India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Panchayat, being "Local Self Government", is a State subject and part of the State list of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. However, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj is implementing the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) since the financial year 2022-23 in States/ UTs. The main objective of the scheme is to strengthen the capacity of Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs) by impa...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is implementing the e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP) under the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) with the objective of strengthening transparency, efficiency, and accountability in the functioning of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) through digital enablement across all States. The eGramSwaraj application has been integrated with various digital governance platforms to enhance planning, fin...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Year Brought Forward Receipt Disposal Pending Average Disposal Time (Centre) 2023-24 74,217 17,37,599 17,05,792 1,06,024 16 2024-25 1,06,024 16,73,645 17,17,570 62,099 15 2025-26 62,099 18,33,972 18,12,923 83,148 14 The Government has undertaken several measures to strengthen the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS). Major reforms include adoption of next-generation technologi...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Legal action is taken against the offenders of stone pelting under the relevant provision of law. The following preventive measures are taken by the Railways to safeguard the lives of passengers and damage to Railway Property: Safety of train operations is accorded top priority on Indian Railways (IR). Pedestrian subways are also being provided with safety fencing in order to facilitate crossing of railway alignment by cattle, ped...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Daily Average tickets 10 lakhs Reserved tickets 2.79 lakhs Unreserved tickets 7.24 lakhs Downloads 4.76 crores With a view to expand digital mode of procurement of reserved as well as unreserved tickets Railways has launched RailOne App on 01.07.2025. This App enables passengers to book reserved as well as unreserved tickets on mobile phone. This App combines all the public facing services of Indian Railways like reserved t...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Indian Railways has approved the provision of Kavach Version 4.0 on 660 Route Km of the Izzatnagar Division of North Eastern Railway (NER) at an estimated cost of Rs.295 crore. The work has been approved under the umbrella work "Provision of Kavach with communication backbone of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) on balance sections of Indian Railways." Kavach is India's indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system desig...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a major step towards safer and smoother movement of road traffic in Gujarat, Indian Railways has approved the construction of a 4 lane Road Over Bridge at Level Crossing No. 305 on the Geratpur-Ahmedabad section of Western Railway. The work has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs.153 crore. The project has been sanctioned under Western Railway's ongoing umbrella work for construction of road over and under bridges, foot over bridge...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Government in Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is primarily responsible for development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs). The Government has inter-alia decided to focus on development of Access controlled National High Speed Corridors (HSCs) / Expressways, development of ring road / bypasses of cities with population of more than One Lakh with priority on those cities which have population of more than Five Lakh, d...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Discharged from Scheme post no response from Police within prescribed timelines Life threatening cases not found eligible under the scheme by State Police* 1 Gujarat 6,416 474 146 7,036 2 Madhya Pradesh 6,275 336 150 6,761 3 Assam 968 1,089 34 2,091 4 Uttar Pradesh 679 168 40 887 Jammu And Kashmir 6 Andhra Pradesh 391 244 42 677 7 Chhattisgarh 371 257 16 644 8 Haryana 431 44 17...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: A new artificial intelligence (AI) framework that identifies three distinct developmental states of cancer stem-like cells can help identify hidden cancer stem cells from thousands of patient samples and bring precision medicine one step closer to reality specially in areas with limited health facilities. Cancer remains one of humanity's greatest medical challenges. Although modern treatments can destroy millions of cancer cells, ...