India Positive - August 15, 2020
- August 15, 2020
India ranks first in number of organic farmers and ninth in terms of area under organic farming; Major organic exports from India are flax seeds, sesame, soybean, tea, medicinal plants, rice and pulses
India ranked first in number of organic farmers and ninth in terms of area under organic farming, while Sikkim became the first State in the world to become fully organic.
India's exports of non-basmati rice in first two months of FY21 jumps 52.5 per cent
India's export of non-basmati rice in the first two months of FY21 has jumped 52.5 per cent to 11.13 lakh tonnes from 7.3 lakh tonnes in the same period of FY20.
Government to provide mobile connectivity in 354 villages which are located in strategic and border areas- Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
Government plans to provide mobile connectivity in 354 uncovered villages located in strategic, remote and border areas of the country.
Over 5 lakh applications received under PM SVANidhi scheme; Number of loan sanctions under the scheme crosses 1 lakh
The number of loans sanctioned and number of applications received under PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme have crossed the mark of 1 lakh and 5 lakh, respectively, within 41 days of commencement of the lending process on July 02, 2020.
Electronics manufacturing in India to grow 30 per cent annually for next 5 years: IT Secretary
Electronics manufacturing is expected to increase at an annual rate of 30 per cent over the next five years and clock Rs 11.5 lakh crore (US$ 163.14 billion) additional production during this period.
PM launches financing facility of Rs 1 lakh crore under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund; Rs 17,000 crore transferred by PM to nearly 8.5 crore farmers under PM-KISAN through direct benefit transfer to Aadhaar linked bank accounts; Rs 1,000 crore sanctioned to over 2280 farmer societies under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund within 30 days of receiving Cabinet approval for the Central Sector Scheme
Financing facility has been launched under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund of Rs 1 lakh crore (US$ 14.19 billion), which will support farmers, PACS, FPOs, Agri-entrepreneurs, etc. in building community farming assets and post-harvest agriculture infrastructure.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches platform for “Transparent Taxation - Honouring the Honest”
Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi launched a platform for “Transparent Taxation - Honouring the Honest” through video conferencing, to meet the requirements of the 21st century taxation system.
PM inaugurates Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra - an interactive experience centre on the Swachh Bharat Mission
Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi inaugurated the Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra (RSK) - an interactive experience centre on the Swachh Bharat Mission, at the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti at Rajghat, New Delhi.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launches submarine cable connectivity to Andaman & Nicobar Islands (CANI)
Prime Minister of India, Mr Narendra Modi inaugurated 2300 kms long submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the main land.
Finance Minister launches an Online Dashboard for the National Infrastructure Pipeline
Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Ms Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) online dashboard, envisaged as a one stop solution for all stakeholders looking for information on infrastructure projects in India.
Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launches Krishi Megh
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Mr Narendra Singh Tomar launched Krishi Megh (National Agricultural Research and Education System-Cloud Infrastructure and Services) along with KVC ALUNET (Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Chhatr Alumni Network) and Online Accreditation System for Higher Agricultural Educational Institutions (HEI).
Atal Innovation Mission and Dell Technologies Launch Student Entrepreneurship Programme 2.0
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, in collaboration with Dell Technologies launched Student Entrepreneurship Programme 2.0 (SEP 2.0) for young innovators of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs).
Online Performance Dashboard "Empowering Tribals, Transforming India" developed by M/o Tribal Affairs launched
Mr Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog and Mr Ramesh Chand, Member NITI Aayog inaugurated the online performance dashboard "Empowering Tribals, Transforming India" developed by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA).
MoD's big push to Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative; Import embargo on 101 items beyond given timelines to boost indigenisation of defence production
The Department of Military Affairs (DMA), Ministry of Defence (MoD) prepared a list of 101 items for which there would be an embargo on the import beyond the timeline indicated against them.
KVIC's Big Push to Khadi and Tourism in Arunachal Pradesh with the First Silk Training cum Production Center
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is set to open the first of its kind Training cum Production Center of Silk in the tribal village of Chullyu in Arunachal Pradesh.
Mr Piyush Goyal calls upon more buyers and sellers to join the GeM, which has proved to be a game-changer in government procurement; Fourth edition of the National Public Procurement Conclave inaugurated
The Fourth edition of the National Public Procurement Conclave (NPPC), organized by Government e-Marketplace (GeM), in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) was inaugurated online by Mr Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Railways, to coincide with the anniversary of GeM Establishment Day.
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