PARLIAMENT QUESTION: APPOINTMENTS IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT POSTS

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Details relating to the number of appointments made in Union Government are maintained by the respective Cadre Controlling Authorities / Ministries / Departments. Information on the number of candidates recommended for appointment to various posts after recruitment through UPSC and SSC is available on their respective websites at: https://upsc.gov.in/annual-reports and https://ssc.gov.in/about-us/report. The occurrence and filling...


Income-tax Act, 2025 comes into force from today (1st April, 2026)

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Income-tax Act, 2025, a landmark reform in India's direct tax framework, represents a comprehensive effort to simplify and modernise the country's income-tax law, replacing the six-decade-old Income-tax Act, 1961. It marks a shift towards greater clarity and ease of compliance through simple language, a streamlined structure and a reader-friendly presentation, without altering the underlying tax policy. The Bill was passed by ...


Over 140 TV Violations Acted Upon Under Programme and Advertising Codes in Past Five Years

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. Description 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Total 1 Advisories to specific 5 7 14 3 6 35 2 Warnings 25 6 17 1 1 50 3 Orders for Apology Scrolls 11 39 3 - 1 54 4 Off-air Orders - - 3 - - 3 5 Cancellation of permission 1 - - - - 1 6 Order for disclaimer 1 - - - - 1 TOTAL 43 52 37 4 8 144 channels Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: EARLY WARNING SYSTEM

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The India Meteorological Department (IMD), under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), has developed a multi-hazard early warning (MHEWS) system for generation and dissemination of accurate impact based weather forecasting and risk-based warning in a timely manner during various severe weather events such as cyclone, heavy rainfall, heat wave, cold wave, etc. through efficient dissemination system consisting of various communicati...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: DEVELOPMENT IN NUCLEAR ENERGY

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: DAE has also established four Atal Incubation Centres which focuses on technology development through collaboration with start-ups and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). These centres support both DAE developed technologies and the co-development and enhancement of innovative ideas originating from industry and start-ups to foster the R&D ecosystem for indigenous technology development and innovation for a self-reliant In...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: DISTRICT AGRO-METEOROLOGICAL (AGRO-MET) UNITS

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. Name of ATARIs Name of States covered  2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 1 Benguluru Karnataka, 9254599 32722894 20416360 6000000 6460154 2 Jabalpur Chhattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh 9862072 25068960 29348345 13500000 11067598 3 Kolkata Andaman, Nicobar Islands, Odisha & 8506019 20417149 19140225 19200000 10020378 4 Pune Maharashtra, Gujarat & 12987052 50223889 26796315 23000000 2008...


IMPLEMENTATION OF DHARTI AABA JANJATIYA GRAM UKARSH ABHIYAN

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. Ministry Name of the scheme and the ministry/department involved 1 Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) PMAY-G - Housing PMGSY - Roads 2 Ministry of Jal Shakti Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 3 Ministry of Power Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme - RDSS 4 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy New Solar Power Scheme- PM Surya Ghar Yojana 5 Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Mobile Medical units under National He...


SHRESHTA SCHEME

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sr. No. Class Amount (in Rs.) 1. IX 1,00,000 2. X 1,10,000 3. XI 1,25,000 4. XII 1,35,000 S. No. State/UTs Number of students 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Mode-I Mode-II Mode-I Mode-II Mode-I Mode-II 1 Andhra Pradesh 438 509 682 472 807 500 2 Bihar 115 - 112 - 86 - 3 Chhattisgarh 231 - 324 - 361 - 4 Gujarat 29 - 31 98 36 100 5 Haryana 293 - 668 92 1039 100 6 Himachal Pr...


SAFETY AND WELFARE OF SANITATION WORKERS

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The identification and profiling of sanitation workers who were engaged in cleaning of sewers and septic tanks has been undertaken under the National Action for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem  (NAMASTE)  scheme.  89,248 SSWs have been profiled and validated. As reported by the National Commission for SafaiKaramcharis (NCSK), 317 sanitation workers have lost their lives due to hazardous cleaning of Sewer and Septic ...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: UTILISATION OF FUNDS UNDER MISSION MAUSAM

India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: FY Budget Estimate (BE) Revised Estimate (RE) Released/Actual (AE) Expenditure 2024-25 0 666.00 515.70 2025-26 1329.00 840.00  828.95 (As on 31/03/2026) The underutilisation of funds (approximately 37%) under Mission Mausam between the Budget Estimate (BE) and the Revised Estimate (RE) for 2025-26 is primarily attributable to challenges in the procurement of critical observing systems, including Doppler Weather Ra...