The Aakash project was Sibal's brainchild when he was the HRD minister.
Central government has approved the proposal to buy Ford's Ikon Flair for institutional purchases. Ford India has entered into a tie-up with the Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals for this. The Ikon will be available to government departments at a special rate. Ford India had supplied its SUV Endeavour and sedan Fiesta to various government and public sector undertakings. Besides the Ikon, Ford India sells sedan Fiesta, compact car Fusion, SUV Endeavour in India.
Government procurements worth Rs 3,500 crore (Rs 35 billion), effected through the DGS&D rate contracts, have gone online from Monday with the launch of e-bids system in New Delhi.
Maruti Udyog is introducing a special non-AC variant of 'Esteem' priced at Rs 3.08 lakh after an approval from finance ministry, which accorded the sedan the status of staff car for government officials.
"If the Opposition (the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party) points out, with evidence, that norms have been flouted, we are ready to conduct an inquiry into the purchases," Fadnavis told PTI.
The CVC had asked the CBI to probe the 'irregularities in the tendering process and award of contract and undue benefit caused to the SAP/IBM'.
Nehru's faith in science and technology, his genuine respect for Bhabha, and their burning ambition worked synergistically to place India on the nuclear map of the world. Atomic energy developed and prospered because of Nehru's vision fulfilled by Bhabha's mission, recalls K S Parthasarathy, former secretary of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, on the occasion of India's first prime minister's 119th birthday today.
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