Centre plans to extend Atal Jal scheme to 5 more states, including Bihar, PunjabThe Centre aims to expand the Atal Bhujal Yojana, targeting groundwater sustainability, from seven to twelve states, incorporating Andhra P...
10 Feb, 2025, 08.53 PM IST
Budget allocation for Water Resources, Ganga Rejuvenation surges 55 pcThe Department of Water Resources budget has increased by 55% to Rs 30,233.83 crore for 2024-25. Finance Minister Sitharaman announced Rs 1...
23 Jul, 2024, 06.53 PM IST
Himachal government proposes to impose Rs 10 milk cess on liquor bottles to boost income of milk producersAnnouncing the imposition of Rs 10 per cess on liquor bottles in the budget for 2023-24, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh S...
17 Mar, 2023, 07.29 PM IST
MP govt mulls including air travel in senior citizens' pilgrimage schemeSo far, an entire train is run to the pilgrim destinations under this scheme.
26 Mar, 2022, 09.21 PM IST
Natural farming will be promoted along the Ganga river corridor, announces Finance MinisterThese announcements were part of a wide ranging push based on four pillars - productivity, climate action, financing investments and the Ga...
01 Feb, 2022, 02.57 PM IST
No water shortage in India, but management not adequate: Nitin GadkariThe Union water minister who also handles the Road and Transport portfolio made the comments at the National Water Awards ceremony for 2018.
25 Feb, 2019, 04.55 PM IST
One road in each UP urban local body to be named after Vajpayee: AdityanathAccording to the Directorate of Local Bodies, there are 16 municipal corporations, 198 nagar palika parishads and 438 nagar panchayats in t...
19 Sep, 2018, 01.19 PM IST
Latur girl gets Rs 1 crore prize from PM Narendra ModiShradha Mengshette, a second year student of Electrical Engineering from Latur, emerged as the winner of Rs 1 crore mega draw for consumers.
15 Apr, 2017, 01.43 AM IST
Government to begin implementation of 'Clean Ganga' plan next month"We have invited the Prime Minister to launch the plan for 'Clean Ganga' and start its implementation next month," Union Minister Uma Bhart...
02 Apr, 2016, 10.21 PM IST
India only economy not affected by global economic crisis: PM ModiNoting that 60 per cent of India's population was below 35 years of age, he said India was the "youngest nation in the world.
14 Feb, 2016, 04.09 PM IST
Uma Bharti asks Uttarakhand for blueprint of Namami Gange projectsFive states, through which the Ganga passes, have a special role to play in the implementation of the scheme aimed at cleaning the river.
26 Oct, 2015, 04.59 PM IST
BJP veteran MM Joshi ridicules PM Modi's 'Namami Gange'MM Joshi said "Cleaning Ganga would be a far fetched dream till there was an uninterrupted flow of water in the river."
06 Jun, 2015, 11.59 AM IST
Ganga can't be cleaned in 50 years: Murali Manohar JoshiToeing a line different from his party-led government on ambitious 'Namami Gange' programme, senior BJP leader Murali Manohar Joshi today s...
05 Jun, 2015, 10.35 PM IST
Government not making Land Ordinance a prestige issue: FM Arun JaitleyFM Jaitley insisted that it was not making it a "prestige" issue and was willing to have a discussion with opposition parties to sort out d...
28 Mar, 2015, 06.40 PM IST
Government to set up network of monitoring stations along GangaUma Bharti stressed that National Ganga River Basin Authority has resolved that no untreated municipal sewagewill be discharged into the ri...
09 Mar, 2015, 04.18 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman adopts two villages in Andhra PradeshNirmala Sitharaman said that she has adopted two villages in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana.
10 Nov, 2014, 04.24 PM IST
Corruption to be main poll plank in Himachal Pradesh assembly polls: Prem Kumar DhumalCorruption and "anti-Himachal" decisions taken by the UPA government would be the main poll planks for the ruling BJP, CM Dhumal today said.
03 Oct, 2012, 05.16 PM IST