India, March 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government has, inter-alia, undertaken the following measures at the policy level to enhance and strengthen the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ecosystem in the country, including Rural and Semi-Urban MSMEs: This information was given by the Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Sushri Shobha Karandlaje in a written reply in Lok Sabha today. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
India, March 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Strengthening, Upscaling & Nurturing Innovations for Livelihood (SUNIL) programme of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) follows a decentralized and participatory institutional framework to ensure effective participation of Community Based Organisations (CBOs), Self Help Groups (SHGs), and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) in grassroots technology delivery for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). The key mechanism...
India, March 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey informed Lok Sabha that a few isolated instances of suspected food poisoning and infections in certain Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) have been reported. In such cases, necessary medical attention was provided to the affected students and appropriate corrective measures were taken by the concerned school authorities in coordination with the State/UT EMRS Soc...
India, March 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Year Number of Beneficiaries 2023-24 15,50,164 2024-25 16,57,527 2025-26 (upto January 2026) 16,60,249 Total 48,67,940 Year State Lok Adalat Permanent Lok Adalat National Lok Adalat* 2023-24 12,07,103 2,32,763 8,53,42,217 2024-25 13,44,814 2,37,980 10,45,26,119 2025-26 7,24,681 2,32,940 14,84,25,050 Total 32,76,598 7,03,683 33,82,93,386 Year Number of Legal Awareness Camps / Programs organised No. o...
India, March 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. State/UT No of fishing vessels issued Access Pass (As on 5th March, 2026) 1 Gujarat 274 2 Maharashtra 2 3 Odisha 47 4 Andhra Pradesh 162 5 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 34 6 Daman & Diu 91 7 Goa 5 8 Karnataka 3 9 Kerala 63 10 Tamil Nadu 2 11 West Bengal 9 12 Puducherry 2 13 Lakshadweep 13 Total 707 S. No. District No of Access Pass Issued 1 Kakinada 105 2 Vishakhapatnam 52 3 ...
India, March 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of School Education & Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education (MoE), organized a One Day National Workshop with State/UT and District level Officers implementing the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS) on 10.03.2026 in New Delhi. Shri Sanjay Kumar, Secretary, DoSEL chaired the Workshop. Secretary, DoSEL led the deliberations, focusing on the effective implementation of the National Education Policy ...
MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621009362 A) filed by Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, on Jan. 29, for 'lens watermark detection and quality inspection device.' Inventor(s) include Chetankumar Chudasama; Rajpal Meet Shankarbhai; Jivani Bhavykumar Manishbhai; and Harshil Ashok Motivaras. The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026. According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Prope...
MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611007558 A) filed by Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, on Jan. 27, for 'automated sensor-based humane lizard capturing device.' Inventor(s) include Dr. Ravinder Tonk; Baljinder Kaur; Ankit Kumar; Krishan Malik; Aarogi Garg; Kartike Vashisht; Devansh Mudgill; and Sushant Kumar. The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026. According to the abstract released b...
MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641025203 A) filed by Soma Arun Kumar, Warangal, Telangana, on March 3, for 'a system and method for blockchain-enabled multi-tier supply chain transparency and integrity verification.' Inventor(s) include Soma Arun Kumar. The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026. According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention dis...
MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611008424 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, New Delhi, on Jan. 28, for 'microcontroller-based servo-lock loop system and method for laser frequency stabilization.' Inventor(s) include Santra, Bodhaditya; Singh, Deepshikha; Yadav, Hemant; and Jain, Kripali. The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026. According to the abstract released by the Intellectua...