Government Establishes a Semicon India Advisory Committee
The government announced the formation of a Semicon India advisory committee, which will include top government officials, established academicians, as well as industry and domain specialists. The Minister of Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, will head the Committee, with Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Minister of State, Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), as Vice-Chairperson. The convenor will be MeitY, the Secretary.
It will spend a total of Rs. 76,000 crore to strengthen the country's semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem.
The group would meet at least once every three months to provide crucial insights to help India's ecosystem expand sustainably and committee's term will be one year, after which it will be reformed with the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology's consent.
BJP Celebrates its 42nd Foundation Day
The Bharatiya Janata Party marked its 42nd foundation day. BJP president JP Nadda hoisted the party flag at the party headquarters in the national capital. He also garlanded the statues of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.
Home Minister Amit Shah said that the BJP since 2014 has been striving while becoming a medium for the fulfilment of the aspirations of crores of poor, farmers, downtrodden and women of the country.
All the party leaders, including JP Nadda, were seen sporting the new party caps. The design of the cap seems to be inspired by the caps in Uttarakhand and the Brahm Kamal that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wore during the Republic Day celebrations.
Chennai Declared World's Cheapest FDI Location for Electronics R&D
In a major boost to the Tamil Nadu government's push for new investments, Chennai was ranked as the world's cheapest foreign direct investment (FDI) location for electronics research and development.
Chennai emerged as the cheapest location in the top 100 electronics FDI destinations, with estimated annual operating costs of $1.24 million for a 50-person R&D centre. Malaysian city of Penang took the second spot with a cost of $1.32 million, followed by Gurgaon with $1.52 million and Pune with $1.53 million.
Among the world's competitive locations, Chennai was ranked second, only after Seol, which is home for large campuses of players like Samsung and LG Electronics. Chennai was followed by Chinese cities like Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Three Indian cities – Bangalore, Pune and Gurgaon – grabbed a spot among the top 10 cities in this list.
Apr 06, 2022
Government Launches Broadcast Seva Portal for TV, Radio Stations
It would provide online facilities to the applicants for seeking permissions, subsequent change in permissions and payment of fee. With an aim to open a "new chapter" in Ease of Doing Business in the Broadcasting sector, the Government launched the 'Broadcast Seva Portal', an online portal solution for speedy filing and processing of applications for various kinds of licences, permissions and registration among other services.
Government Implements Schemes to Set up 50 Solar Parks of Aggregate Capacity 40,000 MW in the Cou...
The Government is implementing a scheme for setting up of 50 Solar Parks of aggregate capacity of 40,000 MW in the country. These parks are meant to provide developed infrastructure to facilitate installation of solar power projects. Central Financial Assistance of up to Rs. 25 lakhs for preparation of Detailed Project Report and Rs. 20 lakhs per MW or 30% of the project cost, whichever is lower, is provided for development of such Parks under the scheme.
This information was given by Shri R.K Singh, Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.
Ayush Ministry to Celebrate Yoga Mahotsav on World Health Day at Red Fort in New Delhi
Ayush Ministry will celebrate Yoga Mahotsav on World Health Day at Red Fort in New Delhi. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and several Union Ministers will demonstrate Common Yoga Protocol on 75th day of the countdown of the International Day of Yoga.
During the event, Members of the Parliament, Ambassadors of various countries, prominent Sports Celebrities and Yoga Gurus will participate.
The Ministry with its various stakeholders has chalked out a 100 days' countdown programme of 8th International Day of Yoga wherein 100 organizations are promoting yoga in one hundred cities.
Apr 05, 2022
Vinay Mohan Kwatra is India's New Foreign Secretary
India's envoy to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra was appointed as the new Foreign Secretary, succeeding Harsh Vardhan Shringla who will retire at the end of this month.
Before his diplomatic posting to Nepal in 2020, he served as the Ambassador of India to France from August 2017 to February 2020.
A career diplomat with over 32 years of experience, Kwatra has also held the position of a Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for two years between October 2015 to August 2017.
CM Jagan Mohan Reddy Launches 13 new Districts in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy formally launched 13 new districts in the state taking the total number to 26. Reddy extended his heartiest wishes and congratulations to the people, officials and employees for the formation of the new districts and asked the officials to ensure that people are benefited by the schemes announced by government. Each district will now have six to eight assembly segments except in one tribal district.
Reddy, during the poll campaign for the 2019 Assembly elections, promised that his party, if voted to power, would make every Lok Sabha constituency as a district.
CIC Uday Mahurkar's Office Disposed of Record 5,056 RTI in 2021-2022
Citing a ruling on ancient Sanskrit manuscripts, Central Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar said he "passed landmark judgements without fear or favour. Central Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar said his court disposed of 5,056 RTI, or right to information, appeals in 2021-22, the highest in any year by a commissioner in 16 years of CIC's history. In a series of tweets, Mahurkar said his office took "creative steps like coordinating with Public Information officers of Union Ministries under my charge." The commissioner added that he even called "group meetings to know their problems while strictly directing them to ensure" the RTI Act's objectives of transparency and accountability.
The Central Information Commission was constituted under the Right to Information Act, 2005, with jurisdiction extending to all Central Public Authorities.
Apr 04, 2022
NCW Launches Anti-Human Trafficking Cell
The National Commission for Women (NCW) launched an anti-human trafficking cell. The facility will raise awareness among law enforcement officials and promote capacity-building. It will also conduct gender sensitisation training workshops for police officials and prosecutors at the regional, state and district level.
The complaints related to human trafficking received by the Commission will be addressed by this Cell. The Cell will further help survivors of trafficking in rebuilding lives by providing them with need-based training.
Dr. S. Raju Takes over as DG, Geological Survey of India
Dr. S. Raju took over as the Director General of Geological Survey of India (GSI) in Kolkata. After taking over as DG, GSI Dr. Raju said that Geological Survey of India is poised to focus continuously on the programs of core national importance in the field of mineral resources augmentation in the country and to aim at for closer interactions and engagements with the mining sector, industries and academic institutes of national and international repute.
BJP First Party since 1988 to Cross 100-seat Mark in Rajya Sabha
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) became the first party since 1988 to touch the 100-seat mark in the Rajya Sabha with the results of biennial elections to the Upper House. The BJP and NDA's growing strength in Rajya Sabha is also likely to translate into the government legislation having a smoother passage in the Upper House.
The rise of BJP numbers in the House has been accompanied by a decline in Congress numbers as the opposition party has lost a string of assembly polls since 2014.
Apr 03, 2022
CJI Ramana Launches 'FASTER' Software for Transmitting Judicial Orders
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana launched 'Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Records' (FASTER) software to transmit court orders swiftly and securely through electronic mode, ensuring quicker communication of judicial orders. A total of 1887 e-mail IDs were created for this system across the country. The FASTER Cell has been established in the Registry of the Supreme Court. It will transmit Record of Proceedings or Orders related to bail and release passed by this Court to the concerned Nodal Officers and duty holders through e-mail.
For the purposes of authentication, all such Orders or Record of Proceedings would bear digital signatures of authorised Nodal Officers of the Supreme Court as well as Institutional digital signatures. In this way, without loss of much time, such orders would be received by all concerned for necessary action at their end.
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