Tag: India

Construction of mega lift irrigation project at Tral in full swing after J&K turns into UT
11Aug By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia

Construction of mega lift irrigation project at Tral in full swing after J&K turns into UT

The construction work of the Tral Lift Irrigation Scheme in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama gained momentum after the Indian government revoked Article 370 and announced Jammu and Kashmir as Union Territory in 2019.This much-awaited and prestigious scheme is a three-staged lift irrigation project, implemented at a cost of 170.50 crore under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) and Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) having an irrigation potential of 4,818 hectares.Initially, stage I and stage II (partly) of the scheme were commissioned and work was going at a low pace for stage III, but now the work has started on a war-footing as the administration directed the officials to complete the project by 2020 end.The mega scheme is situated in Tral town of the Pulwama dist...
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Jammu and Kashmir govt claims 100% success in 7 government schemes
8Aug By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia

Jammu and Kashmir govt claims 100% success in 7 government schemes

With Article 370 revoked, the newly formed government of the Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir has claimed 100 per cent achievement in seven government sponsored schemes that include Saubhagya and PM Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY).Other schemes include UJALA, Mission Indradhanush (Jammu), Mission Indradhanush Aspirational Districts under GSA (Baramullah and Kupwara), Swachh Bharat Mission and Integrated Social Security (State Scheme).According to the data compiled by the erstwhile state government, around 3, 57,405 beneficiaries were covered in the last one year under the Saubhagya scheme. The Saubhagya Scheme or ‘Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana’ is an Indian government's project to provide electricity to the households. The project was announced in September 2017 by Prime Minister Naren...
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Prime Minister’s Development Package helping progressive apple growers in J&K
5Aug By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia

Prime Minister’s Development Package helping progressive apple growers in J&K

The situation of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) farmers is now better than ever due to the Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP), announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015.Under the package, the horticulture department has set up apple orchards in the Union Territory’s Anantnag district to help increase the apple production and has lent a helping hand to an apple grower by giving him high-density apple plants under the PMDP which provides them nets, borewells and other facilities on subsidy.These high-density plants yield good results within two years of planting as compared to the traditional plants that give limited apple production even after ten years occupying large space.Under the scheme, the government promotes high-density plantations, phasing out old plantations which h...
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Indian government undertakes various development projects in Srinagar to ease people’s lives
4Aug By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia

Indian government undertakes various development projects in Srinagar to ease people’s lives

Between 2013 and 2019, the Indian government has completed various infrastructure projects, including a two-tube flyover from Jehangir Chowk to Rambagh to ease the lives of people living in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar.The work on the Rs 300 crore flyover, which has eased the traffic woes of the people started in 2013.The project to construct a length of 2.40 kilometers (kms) in four-lane with total length of four kms including accesses within a total cost of Rs 300.00 crores, was started in 2013. Benefitting an estimated population of four lakh Srinagar citizens, apart from the floating population from other districts, the project was finally thrown open to the public in August 2019.Similarly, the revetment along Jhelum riverfront, which was started in 2015, with a total cost of Rs 358 cr...
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Kashmiri youth avail PMEGP scheme to create new opportunities
4Aug By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia, USA

Kashmiri youth avail PMEGP scheme to create new opportunities

Zahoor Ahmad is one of the many people to establish livelihood means through the government’s employment generation scheme. As Covid-19 crisis gripped the Kashmir Valley, his garment-manufacturing unit, in South Kashmir's Pulwama, manufactured thousands of face masks for the people of the region."When this virus came, we made about 80,000 face masks after district administration placed an order with us," says Ahmad.The Khadi Village Industries Board (KVIB) helped him establish the factory, where other youth also work.After the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, several governmental schemes have reached Kashmir and benefitted many like Ahmad, who borrowed a loan under Prime Ministers Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP).PMEGP is a credit-linked subsidy programme aimed at generatin...
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Apple starts manufacturing of iPhone 11 in India, leaving China behind
2Aug By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia, China

