India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The mango cultivation in the entire country is not affected by the problem of biennial (alternate) bearing. It is found in patches of North India and has less impact in South India. Scientific studies on biennial bearing in mango, including its causes and regional impacts, have been conducted by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) institutes like ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, ICAR-Indian ...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government consistently evaluates the outcomes of digital agriculture initiatives undertaken or continued during 2025. Some of the major initiatives are as under: Farmer ID enables seamless integration of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna (PM Kisan), Pradhan Mantri Fasal BimaYojna (PMFBY), Minimum Support Price (MSP) based procurement, access to credit delivery, input distrib...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The distribution of subjects among Ministries/Departments has been specified in the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules,1961. As per amendment issued by Cabinet Secretariat notification No.S.O.2701(E) dated 16.06.2025, the subject "Coordinating activities for further progress of Ex-Agniveers" is allocated to MHA. A dedicated Ex-Agniveer wing and an Ex-Agniveer cell under Ministry of Home Affairs have been created fo...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sl. No States/UTs Participants trained 1 Arunachal Pradesh 31,114 2 Assam 8,36,072 3 Manipur 10,789 4 Meghalaya 1,80,508 5 Mizoram 28,301 6 Nagaland 12,381 7 Sikkim 35,394 8 Tripura 1,67,737 Total 13,02,296 S. No State/UT Participants trained Module for generation of Own Source Revenue (OSR) 1 Arunachal Pradesh 383 2 Assam 659 3 Manipur 387 4 Meghalaya 96 5 Mizoram 1665 6 Nagaland 29...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Ministry/Department Number Sanctioned Yet to be Under Total Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 164 87 77 55 8,61,821 Ministry of Railways 137 83 54 83 4,22,324.84 Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs 23 7 16 7 2,01,264 Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas 4 4 0 3 9,271 Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways 3 2 1 1 49,758.86 Ministry of Civil Aviation 5 3 2 3 7,871 NICDC, Departme...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 State Factories in Operation Number of Others* Factories in Operation Number of Factories Others* Factories Number of Factories Others* Factories in Operation Number of Factories Others* Factories in Operation Number of Factories Others* All India 20,204 28,600 8,396 20,417 27,866 7,449 21,039 27,762 6,723 21,546 28,456 6,910 22,184 29,030 6,846 Andhra Pra...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Due to several reforms undertaken to enhance the competitiveness of the domestic textile and apparel industry, India's import dependency in the Textile and Apparel sector, including Ready-Made Garments, has reduced by 13.9% during April-December 2025 as compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. During the said period, India's imports of textiles and apparel, including Ready-Made Garments, from Bangladesh stood at U...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Annexure-I District Name of the Component No of Units Bagalkote Purchase of cycle with icebox 7 Purchase of Motor cycle with ice box 22 Purchase of Three wheeler with Ice Box including e-rickshaws for fish vending 6 Bangalore Rural Fish value add enterprises units 1 Plant/storage of minimum 50 tonne capacity 2 Purchase of cycle with icebox 3 Purchase of Insulated vehicle 1 Purchase of Motor cycle with ice box 6...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a significant milestone towards integrating Ayurveda with the mainstream health insurance ecosystem, the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi, an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Ayush, has signed a Common Empanelment Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the General Insurance Council (GIC) on 10 February 2026. With this agreement, AIIA has been empanelled with all 32 general insurance companies under th...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Government has strengthened inter-ministerial and inter-agency coordination through Narco-Coordination (NCORD) mechanism. It provides a structured, institutionalized platform for coordination among Central Ministries, State Governments and enforcement agencies for monitoring drug trafficking, precursor diversion, demand reduction and rehabilitation, resulting in improved enforcement outcomes and intelligence-sharing. NCORD has been...