WATER SCARCITY AND GROUNDWATER DEPLETION ISSUES

India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The government is committed to ensure sustainable management and development of water and groundwater resources of the country by promoting judicious use and robust conservation efforts. The data available with Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) indicates that overall ground water situation in the country is showing steady improvement as a result of sustained efforts of the government and other stakeholders. As per the dynamic groun...


CEC Gyanesh Kumar delivers address at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) in Stockholm

India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Begins tenure as Chair of Council of Member States of International IDEA Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....


COMPLAINTS UNDER HAR GHAR NAL SE JAL YOJANA

India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S.No. State/ UT 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1.46 2.06 2.16 3.76 0.45 2 Andhra Pradesh 297.62 791.06 - 793.57 70.00 3 Arunachal Pradesh 344.85 1,555.53 1,116.35 771.21 108.91 4 Assam 551.77 4,200.87 4,588.21 6,204.00 2,159.63 5 Bihar 353.60 - - - - 6 Chhattisgarh 334.14 477.24 2,223.98 2,885.56 191.59 7 DNH&DD - - - - - 8 Goa 6.20 22.77...


The Government has taken a number of initiatives to modernize heavy industries; enhance skill development programmes and facilitate greater participation of women and marginalized groups in MSME sector

India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector is a vibrant sector of the economy. The Government of India supplements the efforts of the States/UTs through various schemes, programmes and policy initiatives for promotion, development of MSMEs in the country. These schemes/ programmes include Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme, PM Vishwakarma scheme, Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises, Entrep...


Digitalization of Publicly Available Records

India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As part of the National eGovernance Plan, Phase-III of the eCourts Mission Mode project with an outlay of Rs 7210 crore is under implementation for ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in the Indian Judiciary. Its vision is to transform the judicial system with Information and Communication Technology enablement of courts and to enhance the judicial productivity, both qualitatively & quantitatively, making the justice deli...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: INDIGENEOUS NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION CAPACITY

India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The present installed nuclear power capacity is 8780 MW (excluding RAPS-1). Three 700 MW PHWR units i.e. RAPS-8 (700 MW) at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan and GHAVP-1&2 (2 x 700 MW) at Gorakhpur in Haryana are presently under active construction. In addition, ten reactors of 700 MW each are at various stages of pre-project activities - two each at Kaiga in Karnataka, Chutka in Madhya Pradesh & Gorakhpur in Haryana and four at Mahi Banswar...


ITU-TRAI Workshop on Performance, Quality of Service, and Quality of Experience inaugurated in Bhubaneswar

India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), today inaugurated the ITU-TRAI Workshop on Performance, Quality of Service and Quality of Experience in Bhubaneswar. This two-day international programme brought together National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs), service providers and technical experts from across the world to advance collaborative efforts on telecom ...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: STATUS OF KAKRAPAR UNIT-3

India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The successful commissioning of Kakrapar Unit-3 (KAPS-3) in June 2023, the first of a kind indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) was a significant milestone in India's quest to add clean base load capacity towards Net Zero by 2070. No tradeoffs are being made against scale up of renewable plus storage by installing nuclear power capacity, as considering the large clean energy capacity required for achievement of Net Zero...


Access for Persons with Disabilities in Judicial Environments

India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government has undertaken several measures to make available affordable, quality and speedy legal services to the common man, including Persons with Disabilities. The legal Services Authorities (LSA) Act, 1987 provides for free and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society including Persons with Disabilities. In order to assess the quality of legal aid to the citizens including Persons with Disabilities, Nat...


Modernisation of Post Offices

India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Under the IT Modernization Project 2.0, Department of Posts (DoP) has successfully rolled out the Advanced Postal Technology (APT) platform-an indigenous, cloud-based digital platform developed in-house by Centre for Excellence in Postal Technology (CEPT) and hosted on MeghRaj 2.0 Cloud. APT is agile and scalable to meet the growing customer expectations and has been rolled out nationwide on 4th August 2025, integrating approximatel...