India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Smt. Anu Garg, IAS, Hon'ble Chief Secretary, Government of Odisha, visited Paradip Port Authority (PPA) to review its operations and long-term expansion plans. She was received by Shri P. L. Haranadh, IRTS, Chairman, PPA, at the Wet Basin and accorded a Ceremonial Guard of Honour by the CISF Unit. She also took a launch ride to review berth readiness, vessel traffic management systems, and marine operations. Paradip Port achieved ...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Promotion and Development of tourist places is primarily undertaken by the concerned State Government/Union Territory (UT) Administration. However, the Ministry of Tourism as part of its ongoing endeavour, promotes various tourism destinations and products of India including the states of Himachal Pradesh in a holistic manner, through various initiatives including promotional events, Central financial Assistance (CFA) to State Gove...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. State / Union territory Number of JAKs opened 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 6 2 Andhra Pradesh 272 3 Arunachal Pradesh 35 4 Assam 176 5 Bihar 1058 6 Chandigarh 19 7 Chhattisgarh 345 8 Delhi 589 9 Goa 18 10 Gujarat 848 11 Haryana 474 12 Himachal Pradesh 74 13 Jammu and Kashmir 351 14 Jharkhand 166 15 Karnataka 1585 16 Kerala 1714 17 Ladakh 3 18 Lakshadweep 1 19 Madhya ...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Promoting Domestic Manufacturing of Medical Devices aims to promote domestic manufacturing of medical devices by attracting large investments for creation of domestic manufacturing capacity and incentivising domestic production. The list of high-end medical devices that are currently being manufactured in the country under the scheme is at Annexure. The setting up of a Medical Devic...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: There is no provision for Bulk Drug Parks under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes implemented by the Department of Pharmaceuticals. However, the Department of Pharmaceuticals is implementing another scheme, namely the scheme for Promotion of Bulk Drug Parks, with a budgetary outlay of Rs.3,000 crore, under which three bulk drug parks have been approved and are at various stages of development in the States of Andhra Pra...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Bharat Bodhan AI Conclave 2026,organised by the Ministry of Education, concluded in New Delhi today, reaffirming a collective commitment towards responsible AI-driven transformation of India's education ecosystem. On Day 2, the following two sessions were held: Day 2 - Session 1: Governance Platforms & Scalable AI Systems Moderated by Prof. Manindra Aggarwal, Director, IIT Kanpur, the session highlighted that states are shif...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Under the Designing Innovative Solutions for Holistic Access to Justice (DISHA) Scheme, the Tele Law programme connects citizens with the lawyers to provide pre-litigation advice through the use of Video/Tele conferencing facilities available at the Common Service Centres (CSCs) operated by the Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs) at the Gram Panchayat level, Tele-Law Mobile App and Toll Free No. 14454. Under the Tele-Law programme,...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today announced the first national call for the BIRAC-RDI Fund, marking a major push to scale high-impact biotechnology innovations under the Government of India's Rs.1 lakh crore Research, Development, and Innovation (RDI) initiative. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences; and MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, D...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), in furtherance of its mandate to conserve biological resources and ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation, has realised an amount of Rs.2.40 crore under the Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) framework in the last 45 days. The amount was received from ten applications for carrying out activities relating to research and commercial use of biological resou...
India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Director General of Indian Coast Guard (ICG), DG Paramesh Sivamani inaugurated the Waterjet Production & Testing Facility of M/s Marine Jet Power (MJP) India at Goa on February 13, 2026, marking a significant milestone in India's pursuit of maritime Aatmanirbharta. With this advanced production and testing facility under the Manufacturing and Transfer of Technology framework, India becomes the third country globally, after the ...