Modi Government good work

Central Thrust of the Rail Budget NDA Govt’s Rail Budget 2016-17 comes up with a strong vision to Reorganize, Restructure & Rejuvenate the Indian Railways by New Processes & Structures, New Norms & New sources of Revenue. Great focus on passengers’ comfort and convenience, while ensuring no hike in fares. Introduction of Antyodaya Express, a long-distance, fully unreserved, superfast train service, to be operated on dense routes. Addition of 2 to 4 Deen Dayalu coaches in long distance trains for unreserved trains with facility of drinking water and high number of mobile charging points. ‘Clean My Coach’ service through SMS. Additional 30,000 bio-toilets Bio-Toilets at stations for senior citizens, divyang and women travellers Facility of cancellation through the 139 helpline. ‘Vikalp’ ( Alternative Train Accommodation System)scheme to be expanded to provide choice of trains to wait-listed passengers. Introduction of a new policy where each stall at station can p...

This year, imports are already down by 16% resulting in savings of Rs 22,000 crore so far. India will save Rs 30,000 crore in 2015-16 by cutting down on coal imports as domestic production has picked up. The government is aiming to completely eliminate the import of the kind of coal that is available domestically. Coal India, the state-run company that is the largest coal producer in the country, plans to double its production to 1 billion tonne by 2020. It would have scaled up production to 550 million tonne which is likely to increase to 600 million tonne next year. Typically, Indian coal is almost 40% cheaper than imported coal. India has been importing coal as Coal India was unable to match growing demand. Source:- India to save Rs 30,000 crore in FY16 by cutting down coal imports - The Economic Times

Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) completed distribution o f 5 crore LED bulbs under Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) on Thursday morning. The DELP scheme helps to save 1,76,87,005 kWh energy per day which is worth Rs 6,95,14,059. It also helps in avoiding peak load of 1,583 MW. Replacing incandescent bulbs with LEDs reduces emission of 14,469 tonne of Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a public sector entity under Ministry of Power, has taken up the project of distributing LED bulbs under its flagship initiative, the Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP). The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the DELP scheme on 5th January 2015. The scheme is presently running in nineteen states & union territories in India and is rapidly expanding across all other states. The target of the DELP is to replace all the 77 crore incandescent bulbs sold in India by LEDs. This will result in reduction of 2...