The Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) is an Inter Service Organisation functioning directly under the Ministry of Defence. In order to maintain a youthful profile of the Armed Forces, approximately 60,000 service personnel are retired/released every year at comparatively young age. Majority of the service personnel at the time of retirement are at an age where thay have numerous unfinished domestic responsibilities, which necessitate their taking up second occupation
The DGR looks after all matters connected with resettlement and welfare of Ex-servicemen (ESM) and their dependants. Efforts continue to be made to explore various avenues for employment of Ex-servicemen in the corporate industry.
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Indian Subcontinent: among the world’s most disaster prone areas
1. 54% of land vulnerable to Earthquakes
2. 8% of land vulnerable to Cyclones
3. 5% of land vulnerable to Floods
Earthquakes
1. 12% land is liable to severe earthquakes (intensity MSK IX or more)·
2. 18% land is liable to MSK VIII (similar to Latur
CPWD for its effective working has developed the following codes, manuals, schedules, technical specifications, design manuals and other necessary technical publications.The important ones are enclosed for reference:
Codes
1. CPWD Department Code
2.
1. Ceiling for commutation of partial disablement benefit has been raised from the existing Rs. 10,000/- to Rs., 30,000/- w.e.f. 19-04-2003 in case the daily rate of benefit is upto Rs. 5/-.
2. Enhancement of ceiling on expenditure on medical per insured person per annum from the existing Rs. 650/- to
Set up
The Crop Science Division, headed by Deputy Director General (Crop Science) is the largest Subject Matter Division (SMD) of the ICAR, responsible for technical administration of ten national institutes, two bureaus, five project directorates, seven national research centres, 25 all India coordinated research projects and 5 all India
The following form the basis of the technological strengths of the Indian pharmaceutical industry: -
1. Self-reliance displayed by the production of 70% of bulk drugs
Under the Centenary Celebration Committee it was decided to set up Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial at 26 Alipur Road, Delhi, where Dr Ambedkar lived and attained Mahaparinirvan. For this purpose, an amount of Rs 7.12 crores was given to the Delhi Govt. to acquire the property.
For the acquisition of
Efforts are made to promote the use of Hindi in official work and in the implementation of the official language policy of the Government :
The quarterly meetings of the Official Language Implementation Committee are held regularly in DBT.
The Quarterly Progress Report regarding use of Hindi in the Department
Technical Advice
Ministries, Departments approach the Controller General of Accounts for advice on accounting procedures for new schemes, programmes or activities undertaken by them. The advice rendered by the CGA generally covers aspects related to maintenance of accounts, collection of receipts and it's crediting into Government account, release of payment and
1. Long-term objectives :
i. to build up a repository and dissemination centre in Environmental Science and Engineering;
ii. to gear up the modern technologies of acquistion, processing, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information of environmental nature; and
iii. to support and promote research, development and innovation in environmental information technology.
2. Short-term
Facilities
Micropropagation Technology Park
The main aim behind the establishment of Micropropagation Technology Parks was to serve as an interface between educational/research institutions and industrial units. In other words, research work supported by Department of Biotechnology and undertaken at other institutions would be translated into technologies, which could be applied at