India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, and UN Women India have announced a global Call for Nominations for the Compendium on the Real-World Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Advancing Gender Equality. As part of the broader engagements leading up to the India-AI Impact Summit 2026, this collaboration aims to highlight measurable and verifiable AI applications that are actively driving pos...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Cleaning/rejuvenation of rivers is an ongoing process. It is the primary responsibility of States/Union Territories (UTs) and Urban Local Bodies to ensure required treatment of sewage and industrial effluents to the prescribed norms before discharging into the rivers and other water bodies For conservation of rivers, the Ministry has been supplementing efforts of the States/UTs by providing financial and technical assistance for ab...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. State/ UT Central share State Expenditure Opening Balance Fund allocated Fund Released* Available fund Reported utilization 1 A&N Islands 1.28 2.98 0.45 1.73 0.61 - 2 Andhra Pr. 339.88 2,520.97 70.00 409.88 375.65 597.87 3 Arunachal Pr. 25.02 217.82 108.91 133.93 84.14 4.85 4 Assam 780.58 5,198.78 2,159.63 2,940.21 2,829.16 315.70 5 Bihar 54.95 - - 54.95 NR NR 6 Chhattisgarh ...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) monitors groundwater levels of its manual monitoring stations spread throughout the country four times every year. The Government is committed to ensure sustainable management and development of ground water resources of the country by means of judicious regulation of extraction and robust conservation efforts. The data available with CGWB indicates that overall ground water situation in the co...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The official data on Employment and Unemployment is collected through Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), which is conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) since 2017-18. As per the latest available Annual PLFS reports, the estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above has decreased from 6.0% in 2017-18 to 3.2% in 2023-24. Also, MoSPI has revamped PLFS fr...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Posts (DoP), Ministry of Communications is proposing an initiative to establish an interoperable, standardized and user-centric addressing system as part of the national digital public infrastructure. Titled Digital Hub for Reference and Unique Virtual Address or DHRUVA, it envisages simplified and seamless service delivery and efficient governance, thereby enabling "Address as a Service" (AaaS) in India. A Policy...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As per the Pune Municipal Corporation, a treatment capacity of 477 MLD is available as against the total sewage generation of 980 million litres per day (MLD). In the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation area, against a total sewage generation of 515 MLD, a treatment capacity of 423 MLD is available. Under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP), the project "Pollution abatement of river Mula-Mutha in Pune, Maharashtra", with...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi held a telephone conversation today with the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, H.E. Mr. Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Prime Minister expressed his heartfelt condolences on the loss of lives and widespread devastation in Sri Lanka in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah. He conveyed that the people of India stand in firm solidarity and support with the people of Sri Lanka in this hour o...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Air Marshal Tejbir Singh assumed the appointment of Director General (Inspection and Safety) [DG (I&S)] at Air HQ on 01 December 2025. In his illustrious career spanning 37 years, the Air Officer has held varied command and staff assignments including our Air Attache to Bangladesh, Senior Directing Staff (Air), National Defence College, New Delhi and Assistant Chief of Air Staff Operations (T&H) at Air HQ. He is an alumnus of the R...
India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Year Central Expenditure under State share Opening Balance Allocation Fund Drawn Available Fund Reported utilization 2022-23 534.30 4,015.00 872.96 1,407.26 593.71 664.36 2023-24 813.55 3,615.56 2,617.10 3,430.65 2,617.49 2,612.30 2024-25 813.15 2,438.89 731.67 1,544.82 1,333.23 3,343.47 Since August 2019, Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal, in partnership with St...