India 2018

Diary of National Events 675
• The Union Cabinet approved a new Metro Rail Policy .
• India's exclusive rights to explore polymetallic nodules from seabed in
Central Indian Ocean Basin (CIOB) have been extended by five years.
• Union Home Minister launches the Digital Police Portal under Criminal
Tracking Network & Systems(CCTNS) project .
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the renaming
of- SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of
Agro-Processing Clusters) as "Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana
(PMKSY) " for the period of 2016-20.
September, 2017
• The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone of
'Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation Yojana' (SAUNI) Phase-II Link-4
in Rajkot.
• The Union Cabinet has approved the introduction of the Payment of Gratuity
(Amendment) Bill, 2017 in the Parliament.
• The Union Cabinet has given its approval for introduction of the Dentists
(Amendment) Bill, 2017.
• The Union Cabinet has approved the revamped Khelo India programme at
a cost of `1,756 crore for the period 2017-18 to 2019-20.
• The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has launched a new scheme
Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana -"Saubhagya" to ensure
electrification of all willing households in the country in rural as well as
urban areas.
• Shri. Venkaiah Naidu takes oath as 13th Vice President of India.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe jointly laid the foundation stone for India's first ever high speed rail
project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
• Starting 15th September 2017, the whole country has taken up sanitation
initiatives, for over 15 days, in an unprecedented campaign to highlight,
once again. the jan aandolan that is the Swachh Bharat Mission.
• The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh launched the Platform for
Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour (PENCIL) Portal at the National
Conference on Child Labour.
• PM dedicates Sardar Sarovar Dam to the nation; attends closing ceremony
of Narmada Mahotsav; he also visits the construction site of the Statue of
Unity, dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Sadhu Bet.
• The Union Cabinet approved the implementation of umbrella scheme of
"Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF)" for years 2017-18 to 2019-20.
• Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman assumed office as the defence minister of India.
She is the second woman since Smt. Indira Gandhi to hold this post.