Jammu, Dec 30 (IANS) The Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Jal), launched by the Modi government in 2019, has brought sweeping changes in the lives of lakhs of people, enabling them access to clean tap water. The initiative to provide potable water has seen considerable success across the country, even in border areas and those with hilly terrains. In Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, the JJM mission has brought meaningful change in people’s lives by setting up supply chains for safe drinking wa…
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New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The SHANTI Bill will go down in history as one of the Narendra Modi government’s biggest science reforms as it has broken a six-decade stalemate in the nuclear sector, Union Minister for Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, said on Sunday.The minister said that the SHANTI (Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India) Bill marks a historic reform in India’s nuclear sector, unlocking its potential for peaceful, clean, and sus…
Shimla, Dec 25 (IANS) The Congress government in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday condemned the Union government’s apple import policies, saying successive decisions taken by it reflected a clear “anti-farmer and anti-horticulture mindset” that is pushing the state’s apple growers towards economic uncertainty. Responding to the reduction of duty on apples imported from New Zealand from 50 to 25 per cent under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), state Education Minister Rohit Thakur said the deci…
Jammu, Dec 24 (IANS) The replacement of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) with Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika (Grameen) has been, by and large, welcomed by the labourers and farming community as they see 125 days of employment under the new scheme as a positive and progressive development. In Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, too, those living in remote locations and staying dependent on employment opportunities under government schemes have…
Udham Singh Nagar, Dec 24 (IANS) Uttarakhand Waqf Board Chairman Shadab Shams on Wednesday urged all stakeholders to ensure the timely registration of Waqf properties on the UMMEED portal, following the extension of the deadline for online registration. He said the initiative aims to protect Waqf assets and ensure that their benefits reach poor and deserving sections of the Muslim community.Speaking to reporters, Shams said that the Waqf Amendment Act introduced by the Modi government has renewe…
Jammu, Dec 22 (IANS) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), one of the flagship schemes of the Modi government, is helping realise the housing target of poor and marginalised families across the country, by providing them monetary assistance to build a dream home of their own. Under the PMAY (Grameen), families in rural households are building houses of their own, while under PMAY (Urban), those in cities get govt assistance to build their residence.In Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, close to 3…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The political debate over the newly enacted Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act has intensified. Akhilesh Mishra, CEO of BlueKraft Digital Foundation, has issued a detailed rebuttal to Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh, who reposted Sonia Gandhi’s article accusing the Centre of “bulldozing” MGNREGA to replace it with the new Act. Responding to Ramesh’s remarks, Mishra said the Congress criticism is driven by no…
Lucknow, Dec 20 (IANS) Workers and villagers in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh district have welcomed and hailed the central government’s ‘VB G RAM G Bill’– Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, which has been passed in Parliament recently. They have called it a positive step, which is, according to them, aimed at strengthening the interests of labourers. The workers to whom IANS spoke said the scheme gives special priority to their welfare and includes several…