A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved the establishment of the National Knowledge Network at an outlay of Rs 5,990 crore (Rs 59.90 billion) to be implemented by the National Informatics Centre over a period of 10 years, an official spokesperson said.
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The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, today accorded in principle approval for the establishment of the National Knowledge Network, which will be implemented by the National Informatics Centre.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized the RJD's past education policies in Bihar, attributing migration to the state's poor education system under their rule. He praised the current NDA government's efforts to improve education and development, launching several initiatives focused on youth skilling and education in the state.
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US-based retail giant Walmart will connect one lakh more MSMEs in the next three years to its supplier development programme in India, a company official said here on Thursday. The programme, Walmart Vriddhi, has partnered with Ideas to Impact Foundation (i2i), which will enable more MSMEs to expand their access to both national and international markets, helped by the combined strengths of Walmart's global supply chain and Flipkart's e-commerce capabilities.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday received Bhutan's highest civilian award, the 'Order of the Druk Gyalpo', making him the first foreign Head of the Government to receive the honour.
In a 45-minute Twitter conference today, Sam Pitroda, advisor to the prime minister on public information infrastructure (PII) and innovations, stuck to elaborating publicly-known details on PII and the National Knowledge Network (NKN).
The budget proposes to enhance the allocation to the Department of Information Technology from Rs 1952 crore in 2008-09 to Rs 2802 crore in 2009-10. The budget proposes allocation of Rs 600 crore towards establishing National Knowledge Network, Rs 900 crore towards e-Governance programme, Rs 550 crore towards National Informatics Centre and Rs 125 crore for Centre for Development of Advanced Computing for undertaking R&D.
