Government / Ministry News

» DGCA Monitors Airfares, Advises Airlines to Ensure Airfares Remain within Fare Band

In the last 15 to 20 days airfares of flights to and from Delhi have gone up on account of increased User Development Fee (UDF) and Service Tax ... Read more

» DGCA Asks Airlines to Strictly Adhere to Safety Standards

The new DGCA, Prashant Sukul, reviewed fifteen point surveillance and operational issues and also conducted a financial audit ... Read more

» ADB grants GoI a USD 74.8 million loan to improve road connectivity in NE

A total of 433.7 km of road will be constructed in the 6 states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura ... Read more

» Goa's Candolim beach tourism on decline due to sand erosion by ship

The stretch has been damaged displacing the shacks and other tourism related activities, since the ship was grounded there in 2000 for about a decade ... Read more

» Tourism in core areas of Tiger reserves to be banned

A set of guidelines on ecotourism prepared by a task force under the Ministry of Environment and Forests ... Read more

» Cabinet to pass resolution barring airlines from passing Carbon Emission details to EU

While around 35 countries have refused to follow the EU’s new directives on carbon emission, only India and China have even refused to share their carbon emission data with Brussels ... Read more

» MoU on Campaign Clean India Signed between the Ministries of Tourism and Railways

Will work together towards a sustained sensitization campaigns for train travellers and service providers under the Capacity Building for Service Providers scheme of Ministry of Tourism ... Read more

» India seeks increased exchange of tourists amongst SAARC members

Sahai said that SAARC region has immense growth potential, which till date has not been fully utilized while inaugurating the conclave of SAARC tour operators in New Delhi ... Read more

» Subodh Kant Inaugurates National Workshop on Hunar Se Rozgar

The Hunar Se Rozgar Scheme consists of six weeks training programme in Food & Beverage Services and eight weeks training programme in Food Production ... Read more

» Supreme court upholds ban on tourism near Jarawa reserve

The order follows reports of video footage featuring the aboriginals dancing for food in front of foreign tourists and officials on "human safaris" ... Read more

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