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Pradhan Mantri Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana

Rs 7,395-cr push to Gram Panchayats into engines of development

October 29, 2026

NEW DELHI, 29 October: — A Gram Panchayat receives Finance Commission grants, carries out schemes of many departments and answers...

Jaishankar, Austrian counterpart Reisinger discuss ties

New Delhi, 28 October: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a meeting with his Austrian counterpart, Beate Meinl-Reisinger, in New...

Industrial growth stands at 6.7 pc in September

New Delhi, 28 October: India’s industrial production registered a 6.7 per cent growth (year-on-year) for the month of September, supported...

Cabinet okays Pradhan Mantri Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana with Rs 7,395 crore outlay

New Delhi, 28 October: The Union Cabinet on 28 October approved the Centrally sponsored Pradhan Mantri Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana...

Arvind Varanasi plant to create 1,000 plus jobs

India’ s poverty rate falls sharply to 2.6pc

NEW DELHI, 28 October 2026 — In 2011, more than one Indian in four lived on less than $3 a...

Govt issues notification for first set of GST changes to kick in on Nov 1

New Delhi, 27 October : The new Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms for post-sale discounts and speeding up provisional...

BRICS Parliamentary Forum concludes with Joint Declaration

New Delhi, 27 October: The 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum concluded on 27 October with the adoption of a Joint Declaration....

Anahat storms into Canadian Open quarter-finals

Ontario, 27 October: Anahat Singh continued her impressive run on the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Tour, defeating England’s Saran Nghiem...

Central Hall hosts BRICS lawmakers

NEW DELHI, 27 October For two days the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan, where India’s Constitution was debated, belongs to...

Jaishankar Meets Arab League Diplomats in Delhi

Jaishankar meets League of Arab States’ diplomats