Meta Platforms Inc., (previously named Facebook) plans to provide training to 1 crore small businesses and entrepreneurs and 2.5 lakh creators in India in the next three years. Starts a centre in India.
Centre plans to promote rubber plantations on 2 lakh ha in the North-East over the next five years. Tripura is the second-largest producer of rubber in India with 30,000 ha under rubber cultivation.
UP Government will begin its “Maha Abhiyaan” of distributing free ration to people on December 12th, in addition to the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana. Around 15 crore ration cardholders will get double ration under it.
Punjab Cabinet decides to regularise the jobs of 4,587 contractual Safai Sewaks and sewermen. After the first three years of probation, these people would get annual increments and other allowances.
Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (APART), a World Bank-financed project of the Assam Government, has started a project called “Xamahar” to provide financial services in the agribusiness sector.
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