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9 Apr, 2012
India to Push Its Culinary Advantage, Establish 10 Spice Export Parks By End-2012
New Delhi, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, 08-April, 2012 – In a move that will further enhance the quality and popularity of Indian cuisine worldwide, the Spice Board of India, a unit of the Ministry of Commerce, will establish 10 spice parks across the country by end-2012. A total of Rs. 167 crores have been [...]
more…31 Mar, 2012
India, Brazil Plan Boost in Bilateral Tourism, Investments
New Delhi, March 29, 2012 (Press Information Bureau) – India and Brazil are planning a number of ways to strengthen cooperation in various sectors of tourism. The visiting Tourism Minister of Brazil Mr Gastao Vieira who called on Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai here today said that Brazil is keen to exchange experience in [...]
more…14 Mar, 2012
India Targets 12% Annual Visitor Arrivals Growth in 2012-17 Five-Year Plan
Recognising tourism as a major job-creator for the national economy, Indian President Mrs Pratibha Devisingh Patil has told Parliament that the government will target an annual visitor arrivals growth of 12% over the 12th Five-Year Plan period 2012-17. In her address to the Parliament on March 12, 2012, marking the halfway point of her Government, [...]
more…1 Mar, 2012
Indian Railways to Need Billions for Modernisation Over Five Years
Ministry of Railways, 27 February, 2012 – The Expert Group for Modernisation of Indian Railways, constituted by the Ministry of Railways under the Chairmanship of Mr Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister, presented its report to the Minister of Railways, Mr Dinesh Trivedi, here today. The report recommends ways and means to modernize Indian [...]
more…1 Mar, 2012
India, Pakistan Move to Normalise Trade Contacts
Ministry of Commerce & Industry, 29 February, 2012 – India has welcomed the decision by the government of Pakistan to transition from a Positive List Regime to a small Negative List for trade with India. This development reaffirms the commitment of both governments for trade normalisation as per the roadmap drawn during the visit by [...]
more…1 Mar, 2012
Sikkim, Hyderabad, Delhi Tourism Corp. Big Winners in Indian Tourism Awards
The Indian Tourism Awards, presented on February 29, included three new categories: “The Best State : Campaign Clean India”, the “Best Heritage City” and “Best Heritage Walk”. The inaugural winners in the three categories were respectively Sikkim, Hyderabad and the Delhi Tourism & Transportation Development Corporation Ltd. The first award was especially important as it [...]
more…24 Feb, 2012
India, China Boost Youth Exchange To Build Friendship, Mutual Understanding
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, 24 February, 2012 – A 500 member Chinese Youth Delegation will arrive in New Delhi on 25 Feb on a nine-day visit as a part of Indo-China Youth Exchange Programme. The exchange programme involves interaction with local youth, visits to tourist and cultural sites and introduction to economic and [...]
more…24 Feb, 2012
India Sets Up “Virtual Labs” to Spread Knowledge, Cut Costs, Alleviate Poverty
Ministry of Human Resource Development, 23 Feb 2012 – The Union Minister for Human Resource Development today launched Virtual Labs — a collection of 91 virtual laboratories containing hundreds of experiments in nine disciplines of science and engineering. As part of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)’s National Mission on Education through Information and Communication [...]
more…24 Feb, 2012
Indian Govt Sets 20% Procurement Target from SMEs in 3 Years
Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, 23-February, 2012 – The Micro Small and Medium Enterprises play a pivotal role in the overall industrial economy of India. MSME constitute more than 80% of the total number of industrial enterprises and support industrial development. With globalization, there is an urgent need of a dynamic and self-sustaining [...]
more…24 Feb, 2012
CEOs Now Making Incredible Money in Incredible India
New Delhi/Mumbai, February 22, 2012: Global management consultancy Hay Group released the Top Executives Compensation report today, revealing that the average CEO’s compensation in India has crossed the INR 2 crores / USD 400,000 mark, on a cost to company (CTC) basis. The study also shows that compensation is pegged to be more than INR [...]
more…20 Feb, 2012
Helping Tribals Alleviate Poverty by Enhancing The Value of Forest Products
Ministry of Tribal Affairs, 17 February 2012 – This report describes the work of the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) which began operating in 1988 to market tribal products. Forests provide 60% of the food & medicinal needs of tribals and 60% of their income — their food, fodder, fruits, medicines, [...]
more…20 Feb, 2012
Extensive Policy Research to Boost Job-Creation for Indians Overseas
Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, 14 February 2012 – The following report outlines the work and activities of the Indian Council of Overseas Employment (ICOE), set up by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in 2008 with a mandate “to devise and execute medium to long term strategies to enable Indian emigrant workers and professionals [...]
more…20 Feb, 2012
Indian Population Expected to Stabilise by 2045
Nairobi, Kenya, 14 Feb 2012, (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) – The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister and Chairman, Partners in Population Development (PPD), Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad today addressed a gathering here on the occasion of Re-Launch of Family Planning Campaign of Government of Kenya during the ongoing three day meeting of [...]
more…20 Feb, 2012
India Should be Free of Open Defecation by 2022: Minister
New Delhi, 15 Feb 2012 (Ministry of Rural Development)- Union Minister for Rural Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation Mr. Jairam Ramesh has called for making India an open defecation free country in 10 years and announced major restructuring of the Total Sanitation Campaign, TSC. Addressing a National Consultation on scaling up sanitation here, the [...]
more…20 Feb, 2012
China Seen as Big Market for Indian Handmade Carpets
New Delhi, 17 Feb 2012 (Ministry of Commerce & Industry) – India and China have decided to promote export of Indian handmade carpets to China to diversify the trade basket and address the imbalance in the trade between the two countries. The matter was discussed during a meeting between Union Minister of Commerce, Industry and [...]
more…20 Feb, 2012
Govt: “Almost All Major Terrorist Incident Cases Solved”
New Delhi, 16 Feb 2012 – The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has issued the following statement regarding number of major terror incident cases solved by investigating agencies. “Government’s attention has been drawn to a statement made by the spokesperson of a political party that no case of terror has been solved by the investigating [...]
more…20 Feb, 2012
Push to Promote Movies as Medium to Market “Incredible India” Campaign
NEW DELHI, 16 Feb 2012 (Ministry of Tourism) – In a major initiative to promote the ‘Incredible India Campaign’ and Cinemas of India as a sub brand of Incredible India at various international film festivals and markets abroad, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Ministry of Tourism today signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The [...]
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