From Tawang to Bumla: Border Roads Organisation Project VARTAK marks 66th raising dayBorder Roads Organisation's Project VARTAK celebrated its 66th Raising Day, marking over six decades of vital infrastructure development in...
07 May, 2026, 09.18 PM IST
IMF, World Bank meetings show limits in mitigating shocks, reliance on US for solutionsGlobal finance leaders met amid Middle East war news. They acknowledged their limited ability to counter economic damage from frequent geop...
19 Apr, 2026, 02.56 PM IST
MSMEs seek force majeure relief amid Gulf war disruptionsSmall businesses supplying the government are seeking relief from contract penalties. They want the Centre to invoke force majeure due to g...
07 Apr, 2026, 09.32 AM IST
RBI’s big push on disaster relief: New rules to help borrowers as banks asked to implement measures during floods, landslides and moreThe Reserve Bank of India is introducing new rules to help banks manage loans affected by natural disasters. These guidelines will allow ba...
27 Jan, 2026, 07.42 PM IST
Union home minister Amit Shah reviews rain-ravaged Jammu regionUnion Home Minister Amit Shah assessed flood damage in Jammu and Kashmir. He chaired meetings to discuss relief efforts and security. Shah ...
01 Sep, 2025, 11.45 PM IST
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor writes to Amit Shah, asks to declare Wayanad landslide as calamity of severe natureTwo massive landslides struck Mundakkai and Churalmala in Wayanad in the early hours of July 30, causing extensive destruction. Rescue oper...
01 Aug, 2024, 09.55 AM IST
Satcom can act as frontline service during calamities, in remote areas: Trai officialLast month, TRAI suggested that the Department of Telecommunications bring in a comprehensive, simplified, integrated, end-to-end coordinat...
13 Sep, 2021, 08.27 AM IST
Budget 2019: FM Piyush Goyal announces 2% interest subvention for farmers hit by natural calamitiesThere is need for structured income support for poor, landless farmers to meet input cost, the FM said, adding that the government will als...
01 Feb, 2019, 10.28 PM IST
BJD, JD(U) MPs seek separate ministry to deal with natural calamitiesDilip Kumar Tirkey (BJD) sought a separate Ministry to deal with the calamities saying the present system was not functioning well.
19 Jul, 2016, 05.03 PM IST
Drought-hit states asked to utilise 10 per cent of central fundsBirendra Singh asked states reeling under severe drought to utilise 10 per cent of the central funds for mitigating the problems like natur...
12 Apr, 2016, 06.37 PM IST
Modi government a non-serious regime, betraying farmers: Jyotiraditya ScindiaLok Sabha Jyotiraditya Scindia today termed the NDA government at the Centre as "non-serious" regime which has been "betraying" farmers.
13 Mar, 2016, 09.08 PM IST
Parkash Singh Badal seeks modifications in Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima YojnaPunjab CM Parkash Singh Badal today sought modifications in the recently launched PMFBY to make it more farmer-friendly and result oriented.
27 Jan, 2016, 07.24 PM IST
New agriculture policy to be out next monthUnion Minister of State for Agriculture Mohan ji Kalyan ji Bhai Kundriya today said a new agriculture policy is expected to be out in the m...
15 Mar, 2015, 08.07 PM IST
Hyundai donates Rs 2 crore to Prime Minister's National Relief FundHyundai Motor India contributed Rs.2 crore to the PM National Relief Fund to support rescue, relief and rehabilitation operations.
24 Nov, 2014, 05.13 PM IST
J&K ministers urge Narendra Modi to declare floods as national calamityThe delegation, led by state's Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, submitted a memorandum to Modi putting forth several demands.
13 Sep, 2014, 08.12 PM IST
No service tax for hotels, eating joints in Uttarakhand: Finance MinistryAll hotels, guest houses, clubs and eating joints like restaurants in calamity-hit Uttarakhand have been given exemption from service tax.
18 Sep, 2013, 05.03 PM IST
- Parliamentary panel wants RBI norms on farm credit followed effectively
Parliamentary committee has directed the govt agencies to ensure that RBI guidelines related to institutional credit for farmers during nat...
19 Dec, 2011, 08.57 PM IST