India, July 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing a flagship scheme namely 'Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana" (PMMSY) with an investment of Rs. 20,050 crore in all States/ Union Territories for a period of 5 years from financial Year 2020-21 to 2024-25 to bring about Blue Revolution through sustainable and responsible development of fisheries sector and welfare of fis...
India, July 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Department of Fisheries, Government of India have requested all coastal states and Union Territories (UTs) to take necessary steps to review their respective Marine Fisheries Regulation Act (MFRA) with particular reference to harvesting of wild shrimp and use of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) and amendment thereto if required in order to make it compatible for implementation of the marine turtle conservation program be...
India, July 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel, Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and Panchayati Raj, chaired a Virtual Awareness Program on July 23, 2025, aimed at livestock farmers across Northern, North-Eastern states and Bihar. The program was conducted via Common Service Centres (CSCs), enabling wide participation. Smt. Alka Upadhyaya, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Ms. Varsha J...
India, July 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Under the aegis of National Policy on Electronics (NPE) 2019, MeitY has notified Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing (LSEM) and Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for IT Hardware. Government has taken various initiatives including PLI Schemes, in last ten years which resulted in establishment of a strong electronics manufacturing ecosystem in India. Government init...
India, July 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Government of India launched a project to set up Common Services Centres (CSCs) to provide citizen centric services. Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs) are empowered to set up CSCs. As on date, a total of 2.92 Lakh CSCs have been set-up in the Scheduled Caste (SC) / Scheduled Tribe (ST) dominated areas. Further, approximately 10% CSCs in these SC/ST dominated areas are being managed by women. Government launched Prad...
India, July 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: India Meteorological Department officially adopted the Bharat Forecast System (BharatFS) on 26th May 2025. This forecast system runs at a resolution of 6 km, typically about the size of a cluster of panchayats/villages. The goal of BharatFS's development was to enhance the accuracy of extreme weather prediction and produce forecasts at the panchayat cluster level. The new model supersedes its predecessor in terms of mo...
India, July 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has been using advanced technology for operational monsoon prediction. Since 2017, IMD has been using the Monsoon Mission Climate Forecast System (MMCFS), a state-of-the-art coupled ocean-atmosphere model, to generate high-resolution (~38km) seasonal and monthly rainfall and temperature forecasts. The MMCFS model is used for the preparation of the monthly El Nino Southern Oscil...
India, July 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), had conducted a research study named Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX) during 2018-2019. The CAIPEEX study was carried out using specially hired cloud seeding and research aircraft over the rain shadow region of the Indian peninsula. The study has drawn guidelines for conducting c...
India, July 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has developed advanced early warning systems for severe weather events such as cyclones, heavy rainfall, and other extreme conditions. Early warning for severe weather events is supported by a state-of-the-art observation network that includes surface, upper air, remote sensing observations, seamless forecasting systems based on high-resolution dynamical models, and GIS-based tools...
India, July 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region is implementing following schemes: * PM-DevINE Scheme: Prime Minister's Development Initiative for North Eastern Region (PM-DevINE), was announced as a new Central Sector scheme, in the Union Budget 2022-23 with initial list of seven projects and an initial allocation of Rs. 1500 crore. The scheme has an outlay of Rs.6,600 crore for the four year period from 2022-23 ...