NEP 2020 also aims to provide quality education to the students, with particular focus on historically marginalised, disadvantaged, and underrepresented groups.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday reviewed the preparations for the swachhata campaign 2.0 and a special campaign for disposal of pending matters to be conducted by the central government from October 2. The campaign involves freeing of office spaces by clearing pending matters and disposal of physical files and other junk. The special campaign 2022 is expected to cover outstation post offices, overseas mission/posts, railway stations, and other public offices during the month-long campaign, a statement issued by the Personnel Ministry said. According to the statement, the swachhata campaign '21 was conducted at 6,154 sites. During the campaign, 21.9 lakh files were weeded out, 12.01 lakh sq feet of space was cleared, and Rs 62 crore in revenue was earned through disposing of scrap, it said. Junkyards in ministries have been turned into courtyard, cafeteria, wellness centre or parking space, it said.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that refugees from Pakistan have immensely contributed to the making of New India
Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched India's first saline water lantern, which uses seawater to power LED lamps
He said the Modi government is committed to transparency and justice for all, and the people-friendly reforms taken in the last eight years have benefitted the entire country.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has introduced innovation in governance and made it technology-driven.
The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022, piloted in the Upper House by Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh, was passed with a voice vote after a brief discussion
Last year, the DARPG had reduced the maximum time limit to 45 days from 60 days to resolve public grievances, a statement issued by the Personnel Ministry said
The Indian Antarctic Bill provides a regulatory framework for India's Antarctic activities through legal mechanisms
Digitisation or e-office has been implemented in all central government departments, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. In addition, several departments like the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of Finance, Department of Justice, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, and Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances, provide facility to citizens to submit their applications and grievances at portals, Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh told the House in a written reply. "As a part of digital secretariat, e-office has been implemented in all ministries/ departments in Government of India. Central registry units in the ministries have also been digitised," he said. The website of the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) has features to facilitate the parliamentarians to make online recommendations of work and track progress thereon, the minister added.
Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh today said that Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar will become North India's major power hub generating nearly 6,000 MW of electricity
Jitendra Singh said that PM Modi has introduced a new work culture wherein each of the pro-poor and public welfare schemes was designed in such a manner so as to reach the last man in the last queue
India has given a boost to self-reliance in safeguarding its space assets with ISRO System for Safe and Sustainable Space Operation and Management (IS4OM)
Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said the abrogation of Article 370 has unified the hearts of people from Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the country
Amid widespread protests against the Agnipath recruitment model, Union minister Jitendra Singh said deliberate attempts are being made to create confusion against a fabulous and far-sighted scheme
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said Jammu and Kashmir has a huge potential for StartUps in every sector and emphasized upon youth, men and women for availing unexplored StartUp avenues in the Union Territory.The minister was addressing the youth and women convention at Patnitop in Jammu on the theme '8 years of Modi Government for youth'."Because of the impetus given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi which began with his call for "StartUp India StandUp India" from the ramparts of Red Fort in 2015, the number of StartUps in India has grown to 70,000 from about 300 to 400 which is something to be cherished by the youth of J & K who want to have a career in different StartUps. This shows that the Start-Up ecosystem is going to determine India's future economy including that of Jammu and Kashmir and will act as a key pillar for the world economy as well," said Singh.The Union Minister maintained that the historic decisions taken by this government over the last 8 years are ...
The number of taxpayers in the country has increased in the last eight years, says Jitendra Singh
Union Minister Jitendra Singh said Jammu and Kashmir's Bhaderwah is the potential destination of agri-tech start-ups in the country
Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave Jammu and Kashmir the real self-rule by ensuring successful conduct of panchayat elections and the first-ever district development council (DDC) polls in seven decades, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday. Singh, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, said panchayats are continuously being empowered under Modi. "Jammu & Kashmir was often known for slogans of self-rule if the essence and meaning of self-rule is that it is the democracy born from the grassroots, then it is only Modi who introduced us to the concept of self-rule by first holding successful panchayat elections and then conducting the first-ever district council elections after over 70 years of independence," the minister told a public rally here. The mammoth rally was also addressed by the Prime Minister to mark the National Panchayati Raj day. "The process of empowerment of Panchayats under Modi is continuously going on and today is an important landmark in ...
To review the preparedness ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit on National Panchayati Raj Day on April 24, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Wednesday visited Palli panchayat in Samba.