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e-pashuhaat portal launched on National Milk Day

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The Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh launched e-pashuhaat portal (www.epashuhaat.gov.in) on the occasion of National Milk Day(November 26). Shri Singh informed that for the first time in the world under the scheme National Mission on Bovine Productivity ‘e-pashuhaat’ portal has been developed for connecting breeders and farmers regarding availability of bovine germplasm.<br />
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Through the portal breeders/farmers can sell and purchase breeding stock, information on all forms of germplasm including semen, embryos and live animals with all the agencies and stake holders in the country has been uploaded on the portal.<br />
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 Through this portal, farmers will be aware about the availability of quality disease free bovine germplasm with different agencies in the country.  The portal will lead to propagation of high genetic merit germplasm.<br />
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e-pashuhaat portal launched on National Milk Day

The Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh launched e-pashuhaat portal (www.epashuhaat.gov.in) on the occ...

Gas4India campaign to promote Natural gas in the country

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The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan on 6th September 2016 launched #Gas4India  campaign, aimed at promoting the use of gas in India.<br />
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Public and private sector companies working in the sector have joined hands to promote the natural gas sector.<br />
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 #Gas4India  is a unified cross-country, multimedia, multi-event campaign to communicate the national, social, economic and ecological benefits of using natural gas as the fuel of choice to every citizen who uses, or will use in the near future, gas in any way- cook, travel, light their homes, and power their business.<br />
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The campaign includes social engagement via Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, LinkedIn, and its official blogsite, as well as hyper local, offline events to directly connect  with consumers through discussions, workshops and cultural events.<br />
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Gas4India campaign to promote Natural gas in the country

The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan on 6th September 2016 launched #Gas4India campaign, aimed at prom...

Prime Minister Launches Setu Bharatam Programme

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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20.8px; text-align: justify;">Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the Setu Bharatam programme for building bridges for safe and seamless travel on National Highways, in New Delhi.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20.8px; text-align: justify;">Setu Bharatam programme aims to make all National Highways free of railway level crossings by 2019. This is being done to prevent the frequent accidents and loss of lives at level crossings. 208 Railway Over Bridges (ROB)/Railway Under Bridges (RUB) will be built at the level crossings at a cost of Rs. 20,800 crore as part of the programme. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20.8px; text-align: justify;">In addition to this, about 1500 old and worn down bridges will also be improved by replacement/widening/strengthening in a phased manner at a cost of about Rs. 30,000 crore.</span></div>
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Prime Minister Launches Setu Bharatam Programme

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the Setu Bharatam programme for building bridges for safe and seamless travel on National Highw...