India, Aug. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: A third-party assessment of the KCC-MISS has been conducted through Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, to assess the scheme's functioning across India's diverse agro-regions (As reported by Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India). The Government has taken various steps to ensure timely and affordable institutional credit, expand KCC coverage, simplify application procedures, streng...
India, Aug. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Jan Samarth Portal has been started as a one-stop digital platform for linking Government-Sponsored loans and subsidies schemes. It provides a quick and efficient way to apply for loans and their timely sanction based on a digital evaluation of the applicant's data. To streamline the agricultural credit delivery process various digital initiatives have been introduced. These include the e-KYC application developed by NABARD, KR...
India, Aug. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The 16th Indian Organ Donation Day (IODD) was observed today with the national event organised by the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) under the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare at New Delhi. The event reaffirmed the Government's commitment to strengthening India's organ donation and transplantation programme while honouring the invaluable contribution of deceased organ donors and their families. T...
India, Aug. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: NITI Aayog in its report titled 'Evaluation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes in Package 4 - Urban Transformation and Skill Development' published in September 2025, has concluded that the Smart Cities Mission demonstrates strong alignment with national urban priorities and citizen needs, contributing significantly to multiple United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. As per the report, the Mission has achieved a high project compl...
India, Aug. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As per the 12th Schedule of the Constitution of India, urban planning falls within the purview of the State Governments and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)/Urban Development Authorities at the city level. Government of India supplements the efforts of States through schematic interventions, advisories, guidelines, financial assistance and technical support for strengthening the urban planning ecosystem. As per inputs received, National D...
India, Aug. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Flood management and anti-erosion schemes are formulated and implemented by the concerned State Governments as per their respective priorities. The Union Government supplements the efforts of the States by providing technical guidance and promotional financial assistance for management of flood management in critical areas through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme, namely, the "Flood Management and Border Areas Programme" (FMBAP), whic...
India, Aug. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PM-SYM) scheme was launched in February, 2019 in order to provide old age protection to the workers of the unorganised sector. This is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme. Under the scheme, a monthly assured pension of Rs. 3000/- is provided to the unorganised workers after attaining the age of 60 years. The workers in the age group of 18 to 40 years whose monthly income is Rs. 15000/- or ...
India, Aug. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Labour and Employment launched eShram portal (eshram.gov.in) on 26th August, 2021 for creation of a comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW) including platform workers, migrant workers etc. The e-Shram portal registers the unorganised workers including gig and platform workers and provides them a Universal Account Number (UAN) on a self-declaration basis. Over 31.82 crore unorganised workers hav...
India, Aug. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Minority affairs is implementing Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS) schemes to improve the socio-economic and educational status of the six notified minority communities across India. PM VIKAS Scheme is a Central Sector Scheme of this Ministry, and no state wise allocation has been made under the scheme. The scheme is implemented through eligible Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs), Government institut...
India, Aug. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sl. No. Period (Since Launch of NYPS 2.0 till 21-07-2026) Institution Registration Group Registration Individual 1 UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands 27 0 40 2 Andhra Pradesh 58 10 874 3 Arunachal Pradesh 12 2 46 4 Assam 52 4 431 5 Bihar 104 65 2139 6 UT of Chandigarh 17 2 210 7 Chhattisgarh 144 12 384 8 UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 43 1 39 9 Delhi 179 41 3204 1...