India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: An International Workshop on Peer Learning on Voluntary National Reviews and National Sustainable Development Goals Implementation Pathways is being held on 24 to 25 March 2026 in New Delhi. The workshop is co-organised by NITI Aayog, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) under the framework of the Indo German Part...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: A total of 129 projects worth Rs. 9,053.56 crore have been sanctioned with funding of Rs. 3,346 crore by Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) under Sagarmala scheme. Of these, 78 projects, involving a cost of Rs. 5,356.89 crore with funding of Rs. 1,801.10 crore by MoPSW have been successfully completed. A third party impact evaluation of the Sagarmala scheme has been done by the National Productivity Council (NPC). ...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Financial Year No. of drugs samples tested No. of drugs samples declared Not of Standard Quality No. of drugs samples declared Spurious/ Adulterated 2020-21 84,874 2,652 263 2021-22 88,844 2,545 379 2022-23 96,713 3,053 424 2023-24 1,06,150 2,988 282 2024-25 1,16,323 3,104 245 Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare have taken the following regulatory me...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the Rajya Sabha today, presenting the Government's position on the situation arising from the ongoing conflict in West Asia. Noting that the war, which has been raging for over three weeks, has precipitated a severe global energy crisis with deeply worrying implications for India, PM Modi pointed out that the conflict is disrupting India's trade routes and affecting the routine suppl...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release:  Category N:P:K Range States Very Wide Ratio >20 : 5 : 1 Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar Wide Ratio 12-20 : 4-7 : 1 Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh Moderately Wide 8-12 : 3-5 : 1 Gujarat, West Bengal Moderate / Improving 6-8 : 3-4 : 1 Odisha, Andhra Pradesh Near Balanced 5-6 : 2-3 : 1 Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra Balanced (close to ideal) ~4 : 2 : 1 Tamil Nadu, Kerala National Average (India) ~9.8 :...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The District Mineral Foundation (DMF) is the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the government is always with the mining-affected people. All officials associated with DMF should work dedicatedly for the betterment of villages near mining areas," said Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy while presiding over the valedictory session of the DMF Summit 2026. The two-day summit concluded today in New Delhi, rein...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Technology Development Board (TDB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, has signed an agreement with InfinityX Innovations Private Limited, Bengaluru for the project titled "Automated Battery Swapping Stations for Electric Vehicles (EVs)." The Board has extended financial assistance to support the commercialization and scale-up of an indigenous battery swapping ecosystem. The supported project focus...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Summary-Voice services Summary-Data services The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released its Independent Drive Test (IDT) findings for the Andhra Pradesh Licensed Service Area (LSA), covering extensive city of Kadapa surrounding areas in the month of February 2026. The drive tests conducted under the supervision of the TRAI Regional Office, Hyderabad, were designed to capture real-world mobile network performance a...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As per the report of the Technical Group on Population Projections constituted by the National Commission on Population, the proportion of the population of the older ages (60 years and above) is projected to increase from 10 crores in 2011 to 23 crores in 2036 - an increase in their share of the total population from 8.4 to 14.9 percent. Simultaneously, due to declining fertility, the proportion of the population aged below 15 ye...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: A National-Level CSR Conclave on the theme "Empowering Tribals through CSR and Pledging Partnership for Tribal Upliftment" on 24th March 2026 at Sunder Nursery, New Delhi was organised by Ministry of Tribal Affairs. It  was graced by the Hon'ble Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Shri Jual Oram and the Hon'ble Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, Shri Durgadas Uikey in the presence of Smt. Ranjana Chopra, Secretary, Ministry ...