Raksha Mantri Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman held a number of meetings with senior officials to familiarize with the activities and functioning of the Ministry of Defence and gave clear directions on critical issues. Special emphasis was laid by the Minister on the need to step up the pace of acquisition proposals.
Ravi-Beas River Water Dispute ( 20 July 2017 )
Ravi & Beas Waters Tribunal was constituted in 1986 for verification of the quantum of usage of water claimed by Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan regarding their shares in remaining waters.
Reducing Trade Gap with China ( 5 April 2017 )
As reported by Embassy of India (EOI), Beijing, the provisional statistics released by the Chinese General Administration of Customs, China’s global exports in February 2017 shows a decline of 1.3 % year-on-year to US$ 120.08 billion while its global imports increased 38.1 % year-on-year to US$ 129.23 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of US$ 9.15 billion.
Refugee Status for Bangladeshi immigrants ( 1 August 2017 )
Government has not issued any direction to the State Government of Assam for granting refugee status to illegal Hindu Bangladeshi immigrants.
Rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits ( 1 August 2017 )
Due to onset of militancy in the State of Jammu and Kashmir during early 1990s, most of the Kashmiri Pandit families along with some other families migrated from Kashmir valley to Jammu, Delhi and other parts of the country.
Resettlement fund for Hindu Refugees (21 March 2017 )
The Government of India, on 22nd December 2016, has sanctioned a package of Rs. 2000 Crore for providing financial assistance of Rs. 5.5 Lakh per family to 36,384 displaced family of Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir are –
POJK (1947) and Chhamb (1965 and 1971), living in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Raksha Rajya Mantri Dr. Subhash Bhamre inaugurated a two-day seminar on ‘Challenges in Planning, Investigation, Design and Construction of Highway Tunnels in Himalayan Region’ organised by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) here today.
Sanctioned posts of IAS _ IPS officers ( 27 July 2017 )
The current sanctioned strength of IAS and IPS as on 01.01.2017.
Security at Airports ( 3 August 2017 )
At present, 26 airports are categorized as Hyper-sensitive and 56 airports as Sensitive. The State Police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) etc.
Self-Reliance in Defence Sector ( 7 April 2017 )
Defence being a technology and innovation driven sector, latest technology and inventions are crucial to achieve self-reliance in defence sector.