India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Under the Digital India Programme, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj is implementing the e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP) across all States and Union Territories (UTs) of the country. This initiative aims to revamp the functioning of Panchayats, making them more transparent, accountable, and effective. As part of this initiative, the Ministry is operating the eGramSwaraj, an online planning and accounting application designed to ...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: ISRO has worked out overall configuration of indigenous Space Station, Bharatiya Antariksh Station comprising of five modules which is expected to be fully operational by 2035 timeframe. The overall configuration has been reviewed by a National Level Review Committee. In September,2024, Union Cabinet approved development and launch of first module of Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS-01) by 2028. Overall system engineering of BAS-01 ...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S.N. Parameter Benchmark 1 Provision of a service within 7 working days of payment of demand note by the customer >= 98% 2 Fault incidences (No. of faults per 100 subscribers) ≤ 5 3 Point of Interconnection (POI) Congestion (90th percentile value) ≤ 0.5% 4 Percentage of calls answered by the operators (voice to voice) within 90 seconds >= 95% 5 Termination/ closure of service within seven working days of ...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Dr P.K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, delivered the inaugural address at the Centenary Foundation Week of the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad today. Speaking to faculty, students, alumni, and distinguished guests, Dr Mishra underscored the pivotal role of IIT Dhanbad in India's journey towards becoming a Viksit Bharat by 2047. Dr. P.K. Mishra was conferred Doctor of Science earl...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Under the Nuclear Energy Mission announced in the Union Budget 2025- 26, a total budgetary provision of Rs.20,000 crore has been made for the design, development, and deployment of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). This allocation is aimed at supporting India's objective of developing and operationalizing at least five indigenously designed SMRs by 2033. As part of this initiative, BARC has already undertaken design and development wo...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government is taking steps to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to support the functioning of Gram Panchayats. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has launched SabhaSaar on 14th August 2025, an AI-powered meeting-summarization tool that generates structured Minutes of Meetings from Gram Sabha and other Panchayat meetings using audio/video recordings. SabhaSaar uses advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies an...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: A meeting took place between DAE and Rosatom focused on furthering bilateral cooperation in the field of nuclear energy, such as development of projects for both large and small-scale nuclear power plants and cooperation in the nuclear fuel cycle. Particularly, attention was given to opportunities for localizing equipment production in India. One of the new areas of discussion for cooperation, includes the construction of small modu...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In line with Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's vision, the Government is democratising the development and usage of technology. The focus is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) for solving real-world problems and ultimately improving lives across various sectors. In this regard, the government has taken an inclusive and innovation-friendly approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance. India's AI strategy has been fo...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: All non exempted Ministries/Departments are mandated to spent at least 10% of their budget allocation in North Eastern Region under 10% GBS mechanism. Over the last five years, an expenditure of Rs 3,94,612 Cr. was made against the allocation of Rs 3,71,789 Cr.(106.1%). Prime Minister's Development Initiative for North East Region (PM-DevINE), announced as a new Central Sector scheme, with 100% Central funding, in the Union Budget ...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S.N. Name of the State Funds released during last 5 years (Rs. crore) 1 Arunachal Pradesh 1203.00 2 Assam 2306.34 3 Manipur 717.62 4 Meghalaya 1231.93 5 Mizoram 809.49 6 Nagaland 1137.34 7 Sikkim 763.93 8 Tripura 702.90 9 Central Agency 996.22 Total 9868.77 As per the Revised Estimates budget figures, a total of Rs. 15905.86 crore has been allocated for North Eastern States over last 5 years by the Mi...