Government / Ministry News

» DGCA asks Kingfisher Airlines to furnish its revival plan

At the lenders meet on Monday, the airline officials have claimed that they would restart operations in good time to avoid losing flying licence, which expires on December 31 ... Read more

» Tourism Ministry to conduct Study on Impact of Taxation on Tourism Sector

Indian Tour Operators are being discriminated as the export industry is exempted from Service Tax whereas the Tourism industry is not: IATO ... Read more

» Ajit Singh emphasizes on development of LOW Cost Airports to improve Connectivity

India to be developed as an international hub; creation of Civil Aviation Authority and creation of Civil Aviation Security Force on cards ... Read more

» Uttarakhand fails to promote Ayush tourism

The government, in September 2007, had set a target to establish one Ayush Gram in each of the 13 districts of Uttarakhand ... Read more

» 25 per cent entertainment duty during Christmas & New Year irks Hoteliers in Mumbai

Any hospitality establishment holding functions on December 24 and 31 by selling tickets exceeding Rs10 lakh will have to apply for permission 15 days in advance ... Read more

» Mumbai – Aurangabad – Shirdi identified as Sufi Circuit by National Level Consultant

The Ministry of Tourism has appointed State Level Project Management Agency (SLPMA) for Maharashtra for preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of circuits identified by NLC ... Read more

» MoT has appointed NLC to develop action plans for setting up of Tourism Parks

The projects to be funded by the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) are decided in the prioritization meeting with the States/UTs ... Read more

» Civil aviation ministry to ask airlines to reduce fares and increase passenger load factor

While the traffic on domestic routes has fallen, that on global ones has been growing at around eight per cent ... Read more

» Visa on Arrival Scheme Registers A Growth of 25 Percent

A total number of 13,903 VoAs were issued during the period January-November 2012 as compared to 11,121 VoAs issued during the corresponding period of 2011 ... Read more

» Bihar doubles its tourist numbers in last 5 years

In 2011, Bihar received over 1,93,69,977 tourists, foreigners and domestic, while the figure was 87,50,541 in 2005 when Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took rein of the state ... Read more

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