TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 19, 2022 Devotees visiting Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine would soon experience a more hassle-free darshan, said K K Sharma, newly nominated member of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board. Sharma said that he would try to facilitate a seamless journey of Mata Vaishno Devi to ensure satisfaction of the devotees over the arrangements by ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 19, 2022 Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) would democratize e-commerce and will protect small businesses by granting them equal opportunity. He was virtually addressing the fifth edition of the annual Launchpad-The Entrepreneurship Summit organized ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 19, 2022 India’s largest Iron Ore producer National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (NMDC), a CPSE under Ministry of Steel, on Wednesday signed a MoU with IIT Kharagpur for drone-based mineral exploration. NMDC has been exploring minerals for six decades for a wide range of minerals such as Copper, Rock phosphate, Limestone, magnesite, Diamond, Tungsten and ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 18, 2022 Department of Telecommunications, Government of India and the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO) organized an online event – ‘Digital Transformation Center Stage (DTCS) – India’ to showcase and highlight successes of India in effective Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) adoption to encourage CTO member countries for adopting transformative digital solutions. India is a member ...

Kamlesh Patel Holi – a festival that brings vibrancy, joy, hope, aspiration, togetherness, generosity and a chance for change and transformation. This eclectic gamut has made us refer to it as the ‘Festival of Love’ or the ‘Festival of Colors’ or the ‘Festival of Spring’. Do you know how the festival of Holi originated? According to ancient Indian scriptures, it ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR/PURI, MARCH 13, 2022 The British Deputy High Commission in Kolkata commemorated the Commonwealth Day 2022 with a friendly Beach Volleyball Match between a joint team of ‘UK in Kolkata’ and Team ‘Odisha Sports’ at the Blue Flag Beach, Puri in a joint collaboration with the Sports & Youth Services Department of Odisha and the Puri District Administration ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 10, 2022 As World Kidney Day 2022 was observed across the globe on the second Thursday of March with the theme ‘Kidney Health for All’, experts said that time-tested Ayurvedic herbs like ‘Punarnava’, ‘Gokhuru’ and ‘Varuna’ can be saviour for patients with chronic kidney disease, which has seen a rise due to various reasons. Vouching for ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 1, 2022            Notwithstanding the Omicron effect, the GST collections grew 18 per cent to over Rs 1.33 lakh crore in February 2022. This is for the fifth time in the current fiscal that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection has crossed Rs 1.30 lakh crore mark.            Also, this is the first time, ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4, 2022 The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, today released monthly Post Devolution Revenue Deficit (PDRD) Grant of Rs. 9,871 crore to 17 States.  This was the 11th instalment of the PDRD grant released to the States. The Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grants are provided to the States under Article 275 of the Constitution. ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, FEB 1, 2022 Cost effective Ayush services under the National Ayush Mission (NAM) have gotten major boost in the Union Budget 2022 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman today. The total allocation of budget to Ayush Ministry in last 7 years has increased over four times from 691 crore to Rs 3050 crore. Recognizing the importance ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, FEB 1, 2022 India’s economic growth in the current year is estimated to be 9.2 per cent, highest among all large economies. The overall, sharp rebound and recovery of the economy from the adverse effects of the pandemic is reflective of our country’s strong resilience. This was stated by Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 31, 2022            GST collection in January crossed Rs 1.38 lakh crore in January, a growth of 15 per cent over the year-ago period.            Total number of GSTR-3B returns filed up to January 30, 2022 is 1.05 crore that includes 36 lakh quarterly returns, the Finance Ministry said.            “The gross GST revenue ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 31, 2022 The combined Index of Eight Core Industries stood at 141.3 in December 2021, which is an increase of 3.8 per cent (provisional) as compared to December 2020. The production of Coal, Natural Gas, Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Cement and Electricity industries increased in December 2021 over the corresponding period of last year. The Office ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 31, 2022 India to witness GDP growth of 8.0-8.5 per cent in 2022-23, supported by widespread vaccine coverage, gains from supply-side reforms and easing of regulations, robust export growth, and availability of fiscal space to ramp up capital spending. The Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2021-22 in ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 29, 2022           Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbanand Sonowal on Saturday said that initiatives are being implemented by Major Ports of India that include areas, such as increase share of renewable energy to more than 60% across major ports by 2030. MoPSW is also working on draft of a “Green Port Policy” ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 23, 2022 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday unveiled a hologram statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at India Gate. This hologram would be in place till the work of the statue of Netaji is completed. The statue would be unveiled in the same place to mark the year-long celebration of the 125th birth anniversary ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 23, 2022 India has emerged as the largest exporter of gherkins in the world. India has exported cucumber and gherkins to the tune of 1,23,846 Metric Tonnes with a value of USD 114 million during April-October, 2021. India has crossed the USD 200 million mark of export of agricultural processed product, – pickling cucumber, which ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 18, 2022 Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday