NDDB gets Rs 440 cr for modernisation
New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Thursday handed over a Rs 440 crore cheque to the NDDB from the Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF), marking the formal launch of the fund set up to provide soft loans to modernise and raise capacity of dairy cooperatives. NABARD has set up the DIDF with a corpus of Rs 8,004 crore to bring more dairy farmers into organised milk marketing through cooperatives. The fund is implemented through National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and National Cooperative Development Corporation(NCDC).
Manoj Jhalani bags prestigious UN award
New Delhi: Manoj Jhalani, an Additional Secretary in the Union Health Ministry and National Health Mission Director, has been conferred the prestigious UN Interagency Task Force Award for his outstanding contribution towards the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. The award will be conferred on Jhalani during the third high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 27.
NSG donates over Rs 1cr to PM’s relief fund
New Delhi: The National Security Guard on Thursday donated over Rs 1 crore to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund in the wake of the recent devastating floods in Kerala. Director General of NSG Sudeep Lakhtakia presented the donation cheque to Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the latter's office in the north block here, a senior official said.
Alphons to inaugurate Tribal Tourism Circuit
New Delhi: Union Minister K J Alphons will on Friday inaugurate the country's first tribal circuit project connecting 13 tourism sites in Chhattisgarh. The project is being implemented under the Tourism Ministry's Swadesh Darshan scheme launched in 2014-15 for development of thematic circuits in the country in a planned and prioritised manner.