Directorate of Estates is an attached office of the Ministry of Urban Development. It is responsible for the administration and management of the office buildings and residential accommodation of Government of India in the metropolitan cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Chennai and five other cities/towns namely Shimla, Chandigarh, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Nagpur. There […]
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Induction of Women in Armed Forces
Induction of Women in Armed Forces Women are inducted in Armed Forces as Short Service Commission officers. There is no separate fixed sanctioned strength for recruitment of Women in the Armed Forces, and they are recruited within the overall authorized strength of the respective Services. There is no separate fixed sanctioned strength for recruitment of […]
24×7 School Education Channel
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) have submitted a proposal for launching 24X7 television channel to cater to the needs of school education and adult literary. The details are as under: (i) Upgradation of equipment (ii) Establishing production facilities (studio and communication link with the earth […]
Mamata declares holiday on Rabindranath Tagore’s death anniversary
Mamata declares holiday on Rabindranath Tagore’s death anniversary KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday declared Aug 8 a holiday to mark the death anniversary of poet Rabindranath Tagore. Banerjee also appealed to the central government to declare a national holiday to mark the occasion, and said she would write to Prime Minister […]
Cabinet approves the Lokpal Bill, 2011
Cabinet approves the Lokpal Bill, 2011 The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal for the enactment of a new legislation in the form of the Lokpal Bill, 2011. The Bill provides for the establishment of the institution of Lokpal to inquire into allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries and for matters connected therewith or […]