India, March 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Crop residue burning has been identified as one of the significant factors in North India, particularly in Delhi NCR region, which aggravates the air quality index in the region during winter season after harvest of the preceding crop for sowing the next crop. The major steps taken by the Government to discourage and mitigate the practice of crop residue burning include the following: Under this scheme, 50% financial assistance ...
India, March 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice headed by Shri Brij, MP, Rajya Sabha, presented its One Hundred Sixtieth Report on the Demands for Grants (2026-27) of the Department of Personnel and Training (Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions) to Rajya Sabha on 16th March, 2026 and laid it on the Table of Lok Sabha on 16th March, 2026.  While examini...
India, March 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. State Destination Name of the Experience Sanction Sanctioned Cost Amount Authorised (in Rs. Crore) 1 Andhra Pradesh Bapatala Development of Suryalanka Beach Experience 2024-25 97.52 9.75 2 Andhra Pradesh Araku-Lambasingi Borra Cave Experience at Araku 2023-24 29.88 2.99 3 Arunachal Pradesh Mechuka Mechuka Cultural Haat 2023-24 18.48 1.85 4 Arunachal Pradesh Mechuka Mechuka Adventure Park 2023-...
India, March 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The GoIStats mobile application has 17,475 downloads and 3,66,390 hits till February, 2026. Further, it has 2576 active users in the month of February, 2026. Onboarding of datasets, visualizations & infographics are a continuous processes. Presently, data and visualisation of 9 statistical products viz. National Accounts Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Wholesale Price Index, Household Consumption Expenditure Survey, Periodic La...
India, March 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: 'Land' and 'Colonization' are State subjects. Therefore, schemes related to housing for their citizens including young adults, first-time homebuyers, working professionals etc. are implemented by States/Union Territories (UTs). However, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) supplements the efforts of States/UTs by providing Central Assistance under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U) since 25.06.2015 to provide all...
India, March 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has submitted India's Seventh National Report (NR-7) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), reaffirming its commitment to the three objectives of the Convention: conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components, and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources. Submission of national reports is a mandatory obl...
India, March 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Governor of Odisha, Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati met with the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today at New Delhi.  The Prime Minister posted on X; "Governor of Odisha, @DrHariBabuK met Prime Minister @narendramodi." @GovernorOdisha Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
India, March 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Library Name Sanction year Amt. Sanctioned (in. Lakh) Amt. Released (in. Lakh) Dr. Radhakrishnan Rajya Kendriya Pustakalaya, Jaipur 2014-15 183.51 94.81 Rajakiya Sarvajanik Mandal Pustakalaya, Kota 2016-17 63.46 63.21 Sl. State Name of the Library Sanction Year Amount sanctioned in lakh Total released 1 A&N Island State Central Library, Port Blair 2023-24 223.00 223.00 2 A&N Island District Library, Car n...
India, March 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sl. No. State Area (in ha) 1 Assam 454 2 Bihar  460 3 Chhattisgarh 536 4 Goa 5 5 Gujarat 975 6 Jharkhand 302 7 Madhya Pradesh 640 8 Maharashtra 335 9 Odisha 257 10 Rajasthan 175 11 Telangana 155 12 Uttar Pradesh 97 Total 4391 The Green Credit Programme is an innovative mechanism to incentivize environmentally positive actions and to promote the LIFE (Lifestyle for Environment) movement...
India, March 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Follow DoT Handles for more: - X - https://x.com/DoT_India Insta-  https://www.instagram.com/department_of_telecom?igshMXUxbHFjd3llZTU0YQ Fb - https://www.facebook.com/DoTIndia Youtube: https://youtube.com/@departmentoftelecom?siDALnhYkt89U5jAaa The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), the technical arm of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, Government of India, will organise an...