Village Ki Chhori: Voices from Rural India

Despite the Income Tax department extending the deadline eight times to link PAN (Permanent Account Number) card with Aadhaar card, Over 17 crore PAN cardholders have not linked the document with Aadhaar card. After the amendment in the Finance Bill, 2019, the income tax department has the authority to make all such PAN cards which are not linked to Aadhaar inoperative.

The Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that “Hunar Haat”, being organised across the country by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, have proved to be a “Mega Mission” of economic empowerment of needy master artisans and craftsmen.

The Health and Family Welfare Ministry has proposed the draft amendment to the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements Act, 1954), seeking to introduce a jail term of up to five years and a fine of up to Rs 50 lakh for advertisements for drugs, ‘magic remedies’ and other products promoting fair skin, enhancing sexual performance, treating stammering, infertility in women, premature ageing and greying of hair and so on.

Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey has said that the government this month will roll out a facility to issue Permanent Account Number PAN cards online instantly on providing Aadhaar details.

A total of 2747 Khelo India Athletes have been selected under the “Talent Search and Development” vertical of the Khelo India Scheme. A total of 540 athletes have been shortlisted during the Khelo India Youth Games, 2020 said the Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju.

Indian Railways is committed to provide a secure, safe and comfortable journey to all its passengers. Cleanliness is a continuous process and every endeavour is made to keep the railway stations and passenger-carrying trains in properly maintained and clean conditions. Some of the major initiatives taken by Indian Railways towards the improvement of the cleanliness of stations and trains

Various steps have been taken by J&K Tourism Department to promote tourism in J&K. Various promotional campaigns have been launched at National Level to attract maximum number of domestic tourists. For wide Publicity, a comprehensive campaign has been launched through various prominent national newspapers, magazines.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Defence Expo 2020 in Lucknow today. Defence Expo 2020 promises to bring in new technologies and technological solutions, where defence manufacturing companies from India and abroad will showcase their products and services in the defence arena on a single platform

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, G Kishan Reddy, Spoke about the economic impact of the abrogation of Article 370 on Jammu and Kashmir. He said that the agriculture operations are going on smoothly in the valley. During FY 2019-20 (upto January 2020), 18.34 lakh MTs of fresh fruit (apples) have been dispatched. Watch the video to know more.

  The Government of India Takes Various Initiatives to Popularise Kabaddi. The sports facilities of Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior and Guwahati have been made available free of cost for sports including Kabaddi for organizing training programmes and sporting events.