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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

State companies have received 1.81 crore applications for fresh connections under the PMUY. About 1.56 crore applicants have been found eligible, of which about 1.01 crore have already been handed fresh gas connections Balance will be covered in the coming months This is expected to increase cooking gas consumer base by 60% and protect more and more women from the hazardous kitchen smoke. Source:- Free LPG connections given to one crore BPL families: Dharmendra Pradhan - The Economic Times

Giving special attention to the interests of Divyang citizens, Government is providing them with aid kits across the country. Almost 10 thousand kits will be distributed at this... the third largest event of this program. The organizers say that in the future such events will be organized on both small and large scales. The mood is upbeat about the Prime Minister's visit to Vadodara. Divyangs will also perform for the Prime Minister, for which they have been preparing for ten days. The government is paying special attention to the welfare of Divyangs with a number of schemes that are receiving wholehearted participation from them, making the schemes highly successful. Source:- http://ddinews.gov.in/Home%20-%20Headlines/Pages/PMinVadodara.aspx

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday laid the foundation stone of Urja Ganga, the ambitious R51,000-crore gas pipeline project, in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi. The project aims to provide piped cooking gas to residents of Varanasi within two years and, in another year after that, cater to millions of people in states like Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha. The 800-km pipeline will be laid and 50,000 households and 20,000 vehicles will get PNG and CNG gas respectively. The project is said to be a major step towards collective growth and development of the eastern region of India. GAIL has built a network of pipelines covering around 11,000 km. With Urja Ganga project, the total length will increase by 2540 km. Work on the 2540-km long Jagdishpur-Haldia and Bokaro-Dhamra Natural Gas pipeline project will begin and the project is expected to be completed between 2018 and 2020 . The government has combined the development of gas pipeline across the eastern region