Following the announcement of 'Swachh Bharat Mission' by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, IDBI BankBSE 0.77 % today announced plans to build toilets in schools in the rural areas under the corporate social responsibility projects.
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सोमवार, 1 सितंबर 2014
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, shakes hands with Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa in Kyoto, western Japan. news on 31 Aug 2014
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, shakes hands with Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa in Kyoto, western Japan. news on 31 Aug 2014
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and iPS cell researcher and Nobel Prize laureate, Shinya Yamanaka, pose for photos during Modi's visit at Kyoto University in Kyoto, western Japan. news on 31 Aug 2014
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and iPS cell researcher and Nobel Prize laureate, Shinya Yamanaka, pose for photos during Modi's visit at Kyoto University in Kyoto, western Japan. news on 31 Aug 2014
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, is greeted by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, left, prior to their meeting at a Tokyo hotel news on 31 Aug 2014
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, is greeted by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, left, prior to their meeting at a Tokyo hotel news on 31 Aug 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, center, feed carp in a pond at the State Guest House in Kyoto, western Japan, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. (Source: AP photo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, center, feed carp in a pond at the State Guest House in Kyoto, western Japan, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. (Source: AP photo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, center, wave in front of the five-story stupa at Toji Temple in Kyoto, Japan on Sunday. (Source: AP) news on PTI | Aug 31, 2014, 11.46AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, center, wave in front of the five-story stupa at Toji Temple in Kyoto, Japan on Sunday. (Source: AP) news on PTI | Aug 31, 2014, 11.46AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi poses for a photo with tourists during his visit at Golden Pavilion, Buddhist temple in Kyoto Japan. (Source: PTI) news on PTI | Aug 31, 2014, 11.46AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi poses for a photo with tourists during his visit at Golden Pavilion, Buddhist temple in Kyoto Japan. (Source: PTI) news on PTI | Aug 31, 2014, 11.46AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe eat tea cakes at the Omotesenke tea hut, one of the main schools for the Japanese tea ceremony, in Tokyo on Monday. (Source: Reuters) news on September 2, 2014 8:29 am
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe eat tea cakes at the Omotesenke tea hut, one of the main schools for the Japanese tea ceremony, in Tokyo on Monday. (Source: Reuters) news on September 2, 2014 8:29 am
शनिवार, 30 अगस्त 2014
PM Narendra Modi to visit Toji temple in Kyoto
PM Narendra Modi to visit Toji temple in Kyoto news in India TV world desk [ Updated 30 Aug 2014, 15:27:20 ]
Tokyo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the historical Buddhist Toji temple in Kyoto where he will be making his first and only one public appearance.
He will also be meeting Kyoto’s Governor and Mayor where who is expected to give a presentation on how it has been maintained as a culturally-rich and environment-friendly modern city.
The 8th century Toji temple has very ancient and very strong religious relationship with India. There are rare Buddhist replicas and statues which exist here and which has a very direct and deep connection with India.
The temple was founded at the beginning of the Heian Period just after the capital was moved to Kyoto in the late 700s.
Toji temple is one of Kyoto's many UNESCO world heritage sites.
PM Modi, Abe witness signing of MoU to turn Varanasi into a 'Smart City' in Saturday, August 30, 2014 - 21:00
PM Modi, Abe witness signing of MoU to turn Varanasi into a 'Smart City' in Saturday, August 30, 2014 - 21:00
New Delhi/Kyoto: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived on Saturday at Osaka International airport in Japan on his maiden bilateral visit outside the Indian subcontinent, which is expected to open new vistas in the bilateral ties and take the Strategic and Global Partnership to a higher level.
Clad in a black princecoat, the prime minister met the Japanese delegates present at the airport to receive him.
India and Japan signed the cultural agreement of Varanasi-Kyoto which focuses on how to preserve heritage while building smart cities. The agreement was signed between Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa and India`s Ambassador to Japan Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, ministry of external affairs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said.
