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ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning in collaboration with ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science-Bhopal, and FAO have developed the map with the intention of promoting knowledge-based agricultural practices in India.

This increase has made India the first country to record such an enormous growth regarding ease of doing business, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley expressed in a press conference announcing the development.

The application will let a superannuating central government official monitor the progress of his or her pension settlement and allow retired officials to check details of their pension amounts through the pension calculator.

In an attempt to reduce caste prejudice, the government extends financial incentives to inter-caste couples to help them settle down in the initial years of their marriage.

Engaging successfully with the government and handing over your programme for scale-up, while minimising quality loss, can be challenging. Dr. Aparajita Gogoi, Executive Director, Centre for Catalyzing Change details how to navigate this relationship better.

The BJP-led Centre and Congress-led Opposition parties are on the search for their respective Presidential candidates.

An e-platform will be launched this month to enable women employees of the central government to file sexual harassment complaints online.

The current Lok Sabha session saw the introduction of many private member bills. Rakesh Dubbudu has a compilation of some of the interesting ones.

A scheme which sees food delivered by hand to homes in the tribal villages of Jharkhand was initiated by the state government this week. It aims to provide food to at least 70,000 vulnerable families in the state.

Some of these top institutes tread off the beaten path and offer branches of study that are definitely not your average fare.