Union Home Minister reviews status of development projects in LWE affected States

The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting here today to review the status of development projects and security related issues in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected states.

Kharif Crop Sowing Crosses 878 Lakh Hectare Area

The total sown area as on 04th August 2017, as per reports received from States, stands at 878.23 lakh hectare as compared to 855.85 lakh hectare at this time last year.

DG, NDRF briefs media on rescue and relief operations undertaken by NDRF in flood affected areas

DG, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Shri Sanjay Kumar briefed the media on the various activities undertaken by the NDRF in the floods affected areas of the country, here today.

Statement of Minister of Science & Technology Regarding Upcoming Programmes of Ministry of Science & Technology

Following is the text of statement regarding upcoming momentous programmes of the Ministry of Science & Technology, laid on the table by the Union Science & Technology Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan in Rajya Sabha today:

Performance of Non Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has informed that as of March 2017, there were 11517 Non Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) registered with them, of which 179 are deposit accepting NBFCs (NBFC-D) and 220 are Systemically Important Non Deposit accepting NBFCs (NBFC-ND-SI).