Shah defends Rajnath, claims trick to bring party’s image down news on 27, Aug 2014
IN MODHI'S GOVERNMENT Shah defends Rajnath, claims trick to bring party’s image down news on 27, Aug 2014
BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday defended Rajnath Singh and said all claims against him and his son are baseless.
He also said this is a trick which opposition is posting to bring party’s image down.
Scotching
the "rumours", Singh asserted that he would quit politics if even
"prima facie" it is proved that any of his family member had been
involved in any misconduct.
His statement came in the wake of a
report which said he was upset with stories that claimed his son was
pulled up by Modi for an alleged "misconduct".
Singh said rumours about alleged wrong doings by his family members have been floating around for the last fortnight.
"In
the last 15-20 days, there have been continuous rumours in the air
about me and my family. I thought rumours have no basis and these will
end in some days.
"But I am seeing that these rumours are gaining
momentum day-by-day. I want to assure the nation that the day
allegations, even prima facie or even small, are proven against me or my
family, I will quit politics and public life and sit at home," he said
in a hurriedly called interaction with journalists outside his office in
North Block.
Simultaneously, the PMO also issued a statement,
rubbishing the reports and dubbing them as "plain lies, motivated and
malicious attempt" to tarnish the image of the government.
"This
has reference to reports appearing in a section of the media over the
past several weeks, mentioning the Prime Minister, and referring to the
conduct of some Union Ministers, and alleged misconduct of the Home
Minister's son," said statement.
"The reports are plain lies,
motivated and constitute a malicious attempt at character assassination
and tarnishing the image of the Government," it said.
शुक्रवार, 29 अगस्त 2014
PM lays foundation stone of the Metro Rail Project in Nagpur
PM lays foundation stone of the Metro Rail Project in Nagpur
Last Updated: Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 09:05
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of ambitious Metro Rail Project in Nagpur on Thursday. Modi is also scheduled to inaugurate the Mouda Super Thermal Power Project Phase I and a flyover on National Highway 6, all in Nagpur.
The 38.215-km-long project, scheduled to be completed by March 2018, will be funded on equal sharing basis between the state and the Centre with the latter contributing Rs 1,555 crore as equity and subordinate debt.
Nagpur Metro will connect 19.658 km of north-south corridor and 18.557 km of east-west corridor.The proposed north-south and east-west alignments are expected to provide much needed connectivity to commuters and would traverse through some of the densest and traffic- congested areas of the Orange city.
The alignments are also expected to bring connectivity to the Special Economic Zone (SEZ), educational institutions and logistic hubs in the city.
The two corridors, together, are expected to bring about a total transformation in the city`s urban transportation scenario by considerably reducing traffic congestion and bringing in a fast, comfortable, safe and affordable mass transportation system for the people of Nagpur.
To execute the project, the Cabinet approved setting up of Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation, a senior Urban Development Ministry official said.
While Urban Development Secretary will be the Chairman of the corporation, the Managing Director will be nominated by the Maharashtra government. The company will have 10 nominee Directors on its Board. These would be five nominees of the Government of India and five nominees of the Government of Maharashtra.
Nagpur with a population of 24 lakh people is the third largest city of Maharashtra and 13th largest in the country.
The project is scheduled to be completed by March 2018. Metro services are operational Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore and under various stages on construction in cities including Jaipur and Kochi.
Modi launches Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, 1.5-cr bank accounts opened across India in one day
Modi launches Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, 1.5-cr bank accounts opened across India in one day
Friday, 29 August 2014 | PNS | New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (left) presenting debit cards to some of the beneficiaries during the launch of the ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)’ in New Delhi .
Villagers show their zero balance passbooks given under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, near Hyderabad, on Thursday. Photo: P.V. Sivakumar
A record 1.5 crore bank accounts were opened across the country in a single day on Thursday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his Government’s mega scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana’, declaring it was aimed at eradicating financial untouchability by providing bank accounts to the poor.
