India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Measurement and public disclosure of groundwater data have been made across all 8,203 Atal Jal Gram Panchayats (GPs) of all 7 states through physical as well as electronic means. Community-led Water Budgets (WBs) and Water Security Plans (WSPs) have been prepared by all GPs of all 7 states and updated annually. More than 1.28 lakh GP-level trainings have been conducted, alongside Block, District and State-level capacity-building t...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In recent years (from April, 2015 to September, 2025), Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD) has augmented a total of 2,17,560t in-situ U- oxide resource in the country, including new uranium deposits, viz. Rajdah, Kudada and Jaduguda North-Baglasai-Mechua, in the State of Jharkhand; Jahaz, Geratiyon Ki Dhani in the State of Rajasthan; Kanchankayi and Hulkal in the State of Karnataka. Augmentation or establi...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Name of the Project Budget (in Rs. crore) Expenditure (in Rs. crore) Kukadi Project 757.55 757.55 Chilhewadi Medium Irrigation Project 41.27 41.27 Chaskaman Project 114.98 14.19 Name of the Project Likely date of completion Kukadi Project March'2028 Chilhewadi Medium Irrigation Project June'2026 Chaskaman Project June'2029 A. PMKSY-AIBP Rs. in crore S.No. Project Name District Benefited Central Assistance re...
India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Russia has been a longstanding and time-tested partner of India. Since the signing of the "Declaration on the India-Russia Strategic Partnership" in October 2000, India-Russia ties become more tighten and subsequently elevated to the level of a "Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership. India and Russia continue to nurture their Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership through intensive and multi-layered political engagement...
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...