India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: To assess and to know the magnitude of the problem of substance use in the country, a Comprehensive National Level Survey on the Magnitude of Substance Abuse in India was conducted by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment through the National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), AIIMS which was published in 2019. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched a "Drug De-addiction Programme (DDAP)" with the objecti...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sl. No. Beneficiary firms under PLI ACC Scheme Land acquisition completed Capacity Awarded  Capacity Installed 1. ACC Energy Storage Pvt. Ltd. Yes 5 0 2. Ola Cell Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Yes 20 1 3. Reliance New Energy Battery Storage Ltd. Yes 5 0 4. Reliance New Energy Battery Ltd. Yes 10 0 TOTAL 40 1 (in GWh) (in GWh) The Ministry of Heavy Industries is administering the Production Linked Incent...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: YEAR-WISE PRODUCTION OF MAJOR FERTILIZERS Production                                                               ...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sl No. Activities Approved Units Project Cost 1. Cold Storage/ Ice Plants of 10, 20, and 50 ton/day capacity (Including construction and modernization) 32 3930.00 2. Refrigerated vehicles 10 250.00 3. Three-wheeler with ice box, including e-rickshaws for fish vending 270 810.00 4. Motorcycles with ice box 700 525.00 5. Fish Feed Plants 21 4000.00 6. Fish retail markets 17 1700.00 7. Fish Kiosks 42 42...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Year Number of cyber security incidents 2021 14,02,809 2022 13,91,457 2023 15,92,917 2024 20,41,360 2025 29,44,248 Year Cases Registered Persons Convicted 2019 44735 486 2020 50035 1369 2021 52974 736 2022 65893 1407 2023 86420 1104 The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is designated as the national agency for responding to cyber security incidents, under the provisions of section 70B ...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, today announced that in line with Indian Railways' resolve to undertake reforms during 2026, five new reforms have been approved. With the approval of these new reforms, the total number of reforms for the year 2026 has reached nine. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw said that under the ongoing "Reform Express" initiative,...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Parameter/Item SC1.0 - SC4.0 Dec'24-Aug'25 SC 5.0 Dec'25 - Feb'26 Cumulative Revenue Earned (in Rs. Crore) 2,364.05 1,007.1 833.92 292.83 4,497.9 The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, has released the 28th edition of its monthly 'Secretariat Reforms' report for February 2026. The report provides an extensive analysis of t...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had issued the extant instructions on limiting liability of customers in unauthorised electronic banking transactions in 2017. However, in view of the rapid adoption of technology in the banking sector and payments systems, RBI reviewed its existing instructions. The revised instructions, including a compensation mechanism in case of small value fraudulent electronic banking transactions, have been ...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today released the following amendments: (i) The Telecommunication Tariff (Seventy Second Amendment) Order, 2026 (ii) The Reporting System on Accounting Separation (Amendment) Regulations, 2026 In this regard, the draft TTO (72nd Amendment), 2025 and the draft Accounting Separation (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 were issued for consultation on TRAI's website on 16.10.2025. In resp...
India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Area Sown Increase/ S. Normal Summer Final Summer Area 2025 Corresponding period of last year (2025) Decrease over corresponding period of Last year 1 Rice 31.49 33.28 27.86 28.65 -0.80 2 Pulses 23.40 27.07 4.09 3.47 0.62 a Green Gram 20.44 23.49 2.57 2.18 0.39 b Black Gram 2.96 3.58 1.28 1.14 0.13 c Other Pulses 0.00 - 0.24 0.15 0.10 3 Shree Anna cum Coarse Cereals 12.08 14.06 6.04 6...