PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF MILK

India, March 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Items 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Estimated milk Production (Million Tonnes) 210 222 231 239 248 Estimated monthly per capita quantity consumption of milk (litre per person/30 days)* Rural NA NA 4.932 5.085 NA Urban NA NA 5.694 5.686 NA Estimate of State-wise Milk Production (figure in '000 Tonnes) S.No. States/UTs 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 1 Andhra Pradesh 14713.84 154...


Water for All, All for Water: People, Panchayats & Jal Jeevan Mission

India, March 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Ensuring safe drinking water supply requires infrastructure such as pipelines, pumps, and storage structures. Yet beyond these networks of steel and concrete, water systems are sustained by the people who keep them running every day. Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, elected representatives, frontline workers, members of self-help groups, trained volunteers, and technical personnel come together at the rural level to operate, monitor,...


India has emerged as a global hub for semiconductor design and R&D

India, March 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The semiconductor development strategy is inspired by Hon'ble Prime Minister's vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India, Make for the world. As part of this strategy, India aims to develop a complete ecosystem, ranging from R&D, design, fabrication, assembly, testing, packaging and module manufacturing and talent development. The Government recognises that R&D is critical for building a strong semiconductor ecosystem. As a ...


Consultative Committee Meeting of Ministry of Coal held Under Chairmanship of Union Minister of Coal and Mines Shri G. Kishan Reddy

India, March 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Consultative Committee Meeting of Members of Parliament attached to the Ministry of Coal was held on Thursday, under the chairmanship of Union Minister of Coal and Mines, Shri G. Kishan Reddy. The meeting was attended by the Minister of State for Coal and Mines, Shri Satish Chandra Dubey, members of the Committee senior officials of the Ministry of Coal and Coal Companies. The agenda for the consultative committee meeting was...


Medical Devices Manufacturers

India, March 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. Segment Financial year (FY) 2020-21 FY 2021-22 FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 1 Consumables and disposables 1,290 1,378 1,605 1,752 1,863 2 Surgical instruments 54 71 72 79 86 3 Electromedical equipment 985 1,163 1,335 1,472 1,483 4 Implants 99 135 188 266 350 5 In vitro diagnostic reagents 104 176 191 216 232 Total 2,532 2,923 3,391 3,785 4,014 Financial year FDI inflows (in c...


PROJECTS APPROVED UNDER NLM-EDP

India, March 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: STATEMENT  ON "PROJECTS APPROVED UNDER NLM-EDP" (a) The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India is implementing the National Livestock Mission - Entrepreneurship Development Programme (NLM-EDP) from financial year 2021-22. Under this programme, 50% of the capital cost with ceiling of Rs.50.00 lakh as capital subsidy is provided directly to the beneficiary. The beneficiary arranges the remaining cost of...


Strict Action Taken Against Fake Fertilizers and Malpractices to Protect Farmers

India, March 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government of India has taken stringent steps to ensure the availability of quality fertilizers to farmers and to curb the manufacture and sale of fake fertilizers in the country. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Smt. Anupriya Patel informed that the Fertilizer (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) Control Order, 1985, administered under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, stri...


Prime Minister shares Sanskrit Subhashitam emphasising on auspicious thoughts guiding the path of progress

India, March 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, shared a Sanskrit Subhashitam emphasising on auspicious thoughts guiding the path of progress: "आ नो भद्राः क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वतोऽदब्धासो अपरीता&#23...


English rendering of PM's speech during the launch of various development projects in Kokrajhar, Assam via VC

India, March 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Khulumbye Kokrajhar! Friends, Due to bad weather, I am unable to come to Kokrajhar. I apologize to all of you. It has been possible to communicate with you from here in Guwahati; I had set out from Delhi to come to you, but I had to land in Guwahati itself, and now from Guwahati, I am having your darshan and also talking to you. Associated with this program, the Chief Minister of Assam, brother Himanta Biswa Sarma ji, my colleag...


Extension of PLI Scheme to API

India, March 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Pharmaceuticals has received representations from the approved applicants under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for promotion of domestic manufacturing of critical Key Starting Materials (KSMs)/ Drug Intermediates (DIs) and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) in India (commonly known as "PLI Scheme for Bulk Drugs") regarding the extension of scheme tenure. In this regard, the Government has deci...