To get visa for India a tourist registers online.

He/She receives an email of approval of visa.

While travelling they have to carry print out of this email.

This scheme is called the e-Tourist Visa Scheme.

It was launched on November 27, 2014 for 113 countries.

This scheme has been extended to 37 more countries.

28th Feb, 2016 economics

E-Tourist Visa Scheme extended to more

countries

Enclaves are territories belonging to one country that are entirely

surrounded by another country.

Under the 2015 Act, India transferred 111 enclaves to Bangladesh,

and received 51 enclaves from Bangladesh on July 31, 2015.

The Lok Sabha has passed Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that

seek to grant voting rights to people in Cooch Behar district of West

Bengal who became citizens of the country after the exchange of

enclaves between India and Bangladesh.

28th Feb, 2016 Policiers and

initiatives

Lok Sabha passes Election Laws Bill, 2016

The government of India has appointed Rajendra Singh as the Director General of Coast Guard. This is the first time that an officer who is not from the Indian Navy has been promoted as the Chief of Coast Guard. The Indian Coast Guard is India’s paramilitary organization that protects India's maritime interests and enforces maritime law. It was established in 1978 and its headquarter is in New Delhi.

28th Feb, 2016 Appointments

Rajendra Singh appointed as the Director General

of Coast Guard

Dr. Goverdhan Mehta, chemical scientist and a well known

researcher in Chemical Sciences has been conferred with

Germany’s prestigious Cross of the Order of Merit

(Bundesverdienstkreuz) Award.

The award was bestowed upon him by Achim Fabig, the

German Consul General in Chennai.

Cross of the Order of merit is awarded to Germans and

foreigners for their outstanding services to the nation in the

field of social, charitable or philanthropic work.

28th Feb, 2016 Award/honors

Goverdhan Mehta awarded Germany’s Cross of

the Order of Merit

This event will be attended by more than 1,000 participants

from Indian and abroad delegate, sponsors and exhibitors.

This conference aims at the growth of spices industry and

address its challenges across the globe.

This years theme was 'Target 2020: Clean, Safe and

Sustainable Supply Chain'.

Spices constitute the only Indian exports where the country

controls almost half of world trade. Out of the total production

of spices in India, 15 per cent is exported, contributing 48 per

cent in volume and 43 per cent in value in the world spice

trade.

28th Feb, 2016 Economics

13th World Spice Congress begins in

Ahmedabad

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