Category Articles: Central Government

Kishor Makwana appointed Chairman of National Commission for Schedule Castes

March 10, 2024
Kishor Makwana appointed Chairman of National Commission for Schedule Castes

Gandhinagar: Kishor Makwana, joint spokesperson of Gujarat BJP has been appointed as Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes.  The appointment has been made by the President of India. Makwana is a member of the Prime Ministers' Museum & Library Society and also a board member of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University. He has penned several books on Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. He has been in the field of writing and journalism for the last 30 years. National Schedule Caste Commi...Read More

Union Cabinet approves 3 more Semiconductor units in India, two of them to come up at Sanand and Dholera in Gujarat

February 29, 2024
Union Cabinet approves 3 more Semiconductor units in India, two of them to come up at Sanand and Dholera in Gujarat

New Delhi: Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the establishment of three semiconductor units under 'Development of Semiconductors and Display Manufacturing Ecosystems in India'. Two of them are proposed to come up in Gujarat. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said the government of India has approved the first Semiconductor fab unit in India.  Tata will collaborate with Powerchip Taiwan to set up a plant in Gujarat's Dholera. He said the plant construction will ...Read More

ACB Gujarat nabs Ass Audit Officer for bribery

February 27, 2024
ACB Gujarat nabs Ass Audit Officer for bribery

Mahesana: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat has arrested Lakhan Singh Girdharilal Meena, Assistant Audit Officer who works at the office of the principle accountant general (audit-1) at Rajkot. Meena is class-2 officer of government. ACB laid a trap at District TB Centre medical officer's chamber in Mahesana on Monday to nab the accused officer. According to ACB, the accused officer had pointed out small small mistakes of employees in audit and demanded Rs. 65,000 bribe to clear the audit...Read More

Diesel engines replaced with Electric in 9 Veraval bound trains

February 27, 2024
Diesel engines replaced with Electric in 9 Veraval bound trains

Veraval: Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi recently dedicated electrified lines of Railways in Saurashtra region Rajkot – Okha, Rajkot – Jetalsar – Somnath and Jetalsar-Vansjaliya during his recent visit to Jamnagar and Rajkot. Thanks to this, the rail movement in this region has transformed. Diesel engines in as many as 9 Veraval-bound trains were replaced with electric engines in last two days. Indore-Veraval-Indore, Bandra-Veraval-Bandra, Veraval-Okha-Veraval, Ahmedabad-Veraval(two t...Read More

ACB Gujarat arrests two Custom Superintendents, a middleman at Mundra Port

February 26, 2024
ACB Gujarat arrests two Custom Superintendents, a middleman at Mundra Port

Mundra: Anti Corruption Burea (ACB) of Gujarat Police has nabbed two Superintendents of Customs department at Mundra in Kutch along with a middleman. The accused are identified as Shailesh Gangdev (Superintendent of Customs, class 2 officer), Alokkumar Dube, Superintendent of Customs (Preventive department, class 2 officer), and middleman Ramesh Gadhvi. According to ACB, a complainant in this case had ordered handbags from abroad, a container of which arrived at Mundra port. The accused cu...Read More

PM Narendrabhai Modi to perform ground breaking of PM MITRA park at Vansi Bordi

February 10, 2024
PM Narendrabhai Modi to perform ground breaking of PM MITRA park at Vansi Bordi

Surat: Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi will on 22nd February perform a groundbreaking for the proposed PM Mega Integrated Textile Regionals & Apparel Park (PM Mitra Mega Textile Park) at Vansibordi in Jalalpor taluka of Navsari district. The function is scheduled for 3 to 4 pm. The Prime Minister will address around one lakh small-major traders on this occasion. The upcoming park is over 1,000 acres of land. To reach the project site, the State government has allocated a Rs. 600 crore br...Read More

PM Modi to virtually dedicate and lay foundation of over 1.31 lakh houses in Gujarat

February 09, 2024
PM Modi to virtually dedicate and lay foundation of over 1.31 lakh houses in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate and lay the foundation for 1,31,454 housing units on Saturday, February 10. Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel will grace the event, to be held at Deesa. Additionally, the Prime Minister will conduct a virtual dialogue with the beneficiaries of housing schemes during the program. The event in Deesa will see the notable presence of Lok Sabha MP Shri C.R. Patil as a special guest, Lok Sabha MP Shri Parbatbhai Patel, Shri ...Read More

Micro-ATMs and Rupay Kisan Credit Cards to be rolled out across Gujarat

February 07, 2024
Micro-ATMs and Rupay Kisan Credit Cards to be rolled out across Gujarat

New Delhi: Micro-ATMs to Bank Mitra Cooperative Societies initiative to be implemented in all districts of Gujarat after the success of the pilot project in Panchmahal and Banaskantha districts where 1,723 Micro-ATMs were distributed. Similarly, after distribution of 1,23,685 Rupay Kisan Credit Card to Members of Milk Cooperatives in  Panchmahal and Banaskantha districts, this initiative too is being rolled out across all districts of Gujarat. Out of a total of 8,02,639 Cooperative Societies in...Read More

Dr. Jagdish Trivedi, late Harish Nayak, Raghuvir Chaudhary, Dr. Tejas Patel among Gujaratis to be conferred Padma Awards this year

January 25, 2024
Dr. Jagdish Trivedi, late Harish Nayak, Raghuvir Chaudhary, Dr. Tejas Patel among Gujaratis to be conferred Padma Awards this year

Gandhinagar: Dr. Jagdish Trivedi, a top humor artist from Gujarat who donates his revenue from his shows, worth crores of Rupees, will get Padma Shri award.  Trivedi was recently mentioned in Mann Ki Baat address by Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi. The Prime Minister had admired Trivedi's social work and contribution. Among other Padma awardees, names of whom were declared today. Dayal Mavjibhai Parmar will get Padma Shri in Medicine field, Harish Nayak who created children stories an...Read More

Central govt declares half-day leave on 22nd January

January 18, 2024
Central govt declares half-day leave on 22nd January

New Delhi: The government of India has today announced a half-day closing till 2.30 pm on 22nd January 2024, at all Central government offices, Central institutions, and Central industrial establishments throughout India to enable employees to participate in the celebrations. The decision has been taken as the Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha at Ayodhya is going to be celebrated on that day across India.   DeshGujaratRead More