India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sl. 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Allocation Expenditure Allocation Expenditure Allocation Expenditure Allocation Expenditure Allocation Expenditure Allocation Expenditure 1. Uttar Pradesh Agra 13.00 12.96 19.35 19.35 21.27 21.15 23.52 23.52 15.90 15.90 17.00 13.36 Jhansi 1.00 1.00 4.15 4.15 7.00 7.00 5.82 5.82 6.10 6.10 9.50 7.65 Lucknow 3.88 3.88 10.44 10.44 19....
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held a bilateral meeting with Minister of the National Defence of the Hellenic Republic Mr Nikolaos-Georgios Dendias in New Delhi on February 09, 2026. Both Ministers reiterated that the India-Greece Strategic Partnership is based on shared values of peace, stability, freedom, and mutual respect. The two countries decided to expand capacity of their respective indigenous defence industries through p...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: PM SVANidhi scheme provides working capital term loans to urban street vendors in three tranches. Upon successful repayment of first and second tranches, the street vendor becomes eligible to avail second and third tranche loans respectively. This staggered lending structure prevents over-indebtedness and encourages sustainable repayment behaviour. In addition, UPI-linked RuPay Credit Cards have been introduced in the restructured P...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Follow DoT Handles for more: - X - https://x.com/DoT_India Insta- https://www.instagram.com/department_of_telecom?igshMXUxbHFjd3llZTU0YQ Fb - https://www.facebook.com/DoTIndia Youtube: https://youtube.com/@departmentoftelecom?siDALnhYkt89U5jAaa The Indian edition of International Exchange Initiative on Regulating E-waste and Engaging Tech Companies - Creating a Circular Economy for Electricals and Electronics commenced today in...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Generation expansion planning study is carried out by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) to determine the optimal mix of different generation resources (coal, hydro, solar, wind, storage, nuclear etc.) to meet the projected electricity demand. Various parameters like the capital cost of different generation technologies, fuel cost, O&M cost, useful life etc. are considered in the Generation expansion planning study. As per the stu...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. State No. of drinking water quality testing labs Total No. of accredited/ recognized labs State District/ Regional Block/Sub-Division/Mobile WTP facility labs Total State District/ Regional Block/Sub-Division/Mobile WTP facility labs Total 1. A & N Islands 1 3 7 - 11 1 - - - 1 2. Andhra Pradesh 1 26 85 22 134 1 23 57 - 81 3. Arunachal Pradesh 1 20 17 - 38 - - - - - 4. A...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi received a telephone call today from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius, H.E. Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam. The two leaders reviewed progress in the wide-ranging bilateral cooperation since their last meeting in Varanasi in September 2025 with an emphasis on development partnership, capacity building and people-to-people exchanges. They reaffirmed their shared commitment to further adva...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As part of its continued efforts to conserve biodiversity and ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of biological resources, the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has disbursed Rs 45.05 lakh to benefit claimers through State Biodiversity Boards and Union Territory Biodiversity Councils. The pay-outs will benefit more than 90 Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) across 10 States and two Union Territorie...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: NITI Aayog has prepared a detailed approach paper to promote and enable affordable housing and released its report in December 2025 namely 'A Comprehensive Framework to Promote Affordable Housing'. The report may be seen at https://pmay-urban.gov.in/PHQ/A_Comprehensive_Framework_to_Promote_Affordable_Housing.pdf The report has been shared with all concerned Stakeholders for further necessary action. Ministry of Housing and Urban Af...
India, Feb. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release: There are total of 3686 centrally protected monuments under the care and maintenance of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The conservation work of these protected monuments is taken up by ASI as per the needs and requirement of the monument, after the approval of Annual Conservation Plan and all are in good state of preservation. Also, ASI preserves and showcases antiquities and artefacts recovered from archaeological excavatio...