India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Economic Survey 2025-26 tabled in the Parliament today by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman has stated that India recorded lowest inflation rate since the beginning of the CPI series, with April-Dec 2025 average headline inflation coming in at 1.7%. The moderation in retail inflation is primarily attributed to the general disinflationary trend in food and fuel prices, which together a...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) continues to advance India's commitment to the sustainable use of biological resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation. In furtherance of its mandate under the Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) framework, the NBA has disbursed Rs 17 lakh to the Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Maharashtra, t...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Urban Poverty Alleviation is a state subject. Government of India supplements the efforts of State Governments/UTs through programs and schematic interventions for the urban poor. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, MoHUA implemented "Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)" to reduce economic, social and residential vulnerabilities of urban poor. The implementation period of DAY-NULM ended on ...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: SBM Phase Budget Outlay Central Share SBM-U (2014-2021) 62,009 14,623 SBM-U 2.0 (2021-2026) 1,41,600 36,465 Government of India launched the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) on October 2, 2014 with the objective of making urban areas of the country Open Defecation Free (ODF) and for scientific processing of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generated in the urban areas of the country including State of Maharashtra, Madhya Pra...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) today exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ms. Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon and Mr. Ranjan Tandon for the establishment of the Krishnamurthy Tandon School of Artificial Intelligence at IIMA. The MoU was exchanged in the esteemed presence of Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Education, Government of India in New Delhi and Ambassador Shri Vinay Kwatra virtua...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation undertakes assessment of the functionality of household tap water connections provided under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), through an independent third-party agency, based on standard statistical sampling. The Functionality Assessment 2024 was conducted across 19,812 Har Ghar Jal (HGJ) villages covering 2,37,608 households in 761 districts across 34 States/ UTs. It was found that tap connec...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Strong infrastructure, including roads, housing, tap water connections, and digital connectivity, has been vital for inclusivity, as it links communities to markets, services, and opportunities that enhance the quality of life states the Economic Survey 2025-26 was tabled in Parliament today by the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman. Government launched Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In order to promote food processing sector including jaggery processing industries across the country, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been incentivizing setting up/expansion of related infrastructure through its Central Sector schemes namely Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY) Scheme, Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) and Centrally Sponsored - Pradhan Mantri Formal...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: India's industrial performance remains robust as Industry Gross Value Added (GVA) grew by 7.0 per cent year-on-year, in real terms, in the first half of FY2025-26, marking a clear pickup after growth had eased to 5.9 per cent in the previous fiscal year (FY2024-25), says the Economic Survey 2025-26 tabled in Parliament by Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman today. The Economic Survey of 2025-26...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: SHANTI Act has been enacted for the promotion and development of nuclear energy and ionising radiation for nuclear power generation, and other non-power applications, and for its safe and secure utilisation. The SHANTI Act allows private sector participation for setting up a nuclear facility, or to carry out activities for the production, use and disposal of nuclear energy under a license from the Central Government and Safety Auth...