Text of the Speech of Defence Minister at TECHNOPROM- 2017 in Russia

Following is the full text of the speech of the Minister of Defence, Finance & Corporate Affairs Shri Arun Jaitley at the plenary session of “Make in Russia: Double Purpose Industrialisation” of Technoprom-2017 at Novosibirsk, Russia on Wednesday, 21 June 2017, today:




UD Minister Shri Venkaiah Naidu to discuss sanitation issues with new Mayors of Delhi

Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu today directed the concerned in the Ministry to soon convene a meeting of the newly elected Mayors of all the three Municipal Corporations of Delhi for a detailed discussion on issues concerning sanitation in the national capital including Solid Waste Management.




All States/UTs except the State of Jammu & Kashmir, approves the State GST Act and are ready for the smooth roll-out of GST with effect from 1st July, 2017.

All States/UTs except the State of Jammu & Kashmir, approves the State GST Act and are ready for the smooth roll-out of GST with effect from 1st July, 2017.




Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi participates in ”International Yoga Day” programme

The Minister of State for Minority Affairs (Independent Charge) Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said here that Yoga Day




10th Anniversary Celebrations of Indo-Russian Partnership in Science and Technology

A MOU on the India-Russia unified technology assessment and accelerated commercialization programme, was concluded in Moscow in 20th June 2017, by the Secretary, Department of Science & Technology (DST)