called upon industry leaders and enterprising youth to take up rural service as a mission, with particular focus on women empowerment. He stressed that fast-tracking rural development is integral to the growth of the nation. Naidu, who is on a tour of Andhra Pradesh, interacted with ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 18, 2022 What was termed as the biggest initiative of financial inclusion in the country by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at its launch, the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), a ‘Digital-First Bank’ built on the rails of wide physical distribution network of India Post under the Union Ministry of Communication, has announced a major milestone ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 18, 2022 The Department of Telecom (DoT) on Tuesday said that it has revised policy for issue/renewal of no objection certificate (NOC) for sale/rent of international roaming SIM cards and global calling cards of foreign operators in India. The revised terms & conditions strengthens the mechanism to protect the interests of the Indian public visiting ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 18, 2022 Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday called for cooperation between Central and State Governments for infrastructure development of the country. He said that the infrastructure development will play an important role in fulfilling the vision of India in becoming $5 trillion economy. While inaugurating a Conference on “PM-Gati Shakti” ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 14, 2022 Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday called upon the Global Venture Capital (VC) Funds to focus more on startups from tier 2 and 3 cities of the country and explore new sectors for investing. Chairing a roundtable with global venture capital (VC) funds, organised by the Department for Promotion of ...

TBB BUREAU ERNAKULAM, JANUARY 3, 2022 Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday stressed the need to improve financial literacy among the masses and urged the professionals like Charted Accounts to work in this direction by explaining financial rules and regulations in simple and easy language for the larger benefit of the public. Addressing the gathering at the foundation stone ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 3, 2022 Union Education Minister and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched NEAT 3.0, a single platform to provide the best-developed ed-tech solutions and courses to students of the country. The Minister also launched AICTE prescribed technical books in regional languages. Speaking on the occasion, Pradhan said that NEAT will be a game-changer in bridging ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANAUARY 3, 2022 With an aim to ensure mineral security of the nation and to attain self-reliance in the area of critical & strategic minerals, the Union Ministry of Mines has created a Joint Venture company namely Khanij Bidesh India Ltd (KABIL) with participating interest of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO), Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL) and ...

TBB BUREAU KOCHI, JANUARY 2, 2022 Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday called for making India fully self-reliant in all areas, including strategic domains. Addressing scientists and staff of the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory at Kochi,  the Vice President stressed the need for increasing indigenous content in the defence sector and cutting down on imports. “To achieve that, ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 1, 2022 In line with the continued commitment and resolve to empower grassroot level farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 10th instalment of financial benefit under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme on Saturday via videoconferencing. This enabled the transfer of an amount of more than Rs. 20,000 crore to more than 10 ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 1, 2022 Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday launched a 100-day reading campaign ‘Padhe Bharat’.  The launch of 100 Days Reading Campaign is in alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 which emphasises on promotion of joyful reading culture for children by ensuring availability of age appropriate reading books for children in local/mother ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 1, 2022 India’s GST collection rose 13 per cent in December 2021 on a year-on-year (YoY) basis to Rs 1,29,780 crore. “The revenues for the month of December 2021 are 13 per cent higher than the GST revenues in the same month last year and 26 per cent higher than the GST revenues in December ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, DEC 1, 2021 The gross GST revenue collected in the month of November 2021 is Rs 1,31,526 crore of which CGST is Rs 23,978 crore, SGST is Rs 31,127 crore, IGST is Rs 66,815 crore (including Rs 32,165 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess is Rs 9,606 crore (including Rs 653 crore collected on ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, NOV 22, 2021 In yet another remarkable feat which has showcased the world Prasar Bharati’s excellence in quality content creation, TV and Radio shows produced by Doordarshan and All India Radio respectively got multiple awards at the recently held ABU – UNESCO Peace Media Awards 2021 at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Doordarshan’s programme ‘DEAFinitely Leading the Way’ ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, NOV 1, 2021 Union Minister for Ports, Shipping & Waterways and AYUSH, Sarbananda Sonowal today inaugurated the simultaneous launching of five vessels at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL). The vessels were launched by five senior most women employees of CSL The Minister inaugurated the launching function of three Floating Border Out-Posts (FBOP) for the Border Security Force ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, NOV 1, 2021 “Prime Minister’s historic and farsighted approach led to the launch of Udaan scheme, which enabled the common citizen also to fly, and brought about democratization of the sector,” said Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia. Inaugurating the IndiGo flight between Kanpur and Bengaluru today, the Minister said that the airfares have dipped ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DDELHI, NOV 1, 2021 In a bid to improve the quality of health services and strengthen Meghalaya’s capacity to handle future health emergencies, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of India, the State Government and the World Bank signed a USD40 million health project for the state on October 28.  