Apple starts manufacturing of iPhone 11 in India, leaving China behind

Tech giant Apple has reportedly started manufacturing of one of its flagship devices, the iPhone 11, at Chennai’s Foxconn plant, giving the Indian government’s “Aatamnirbhar” or self-reliant initiative a major boost.This is the first time Apple has manufactured a top-of-the-line model in India.Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal announced the news on Twitter, saying, “Significant boost to Make in India! Apple has started manufacturing iPhone 11 in India, bringing a top-of-the-line model for the first time in the country."Prior to this, the Cupertino-based tech giant had started assembling the iPhone XR in India in 2019. In 2017, Apple had started the domestic manufacturing of the Apple iPhone SE 2016 in the Bangalore plant.Apple also has plans to make the iPhone SE 2020 in India in its Wistron ...
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## RCEP is China’s strategy to gain access to Indian market ##
30Jul By Brian ThompsonNo Comments
Market

## RCEP is China’s strategy to gain access to Indian market ##

The Government of India has decided “not to review” its stand to not join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which benefits China disproportionately and opens Indian market to economic threats, especially from Chinese preys.Despite claims that India’s decision is influenced by the initial inaction of China to curb the outbreak of the wide-spread coronavirus, and keeping its information hidden, and the unprovoked killing of 20 Indian soldiers by Chinese troops in a brutal clash on June 15, the Central government has maintained that the recent incidents do not have any bearing on India's decision to not join RCEP. The decision was based solely on economic reasons after multiple Ministerial discussions in November 2019.Most of the countries that are part of the RCEP, incl...
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Article 370 abrogation: Indian government reserves jobs in Jammu and Kashmir for domiciles
30Jul By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia

Article 370 abrogation: Indian government reserves jobs in Jammu and Kashmir for domiciles

The Indian government has issued an order announcing that all government jobs in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be reserved for domiciles.The move comes months after the Narendra Modi government at the Centre abrogated Article 370, thus ending the special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcating it into two Union Territories (UTs) - Jammu and Kashmir division, and Ladakh division.The notification issued by Ministry of Home Affairs read, “any person who has resided for a period of 15 years in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir or has studied for a period of seven years and appeared in Class 10/12 examination in an educational institution located in the UT shall be deemed to be a domicile for the purpose of appointment to any post carrying a pay scale of not more than...
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Jammu & Kashmir joins ‘Boycott China’ campaign
29Jul By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia, China

Jammu & Kashmir joins ‘Boycott China’ campaign

People in Jammu & Kashmir have now joined the rest of India in boycotting Chinese products and support ‘Make in India’ products after India lost 20 of its soldiers in Galwan valley clash with China on June 15.In Kashmir, people have donned ‘Boycott China face masks’ in protest against China’s expansionist policies. They also carried banners saying `let’s use Indian products’, `let’s Boycott China’ and `let’s build our nation’."China is a country, which has always cheated and backstabbed us. As per the direction of our government, we need to boycott all Chinese apps and other products. We should buy Make in India products," said Pritam Singh, local Corporator in Jammu.In support, Surinder Mahajan, president of Jammu's Rughnath Bazaar, said, "Boycott Chinese products is a good campaign. ...
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India surges ahead of China in business and technology skills: Report
27Jul By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

India surges ahead of China in business and technology skills: Report

The world's largest online learning platform Coursera has said that India has surged ahead of China in business and technology skills due to its growing younger population and that India could soon be the global talent hub for emerging technologies.In its latest Global Skills Index 2020, Coursera said India ranks 34th within the business domain whereas China ranks 45th. Within the technology domain, India ranks 40th globally whereas China ranks 50th.Looking across the 65 million learners on the platform and drawing on performance data of learners in the past 12 months, the report benchmarks skills proficiency for 60 countries, 10 industries and 11 fields of study in business, technology and data science.“Within the data science domain, however, India ranks 51th globally (lagging) and 12th ...
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