Governance

The initiative has been undertaken in line with the Prime Minister’s call to all the academicians, agricultural scientists and all the institutions to adopt and transform 75 villages. Under the initiative, A total of 75 villages will be adopted by AICRP centres and ICAR-CIWA, for which the AICRP centres will adopt 5 villages each with the remaining to be adopted by ICAR-CIWA with an aim to develop 75 Nutri-Smart villages.

Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, on Wednesday has approved declaration of 15th November as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas dedicated to the memory of brave tribal freedom fighters so that coming generations could know about their sacrifices about the country.

To safeguard interest of consumers, the Department of Consumer Affairs under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has omitted the Rule 5 of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities), Rules 2011 defining the Schedule II prescribing the pack sizes of various types of commodities. A new provision has been introduced to indicate the unit sale price on pre packed commodities, which will allow easier comparison of the prices of the commodities at the time of purchase.

For the second time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi topped the ‘Global Leader Approval’ ratings released by American research firm – Morning Consult, with the highest 70 per cent approval ratings. 

The Amit Shah-headed cooperation ministry created by the Narendra Modi government is likely to launch an open, digitised platform for cooperatives, the first of a series of tasks being taken up to overhaul the sector, said a person familiar with the matter.