India, June 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Training of Trainers (ToT) program on "Generation of Own Source Revenue by Gram Panchayats" was inaugurated by Shri Vivek Bharadwaj, Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj at the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi today. The inaugural session was attended by faculty members of IIM Ahmedabad, officials from IIPA, nominated Master Trainers from 16 States and Union Territories along with other seni...
India, June 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI), a 'Navratna' Central Public Sector Undertaking under the aegis of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), has issued a landmark tender for offtake of Green Ammonia, aimed at decarbonizing India's fertilizer sector. With final bid submissions due shortly, the tender calls for the production and supply of 724,000 tonnes of green ammonia annually across 13 fertili...
India, June 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. (SECI) celebrated the 11th International Day of Yoga with a group yoga session organised at the scenic and historic Sunder Nursery, New Delhi. The event took place on 21st June 2025 and witnessed enthusiastic participation from employees across multiple public sector undertakings. The event was graced by the presence of Shri Sanjeev Chopra, Secretary, Department of Food and P...
India, June 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Last month, India auctioned its first-ever potash block, with an aim to cut import dependence on agriculture fertilizers and, thereby, ensure our nation's food security. Such is the potential of our vast mineral wealth; it touches each and every nerve of a progressing nation. To realise the prospects available holistically, the past decade has witnessed an era of unprecedented reforms, marked by transparency, efficienc...
India, June 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) welcomed a delegation from CODELCO (Corporacion Nacional del Cobre), the State-owned Copper mining company of Chile, in New Delhi early today. In a mission first-of-its-kind in India, experts from the Chilean Copper major will be visiting all HCL units and offices across the country to assess various mining and operational aspects. Their three-week-long visit aims to explore opportunitie...
India, June 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, will chair the 25th meeting of the Central Zonal Council on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The meeting will be attended by the Chief Ministers of the member states along with two senior ministers from each state. The Chief Secretaries of the state governments and other senior officials, as well as senior officials from the Central Gov...
India, June 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, today interacted with security personnel in New Raipur, Chhattisgarh. During the interaction programme, the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Shri Vishnu Deo Sai, Deputy Chief Minister Shri Vijay Sharma, the Union Home Secretary, the Director of the Intelligence Bureau, the Director General of BSF, and other senior officials were present. Addressing the se...
India, June 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) for eligible Central Government employees was notified by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, vide Notification No. F. No. FX-1/3/2024-PR dated 24th January 2025. To operationalise this framework, the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) notified the PFRDA (Operationalisation of the Unified Pension Scheme under NPS) Regulations, 2025 on 19th March 2025. ...
India, June 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance, convened a high-level meeting co-chaired by Shri M. Nagaraju, Secretary, Department of Financial Services and Shri T. Rabi Sankar, Deputy Governor, RBI at New Delhi, on scaling up Unified Lending Interface (ULI). The ULI is a technology-based initiative to make frictionless credit available to every Indian and to further the Government's broader vision of...
India, June 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the Conclave of Principal Chief Commissioners of Income-tax (Pr.CCsIT) in New Delhi today. The meeting was also attended by Shri Arvind Shrivastava, Secretary, Department of Revenue; Shri Ravi Agarwal, Chairman CBDT; Members of CBDT and senior officers of CBDT. The Finance Minister was apprised about the following key performance indicat...