The Union Cabinet sanctioned Rs 6,000 crore for the scheme, Atal Bhujal Yojana (AJY), on Dec 24, 2019, An equivalent amount was approved by the World Bank, the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti — India’s renamed water resources ministry — Minister of State for Jal Shakti & Social Justice and Empowerment Rattan Lal Kataria told Lok Sabha on Dec 12.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on 24 December gave its approval for signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Republic of India and the Federative Republic of Brazil on bioenergy cooperation.
The decision to construct a strategic tunnel below the Rohtang Pass was taken by former PM Vajpayee. It will reduce the distance between Manali and Leh by 46 kilometres.
Of the nearly 7,200 troops de-inducted from Jammu and Kashmir , 2,400 are from the CRPF and 1,200 each from BSF SSB, CISF and ITBP. They were all deployed in the state in view of the government’s decision to abrogate Article 370 in the erstwhile state on August 5 this year.
Earlier too, some troops were withdrawn from Jammu and Kashmir for the Jharkhand assembly polls.
Shimla railway station superintendent Prince Sethi said “The train is fully air-conditioned with 15 seats in each coach. It also has reversible chairs, inbuilt toilet and mobile charging points. The train has see-through glasses on all four sides to provide a better view of outside, so that tourists can enjoy scenic beauty of the hills.”
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved signing of the protocol to amend the air services agreement between India and Switzerland, which will allow a number of airlines to start flight operations between the two countries.
The ink is based on a single excitable dual emissive luminescent pigment. This new security feature of the ink is suitable for printing of valuable products for protection against duplicity.
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for the Agreement between India and Sweden on Recognition of Seafarer Certificates, pursuant to Regulation I/10 of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch-Keeping for seafarers, 1978.
India’s state-funded Ordnance Board Factory (OFB) – which administers 42 armament and ammunition factories across the country – has developed a high rate of fire gun to defend strategic assets in the border region. A Defence Ministry official has informed a parliamentary panel that the trial of the OFB-developed air defence gun has already commenced.
The matter came to light in a report of the Standing Committee on Defence which was presented to the Lok Sabha Speaker on Friday. The Navy is progressing a comprehensive case for upgrading the security infrastructure of its airfields. Six naval air stations are being addressed at a projected cost of Rs 500 crore.
