India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As per latest Research & Development Statistics, the Gross Expenditure on Research and Development (GERD) in the country has been consistently increasing over the years and has more than doubled from Rs. 60,196.75 crore in 2010-11 to Rs. 1,27,380.96 crore in 2020-21. The key sectors and institutions contributing to this increase include: government R&D labs/institutions, public & private sector industries and higher education insti...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal highlighted the importance of innovation, quality, design, sustainability and efficiency as key drivers of India's manufacturing competitiveness while addressing the IndiaEdge event organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi today. Shri Goyal said that the Government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, is working with a c...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government in its endeavor for a drug free India has taken various initiatives for speedy disposal of seized narcotics, some of which are as under: - certified under section 52A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 and submit it to the Chairman of the concerned Drug Disposal Committee (DDC) for early destruction of the seized properties. The officer in-charge/ custodian of storage facility carry ou...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal virtually flagged off the steel-cutting ceremony for India's first all-electric green tug, marking a major milestone in the country's shift toward sustainable and energy-efficient maritime operations. The tug, designed for Deendayal Port Authority (DPA) in Kandla, is being developed under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways' Green Tug Transiti...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has been providing heatwave forecasts and warnings at multiple spatial and temporal scales and shares them with the public and disaster management authorities for mitigation and preparedness. For this, IMD has developed a web-based GIS (Geographic Information System) heatwave portal, where current heatwave conditions and 5-day forecasts are displayed at the district and sub-city scales on in...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has constructed about 57,125 km of National Highways (NHs) during the last five financial years. Out of 34,800 km planned under Phase-I of Bharatmala Pariyojana, 796 projects with the total length of 26,425 km have been awarded, of which cumulative length of 21,248 km has been constructed upto September,2025. 3,187 km NH projects, including expressways and economic corr...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released its Independent Drive Test (IDT) findings for the Assam LSA, covering extensive city routes of Barpeta and Bongaigaon Districts in the month of October 2025. The drive tests, conducted under the supervision of the TRAI Regional Office, Kolkata, were designed to capture real-world mobile network performance across diverse usage environments- Urban Zones, Institutional Hotspots...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S.No State No. of WI-FI Hotspots 1 Andaman & Nicobar 275 2 Andhra Pradesh 6074 3 Arunachal Pradesh 1017 4 Assam 1063 5 Bihar 4086 6 Chandigarh 253 7 Chhattisgarh 2839 8 Delhi 198275 9 Goa 430 10 Gujarat 11857 11 Himachal Pradesh 936 12 Haryana 18131 13 Jharkhand 1042 14 Jammu & Kashmir 2299 15 Karnataka 21834 16 Kerala 4987 17 Ladakh 601 18 Lakshadweep 1 19 Maharashtra 33084...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS) was approved as a new Central Sector Scheme in 2017-18 and restructured into two components viz. NESIDS (Roads) and NESIDS (Other Than Roads Infrastructure) in 2022-23. The broad objective of NESIDS-Roads is to ensure focused development of North Eastern Region by providing financial assistance to the eight North Eastern States for projects leading to the creation of ...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: YEAR All India Monsoon Rainfall (LPA) Actual (%) Forecast (%) Remark 2021 100 101 Accurate 2022 106 103 Accurate 2023 95 96 Accurate 2024 108 106 Accurate 2025 108 106 Accurate Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....