The gigantic exercise was launched simultaneously at 76 centres across the country by 20 Chief Ministers and several Union Ministers, including Information Minister Prakash Javadekar at Pune, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad at Chennai, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj at Bhopal, Home Minister Rajnath Singh at Lucknow and HRD Minister Smriti Irani at Surat. In all, 600 programmes and 77,852 camps were organised on the first day to open bank accounts.
Launching the scheme at Vigyan Bhawan here, Modi said by January 28 next year it will cover 7.5 crore people, who will be provided zero-balance bank account with RuPay debit card, life insurance cover of Rs 30,000 in addition to accidental insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh. Later the account holders will be provided an overdraft facility of up to Rs 5,000.
“Mahatma Gandhi worked to remove social untouchability and if we want to get rid of poverty, then we have to first get rid of financial untouchability. We have to connect every person with the financial system. And for that, this programme has been given impetus. When a bank account is opened, it’s a step towards joining the economic mainstream,” he said.
Modi regretted that even after 68 years of Independence, not even 68 per cent of the population was covered by the banking system.
Describing the occasion as a festival to celebrate the liberation of the poor from a poisonous cycle Modi said: “Those who open accounts by January 26, 2015, they will be given life insurance cover of Rs 30,000 over and above the Rs 1 lakh accident insurance. This will help the family.”
In the third phase, he said, these account holders would also be provided micro-pension facility.
“I believe that when a person opens a bank account, then he or she takes the first step to get connected with the economic system. Today 1.5 crore families got connected with the economic system. This will give a boost to the economy,” he said.
Modi said six months after opening the account the account-holder would be able to get a loan of Rs 5,000 from the bank.
The Prime Minister said the nationwide success of the enrolment drive would give confidence not just to the officials of the Department of Financial Services and banking sectors, but also to officers across the Union Government, that they can successfully achieve the goals that they set for themselves.
“Never before has the Government of India organised a programme of such scale — over 77,000 locations — with the participation of so many Chief Ministers, Union Ministers, Government and bank officials,” the Prime Minister said.
Asserting that the scheme would also help in fighting corruption by plugging leakages in the Government subsidy scheme, Modi said it was easy for the rich to get a loan at low interest rates but the poor were forced to seek loans from moneylenders at five times the rates.
He said a breakthrough was required to overcome the vicious cycle of poverty and debt, and that a breakthrough had been achieved today.
He said there were similarities between the poor getting access to mobile telephones, and getting access to debit cards. They both had the effect of instilling confidence and pride among the poor, he added.
“Now, the poor would be able to do normal bank transactions through non-smart phones as well because of the introduction of new technology by the National Payments Corporation of India,” he said.
While the existing banking network would be geared up to open bank accounts of the uncovered households in both rural and urban areas, the banking sector would be expanding itself to set up additional 50,000 business correspondents, more than 7,000 branches and more than 20,000 new ATMs in the first phase, he said.
Meanwhile, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said around 58 per cent of the population of the country had bank accounts. “In simple words it means there are still 10 crore families that are away from banking services as they do not have access to banking services, they are also deprived of means of savings,” he said. The ultimate motive of this scheme is that no family should be deprived of this service, he added.
The Finance Minister said mobile banking for the poor would be available through National Unified USSD Platform for which all banks and mobile companies have come together.
Normal bank transaction can be done through any phone across the country, he added.
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10 Facts about Pradhanmantri Jan-Dhan Yojana
The name “Jan Dhan” was chosen through an online competition on the MyGov Platform and received more than 6000 suggestion from Indian citizens. After evaluation the jury shortlisted “Jan Dhan” which was suggested by 7 individuals.
The slogan for the Pradhanmantri Jan Dhan mission is expected to be ” Mera Khata – Bhagya Vidhaata” which when translated into English means ” My Bank Account – The Creator of the Good Fortune”:
The Logo of the Mission is depicted below :
The primary aim of the Jan Dhan Yojana is to bring poor financially excluded people into the banking system by providing them bank accounts and debit cards.
