India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Vasco, Goa 1 December 2025 The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) has become the anchor of India's polar and oceanic exploration, said Shri Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Hon'ble Governor of Goa, while speaking at the Antarctica Day celebrations at the NCPOR campus at Vasco-da-Gama today, December 1, 2025. Antarctica Day is celebrated worldwide to commemorate the signing of the Antarctica Treaty on 1 December 1959...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Atal Bhujal Yojana was a pilot scheme for participatory groundwater management, implemented in priority water stressed areas across seven States. In Karnataka, the scheme was implemented in 1199 Gram Panchayats of 14 districts, namely: Bagalkot, Belagavi, Bengaluru Rural, Chamarajanagar, Chikkaballapur, Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Gadag, Hassan, Kolar, Ramanagara, Tumakuru and Vijayanagar. The programme has demonstrabl...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Financial Year Fund allocated Fund drawn by the State 2019-20 995.33 994.75 2020-21 1,614.18 807.08 2021-22 6,998.97 1,404.61 2022-23 6,180.25 3,090.12 2023-24 3,806.29 4,206.29 2024-25 5,049.98 2,524.99 Since August 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, including West Bengal, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal to make provision of potable water to every rural household of th...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government has launched the Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari Abhiyan to make water conservation a mass movement in the country. The Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari (JSJB) initiative, launched on 6th September, 2024 under the Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain (JSA: CTR) campaign, is special effort to strengthen community and private sector participation in water conservation through the construction of low-cost artificial recharge structures...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people of Nagaland on the occasion of their Statehood Day, today. Shri Modi stated that the glorious Naga culture, rooted in service, courage and compassion, is widely admired."The people of Nagaland have distinguished themselves across many fields. May the state keep moving ahead with prosperity and progress in the years ahead", Shri Modi said. The Prime Minister posted on X: ...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Secretary, Ministry of Ayush, Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, has lauded the exemplary conduct and clinical acumen of two Siddha physicians who provided timely medical assistance to a fellow passenger during a recent flight. Secretary Shri Kotecha met Dr. Elavarasan and Dr. Gowtham in New Delhi to personally acknowledge their presence of mind, sense of responsibility, and effective use of Siddha Varmam techniques in a real-life emergency...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government of India has taken a number of initiatives and measures to provide support to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for improving access to finance, timely payments and faster technology adoption. Some of them are: i. Under the Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) of Ministry of MSME, additional corpus fund of Rs. 9,000 crore was infused into the corpus of Credit Guarantee Fund ...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Marking the occasion of World AIDS Day, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda inaugurated the national observance of World AIDS Day 2025 at Vigyan Bhawan, here today, reaffirming India's commitment to accelerating progress toward ending AIDS as a public health threat. In his keynote address, the Union Health Minister noted that the day serves as an important moment to reaffirm our commitment, reflect o...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Financial Year Fund allocated Fund drawn by the State 2019-20 694.95 442.36 2020-21 1,608.51 551.77 2021-22 5,601.16 4,200.87 2022-23 6,117.61 4,588.21 2023-24 10,351.68 6,204.00 2024-25 5,198.78 2,159.63 Since August 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, including Assam, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal to make provision of potable water to every rural household of the co...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology; Minister of State for Earth Sciences; and MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today called for stronger efforts to adopt Hindi across government establishments, noting that practical use of the language in official work is key to its growth and relevance. Chairing the meeting of the Hindi Advisory Committe...