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Budget for a Better India
Ending a 92 year old practice that started in 1924, the Union Budget 2017 established a new precedent with the merger of the Railway budget.
Trajectory of India’s Urban Development
Post-independence, India’s urban development trajectory can be broadly divided in three stages. The first stage spanned 15 years (First to Third Five Year Plans) and the approach was fragmented. The first three Plans were marked by efforts towards housing provisions, slum clearance and rehabilitation. The Second Five Year Plan (FYP) provided for the creation of town and country planning laws and initiated planning institutions, after which rigid Master Plans for a number of cities were developed. Two state capitals and industrial towns were developed in the Third FYP.
CSIR technology aids sugarcane juice preservation — India’s answer to sugary soft drinks
Sugarcane juice can easily be India’s answer to sugary soft drinks which are widely believed to refresh the body after jogging, aerobics and exercise. The fact is that drinking one can of soda per day can increase the risk of developing type-2 diabetes by 22 per cent.
AMRUT – Rejuvenating Urban India – Transforming India through Reforming Processes
Cities are engines of economic growth. Cities accelerate economic development and revive economic growth.
How is AMRUT different?
The distinct features of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) arise from the address of the President to the Parliament – “By the time the nation completes 75 years of its Independence, every family will have a pucca house with water connection, toilet facilities, 24 X 7 electricity supply and access.”
CSIR Fuels Research on Biodiesel Production
Nature has it all. Whether it is food, fibre, fuel or a drug formulation, Nature has an answer to all our needs.
Winners of the National Contest on Social Innovation
Ministry of External Affairs hosted the National Contest on Social Innovation 2016 on MyGov India. The objective of the Contest was to identify a pool of 25 social impact innovations that offer commercially viable solutions to the socio-economic problems of India.
Genetic Diversity in Indian Populations
A home to more than one billion people, India is a land of vast human diversity, consisting of more than four and a half thousand anthropologically well-defined populations.
TERAFIL WATER FILTER—AN AFFORDABLE CLEAN WATER SOLUTION
Water, albeit being an abundant resource and elixir of life, is not always safe to drink. Unsafe drinking water poses a grave risk of water borne diseases to over 800 million people in rural India, including diarrhoea in children.
Announcing winners of the contest for design of Logo and Tagline for National Capital Region Transport Corporation Ltd (NCRTC)
The contest for design of Logo and Tagline for National Capital Region Transport Corporation Ltd (NCRTC) was hosted on MyGov portal. It received stupendous response from Citizens and more than four hundred entries were received.
CSIR Takes Steps for Nurturing Nature
‘The most unique feature of the Earth is the existence of life, and the most extraordinary feature of life is its diversity’ (Cardinale et al., 2012)
Announcing Top 10 Winners of Unnati Ki Kahani
The dream of a Digital India began in the year 2014 with our Honourable Prime Minister Shri NarendraModi’s far-reaching vision of leveraging digital technology for accelerating growth and development.