India, Sept. 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a significant step towards strengthening railway safety through indigenous technology, Indian Railways has approved the provision of Kavach Version 4.0 on 607.7 Route Kilometres of the Lucknow Division of North Eastern Railway at a total cost of Rs.252 crore. The approved project will extend Kavach 4.0 coverage across the identified balance sections of the division, strengthening the safety infrastructure available for train o...
India, Sept. 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Indian Railways has approved the upgradation of the electric traction system from 1x25 kV to 2x25 kV on the 73 Route Kilometre Savalyapuram-Guntur section of South Coast Railway at a total cost of Rs.142 crore. Covering 146 Track Kilometres, the project will strengthen the electric traction infrastructure and enhance its capacity to support growing railway operations. The upgradation of the electric traction system on the Savalya...
India, Sept. 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Indian Railways has approved the construction of a four-lane Road Over Bridge (ROB) in lieu of Level Crossing No. 53 at Km 62/2-4 on the Udhna-Ukai Songadh section of Western Railway, at a total cost of Rs.133.2295 crore, on a cost-sharing basis with the State Government. The ROB will be a four-lane structure. The Railway bridge portion will comprise an Open Web Girder (OWG), with an estimated cost of Rs.91.60 crore. The crossin...
India, Sept. 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Nagpur, 19 September 2026 The Indora Chowk-Dighori Flyover, spanning approximately 8.9 kilometres on National Highway No. 353D and connecting the northern and southern parts of Nagpur city, was inaugurated today in the presence of Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra Chief Minister Shri Devendra Fadnavis. On this occasion,Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari explained the technological a...
India, Sept. 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Rural Development is set to roll out Deen Dayal Upadhyaya- Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) 2.0 training batches across most States/UTs from October 2026. Preparedness for the commencement of training batches was reviewed with 14 States/UTs in the first phase - Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Puducherry, Karnataka, Telangan...
India, Sept. 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Social Justice And Empowerment is advancing the socio-economic empowerment of Scheduled Caste communities through the Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY). Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice And Empowerment Shri Sudhansh Pant said that under the Adarsh Gram Component, formerly implemented as the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana, an amount of Rs. 3,545.103 Crore has been released from FY 201...
India, Sept. 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Timely treatment, counselling and rehabilitation support can help a person overcome dependence on drugs and psychotropic substances, restore family ties and return to a productive life. Substance dependence can severely affect an individual's health, relationships, livelihood and place within the community. Dara Singh (name changed), a 29-year-old self-employed man from Dausa district, Rajasthan, overcame years of alcohol depend...
India, Sept. 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Timely institutional credit, combined with courage and sustained effort, can help affected families rebuild their livelihoods and move towards economic independence. Smt Hemlata Dilip Kharatmal, a resident of Kalwa in Thane, Maharashtra, took responsibility for her family after the demise of her husband. With financial assistance of Rs. 3.75 lakh under the NSFDC Term Loan Scheme, she started a fish-selling business and now earns...
India, Sept. 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat - 100 Weeks Nasha Mukt Yuva Abhiyan will witness a major nationwide youth mobilisation on 20 September 2026, with the Rashtriya Sankalp Samaroh being organised across 1,067 locations through MY Bharat and its partner organisations across the country. The programme will be organised across 471 District MY Bharat Offices, along with 596 locations of partner organisations, bringing together yout...
India, Sept. 18 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, along with the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), seven National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPERs), Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI) and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) - Bengal Chemical & Pharmaceutical Ltd. (BCPL), Hindustan Antibiotics Limited (HAL), and Karnataka Antibiotics And Pharmaceu...