Category: PIB
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PIB: India launches India Innovation Index (III)
States will be ranked on innovations from 2017 NITI Aayog, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) together launched a mega initiative “India Innovation Index”. It will rank states on Innovations through country’s first online innovation index portal that will capture data on innovation from all Indian states on…
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PIB: Salient Features of Direct Tax Proposals in Union Budget 2017
Salient Features of Direct Tax Proposals in Union Budget 2017 The salient features of Direct Tax proposals are summarised below: Affordable Housing: Three concessions in the scheme of Income Tax exemption for affordable housing: Area of 30 and 60 Sq.mtr. to be counted as carpet area and not built-up area; 30 Sq.mtr. only in 4…
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PIB: Economic Survey and Union Budget 2017-18
Economic Survey: The Constitutional Amendment on GST will create a common Indian market, improve tax compliance and governance and boost investment and growth. The year was marked by two major domestic policy developments-the passage of the Constitutional Amendment, paving the way for implementing the transformational Goods and Services Tax (GST), And the action to demonetize…
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PIB: Utilisation of Nirbhaya Fund
Some reports have appeared in a section of the press stating that the Nirbhaya Fund is underutilised. The Ministry of Finance, Government of India had set up a dedicated fund called Nirbhaya Fund in 2013, for implementation of initiatives aimed at enhancing the safety and security for women in the country. It is a non-lapsable…
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PIB: National Action Plan for Children, 2016
National Action Plan for Children, 2016 (NPAC) was launched at a special function held to celebrate the National Girl Child. The NPAC has been developed by the Ministry of Women & Child Development. It seeks to ensure the following: The Action Plan has four key priority areas; survival, health and nutrition; education and development; protection and…
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Download: PIB February Week 1 Compilation
Download PIB Compilation of February Week 1 (Important for UPSC Prelims and Mains Preparation) below: Click Here to Download February Week 1 Compilation For other important Downloads: Click Here IMP: Read UPSC Prelims Recommended Booklist Here About PIB: The Press Information Bureau (PIB) is the nodal agency of the Government of India to disseminate information to…
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PIB February Week 1 – Internal economic integration of India
The Survey suggest that on the question of creating one economic India, technology, economics and politics have been surging ahead. Perhaps, it is time for the laws to catch up to further facilitate this surging internal integration. It finds high levels of internal trade between states: India’s internal trade-GDP ratio at about 54 percent is…
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PIB February Week 1 – Budget gives a major push to Digital Economy
In a bid to give a push to Digital Economy and weed-out corruption and black money, Government has decided that no transaction above Rs 3 lakh will be permitted in cash. Accepting a suggestion by Special Investigation Team on Black Money to ban cash transactions above Rs 3 lakhs, the Finance Minister has proposed an…
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PIB January Week 4: Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Policy Initiatives, Infrastructure, Renewable Energy and Others
Note: Click Here to Download January Week 4 Compilation For other important Downloads: Click Here Chemicals & Petrochemicals The Chemicals industry in India is an important contributor to the Indian economy sustaining a variety of downstream industries such as textiles and pharmaceuticals. The Indian chemicals industry with a market size of USD 145 billion is theseventh…
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PIB January Week 4: INFRASTRUCTURE
Note: Click Here to Download January Week 4 Compilation For other important Downloads: Click Here INFRASTRUCTURE Biotechnology Sector The Biotechnology sector is one of the sunrise sectors in India. The government is investing substantially for creating human capital and infrastructure with a special focus on R&D to develop India into a world class bio manufacturing hub.…
