India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Ministry of Culture promotes Indian Arts and Culture globally for strengthening cultural ties with foreign countries through signing of Cultural Agreements, Cultural Exchange Programme, Memorandum of Understanding on Cultural Cooperation etc., Organization and participation in multilateral Cultural fora like G20, BRICS, SCO, SAARC etc. This Ministry also administered Global Engagement Scheme under which Festivals of India abroad a...
India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Naxalism is the product of Left-wing ideology Naxalism did not spread because of poverty; rather, poverty spread because of Naxalism Communist Party was not formed to oppose injustice, but to oppose our parliamentary system Days of those who indulge in Naxalite violence are now over Root cause of Naxalism is not lack of development but Left-wing ideology, which was accepted by the leader of then ruling party to win the Preside...
India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Area Sown Increase/ S. Normal Summer Area (DES) Final Corresponding Decrease over corresponding period of Last year 1 Rice 31.49 33.28 28.50 30.69 -2.19 2 Pulses 23.40 27.07 6.06 5.60 0.46 a Green Gram 20.44 23.49 3.91 3.65 0.25 b Black Gram 2.96 3.58 1.90 1.77 0.13 c Other Pulses 0.00 - 0.25 0.17 0.08 3 Shree Anna cum Coarse Cereals 12.08 14.06 9.34 9.71 -0.37 a Jowar 0.34 0.36 ...
India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Scheme/Program Budget Estimates 2026-27 Revised Estimates 2025-26 Increase % Increase CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEMES Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) 9,500.00 9,000.00 500.00 5.56% National Health Mission (NHM) 39,390.00 37,100.07 2,289.93 6.17% Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) 11,307.00 10,900.00 407.00 3.73% National AIDS and STD Control Programme 3,477.00 2,661.50 815.50 30.64% Blood Tr...
India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Guidelines for Swadesh Darshan 2.0, include National Institutional Framework comprising of Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC), Mission Directorate (MD) etc., State Institutional Framework and Destination Management Committees to be set up by State Governments/UTAs. The Ministry has also developed a Program Management Information System (PMIS) for its destination development related schemes as a unified digital pla...
India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: To enable every rural household in the country to have assured potable water, since August 2019, Government of India in partnership with states, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal. This initiative facilitates adequate quantity of prescribed quality water on regular and long-term basis, through tap water connection. At the start the Mission, only 3.23 Crore (16.7%) rural households were reported to have tap wa...
India, March 30 -- 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 com...
India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi shared the outstanding speech delivered by Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah ji, noting that it was filled with important facts, historical context, and a detailed account of the Government's efforts over the past decade. Shri Modi highlighted that for decades, the retrograde Maoist ideology had an adverse impact on the development of several regions, with Left Wing Extremism severely affect...
India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Center for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (CMLRE), Kochi, Kerala , under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), has achieved a landmark milestone in marine conservation. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has officially designated CMLRE's "Bhavasagara" Referral Centre as a National Repository for Deep-Sea Fauna. This prestigious recognition, conferred under the provisions of the Biological Dive...
India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: State/UT Self-Enumeration Period Houselisting and Housing Census Period 1 April to 15 April 16th April to 15th May Gujarat*, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 5 April to 19 April 20 April to 19 May Uttarakhand 10 April to 24 April 25 April to 24 May Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, and Haryana 16 April to 30 April 1 May to 30 May Bihar 17 April to 1 May 2 May to 31...