Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards-2017

14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations are being held in Bangalore from January 7-9,2017. PBD conventions are being held every year since 2003 and we have been honoring our Pravasis since the first edition.




Water level of 91 major reservoirs of the country goes down by Two per cent

The Water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on January 05, 2017 was 89.348 BCM, which is 57% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This was 126% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 98% of storage of average of last ten years.




Jal Manthan –III to be held on January 13, 2017

With a view to have wider consultations among various stakeholders to brain-storm new ideas for solutions to various issues of water sector the Ministry of Water Resources,




Tax collection figures for the period April -December 2016 show a positive trend as Direct Taxes grow by 12.01% and Indirect Taxes grow by 25% over the corresponding period last year i.e. April-December 2015

The figures for Direct Tax collections up to December, 2016 show that net collections are at Rs. 5.53 lakh crore which is




PM delighted over 10 million downloads of BHIM App in 10 days

PM delighted over 10 million downloads of BHIM App in 10 days