water management in 500 urban centres across India, through the PPP model. He said this would enable cleanliness in towns and cities, while facilitating ample water supply for agriculture to the nearby rural …
Read More »Central status for M.S.University demanded
New Delhi: Gujarat Education minister Shri Bhupendersinh Chudasama today urged the Government of India to revamp the policy of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) for improving quality of elementary, secondary and higher education in the state. The Gujarat Ministers Shri Bhupendersinh Chudasama, Smt Vasuben Trivedi …
Read More »Japanese company starts sanitaryware plant in India
Halol(Gujarat): With the provision of Rs 100cr to encourage small and medium enterprises-MSME across the state, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today assured to implement Laghu Udyog Protsahan Yojana (small industries’ encouragement scheme). She was inaugurating a sanitary ware plant of Toto India Industries Pvt. Ltd at Halol in Panchamahal. …
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