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Recognising the valour of Indian soldiers, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has more than doubled the compensation for widows and families of soldiers dying while fighting for the country. The revision of compensation for the families paid for by the government funds was first done by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 1998 and the second revision has been done after a gap of more than 16 years. Source:- Parrikar doubles compensation war widows and their families

In a bid to boost production of pulses, the Centre on Tuesday increased its minimum support price (MSP) by up to Rs. 550 per quintal The decision to increase the MSP for rabi crops was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee Source:- Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for Kharif Crops of 2016-17 season

Ujjwala Yojna :- Objective - The scheme is aimed at replacing the unclean cooking fuels mostly used in the rural India with the clean and more efficient LPG Target - 1.56 crore BPL families Achievement - 1 crore BPL families till date Rural Electrification :- Objective - Rural electrification is the process of bringing electrical power to rural and remote areas. Target - 18,452 villages Achievement - 10,829 villages electrified till date Jan Dhan Yojna Objective - Financial Inclusion to ensure access to financial services, namely Banking Savings & Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pension in an affordable manner. Achievement - 25.51 crore account opened till date Mudra Yojna Objective - (MUDRA) Bank is a new institution being set up by Government of India for development and refinancing activities relating to micro units.The purpose of MUDRA is to provide funding to the non corporate small business sector. Target- 5.75 crore Achievem...

The construction pace of roads built under the flagship scheme of PMGSY has increased to 139 km per day "From 2011 to 2014, the roads in rural areas under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) were constructed at 70-75 kilometer per day. 2014-16, it increased to 100 km per day. Today the roads are being constructed at 139 km per day He said while the construction speed was 139 km in the first five months, 133 km will be constructed per day under the PMGSY in 2016-17. Rural roads is a state subject and PMGSY is a one-time special intervention of the government to provide rural connectivity by way of single all-weather road connectivity to eligible, unconnected habitations in the core network. The habitations having a population of 100 and above and identified by Home Ministry as crucial, are also covered under the scheme. The government has also launched the second phase of PMGSY-II which envisages consolidation of the existing rural road network to improve its ove...

Electronic city is expected to host manufacturing units for electronics components, envisaged under the Make in India scheme. Electronic City is expected to generate 25,000 jobs for the youth in the state. Mopa airport is Goa’s first civilian airport and is being developed by GMR Airports Source:- PM Modi to lay foundation for two major infrastructure projects in Goa on his brief visit

India and Japan today signed the civil nuclear agreement during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Tokyo. A landmark deal for a cleaner, greener world! PM @narendramodi and PM @AbeShinzo witness exchange of the landmark Civil Nuclear Agreement The deal would allow Japan to export nuclear technology to India, making it the first non-NPT signatory to have such a deal with Tokyo Japan is a major player in the nuclear energy market and an atomic deal with it will make it easier for US-based nuclear plant makers Westinghouse Electric Corporation and GE Energy Inc to set up atomic plants in India Other nations who have signed civil nuclear deal with India include the US, Russia, South Korea, Mangolia, France, Namibia, Argentina, Canada, Kazakhstan and Australia. Source:- India becomes first non-NPT signatory to ink landmark civil nuclear deal with Japan