India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and Rural Development Shri: Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan today announced a major package of initiatives for Bihar at the state-level Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana program in Patna. He announced the approval of 11,18,937 pucca houses for poor families in the state, along with an allocation of Rs.13,427 crore. At the program, attended by Chief Minister Shri Samrat Choudhary and senior m...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Railways, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, has informed that the Ministry of Railways has prioritised the manufacturing of 238 AC EMU rakes through its Production Units, Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, and Modern Coach Factory (MCF), Raebareli. The step has been taken to ensure the timely availability of rolling stock in line with the commissioning of infrastructure under the Mu...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Senior Mauritian delegation of civil servants led by Marie Joelle Sandrine Valere, Senior Chief Executive, meets and interacts with Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh. The delegation is undergoing a Capacity Building programme by National Centre of Good Governance (NCGG). Capacity building should move beyond conventional training towards continuous, role-based and competency-driven learning, enabling public servants to remain future...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Global Digital Capacity Building Alliance (GDCBA), an initiative of the Capacity Building Commission (CBC), Government of India, completes six months today - a milestone in India's effort to contribute to the global conversation on building capable, adaptive public institutions. Launched on 20th February, 2026 at the India AI Impact Summit, New Delhi, the Alliance has grown into a platform for international cooperation on publi...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The first meeting of the newly re-constituted Commission held today under the chairmanship of Shri Harjit Singh Grewal, Chairman, NCM. The meeting was attended by Ms. S. Munawari Begum, Vice Chairperson; Shri Berjis Desai, Member, and Shri Glenn E Souza Ticlo, Member. Shri Suchindra Misra, Secretary NCM and Dr. Atya Nand, Joint Secretary NCM were also present in the meeting along with other officers of the Commission. During the ...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India, through the MSME Development & Facilitation Office, Chennai, organised a National Seminar on "From Local to Global: Enabling Export-Ready MSMEs through Digital Commerce" at IIT Madras, Chennai, on 18th August, in collaboration with Entrepreneurship cell of IIT Madras. The seminar brought together MSMEs, entrepreneurs, students, policymakers, financial instit...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sl. No. Medical College Total UG Students Ward of IP 1 Joka 800 416 2 Rajajinagar 975 367 3 KK Nagar 933 163 4 Sanathnagar 616 235 5 Faridabad 725 210 6 Gulbarga 912 291 Total 4961 1682 Sl. No. Name of College Total PG Students Andheri 79 Basaidarapur 185 Faridabad 91 Gulbarga 12 Joka 143 KK Nagar 155 Rajajinagar 513 Sanathnagar 89 Total 1267 In the journey towards Viksit Bharat, ...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, issued the Policy on Data Sharing, Interoperability and Stakeholder Access under Sujalam Bharat Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) today, establishing a secure, federated, interoperable and accountable framework for sharing and governing rural drinking water data across States, Union Territories, local governance institutions and approved sectoral stakehol...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, organised a National Workshop on "Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on Capacity Building under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 2.0 for GPs, VWSCs and Sujalam Shakti Groups". The workshop brought together representatives from States/UTs, Rural WASH Partners, training institutions and other key stakeholders to collectively review and deliberate on the capacity-buil...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and Power, Shri Manohar Lal unveiled the Delhi Master Plan 2047 (MPD-2047) today in the presence of; Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Shri Taranjit Singh Sandhu; and Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Rekha Gupta. Secretary, Department of Capital Development, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ms. D. Thara; Chief Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi, Shri Rajeev Verma; Vice Chairman, Delhi...