Hello Friends , today I’m going to share Everything About 35th National Games of India 2015. The 2015 National Games of India, is being held from 31 January 2015 to 14 February 2015 across seven districts in Kerala, India. Kerala is hosting 2nd time the national games after it hosted the 27th National Games in 1987.
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Everything About Niti Aayog
Hello Friends, In this post I would share Everything About Niti Aayog.
What is Niti Aayog: on 1st january National Institution for Transforming India Aayog is a policy think-tank of Government of India aims to involve the states in economic policy-making in India. It will be providing strategic and technical advice to the central and the state governments. The NITI Aayog, which will replace the Planning Commission.
What is Planning Commission: After India gained independence, a formal model of planning was adopted, and accordingly the Planning Commission, reporting directly to the Prime Minister of India was established on 15 March 1950, with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as the Chairman. The Planning Commission was an institution in the Government of India, which formulated India‘s Five-Year Plans, among other functions.
Differences between Planning Commission and Niti Aayog:
Key Facts about Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Key Facts about Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s Ambassador to the US, was appointed as India’s new Foreign Secretary after an announcement was made on January 28, 2015.
Australian open 2015 winners
List of all the winners of Australian open 2015 :
Venue : Melbourne Park
Date :19 January to 1st February
Edition :103rd
Price Money :Australian $ 40000000
Barack Obama Visit to India
Barack Obama visit to India:-
President Obama and the First Lady traveled to India for three days, it is their first time visit to the South Asian nation since the govt. change in India. America and India are true global partners in the work of strengthening economies and strong democracies. That is why the President is the first to have visited India twice while in office.
Length of major Rivers of India
There are two major River system in India.The first and major river system is Ganga river system which includes ganga (the longest river of India),Yamuna,Betwa,Gandak,Betwa ,Son,Gomti,Ghaghar,Chambal,Bhrahmputra,Kosi. Besides Ganga river system there is a Indus river system which includes rivers like Indus,Jhelum,Chenab,Ravi,Satluj,Beas.
padam Bhushan and Padam Vibhushan Awardees of 2015 full list
padam Bhushan and Padam Vibhushan Awardees of 2015 full list
Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
Recommendation of Shanta Kumar Committee on Restructuring of FCI submits report to PM
The High Level Committee (HLC) for Restructuring of Food Corporation of India (FCI) chaired by Shanta Kumar has submitted its report to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Some Recommendations of Shanta Kumar Committee
On procurement related issues:
- FCI should hand over all procurement operations of wheat, paddy and rice to Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Punjab as they have sufficient experience and reasonable infrastructure for procurement.
- FCI procurement should focus on eastern belt, where farmers do not get minimum support price.