7/18/2019 Union Government Launched Web Portal Vidya Lakshmi for Students Seeking Educational Loans

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Union Government launched web portal Vidya Lakshmi for Students Seeking Educational LoansPublished on: 21-AUG-2015Important for Exam: 0 people agreed

It is the first portal of its ind that pro!ides single "indo" for students to a##ess information and mae appli#ation for edu#ational

loans pro!ided b$ bans as "ell as for go!ernment s#holarships%

Union Cabinet approved signing of MoU between ndia and !ustralia on education and researchPublished on: 21-AUG-2015

Important for Exam: 0 people agreed

&he 'oU "ill help deepen the existing partnership bet"een India and Australia in higher edu#ation and resear#h( in#luding te#hni#al

and professional edu#ation( s#hools( !o#ational edu#ation%

"adra and #agar $aveli% Value !dded &a' (!mendment) *egulation +,-. promulgation approvedPublished on: 21-AUG-2015Important for Exam: 1 people agreed

&his "ill help the Union territor$ to generate additional gross re!enue and net tax generation that is estimated to be 120 #rore

rupees and se!en #rore rupees per annum respe#ti!el$%

/M #arendra Modi launched a new campaign Start0up ndia% Stand up ndiaPublished on: 1)-AUG-2015Important for Exam: *+ people agreed

&he #ampaign "as laun#hed during the #elebrations of ,th Independen#e .a$ at /ed ort( .elhi% &he initiati!e is aimed at

en#ouraging entrepreneurship among the $outh of India%

ndian *ailways signed 1 MoUs with Union Ministries of /ower and #ew 2 *enewable EnergyPublished on: 1*-AUG-2015Important for Exam: ) people agreed

&he 'oUs "ere signed for ooperation in areas of ele#tri#it$ transmission( energ$ #onser!ation and promotion of rene"able Energ$

in a time bound manner%

Union Government launched School #ursery 3o4ana to bring students closer to naturePublished on: 10-AUG-2015Important for Exam: 2, people agreed

&he programme in its first phase "ould #o!er 1000 s#hools and "ould be extended to 5000 s#hools in 201, and 10000 s#hools the

follo"ing $ear%

/aram &yag Chakra nitiative launched to honour families of martyrsPublished on: 10-AUG-2015Important for Exam: 1 people agreed

or this initiati!e( the Alumni Asso#iation of /a3agiri 4#hool of Engineering and &e#hnolog$ in asso#iation "ith the management and

students laun#hed a "eb platform aimed at #olle#ting the details of these famil$ members%Suraksha 5andhan drive launched to facilitate enrolment under Social Security SchemesPublished on: 10-AUG-2015Important for Exam: 1 people agreed

&he last date for enrolling under the P'46 7 P'886 s#hemes has been extended till *0 4eptember 2015( and persons enrolling

"ithin this period "ould not be re9uired to submit a #ertifi#ate of good health for P'886%