The central government has allocated Rs 10,000 crore under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
- Under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the poor are provided with employment for at least 100 days a year. The central government has allocated Rs 73,000 crore for this project for the year 2021-2022.
- Additional funding was requested as less was allocated than in the previous year. In this situation, the Ministry of Finance has allocated an additional 10 thousand crore rupees for this project.
Maj. Gen. Ahmed Nasir Al-Raisi, United Arab Emirates selected as heads of Interpol
- A public meeting of the Interpol, an international crime prevention organization, was held in Istanbul, Turkey. The term of Kim Jong Un, the head of the organization from South Korea, is coming to an end. The election to elect the new leader took place during a public meeting. In addition, vice presidents were elected
- Maj. Gen. Ahmed Nasir Al-Raisi, IG, who is currently working in the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Interior, was elected as the new head of Interpol. In this situation, Valdoci Urquiza from Brazil has been selected as the Vice President of Interpol for the United States.
- Karba Baba Omar from Nigeria has been elected Vice President for Africa. Praveen Sinha, Special Director, CBI, India, has been selected as the Asian Representative to the Executive Committee of Interpol.
Prime Minister Modi lays the foundation stone for the Noida International Airport
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Noida International Airport (NIA) at Gautam Buddha Nagar Jawahar in Uttar Pradesh. The airport is located in Jawaharlal Nehru City, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, near the Indian capital Delhi.
- Named 'Noida International Airport'. The first phase is expected to be completed by 2024.
- The contract with Zurich International Airport to finalize this international airport project has been finalized.
Scorpion-type INS Vela submarine joins Indian Navy
- It is planned to build 6 Scorpion submarines under the United Kingdom's Autonomous India program. Accordingly, three Scorpion-class Scorpion-type submarines, Calvary, Ganderi and Grange, have already been attached to the Indian Navy in the India-France alliance.
- The 4th Scorpion submarine INS Vela was dedicated to the country. The submarine was attached to the Indian Navy at the Mumbai Naval Base in the presence of Navy Commander Admiral Karambir Singh.
ARCI-Encourage Reliance signs agreement to support domestic production of lithium ion battery
- Automotive Energy Materials International (ARCI), an autonomous research arm of the Federal Government for Science & Technology, has entered into an agreement with Nsure Reliable Power Solutions Ltd., Bangalore on 25-11-2021 to support the manufacture of lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles used in domestic technology. .
- Provide technical transfer and training as specified in this agreement. The deal follows the successful use of lithium ion batteries in electric scooters and solar street lights.
‘Made in India - play safe with toys’
- The Standards Committee of India (BIS) had organized a webinar (for an online seminar) on the theme 'Let's make in India - let's play safely with toys' to celebrate the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of independence. Safety features of the toys and testing of the toys were also discussed.
- BIS's measures on toy standardization, importance of toy industry regulation, export opportunities for toys manufactured in India and latest developments / innovations in the toy manufacturing sector were also discussed.
Minister Mr. Ashwini Vaishnav and Co-Minister Mr. Rajiv Chandrasekhar jointly launched the Internet Governance Council of India 2021
- Mr. Ashwini Vaishnav, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, inaugurated the Internet Governance Forum 2021, jointly organized by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the National Internet Exchange Organization of India.
- Mr. Rajiv Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology and Mr. Ajay Prakash Chavne, Secretary were present at the inaugural event of the three-day video conference on Internet Personality.
