Government / Ministry News

» Airlines unhappy with the new international terminal at Chennai

The opening of the new terminal has also been plagued by shortage of manpower in CISF, customs and immigration ... Read more

» Assocham Survey Incorrect Says Chiranjeevi

The Minister said that the number of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during January, February and March 2013 have registered positive growth over the corresponding months of 2012 ... Read more

» Advance Reservation Period for Train Tickets reduced to 60 Days from 1st May 2013

There will also be no change in the case of limit of 360 days for foreign tourists ... Read more

» Aviation Ministry to develop airports in North East India to boost connectivity

AAI developing airports at Daparizo in Arunachal Pradesh, Tura in Meghalaya and Kamalpur in Tripura also at Along, Passighat and Ziro in Arunachal Pradesh and Rupsi in Assam ... Read more

» Maharashtra Govt acquires 190 acre land near Goregaon, Mumbai for international zoo

The project, which will come up in Aarey Milk Colony in Goregaon, will be executed on BOT (build, operate, transfer) basis ... Read more

» India signs MoU with Abu Dhabi to increase weekly seat capacity to 50,000

Currently, all domestic carriers taken together are allowed to operate 13,300 seats per week on India-Abu Dhabi route besides a two per cent operational flexibility ... Read more

» Tourist taxis in Goa to be equipped with wireless radio sets

A group of around 25 taxis could be clubbed together and provided with facilities like wireless sets, introducing a radio-taxi concept in the state for the first time ... Read more

» Tourist Visa-on-Arrival facility extended to five more airports across India

Goa, Trivandrum, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kochi airports added to the existing list of Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai & Kolkata Airports for Tourist Visa-on-Arrival facility ... Read more

» New Campus of IITTM at Noida inaugurated by Union Tourism Minister Chiranjeevi

In India, the travel and tourism sector is estimated to create 78 jobs per million rupees of investment compared to 45 jobs in the manufacturing sector for similar investment: Minister ... Read more

» Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi Airports gear up for issuing Tourist Visa on arrival

The two airports will join those in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata in issuing T-VoAs ... Read more

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