MUMBAI, 20 SEPTEMBER, 2020 (GPN):

• Prime Minister’s Office

  • PMO led panel initiates Action in Advance for Management of Air Pollution in NCR region
  • Prime Minister to lay foundation Stone of nine highway projects worth over Rs 14,000 crore in Bihar

President’s Secretariat

• Let Us Strive to Make Jammu and Kashmir a Firdaus on The Earth, A Bright Jewel on The Crown of Mother India: President Kovind

• President’s Secretariat

  • NEP sets the vision of developing an equitable and vibrant knowledge society: President Kovind

• Vice President’s Secretariat

  • Rajya Sabha Chairman reiterated his concern for the safety of the public and Parliamentarians during the ongoing pandemic

• Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

  • Parliament passes The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020

• Ministry of Corporate Affairs

  • Government struck off 3,82,581 shell companies during last three years

• Ministry of Finance

  • Insurance coverage to PMJDY account holders
  • Borrowing of money to meet GST revenue shortfall
  • Fiscal and monetary policies to deal with slowdown due to COVID-19
  • 35,074 taxpayers opt for Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

  • India registers a record number of High Recoveries
  • India scales yet another PEAK- Records all-time High of DAILY TESTING

• Ministry of Railways

  • More than 9,79,000 mandays of work generated by Indian Railways till 18 September, 2020 under Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan
  • “Swachhta Pakhwara” is being observed all over Indian Railways

• Ministry of Defence

  • Corporatisation of OFB
  • Attack of Pakistani Forces on Indian Positions
  • Calorie Intake of Soldiers Posted at Siachen
  • Encouragement to Indigenous Production of Defence Equipment
  • Startups in Defence Sector
  • Corporatisation of Ordnance Factories
  • Women Pilots in IAF
  • Investment in Defence through FDI Route
  • Selection Board for Grant of Permanent Commission to Women Officers in Indian Army Commences Proceedings

• Ministry of Earth Science

  • Enhanced rainfall activity over Peninsular India, East andNortheast India during 19th-23rd September, 2020
  • Indian monsoon can be predicted better after volcanic eruptions: Indo-German research team

• Ministry of Education

  • Visitor’s Conference concludes with the commitment of successful implementation of National Education Policy
  • President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind virtually inaugurates Visitor’s Conference on Implementation of National Education Policy 2020 in Higher Education

• Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

  • PMO led panel initiates Action in Advance for Management of Air Pollution in NCR region

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

  • Minister of Commerce & Industry engages with 12 State/UTs and reviews status of COVID management including Oxygen availability and usage
  • India overtakes USA to become No.1 in terms of global COVID 19 recoveries

• Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises

  • KVIC’s Firmness Forces Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal to Remove 160 Fake Khadi Products Online

• Ministry of Minority Affairs

  • Rs.2204.44 Crore spent by Minority Affairs Ministry on scholarship schemes during 2019-20 on 67,21,630 beneficiaries

• Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

  • Reduction in Import of Oil
  • Prices of Petrol/Diesel
  • Production of Ethanol

• Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

  • Various schemes to bridge the demand-supply gap of skilled workers

• Ministry of Tribal Affairs

  • M/O Tribal Affairs Extends Support to State Governments / UTs For Development of Bilingual Primers for Preservation of Tribal Languages
  • Social Security Scheme for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

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