India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Economic Survey 2025-26 tabled in parliament today by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, highlights that India's Economy stands out in the present era of global economic turbulence due to its macroeconomic stability. It has been possible due to our calibrated fiscal strategy, reduction in fiscal and revenue deficits. Resilient revenue mobilization and reorientation of revenue towards capi...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As per the All-India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2021-22, women constitute 43% of the total enrolment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines at the higher education level in the country. Further, according to the Research and Development Statistics Report-2023 published by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), women account for 18.6% of the total workforce engaged as STEM professiona...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Central Government has issued the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2025, proposing comprehensive reforms in the power sector. The draft Bill seeks to take measures for financial sustainability, promote competition, strengthen regulatory accountability, and accelerate India's transition towards non-fossil fuel-based electricity generation, in alignment with the vision of Viksit Bharat @ 2047. The key reforms proposed are outlined...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: State/ April, 2022 - March, 2023 April, 2023 - March, 2024 Energy Requirement Energy Supplied Energy not Supplied Energy Requirement Energy Supplied Energy not Supplied ( MU ) ( MU ) (MU) ( % ) (MU) ( MU ) (MU) ( % ) Chandigarh 1,788 1,788 0 0 1,789 1,789 0 0 Delhi 35,143 35,133 10 0 35,501 35,496 5 0 Haryana 61,451 60,945 506 0.8 63,983 63,636 348 0.5 Himachal Pradesh 12,649 12,542 10...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In an era characterized by heightened global uncertainty, geopolitical flux, and rapid technological transformation, India's monetary and financial sectors have exhibited robust performance in FY26 (April-December 2025), underpinned by strategic policy actions and structural resilience across financial intermediation channels. This was highlighted by the Economic Survey 2025-26, tabled by Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Af...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: India's renewable energy sector must focus not only on capacity expansion but also on grid integration and technology for smoother adoption, Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, said at the Leadership Spotlight Session on the third day of India Energy Week 2026 which is being held in Goa from 27th January to 30th January 2026. Speaking at The Solar and Wind Opportunity: Realising the Dual Potenti...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is releasing, through this press note, the Report of the Expert Group on Comprehensive Updation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Expert Group, constituted for base revision of CPI, has experts from eminent academic institutions, seniors officers from Reserve Bank of India and Government of India. To accurately capture the changing consumption behaviour of the househo...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) conducted an inspection drive in Greater Noida to assess visible road dust and the effectiveness of road-cleaning and sweeping on stretches maintained by the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA). The inspection was carried out to review on-ground implementation of dust mitigation measures and identify gaps requiring immediate corrective ac...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: LOCAL INGENUITY AND FRUGAL AI IN INDIA AN AI ECONOMIC COUNCIL FOR INDIA India's AI story is already evolving from the bottom-up. Local innovators, municipal bodies, start-ups, and community institutions are deploying AI to solve problems that are immediate and contextual to the communities they reside in. AI has multi-sectoral applications in health, agriculture, education, urban management, and disaster preparedness. The AI Eco...
India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: State Total Youth Registered ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 23750 ANDHRA PRADESH 700476 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 39418 ASSAM 571138 BIHAR 512280 CHANDIGARH 66558 CHHATTISGARH 439738 DELHI 416824 GOA 44844 GUJARAT 798557 HARYANA 636751 HIMACHAL PRADESH 241547 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 558739 JHARKHAND 304755 KARNATAKA 679715 KERALA 495325 LADAKH 32223 LAKSHADWEEP 4259 MADHYA PRADESH 1257364 MAHARASHTRA 1326696...