PARLIAMENT QUESTION: PENSION GRIEVANCES REDRESSAL AND MONITORING SYSTEM PORTAL

India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Centralized Pension Grievances Redress And Monitoring System (CPENGRAMS) is an online portal for registration, tracking and redressal of pensioners' grievances. On this portal, the total number of pension grievances received during the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 are 78,675, 1,12,215 & 1,07,731 respectively, while 72,902, 1,07,701 & 1,13,272 grievances, including those brought forward from previous year also, have been redressed res...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES/DEPARTMENTS

India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Recognizing the need to upskill government employees in Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies, high priority has been accorded to building civil services' capacity in AI and to empower public workforce with skills and knowledge in this field. At present, the iGOT Karmayogi platform - which has over 1.5 crore government employees onboarded from across all Ministries, Departments and Organizations of the Government of I...


Ethannol procurement parity for sugar mills

India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As per ethanol procurement terms and conditions, payment is being released to all ethanol suppliers, including cooperative sugar mills supplying to Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies, within the stipulated time frame of 21 days. No instance of delayed payment/differential treatment vis-a-vis private sugar mill has been reported. Cooperative Sugar Mills operating distillery units can meet their working capital requirements thro...


Common Man's Train: Amrit Bharat Express, Offering Faster, Safer & Jerk free Long Distance Travel, Records Over 100% Sleeper Class Occupancy Since Inception

India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: SN Train No. and Name 1 11015/11016 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Saharsa Amrit Bharat Express 2 13697/13698 Gaya - Delhi Amrit Bharat Express 3 15293/15294 Muzaffarpur - Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express 4 15557/15558 Darbhanga - Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express 5 15561/15562 Darbhanga - Gomtinagar Amrit Bharat Express 6 15567/15568 Bapudham Motihari - Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express 7 22361/22362 Rajendranagar (T) ...


CCTNS OPERATIONAL POLICE STATIONS

India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. States/UTs Total No. of Police Stations (PS) in States/UTs No. of PSs where CCTNS Software is deployed States/UTs Data Replication started at NDC (Yes/No) 1 A&N Islands 26 26 Yes 2 Andhra Pradesh 1025 1025 Yes 3 Arunachal Pradesh 113 113 Yes 4 Assam 335 335 Yes 5 Bihar 968 968 Yes 6 Chandigarh 22 22 Yes 7 Chhattisgarh 501 501 Yes 8 DNH & DD 13 13 Yes 9 Delhi 225 225 Yes 10 ...


MODEL VILLAGES AND RECOGNITION OF BEST-PERFORMING PANCHAYATS

India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: National Panchayat Awards- 2023 (a) Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar (DDUPSVP) Sr. No. Award Theme Rank of GP Awardee Gram Panchayat/ Block Panchayat District Panchayat State/UT Award amount 1 Poverty Free and Enhanced Livelihoods Panchayat 1 Khandobachiwadi Palus Sangli Maharashtra 1.00 2 Mandoddi Rajoli Jogulamba Gadwad Telangana 0.75 3 Nagam Lundra Surguja Chhattisgarh 0.50 2 He...


UIDAI Launches Bug Bounty Programme to Further Strengthen Aadhaar Security

India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched its first structured Bug Bounty Programme to further strengthen the security of the Aadhaar system. The programme allows cybersecurity experts to look for possible weaknesses in some of UIDAI's key digital platforms. If they find genuine security gaps and report them responsibly, they will receive rewards based on the seriousness of the issue. A panel of 20 experi...


Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan showers a big gift on the farmers of Telangana

India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Giving top priority to farmers' interests, the Centre has taken another major decision. Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has approved a proposal of Telangana Government, under which a total of 1,25,855 MT crops will be procured at Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Rabi 2026 season. The procurement will be done under Price Support Scheme (PSS).The process will include proc...


NFS FOR ST STUDENTS

India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Financial Year Budget allocation(RE) Disbursement 2025-26 220 199.76(as on date 09.03.2026) 2024-25 240 240 2023-24 230 230 CPGRAMS/PG Portal Report for all scholarship Grievances Name Brought Forward Received During Disposed During Average Disposal Days Scholarship and DBT 3 792 786 2 Financial Year No of Students completing Research* 2022-23 105 2023-24 294 2024-25 156 2025-26(as on 09.03.2026) 10...


SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF SCs, OBCs AND PWDs

India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Pradhan Mantri Dakshata Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi Yojana (PM-DAKSH) Scheme is a Central Sector Scheme to provide skill development training to Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Communities, Economically weaker Sections, De- Notified Tribes, Safai Karamcharis including Waste Pickers through the empaneled training institutes. Under PM-DAKSH Scheme, National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) implements t...