India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Various provisions of National Geospatial Policy, 2022 are under different stages of implementation. GDPDC has been constituted as the apex body for formulating and implementing appropriate guidelines, strategies and programs for promotion of activities related to Geospatial sector. An advisory body named as Geospatial Industrial Development Board (GIDB) has been constituted by DST as envisaged in NGP, 2022. Till date, 1105 CORS sta...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The envisaged power generation capacity can be achieved by deployment of; BARC has initiated design and development of BSMR-200 and SMR-55. These SMRs are based on pressurised water reactor technology. Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) a Public Sector Undertaking under DAE has also floated a Request for Proposal (RFP) for setting up Bharat Small Reactors (BSR) for decarbonisation of hard to abate industries. Gove...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Space technology is extensively used in India for applications across various domains such as agriculture, disaster management, urban planning etc. In the agriculture domain, the major applications developed include pre-harvest acreage & production estimation for major crops, mapping & assessment of horticulture crops, crop intensification for optimal utilization of post-kharif rice fallow areas under National Food Security Mission...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: District Targeted Villages Drone Survey completed Property cards prepared (villages) Property Card Generated AHMEDABAD 465 448 233 110469 AMRELI 596 595 129 9536 ARVALLI 480 480 393 46193 ANAND 309 309 256 97874 KACHCHH 863 719 356 50841 KHEDA 498 498 336 102095 GANDHINAGAR 248 245 109 39030 GIR SOMNATH 334 331 265 28491 CHHOTAUDEPUR 275 275 200 22166 JAMNAGAR 407 403 357 27279 ...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: All India raw coal production target for the year 2025-26 is 1157 Million Tonnes (MT) out of which, the target of coal production of Coal India Ltd. (CIL) is 875 MT, for Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd (SCCL) is 72 MT, and that for Captive/ Commercial/ Others is 210 MT. The Ministry of Coal has set an ambitious domestic coal production target of about 1.5 Billion Tonne (BT) by FY 2029-30. Coal producing Public Sector Undertakings (Coa...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to Dr. Rajendra Prasad Ji on his birth anniversary today. Shri Modi stated that from being an active participant in India's freedom struggle, presiding over the Constituent Assembly to becoming our first President, he served our nation with unmatched dignity, dedication and clarity of purpose. "His long years in public life were marked by simplicity, courage and devotion to na...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of State for Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Department of Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today informed Parliament that the recent Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test (IMAT), successfully conducted by ISRO, has marked a crucial step in strengthening the mission-readiness roadmap for India's first human spaceflight programme, Gaganyaan. Responding to queries in the Lok Sabha, Dr. Jitendra Singh, stated that the IMAT is a ...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Magadh and Amrapali mines in Jharkhand together contribute around 50% of Central Coalfields Limited's total coal production in 2024-25, thereby supporting the national objective of assured coal supply for power generation under the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Magadh and Amrapali coal mines have estimated mineable reserves of 854.91 MT and 456.34 MT respectively and are expected to generate net sales revenue of Rs. 2,812 crore...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Ms. Aparna Garg, an Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) officer of the 1987 batch, took charge as Member (Finance), Railway Board on 01.12.2025. She is among the senior civil servants in the Government of India, with over 36 years of experience. Ms. Garg has served in several key roles including Divisional Railway Manager, Mysore; Principal Financial Advisor, Rail Wheel Factory; and Director General, IRIFM. She is a Chevening F...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, graced the Navy Day-2025 celebrations and witnessed the operational demonstration by the Indian Navy at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, today (December 3, 2025). Speaking on the occasion, the President said thatthe Navy Day is a celebration of selfless service and supreme sacrifice made by naval personnel in defence of our motherland.She stated thatpeople of India are grateful to the men and ...