India, Aug. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government is promoting alternate dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms including mediation, as these mechanisms are less adversarial and are capable of providing a better substitute to the conventional methods of resolving disputes. The Government is continuously engaging with various stakeholders including High Courts and NALSA for raising awareness related to mediation and capacity building amongst the stakeholders. In March ...
India, Aug. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S.No Component Name Achievement Fully functional eSewa Kendras 1806 established across court complexes Setting up the infrastructure for paperless courts 474 courts are equipped with the necessary hardware. Expansion of the Virtual Courts for hearing of court cases by creating the robust digital infrastructure. 538 courts are equipped Digitisation of the entire court record - both legacy records and fresh filing of cases ...
India, Aug. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 seeks to amend the Act of 1971 to bring Vande Mataram, honoured as the National Song, within the ambit of Section 3 of The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 and proposes to make it an offence to intentionally prevent the singing of Vande Mataram or cause disturbance to any assembly engaged in its singing, thereby extending legal protection to the N...
India, Aug. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has taken note of a media report concerning the disposal of Second Appeals and Complaints during August 2026 and considers it necessary to place the factual position before the public. The Commission clarifies that the figures relating to disposal of cases during August 2026, as reflected in the said news report, do not represent the actual disposal of cases by the Commission up to 12 Augus...
India, Aug. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Ministry/Department/Organization Carry forward Received Disposed Pending Central Board of Direct Taxes (Income Tax) 13726 69638 71077 12287 Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs 483 13508 13839 152 Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade 54 2497 2342 209 Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances - PG Division 1065 6522 6458 1129 Department of Agriculture and Farmers We...
India, Aug. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Presently 90,276 civil servants from West Bengal have been onboarded on the iGOT Karmayogi platform. The Government of West Bengal has not yet signed the tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under Mission Karmayogi. So far, eight draft Capacity Building Plans (CBPs) have been prepared for Government of West Bengal's priority departments. The iGOT Karmayogi digital learning platform hosts over 5,600 courses covering domain,...
India, Aug. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare is the nodal Department for formulation of policies relating to pension and other retirement benefits of Central Government Civil employees. The 2nd National Workshop on Pension Litigation was convened in pursuance of Government's directives on effective and efficient management of litigation with focus on enhancing coordination and strengthening the capacity/skills of the Nodal off...
India, Aug. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: A multi-institutional team of scientists have developed a three-dimensional computer simulation model that can bring scientists a step closer to forecasting the arrival and impact of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) before they reach Earth. CMEs are among the most dramatic and powerful events in our solar system - gigantic eruptions of magnetized plasma hurled from the Sun at millions of kilometres per hour. When directed toward Eart...
India, Aug. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: CSIR has established institutional mechanisms to promote coordination among its constituent laboratories, academia, industry and other stakeholders for research, technology development and commercialisation of indigenous technologies. CSIR, through its constituent laboratories/institutes, collaborates with academia and industry for R&D in areas of mutual interest and complementary expertise. Dedicated Business Development Groups (B...
India, Aug. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. State/UTs Students benefitted Amount disbursed 1 Andaman And Nicobar Islands 02 0.06 2 Andhra Pradesh 1059 14.82 3 Assam 1043 23.66 4 Bihar 3136 48.39 5 Chandigarh 1290 13.91 6 Chhattisgarh 2531 53.13 7 Delhi 670 28.71 8 Goa 37 0.97 9 Gujarat 1045 24.23 10 Haryana 2044 42.34 11 Himachal Pradesh 2219 42.16 12 Jammu And Kashmir 251 6.03 13 Jharkhand 451 9.83 14 Karnataka...