PM Modi boosts rural economy by integrating eGramSwaraj - GeM on National Panchayati Raj DayThe eGramSwaraj–GeM Integration is aimed at enabling Panchayats to procure their goods and services through GeM leveraging the eGramSwaraj ...
22 Apr, 2023, 06.18 PM IST
Centre to roll out free grain distribution to 81.35 cr NFSA beneficiaries from January 1For smooth implementation, general managers of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) have been asked to visit three ration shops every day in...
31 Dec, 2022, 09.31 PM IST
Disband phase-III vaccine policy, direct 100 per cent procurement of doses by Centre: West Bengal to Supreme CourtThe intervention application has been filed by the state government in the pending matter taken suo motu by the top court for ensuring dist...
07 May, 2021, 08.24 PM IST
L&T bags construction orders including Bihar bridge project worth Rs 1,000 crore- Rs 2,500 croreL&T has won an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) job to construct a new four-lane bridge parallel to the existing Vikramshila...
30 Mar, 2021, 08.09 PM IST
India backed project for young Maldivians launchedThis was inaugurated at a virtual ceremony organised by the Maldives Ministry of Gender, Family and Social Services. The project is funded ...
26 Mar, 2021, 09.38 AM IST
Paswan takes stock of food grains distribution schemes, Delhi, WB, Bihar among the laggardsPaswan said that the food ministry has released 8 lakh tonnes of grains and 39,000 tonnes of pulses under recently announced Atma Nirbhar P...
22 May, 2020, 07.47 PM IST
Focus on PSUs and Agri: BMS, BKSRSS-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh and Bharatiya Kisan Sangh have urged the Centre to focus on the public sector units and agriculture ...
20 Apr, 2020, 11.22 AM IST
States facing impediments in procuring rapid testing equipment: P ChidambaramTaking to Twitter, the former finance minister gave a "ground report" of the situation during the ongoing nationwide lockdown, saying banks...
12 Apr, 2020, 09.50 PM IST
Budget 2016: It is a development-oriented Budget says Ram Vilas PaswanTerming the Budget 2016-17 as "development oriented", Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said it is in the interest of poor, farmers and ...
29 Feb, 2016, 04.01 PM IST
Rail Budget 2016: Suresh Prabhu highlights 7 missions to transform Indian RailwaysSuresh Prabhu on Thursday spoke expensively of his plans to transform Indian Railways through seven "Mission activities – Avataran".
25 Feb, 2016, 01.52 PM IST
Swachh Bharat partnership with India one of the best: Bill GatesThe foundation had signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the UD Ministry to promote sanitation services in January this year.
09 Dec, 2015, 04.35 PM IST
Cartels in procurement loot railways of Rs 10,000 crore a year: E SreedharanThe committee's final report, submitted on March 15, has recommended that the board should not take any commercial decision.
02 Apr, 2015, 11.11 AM IST
Economic Survey 2014: Downside risk to GDP growth exists if monsoon is below normal, says Kuntal SurThe survey "for the first time covers FRBM Act and the need for a framework to target CPI inflation", according to Kuntal Sur.
09 Jul, 2014, 03.29 PM IST
Assocham suggests measures to boost agriculture growthIt has suggested the NDA government adopt an enabling policy environment, modern technology and boost supply-chain efficiency to address fo...
26 Jun, 2014, 03.09 PM IST
- Highest ever wheat yield may rot away
For several years now, the union government has been trying to get private parties to construct godowns instead, which it could then hire.
22 Mar, 2011, 01.07 PM IST
- Centre should double the grain procurement: CFR
The CFR has suggested that there is urgent need to put in place the infrastructure for local procurement of grain
06 Sep, 2010, 10.48 PM IST
- 'Confident to touch wheat procurement target of 260 lakh tonne'
FCI chairman and MD Siraj Hussain talks to ET about the excellent quality of the grain in the 'wheat bowl' of India even as he expresses hi...
19 Apr, 2010, 10.09 PM IST