The Meghalaya Health Systems Strengthening Project will ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 30, 2021 Amidst the growing energy needs and changing global climate landscape, the Government of India has identified new areas to achieve higher levels of penetration of renewable energy by proposing certain amendments to Energy Conservation Act, 2001. The objective will be to enhance demand for renewable energy at the end- use sectors such as ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 27, 2021 Union Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Sudhanshu Pandey today stressed on the need of taking proactive measures for enhancing financial viability of Fair Price Shops (FPS). The CEO, CSC e-Governance Services India Limited (CSC)   gave a presentation about the various service offerings provided by CSC. Subsequently, an update on the activities ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 19, 2021 Emphasizing the role of effective communication in good governance, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu today called upon the public communicators to empower people through timely information on government’s policies and initiatives in local languages. Interacting with a group of Officer Trainees of the Indian Information Service (IIS) of the 2020 batch at his ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 19, 2021 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with CEOs and Experts of Global Oil and Gas Sector at 6 pm on Wednesday via videoconferencing. The broad theme of the upcoming interaction is promotion of clean growth and sustainability. The interaction will focus on areas like encouraging exploration and production in hydrocarbon sector in India, ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 18, 2021 Geospatial Energy Map of India was launched by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar, Member V K Saraswat and CEO Amitabh Kant today. NITI Aayog in collaboration with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed a comprehensive Geographic Information System (GIS) Energy Map of India with the support of Energy Ministries of Government ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 18, 2021 eSanjeevani, India’s leading telemedicine service, under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, clocked 1.4 crore consultations today. Operating in two variants i.e., eSanjeevaniAB-HWC and eSanjeevaniOPD, this initiative of Government of India has over the time gained immense popularity in being able to deliver healthcare services through digital platforms. eSanjeevani AB-HWC, a ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 18, 2021      India’s future growth depends on science driven economy, said Union Minister of State for Science & Technology Jitendra Singh while addressing the interactive session on “Role of Research Technology & Start-ups in Blue Economy” at the inaugural session of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav week organised by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, here ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 18, 2021 Over 56.62 LMT (lakh metric ton) of paddy has been procured in the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22 up to 17th October, 2021. The procurement took place in states and UTs of Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. The KMS 2021-22 at MSP commenced recently and has ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 15, 2021 India recognises that universal vaccination is the key to stemming the spread of the virus, said Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman while asserting that the stark difference in vaccination coverage of low-income countries and advanced countries is of concern and it is critical that we need to address vaccine ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 14, 2021 The e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department (www.incometax.gov.in) has marked receipt of more than 2 crore Income Tax returns as on 13th October 2021. Over 13.44 crore unique taxpayers have logged in till 13th October, 2021.  Approximately 54.70 lakh taxpayers have availed of ‘forgot password’ facility to obtain their passwords. The new ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 14, 2021 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday announced that the increased prices of Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilizers approved earlier shall be rolled over for the whole year 2021-22. The increased prices, vide notification dated May 20, 2021, would be applicable from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022, the CCEA, ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 13, 2021 Launching the PM Gati Shakti – National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity here today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Master Plan not only brings together the government process and its various stakeholders but also helps to integrate different modes of transportation. “This is an extension of holistic governance,” he said. The ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 12, 2021 In a historic event for the infrastructure landscape of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch PM GatiShakti – National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity, at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on Wednesday. Infrastructure creation in India had suffered for decades from multiple issues. There was lack of coordination between different Departments, ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 12, 2021 After successful auction of 28 coal mines in the first two tranches, Ministry of Coal has today launched the auction process of 40 new coal mines (21new mines under CM (SP) Act and 19 new mines under the Tranche 3 of MMDR Act). With coal mines rolling over from previous tranche, there shall ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 11, 2021 “There has never been such a decisive government in India as it is today. The major reforms that are happening in India today in the Space Sector and Space Tech are an example of this,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while launching Indian Space Association (ISpA) today via videoconferencing. The Prime Minister said ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, OCT 11, 2021 The ambitious Rs 100-trillion national master plan for multimodal connectivity, also known as Gati Shakti, aimed at facilitating multi-modal connectivity to more than 1,200 industrial clusters including two defence corridors across the country, will be unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 13. On India’s 75th Independence Day, the Prime Minister had announced ...