India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce headed by Ms. Dola Sen, M.P., Rajya Sabha presented its 200th Report on 'Evaluation of India - US Trade Relations' to both the Houses of Parliament on 6th August, 2026. In the Report, the Committee has evaluated the India - US Trade Relations, identified the key challenges arising from US tariff measures affecting various sectors of economy and made recommendations ...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved GOBARdhan, the National Circular Bioenergy Scheme, with a total outlay of Rs.23,731 crore. GOBARdhan marks a defining moment in India's clean energy journey. It will transform the country's abundant agricultural residue, cattle dung, press mud, municipal organic waste and other biomass resources into clean fuel, organic manure, rural income and nation...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today has approved the development of 135.871 km, 4-lane access-controlled Guwahati-Tezpur Corridor of NH-15 in Assam. The project will be developed on Built-Operate -Transfer (BOT) Toll Mode at a total capital cost of Rs.8970.20 crore under NH(O). The project envisages construction of an Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) (4.9 Km.) in Tez...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ayush and Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Shri Prataprao Jadhav chaired the 27th Meeting of the Governing Body of the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) in New Delhi today. During the meeting, Union Minister Shri Prataprao Jadhav virtually inaugurated the vertical extension of the Research Laboratory and Animal House Building at CCRAS-RARI, Pun...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Prime Minister's Office, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today informed the Rajya Sabha that India's first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan, has achieved major milestones in the development and validation of critical human-rating systems, marking steady progress towards the country's maiden i...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The LVM3-M6 mission successfully deployed the US-based AST Space Mobile's BlueBird Block-2 communication satellite, into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) of 520km circular, which is the heaviest payload (6100kg) to be launched by LVM3 from Indian soil. This launch has demonstrated India's technological prowess, which has significantly enhanced commercial confidence in LVM3 launch vehicle, thereby becoming one of the preferred launch vehicles i...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The details of scheme/initiatives undertaken by the Government to boost production and manufacturing of space technology in India are as under; IN-SPACe Schemes / Initiatives are PAN India schemes. Consequently, the State-wise and Gender-wise details are not maintained. As the private space sector in India is currently in a nascent, developmental phase, government interventions are primarily focused on creating baseline infrastruc...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sl. No. Project Year Funds Sanctioned Funds Released Funds Utilized Beneficiary/Implementing Agency 1 Land Cover Land Use project (1:50,000 scale) - Ongoing 2025-28 Rs. 75.78 lakhs Rs. 30.31 lakhs Rs. 30.31 lakhs Department of Ecology, Environment & Remote Sensing, SDA Colony, Bemina, Srinagar 2 SILAAS (ISRO-DMSP budget head) -Ongoing 2023-28 Rs. 50.16 lakhs Rs. 23.36 lakhs Rs. 23.36 lakhs University of Jammu 3 ...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The country's coal supply position for the power sector continues to remain adequate, backed by robust growth in production, despatch and receipts during July 2026. The overall coal production during July 2026 stood at 69.75 Million Tonnes (MT), as against 64.88 MT during the corresponding period last year, registering a growth of 7.51%. Overall coal despatch during the month stood even higher, at 86.85 MT compared to 73.58 MT in th...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In India's journey towards becoming a global economic powerhouse, Bhubaneswari Opencast Project (OCP) of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) stands as a Prime Example of the harmonious integration of productivity, technology and sustainability. Located in the coal-rich Talcher Coalfield of Odisha, Bhubaneswari has steadily evolved into one of Coal India Limited's most advanced and productive opencast mines. Operating with a peak rated...