India, Aug. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research - Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI), New Delhi, has developed an innovative MSS+ technology which is being utilized by the Uttar Pradesh Rural Road Development Authority (UPRRDA) for the construction of green roads in the state. Using this eco-friendly technology, approximately 202 kilometres of roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) are planne...
India, Aug. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The National Policy on Biofuels 2018, as amended in 2022, inter-alia advanced the target of 20% blending of Ethanol in petrol from 2030 to Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2025-26. The Government has been promoting blending of ethanol in petrol under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme wherein Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) sell ethanol blended with petrol. During the ongoing ESY 2024-25, OMCs have achie...
India, Aug. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Government is taking sustained measures towards exploring and identifying crude oil and hydrocarbon reserves in the Andaman-Nicobar basin so that they can contribute to the country's long term energy security and reduce import dependence. Following the introduction of the Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP), the Government has allocated four blocks for oil and gas exploration in the Andaman-Nicobar Basi...
India, Aug. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Government have launched Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP) in 2016. Under this policy, Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) was started. A total of 172 exploration blocks under OALP bid Round I to IX covering 3,78,652 Square Kilometer have been awarded to successful bidders. Further, OALP bid Round X offering 25 explorations blocks covering 1,91,986.21 sq. km has been launched on 15.04.2025. The tota...
India, Aug. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) released the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) 36th monthly report for States/UTs for July, 2025. The said report provides a detailed analysis of types and categories of public grievances and the nature of disposal by the States/UTs. A total of 1,22,915 grievances were redressed by the States and Union Territories...
India, Aug. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) released the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) monthly report for July 2025, which provides a detailed analysis of types and categories of public grievances and the nature of disposal. This is the 39threport on Central Ministries/Departments published by DARPG. The progress for July 2025 indicates 1,47,902 Grievan...
India, Aug. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: As envisioned by the Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi, Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) took over the daunting task of documenting the administrative history of India through personal memoirs of retired employees by launching an online platform entitled 'Anubhav' in 2015. To incentivize and encourage the retired employees, it was decided to confer 05 National Anubhav Awards in 2015. Any employee wh...
India, Aug. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Under the Youth Parliament Programme of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, various Youth Parliament Competitions for Delhi schools, Kendriya Vidyalayas, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and Universities/Colleges have been organized in which more than 5 lakh students have participated so far. These competitions are not organized on a state-wise basis, but according to the organizational structure of the respective parent...
India, Aug. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: A workshop-cum-interaction session was held with the representatives of WAQF Boards from Punjab, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Chandigarh at the Ministry of Minority Affairs on 8th August, 2025. The session included one-on-one interactions with the officials of Ministry of Minority Affairs and State Waqf Boards on issues related to UMEED Central Portal 2025 which was launched in accordance with the Uni...
India, Aug. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Ministry of MSME is implementing 'MSE TEAM (Trade Enablement and Marketing)' Initiative, which is a sub-scheme under the World Bank supported "Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP)" Programme. This Initiative envisages to empower Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) with digital tools and guidance to effectively utilize the e-commerce marketplace by integrating them with the Open Network for Digital Commer...