The Haridwar district has been allocated to union commerce and industries minister Piyush Goyal who has been taking an active interest in making it the No. 1 aspirational district in the country.
Parivar Kalyan Card scheme is the Uttar Pradesh government's Family ID plan. It was announced to establish a comprehensive database of the state's family units and identify beneficiaries for its various schemes.
The Karnataka government and 'Isha Outreach' have signed an MoU to work together and achieve synergy between 'Cauvery Calling' and various government-based agroforestry promotion schemes in the districts which form part of the Cauvery basin.