PARLIAMENT QUESTION: EARLY WARNING SYSTEM

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The India Meteorological Department (IMD), under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), has developed a multi-hazard early warning (MHEWS) system for generation and dissemination of accurate impact based weather forecasting and risk-based warning in a timely manner during various severe weather events such as cyclone, heavy rainfall, heat wave, cold wave, etc. through efficient dissemination system consisting of various communicati...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: DEVELOPMENT IN NUCLEAR ENERGY

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: DAE has also established four Atal Incubation Centres which focuses on technology development through collaboration with start-ups and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). These centres support both DAE developed technologies and the co-development and enhancement of innovative ideas originating from industry and start-ups to foster the R&D ecosystem for indigenous technology development and innovation for a self-reliant In...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: DISTRICT AGRO-METEOROLOGICAL (AGRO-MET) UNITS

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. Name of ATARIs Name of States covered  2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 1 Benguluru Karnataka, 9254599 32722894 20416360 6000000 6460154 2 Jabalpur Chhattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh 9862072 25068960 29348345 13500000 11067598 3 Kolkata Andaman, Nicobar Islands, Odisha & 8506019 20417149 19140225 19200000 10020378 4 Pune Maharashtra, Gujarat & 12987052 50223889 26796315 23000000 2008...


IMPLEMENTATION OF DHARTI AABA JANJATIYA GRAM UKARSH ABHIYAN

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. Ministry Name of the scheme and the ministry/department involved 1 Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) PMAY-G - Housing PMGSY - Roads 2 Ministry of Jal Shakti Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 3 Ministry of Power Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme - RDSS 4 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy New Solar Power Scheme- PM Surya Ghar Yojana 5 Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Mobile Medical units under National He...


SHRESHTA SCHEME

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sr. No. Class Amount (in Rs.) 1. IX 1,00,000 2. X 1,10,000 3. XI 1,25,000 4. XII 1,35,000 S. No. State/UTs Number of students 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Mode-I Mode-II Mode-I Mode-II Mode-I Mode-II 1 Andhra Pradesh 438 509 682 472 807 500 2 Bihar 115 - 112 - 86 - 3 Chhattisgarh 231 - 324 - 361 - 4 Gujarat 29 - 31 98 36 100 5 Haryana 293 - 668 92 1039 100 6 Himachal Pr...


SAFETY AND WELFARE OF SANITATION WORKERS

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The identification and profiling of sanitation workers who were engaged in cleaning of sewers and septic tanks has been undertaken under the National Action for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem  (NAMASTE)  scheme.  89,248 SSWs have been profiled and validated. As reported by the National Commission for SafaiKaramcharis (NCSK), 317 sanitation workers have lost their lives due to hazardous cleaning of Sewer and Septic ...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: UTILISATION OF FUNDS UNDER MISSION MAUSAM

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: FY Budget Estimate (BE) Revised Estimate (RE) Released/Actual (AE) Expenditure 2024-25 0 666.00 515.70 2025-26 1329.00 840.00  828.95 (As on 31/03/2026) The underutilisation of funds (approximately 37%) under Mission Mausam between the Budget Estimate (BE) and the Revised Estimate (RE) for 2025-26 is primarily attributable to challenges in the procurement of critical observing systems, including Doppler Weather Ra...


SKILL INDIA DIGITAL HUB (SIDH) AND UNIFIED SKILLING ECOSYSTEM

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: SANKALP Approved Amount (Rs.) Total Disbursement (Rs.) 10th Programme Approval Board 92,70,58,720.00 40,35,79,090.00 15th Programme Approval Board 74,91,92,510.18 75,33,69,547.00 16th Programme Approval Board 88,36,01,828.07 1,18,08,81,724.00 Total 2,55,98,53,058.25 2,33,78,30,361.00 Particular FY23-24 (Rs. in Crore) FY24-25 (Rs. in Crore) Actual Expenditure 21.02 37.44 Category Nationwide Count Training Prov...


ASSESSMENT OF REQUIREMENT FOR ADDITIONAL EMRS

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sl. No. State/UTs Total Sanctioned EMRS Functional EMRSs 1 Andhra Pradesh 28 28 2 Arunachal Pradesh 10 5 3 Assam 17 6 4 Bihar 3 2 5 Chhattisgarh 75 75 6 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 1 1 7 Gujarat 47 44 8 Himachal Pradesh 4 4 9 Jammu & Kashmir 6 6 10 Jharkhand 91 51 11 Karnataka 12 12 12 Kerala 4 4 13 Ladakh 3 14 Madhya Pradesh 71 63 15 Maharashtra 39 37 16 Mani...


LIEUTENANT GENERAL VMB KRISHNAN ASSUMES COMMAND OF EASTERN COMMAND

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Lieutenant General VMB Krishnan has assumed the appointment of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command. He takes over from Lieutenant General RC Tiwari, who superannuated on 31 March 2026. Commissioned into the Indian Army on 11 June 1988, Lieutenant General Krishnan brings nearly four decades of rich and varied military experience to this critical theatre. His career encompasses a wide range of command, staff and ins...