India, July 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, today held a comprehensive review meeting with the Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri Nayab Singh Saini, and senior officials of the State Government to assess the progress of ongoing measures aimed at improving air quality in Delhi-NCR. During the meeting, the Minister emphasized the need for accelerated implementation, stronger inter-agency coordination...
India, July 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the 167th anniversary of Income Tax Day celebrations by Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in New Delhi today. Shri Arvind Srivastava, Secretary, D/o Revenue; Shri Ravi Agrawal, Chairman, CBDT; Shri Vivek Chaturvedi, Chairman, CBIC: Members of CBDT and CBIC and other senior officers and officials of the Department were present on the occasion....
India, July 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare successfully organised a three-day Ayushman Arogya Shivir from 22 to 24 July 2026 across Kartavya Bhawan-I, Kartavya Bhawan-II and Kartavya Bhawan-III in New Delhi. Organised by the Central TB Division (CTD) in collaboration with the Delhi State TB Cell, National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) and Swasth Nagrik Abhiyaan (SNA) Division of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the initi...
India, July 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The allocation of Department of Health Research (DHR) is 0.012% of GDP. However, in recent years Government has increased the budget in health research along with new programmes/initiatives to make research grants more competitive and accessible. The budgetary allocation for DHR has increased over 5 times - from Rs. 932.00 crores in 2014-15 (RE) to Rs. 4,821.21 in 2026-27 (BE). There has been rise of approximately 24 percent in Bud...
India, July 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Government has undertaken a comprehensive analysis of key findings of the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS). The major key findings are as follows: [from NFHS-5 (2019-21) to NFHS-6 (2023-24)] The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Shri. Prataprao Jadhav stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
India, July 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Operational Guideliness of RBSK 2.0 of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has expanded the programmatic framework to cover 38 common health conditions. The revised guidelines include emerging child health priorities such as non-communicable diseases including diabetes and hypertension, mental health conditions, and behavioural concerns among children. The existing Mobile Health Teams (MHTs) under RBSK are ...
India, July 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As informed by the National Medical Commission (NMC), there is an increase in MBBS seats from 1,09,115 in AY 2023-24 to 1,28,976 in AY 2025-26 and an increase in PG seats from 31,185 in AY 2023-24 to 86,360 in AY 2025-26. As per the Indian Medical Register (IMR), the total number of registered is 15,35,155 and 7,51,768 registered practitioners in the AYUSH system of medicine as of now. Assuming that 80% of registered practitioners...
India, July 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As part of the 16th BRICS Health Ministers' Meeting, a side event titled "From Digital Health Records to AI-Enabled Healthcare: Strengthening the Continuum of Care Through Interoperable Data Infrastructure and Responsible Artificial Intelligence" was organised today, by National Health Authority, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, bringing together policymakers, technical experts and health leaders from BRICS countries to delib...
India, July 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Under India's BRICS Chairship 2026, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, successfully hosted the BRICS Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in New Delhi on 24 July 2026. The Meeting was chaired by Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai, and attended by Ministers and Heads of Delegation from BRICS Member Countries, reaffirming their shared c...
India, July 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, successfully organised the ninth edition of the multilingual 'Sujal Gram Samvad' today, reinforcing the government's commitment to community-led water governance under the Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0. Shri Ashok K. K Meena underlined that drinking water and sanitation are subjects entrusted to Panchayati Raj Institutions under the 73rd Constitutional Amendmen...