PARLIAMENT QUESTION: UPGRADATION IN OBSERVATION NETWORK

India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Parameter/System As on end of 2014 As on end of 2025 Automatic Weather Station network 675 1008 Doppler Weather Radar 15 47 Rain Gauge Stations 3500 6726 Runway Visual Range Systems 20 186 (49 Drishti+137 FSM RVR) Current Weather Instrument Systems at RWY In 29 Airports In 93 Airports (137 CWISs) Pressure measuring Mercury Barometers Digital Barometers Upper air observations 43 RS/RW Stations 56 RS/RW Station...


INDIA'S GDP GROWTH FOR FY26 IS ESTIMATED AT 7.4 PER CENT DRIVEN BY THE DOUBLE ENGINE OF CONSUMPTION AND INVESTMENT

India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: India's GDP growth for FY26 is estimated at 7.4 per cent driven by the double engine of consumption and investment. It reaffirms India's status as the fastest-growing major economy for the fourth consecutive year. This was highlight of the Economic Survey 2025-26 tabled by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament today. The Survey says the real GDP growth for FY27 is projected at ...


INDIA'S INNOVATION PERFORMANCE STRENGTHENS STEADILY, GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX RANK IMPROVES TO 38TH IN 2025 FROM 66TH IN 2019: ECONOMIC SURVEY 2025-26

India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: "The PLI Scheme has encouraged major smartphone companies to re-locate their production to India. As a result, India has become a major mobile phone manufacturing hub", states the Economic Survey 2025-26 tabled in Parliament today by Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman. As per the Economic Survey, in alignment with India's vision of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat', the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) ...


INDIA IS FAR MORE URBAN IN ECONOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL TERMS THAN OFFICIAL DEFINITIONS SUGGEST: ECONOMIC SURVEY 2025-26

India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: "India's cities are not merely places of residence but function as critical economic infrastructure. Density and proximity generate agglomeration economies that raise productivity, deepen labour markets, and enable innovation. The economic role of cities is therefore central to India's growth trajectory," said the Economic Survey 2025-26 tabled in Parliament today by Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sit...


"INDIA'S MOVEMENT FROM SWADESHI TO STRATEGIC RESILIENCE, AND FROM RESILIENCE TO STRATEGIC INDISPENSABILITY, CANNOT BE ACHIEVED THROUGH INSULATION ALONE": ECONOMIC SURVEY 2025-26

India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Economic Survey 2025-26 states that India's transition from Swadeshi to strategic resilience, and ultimately to strategic indispensability, will be determined not only by how fast the economy grows, but by whether domestic capabilities become embedded in global production systems in ways that enhance reliability, learning, and external stability. It further states that strategic resilience rests on the State's ability to anticipate...


AGRICULTURE WILL BE CENTRAL TO ACHIEVING VIKSIT BHARAT, DRIVING INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND IMPROVING THE LIVELIHOODS OF MILLIONS: ECONOMIC SURVEY

India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Indian Agriculture has demonstrated resilience, registering steady growth with major growth coming from the Allied sector states the Economic Survey 2025-26 tabled in Parliament today by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman. It adds that while food grain production has increased in recent years, higher-value allied sectors, such as livestock, fisheries, and horticulture, are assuming an inc...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: FORECAST SYSTEM

India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Bharat Forecast System (BharatFS) is based on the newly implemented Triangular Cubic Octahedral (TCo) dynamical grid, which enables the model to operate at ~ 6 km horizontal resolution. It has improved representation of orography, better filtering, and better conservation properties. With the increase in horizontal resolution, BharatFS can generate distinct forecasts every 6 km. With the improved skill of BharatFS at such a hig...


TAP WATER TO ALL RURAL HOUSEHOLDS

India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Year BE/ RE Fund utilized against allocation (including Department Level Expenditures) Total Expenditure (Centre + State) 2019-20 10,000.66 10,000.44 10,074.28 2020-21 11,000.00 10,999.94 20,449.96 2021-22 45,011.00 40,125.64 43,551.85 2022-23 55,000.00 54,839.79 90,815.55 2023-24 70,000.00 69,992.37 1,51,518.65 2024-25 22,670.00# 22,638.44 90,009.00 2025-26 17,000.00# 31.14 13,051.32 Total 2,30,705...


Text of the Opening Remarks by Hon'ble Vice-President of India and Chairman, Rajya Sabha Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan at the commencement of the 270th Session of Rajya Sabha

India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: CHAIRMAN:Hon'ble Members, Greetings to you all as we commence the 270thSession of Rajya Sabha, the Budget Session of the Parliament. It is indeed heartening to witness that India continues to be the fastest growing major economy in the world and is poised to become the third largest soon. Let us remind ourselves, at the onset of this Session, that India's growing influence and stature in the global economy makes our role as Parliam...


PLI Scheme for Food Processing Industries

India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: A total of 169 applications have been approved under various categories of the Production Linked Incentive scheme for Food Processing Industries (PLISFPI) implemented by Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) across the country. A cumulative investment of about Rs. 9207 Crore has been made by the approved applicants as on date. The total incentive disbursed to eligible beneficiaries under the scheme as on date is about Rs....