India, Dec. 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Prime Minister has expressed immense joy on the commencement of the 20th Session of the Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO in India. He said that the forum has brought together delegates from over 150 nations with a shared vision to protect and popularise living traditions across the world. The Prime Minister stated that India is glad to host this important gathering, especially at the historic Red Fort. He add...
India, Dec. 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Countries Transaction Volume % Share of Global real-time payment platform India 129.3 49% Brazil 37.4 14% Thailand 20.4 8% China 17.2 6% South Korea 9.1 3% Others 52.8 20% Total 266.2 100% (in Billions) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) report on 'Growing Retail Digital Payments (The Value of Interoperability)' dated June 2025 had recognized Unified Payments Interface (UPI) as the world's largest retail ...
India, Dec. 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No Organization S. No Organization 1. Archaeological Survey of India 23. Lalit Kala AKademi 2. National Archives of India 24. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies 3. National Gallery of Modern Arts 25. National Council of Science Museums 4. National Museum 26. Prime Ministers Museum & Library, 5. National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property 27. National School of Drama 6...
India, Dec. 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The recently issued 'National Policy on Geothermal Energy' (notified on 15th September 2025), encourages bilateral and multilateral technology partnerships, knowledge transfer, and joint R&D to leverage international expertise and proven Geothermal Technologies for Indian conditions. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has cooperation mechanism with Australia, Iceland, Saudi Arabia and United States of America in the geothermal en...
India, Dec. 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Gyan Bharatam, the flagship initiative of Ministry of Culture (MoC), Government of India announced in the Union Budget (Para 84) on 1st February, 2025, aimed at surveying, documenting, conserving, digitizing and disseminating India's manuscript heritage. The initiative envisages collaboration with academic institutions, museums, libraries and private collectors to cover more than one crore manuscripts, while establishing a National ...
India, Dec. 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sl. No. State Total Installed Meters as on 15.11.2025 1 Andaman & Nicobar 75,200 2 Andhra Pradesh 20,17,269 3 Arunachal Pradesh 42,267 4 Assam 49,60,048 5 Bihar 82,37,246 6 Chandigarh 24,214 7 Chhattisgarh 30,53,925 8 Delhi 2,60,000 9 Goa - 10 Gujarat 31,28,262 11 Haryana 8,47,467 12 Himachal Pradesh 7,65,932 13 Jammu and Kashmir 10,15,139 14 Jharkhand 9,71,708 15 Kerala 75,303 16 Lad...
India, Dec. 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Government of India has been supporting the power distribution utilities to improve their Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses through various initiatives. Some of the key initiatives taken are as under: With collective effort of Centre & States/ UTs and the reform measures undertaken, the AT&C loss of distribution utilities at the national level has reduced from 21.91% in FY 21 to 16.16% in FY25. This Information was ...
India, Dec. 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The details of all 1237 Villages of the West Champaran district of Bihar have been mapped and uploaded on the MGMD Portal. Under the Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar (MGMD) Programme, 6,38,365 villages have been identified for cultural mapping across the country. Out of these, details of 6,23,449 villages have been uploaded on the MGMD Portal so far. As part of its documentation activities, MGMD, covers a wide range of cultural elements, b...
India, Dec. 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: State/UT District No. of PMKK Andaman & Nicobar Island North and Middle Andaman 1 South Andaman 1 Andhra Pradesh Anantapur 1 Chittoor 2 East Godavari 3 Guntur 2 Kadapa 1 Krishna 2 Kurnool 1 Nellore 1 Prakasam 2 Srikakulam 2 Visakhapatanam 2 Vizianagaram 1 West Godavari 2 Arunachal Pradesh East Kameng 1 East Siang 1 Lower Siang 1 Lower Subansiri 1 Tirap 1 Assam Baksa 1 Barpeta 1 Bisw...
India, Dec. 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. State PMKVY 4.0 centres JSS Centres ITIs 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 5 1 4 2 Andhra Pradesh 370 6 521 3 Arunachal Pradesh 82 0 10 4 Assam 797 6 47 5 Bihar 537 21 1,356 6 Chandigarh 10 1 3 7 Chhattisgarh 177 14 227 8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 9 2 4 9 Delhi 144 3 46 10 Goa 6 1 13 11 Gujarat 266 8 493 12 Haryana 529 2 380 13 Himachal Pradesh 179 1...