The scheme will cover both urban and rural areas of India and all bank accounts opened will be linked to a debit card which would be issued under the Ru-Pay scheme. ( Rupay is India’s own unique domestic card network owned by National Payments Corporation of India and has been created as an alternative to Visa and Mastercard.)
Every individual who opens a bank account becomes eligible to receive an accident insurance cover of up-to Rs 1 Lakh for his entire family.
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana has set an ambitious target of bringing in more than 7.5 crore un-banked families into India’s banking system by opening more than 15 Crore bank accounts at the rate of two bank accounts per household.
Once the bank account has been active for 6 months and has been linked to account holders Aadhar identity , they would become eligible for an overdraft of up to Rs 2,500 , which would further be enhanced by the bank to Rs 5000 over time.
The Jan Dhan Yojana also seeks to provide incentives to business and banking correspondents who serve as link for the last mile between savings account holders and the bank by fixing a minimum monthly remuneration of Rs 5000.
The long term vision of the Jan Dhan Yojana is to lay the foundation of a cashless economy and is complementary to the Digital India Scheme.
रविवार, 24 अगस्त 2014
शनिवार, 23 अगस्त 2014
Narendra Modi effect: Vedanta's Hindustan Zinc to build 10,000 more toilets in Rajasthan in 20 Aug, 2014
Narendra Modi effect: Vedanta's Hindustan Zinc to build 10,000 more toilets in Rajasthan in 20 Aug, 2014
Responding
to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to corporates to build
separate toilets for women, Vedanta Group company Hindustan ZincBSE
0.18 % today announced that it will construct another set of 10,000
toilets in Rajasthan,
Responding to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to corporates to build separate toilets for women, Vedanta Group company Hindustan ZincBSE 0.18 % today announced that it will construct another set of 10,000 toilets in Rajasthan,
Responding to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to corporates to
build separate toilets for women, Vedanta Group company Hindustan
ZincBSE 0.18 % today announced that it will construct another set of
10,000 toilets in Rajasthan,
Responding
to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to corporates to build
separate toilets for women, Vedanta Group company Hindustan ZincBSE
0.18 % today announced that it will construct another set of 10,000
toilets in Rajasthan,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspecting the guard of honour at Red Fort on August 15, 2014.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspecting the guard of honour at Red Fort on August 15, 2014
Modi
has focused on bringing to order India's unruly state apparatus. He has
beefed up the Prime Minister's Office, ordered bureaucrats to get to
work on time and — in a law passed this week — restricted the power of
judges to appoint each other.
शुक्रवार, 22 अगस्त 2014
PM flags off train to Vaishno Devi, names it Shreeshakti Express in New Delhi, July 4, 2014 | UPDATED 17:26 IST
PM flags off train to Vaishno Devi, names it Shreeshakti Express in New Delhi, July 4, 2014 | UPDATED 17:26 IST
Trains will be able to reach Katra directly as the 53-km Jammu-Udhampur rail line is already operational. This would enable lakhs of pilgrims headed to the revered Vaishno Devi shrine to travel directly to the base camp at Katra.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the Pashupatinath Temple visitors book in Nepal in 6 Aug 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the Pashupatinath Temple visitors book in Nepal in 6 Aug 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal in 6 Aug 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal in 6 Aug 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifts sandalwood to the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, after praying on Monday. PTI Photo by Vijay Verma
गुरुवार, 21 अगस्त 2014
15 th Aug 2014 independence of INDIA
15 th Aug 2014 independence of INDIA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Nation on the 68th occasion of 58th Independence day live from the Red Fort, New Delhi. India is celebrating the 15th of August, and BJP wave has came down strongly, after Naredra’s Modi majority government came into existence since the last Lok Sabha election. Watch the live streaming of Narendra Modi Speech on Independence Day 2014, straight live from Lal Kila, New Delhi. The live streaming will also be available in YouTube to broadcast it in India, ad other overseas countries. Millions of people will expected to tune in to live radio broadcast via, Vividh Bharti Kendra, in all the major official channels.
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