India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: State 2018 Priority 2025 Polluted Stretch Priority Trend/Observation Uttarakhand Haridwar IV No PRS - Improved and PRS stretch removed Uttar Pradesh Kannauj → IV Bijnor → Tarighat IV / V Partially Bihar Buxar to V Bhagalpur D/S V Marginal pollution remains Jharkhand No PRS - No PRS - - West Bengal Triveni → III Baharampore V Improved Financial Year No. of Projects MLD Sanction...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sl. Details sought of information 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20 Number of applications filed under the RTI Act, 2005 (ii) Number rejected of applications 67,615 52,662 53,733 51,390 58,634 (iii) Number answered of applications 14,30,031 13,15,222 11,31,757 Not Available 10,86,657 No. (i) 17,50,863 16,38,784 14,21,226 13,33,802 13,74,315 Number of applications filed, rejected and answered ...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Since August 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing centrally sponsored scheme Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household in all villages across the country including those in border and hilly panchayats of Kasaragod District of Kerala. At the start the Mission, only 3.23 Crore (16.7%) rural households were reported to have tap water connecti...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted all the wildlife lovers and conservationists dedicated to protecting the cheetah, on International Cheetah Day, today."Three years ago, our Government launched Project Cheetah with the aim of safeguarding this magnificent animal and restoring the ecosystem in which it can truly flourish. It was also an effort to revive lost ecological heritage and strengthen our biodiversity", Shri ...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As per the dynamic ground water resource assessment report, 2025 of the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), both Mau and Balia districts are in safe category in terms of their Stage of ground water Extraction (SoE) and no district of the region is in over-exploited or critical category. Further, although Arsenic contamination has been reported in isolated pockets of the region, overall, the ground water remains largely potable. In t...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In order to rationalize the green belt requirement based on pollution potential, the Ministry in its OM dated 29.10.2025 has directed that the revised criteria for developing green belt/green cover for Industrial Estates/Parks and individual industries may be adhered to in supersession of the OM dated 27th October, 2020. There was a need to strike a balance between the requirement of land for the Projects/Activities and the environ...
MUMBAI, India, Dec. 5 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following notification: RBI/DOR/2025-26/138 DOR.RAUG.AUT.REC.No.343/24.01.041/2025-26 December 05, 2025 Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Companies - Undertaking of Financial Services) (Amendment) Directions, 2025 Reserve Bank had earlier issued directions on Financial Services provided by Banks in 2016, since replaced by entity-wise Master Directions issued on November 28, 2025 - Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financ...
MUMBAI, India, Dec. 5 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: Tenor 3-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,00,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 1,07,887 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 1,00,024 Cut off Rate (%) 5.24 Weighted Average Rate (%) 5.24 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate 91.06 Ajit Prasad Deputy General Manager (Communications) Press Release: 2025-2026/1637 Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
MUMBAI, India, Dec. 5 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: In the underwriting auction conducted on December 05, 2025, for Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) of the undernoted Government security, the Reserve Bank of India has set the cut-off rates for underwriting commission payable to Primary Dealers as given below: Nomenclature of the Security Notified Amount (₹ crore) Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) Amount (₹ crore) Additional Competitive ...
MUMBAI, India, Dec. 5 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: On a review of current liquidity and financial conditions, the Reserve Bank has decided to conduct the following operations during December 2025 to inject liquidity into the banking system: * OMO purchase auctions of Government of India securities for an aggregate amount of ₹1,00,000 crore in two tranches of ₹50,000 crore each to be held on December 11, 2025, and December 18, 2025 * USD/INR Buy/...