India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Budgetary allocations for the rural sector and the agriculture sector are made annually under various schemes and programmes of the Government, including those implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and allied Ministries/Departments. In the current Financial Year 2025-26, for development of rural sector and agriculture sector, Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare have bee...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S.N. Name of the Project Total Project Cost 1. TAFP by Industrial Processors and Metallizers Pvt Limited, Ghaziabad on Robotic Laser Cladding Technology for Hydro Turbines using Tungsten Carbide Powder 4.97 2. Projects under the Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) Scheme of Ministry of Human Resource Development at IIT Kanpur 16.82 3. Setting up of Centre of Excellence (CoE) by IIT BHU,Varanasi 45 S.N...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush, will organise a Chintan Shivir on Medicinal Plants on 11 February 2026 to deliberate on key policy, research, and implementation-related issues concerning the medicinal plants sector in the country. The inaugural session will be graced by Shri Prataprao Jadhav, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Ayush and Minister of State, Ministry of Health and...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sr. No. Year Number of Accidents Involving Electric Vehicles Number of Accidents Involving Fire in Electric Vehicles 1 2023 5,594 8 2 2024 7,817 9 3 2025 10,454 9 Total 23,865 26 The Government is cognizant of fire incidents involving electric vehicles. While specific, centralized data solely tracking battery-fire incidents across the country is not available, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) h...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Year Alternative Crop Demonstrations (ha.) 2013-14 109723 2014-15 196821 2015-16 98537 2016-17 39406 2017-18 65014 2018-19 35345 2019-20 13604 2020-21 73758 2021-22 40593 2022-23 5747 2023-24 14019 2024-25 3480 Total 696047 Sl. Component/Intervention Rate of Assistance 1. Alternate crop demonstrations i. Pulses Pulse Mission cost norms (Rs.10000/ha) ii. Oilseeds NMEO-Oilseed norms iii. Coarse...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: India has been designated as the Country of the Year at BIOFACH 2026, the world's leading trade fair for organic products, scheduled to be held from 10th to 13th February 2026 at Nuremberg, Germany. The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, is organising India's participation at BIOFACH 2026 with a prominent and high-impact p...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Key Takeaways Access to Datasets and Models Access to Compute Access to Chips and Semiconductor Capabilities Access to Data Centres and Connectivity Access to Reliable and Sustainable Energy Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a central pillar of India's development journey. It is strengthening governance, improving public service delivery, and enabling solutions that can reach citizens at scale. Human advan...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Defence Secretary Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh called on Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora of the Republic of Seychelles Mr Barry Faure and Chief of Defence Forces, Seychelles Defence Forces Major General Michael Anselme Marc Rosette in New Delhi on February 10, 2026. During the meeting, both sides reiterated their commitment to strengthening defence cooperation between the two nations. They reviewed the growing defence and ...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: (Rs In crores) Year Allocation Release Expenditure 2020-21 72.03 50.48 43.95 2021-22 66.21 23.55 28.90 2022-23 44.57 19.51 18.06 2023-24 68.68 39.32 28.76 2024-25 92.57 73.48 61.70 State-wise number of operational holdings engaged in cultivation of Maize Sl. No State Name 2015-16 1 A & N ISLANDS 2 2 ANDHRA PRADESH 3,20,522 3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 87,814 4 ASSAM 68,474 5 BIHAR 43,17,309 6...
India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR), New Delhi, organised an International Symposium on "Human-Centred AI and Sustainable Development: Holistic Pathways for Energy Security" as an official pre-summit event of the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 at Vivekananda Hall, CSIR-NIScPR, Pusa. The day-long symposium brought together leading experts from India and abroad to deliberate on people-centr...