India Positive - August 28, 2020
- August 28, 2020
Over 85000 water conservation structures and more than 2.63 lakh rural houses among the structures created so far under the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan; About 24 crore mandays employment has been provided and Rs 18,862 crore spent by the 9th week of the Abhiyaan
By the ninth week, a total of about 24 crore mandays employment has been provided and Rs 18,862 crore (US$ 2.68 billion) has been spent so far in the pursuit of objectives of the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA).
Digital payments market in India likely to grow 3-folds to Rs 7,092 trillion by 2025: Report
Digital payments in India is expected to grow over three-folds to Rs 7,092 trillion (US$ 100.61 trillion) by 2025 on account of Government policies around financial inclusion and growing digitisation of merchants.
8,363 projects, with an anticipated cost of Rs 5.88 lakh crore, have been kick-started in the Oil and Gas sector since 20th April this year
Oil and Gas industry has witnessed kickstart of around 8,363 projects with an anticipated cost of Rs 5.88 lakh crore (US$ 83.42 billion) which resumed progressively since April 20, 2020.
Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) - National Mission for Financial Inclusion, completes six years of successful implementation; More than 40.35 crore beneficiaries banked under PMJDY since inception, amounting to Rs 1.31 lakh crore
Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) - National Mission for Financial Inclusion has completed six years of successful implementation and more than 40.35 crore beneficiaries have banked under PMJDY since inception, amounting to Rs 1.31 lakh crore (US$ 18.58 billion).
Indian Railways set to meet all its energy consumption needs of more than 33 billion units by 2030. Current annual requirement is about 21 billion units
With the ambitious plan of achieving 100 per cent electrification of Railways by 2023, Indian Railways energy consumption is set to become more than 33 billion units by 2030 from its current annual requirement of about 21 billion units.
Aarogya Setu introduces ‘Open API Service’, a novel feature to help the people, businesses and the economy to return to normalcy
Aarogya Setu introduced a new innovative feature called ‘Open API Service’, to help businesses and economy to start functioning while being safe.
Shri Gadkari to lay foundation Stone and inaugurate 35 highway projects worth over Rs 9400 crore in Madhya Pradesh
Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs, Mr Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid foundation stone of 35 highway projects in Madhya Pradesh on August 25, 2020.
EPFO Makes Significant Progress in Updating KYC of its Subscribers During July- 2020 Despite COVID Pandemic
During the month of July 2020, Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has been successful in updating 2.39 lakh Aadhaars, 4.28 lakh mobile numbers and 5.26 lakh bank accounts in the Universal Account Number (UAN) of its subscribers.
Government of India and AIIB sign agreement for $500 million to improve the network capacity, service quality and safety of the suburban railway system in Mumbai
The Government of India, the Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) signed a loan agreement for US$ 500 million Mumbai Urban Transport Project-III to improve the network capacity, service quality and safety of the suburban railway system in Mumbai.
DRDO identifies 108 Systems and Subsystems for industry to design, develop and manufacture towards achieving “Atmanirbhar Bharat”
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has identified about 108 systems and subsystems for designing and development by the Indian Industry for Atmanirbhar Bharat.
APEDA signs MoUs with AFC India Limited and National Cooperative Union of India to synergize the activities in the interest of agriculture and allied sectors
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has signed memorandum of understanding (MoUs) with AFC India Limited and National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI), Delhi to utilise their expertise by mutually working together to synergize the activities in the interest of agriculture and allied sectors for bringing better value to the stakeholders.
MOU signed between NeGD and CSC E-Governance Services India Limited making services on UMANG app available to citizens through the network of 3.75 lakh CSCs
National e-Governance Division (NeGD), Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) has signed an memorandum of understanding (MoU) with CSC (Common Service Center) E-Governance Services India Limited on August 26, 2020 to facilitate delivery of UMANG services at CSCs, in an assisted mode, thereby making services on UMANG app available to citizens through the network of 3.75 lakh CSCs.
Ministry of Culture announces 7 new circles of Archaeological Survey of India
The Ministry of Culture announced seven new circles of Archaeological Survey of India.
78 New Routes Approved Under UDAN 4.0
78 new routes under the 4th round of Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)- Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) have been approved following the three successful rounds of bidding by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Cooperation, Collaboration and Commitment will guide the strategic partnership between India and ASEAN countries, says Shri Piyush Goyal
Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways, Mr Piyush Goyal said that ‘3Cs- Cooperation, Collaboration and Commitment’, will guide the strategic partnership between India and ASEAN countries.
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