India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Government issued Comprehensive Guidelines for Effective Redressal of Public Grievances on 23rd August 2024. These guidelines envisage reduction in upper limit of resolution time from 30 days to 21 days. Since 2020 more than 1.25 crore grievances have been redressed on the CPGRAMS portal. The year wise details are as follows: Table Omitted (The document can be viewed at https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?P...
India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Extension of service after retirement, is given in exceptional circumstances, in public interest to officers belonging to All India Services in accordance with provisions contained in All India Service (Death Cum Retirement Benefit) Rules, 1958 / relevant rules. This information was given by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, MoS PMO, MoS Perso...
India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) had earlier issued 'Procedure to apply for inclusion of a Wind Turbine Model in the Revised List of Models and Manufacturers of Wind Turbines (RLMM)' vide OM of even number dated 01.11.2018. The RLMM was a mechanism to ensure quality and reliability of wind turbines installed in the country, for protecting the consumer interests, while ensuring larger energy security of the co...
India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The objective and features of the agreement signed between India and Morocco i.e. Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLAT) for promoting fruitful cooperation in the Judicial and legal spheres, this agreement facilitates the widest measures of mutual legal assistance in civil and commercial matters in accordance with national laws. Assistance under the agreement applies specifically to: The service of summons and other ...
India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Nyaya Bandhu (Pro Bono Legal Service) is one of the programmes under the scheme of "Designing Innovative Solutions for Holistic Access to Justice" (DISHA) which is being implemented by Department of Justice. The Nyaya Bandhu program registers interested Pro Bono Advocates and connects them with the beneficiaries (who are entitled for free legal aid under Section 12 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987) throu...
India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: As informed by AMRUT Division, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Water being a state subject, management and maintaining the quality of water and water bodies as per the applicable standards (BIS 10500:2012 standards for drinking water and for waste water quality norms set by CPCB) in urban areas are the responsibility of State Government/ ULBs. AMRUT/AMRUT 2.0 does not prescribe separate guidelines for wa...
India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Since August 2019, Government of India in partnership with States is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal to make provision of potable water to every rural household of the country, through functional tap water connection. Drinking Water being a State subject, it is States, who plan, design, approve and implement drinking water supply schemes. Government of India supplements the efforts of the States b...
India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Since August 2019, Government of India in partnership with States is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal to make provision of potable water to every rural household of the country, through functional tap water connection. Since its launch, Jal Jeevan Mission is being implemented as a decentralized, demand-driven and community-managed programme, wherein the Gram Panchayat and/ or its sub-committee/ use...
India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The achievements of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) for improving the water quality along the river Ganga and its tributaries are as under: A total of 212 number of sewerage infrastructure projects costing rs 34,526 crores have been taken up for remediation of polluted river areas with treatment capacity of 6,540 Million Liters per Day (MLD). 136 STP projects with a capacity of 3,780 MLD have been complete...
India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government, through various Ministries, Departments and Institutes, has taken strategic and systematic actions to monitor glaciers and glacial lakes in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR). The Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) has constituted a Steering Committee on 'Monitoring of Glacier' under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD & GR), to monit...