India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, based on the proposals received from various State Governments, Union Territories and other End Implementing Agencies, has accorded approval to the fisheries development proposals worth Rs.21,274.16 crore with central share of Rs. 9,189.79 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) during the period of last five years. T...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India has approved the proposal of the Government of Andhra Pradesh for engagement of 350 Sagar Mitras in coastal Villages of Andhra Pradesh under PMMSY. District-wise Sagar Mitras approved and engaged as reported by Government of Andhra Pradesh is furnished at Annexure-I. The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Se...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The implementation of vaccination programme under Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) has effectively reduced the spread of livestock diseases like Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Brucellosis and Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD). The protective titres indicated by sero-monitoring are showing an increasing trend. The sero-surveillance values are also showing a decreasing trend indicating the effectiveness of the...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: According to the 20th Livestock Census, the population of Camel, Donkeys and Horse & Ponies in India are 2,51,799, 1,22,899 and 3,42,226, respectively. The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD), Government of India has included Camel and Donkey under the Scheme National Livestock Mission from the year 2024. Under the component, National Livestock Mission- Entrepreneurship Development Program, Central Governm...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund and one of the objectives of the schemes is to make available increase price realization for the producer. Through the Infrastructure development in the livestock sector, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is supporting individual entrepreneurs, private companies, Farmers Producers Organizations (FPO...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Government of India is actively promoting the growth of the IT sector, especially in smaller towns and cities. The performance of this sector over the last 5 years and estimates for 2024-25 are mentioned below: Table Omitted (The document can be viewed at https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2153114 ) Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Since the establishment of the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) under Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) in August 2014, the national seismic observatory infrastructure has been significantly expanded. Seismic observatories increased from about 84 stations in 2014 to 168 operational observatories till date, with real time data reporting via VSAT. The NCS issues monthly earthquake summary reports, available through "...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government of India launched the Deep Ocean Mission to be implemented by the Ministry of Earth Sciences. The Deep Ocean Mission encompasses six verticals, of which activities under verticals 1 and 4 aid the exploration of deep-sea polymetallic nodules (PMN) and polymetallic sulphides (PMS), respectively. PMN occur on abyssal plains of the sea floor and contain metals like nickel, copper, cobalt and manganese. PMS ar...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) through National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) has conducted field surveys between the year 2022 and 2025 along India's coastline to assess the microplastic and marine debris levels. Assessment of microplastics in both water and sediment has been carried out along the east and west coasts of India. On the west coast, 19 transects were surveyed from Porbandar (Gujarat) to Kanyakumar...
India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The cities of Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Guwahati, Jabalpur, Dehradun, Ahmedabad, Gandhidham and the State of Sikkim have been covered for seismic microzonation. Cities including Chennai, Coimbatore, Bhubaneswar and Mangalore are also covered. Additionally, cities such as Patna, Varanasi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Meerut, Agra, Dhanbad, Amritsar are in advanced stage of completion. Seismic Microzonation data is produced by the M...