The government of India today approved a scheme to give incentives to companies that want to manufacture batteries in India. Briefing media after a cabinet meeting, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “We have taken a big step to give incentives under the Make in India program to encourage the manufacturing of batteries.” The move […]
The government’s ‘free LPG connection’ scheme, Ujjwala, has seen 60% higher demand than expected, and the objectives of the three-year scheme will be met within two years at the current pace of rollout.As of the end of February, the total number of beneficiaries under the scheme rose to 2 cr (20 mln) from 15 mln […]
He may not be able to deliver the Rs 15 lakhs, but according to a media report, Narendra Modi’s government is thinking of transferring at least part of the black money destroyed through demonetization to Jan Dhan account holders. Jan Dhan accounts were opened in 2014 by economically weaker sections of the population who did […]
