India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India has appointed Central Nodal Officers (CNOs) for the ground inspection of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) schemes across identified districts. A list of districts visited by the CNOs so far is given below. Considering the requests from various states seeking central support for meeting additional cost of raw materials increased due to CoVID 19 pandemic and Russi...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Central Water Commission (CWC) monitors live storage capacity of important reservoirs of the country and issues weekly bulletin. Prior to Reservoir Storage Monitoring System (RSMS), the data was collected from the respective project authorities through phone calls and fax. The collected data was then analyzed manually Based on the analysis and results, the reports were prepared and bulletins issued. To streamline the ...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, and the Maharashtra Film, Stage & Cultural Development Corporation Limited (MFSCDCL), Mumbai, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to advance skill development in the film and media sectors across Maharashtra. The exchange of the MoU was conducted between Smt. Swati Mhase-Patil, Managing Director, MFSCDCL, and Shri Dhiraj Singh, Vice Chancellor, FTII....
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: In order to improve operational viability of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and to take advantage of economies of scale, Government of India initiated structural consolidation of RRBs in FY 2005-06. In Phase-I amalgamation (2005-2010), the number of RRBs was brought down from 196 to 82 by amalgamating RRBs of the same Sponsor Bank within a State. In Phase-II amalgamation (2012-14), the number of RRBs was brought down from...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government of India launched Bima Sakhi- "Mahila Career Agent (MCA) Scheme" on 9.12.2024. LIC has paid Rs 62.36 crore to Bima Sakhis as stipend in FY2024-25. In the current Financial Year(2025-26), LIC has provided a budget of Rs 520 crore for the scheme, out of which Rs115.13 crore has been paid up to 14.7.2025. At present, there are 2,05,896 Bima Sakhis in the country. LIC provides opportunities to Bima Sakhis, ...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Incidences of human-wildlife conflict have been reported from various parts of the country. Such data are not collated at the level of Ministry. The important steps taken by the Government to manage and mitigate the human-wildlife conflicts are as follows: An advisory on dealing with human-wildlife conflict has been issued by the Ministry in February 2021. The Advisory recommends coordinated interdepartmental action, ...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government of India stands committed to combat climate change and has taken a number of measures to meet India's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) under the Paris Agreement. These measures include various policies, schemes and programmes launched from time to time, to scale up India's action on both, the adaptation and mitigatio...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: As per latest India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023, the total mangrove cover in the country is 4,991.68 km2, which accounts for 0.15 % of the country's total geographical area. In comparison to ISFR 2019 and ISFR 2023, there has been a significant increase of 16.68 km2 in the country's mangrove coverage. The State/UTs wise detail of mangrove cover as per ISFR 2019 and ISFR 2023 is given below in the table. As a pa...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Yard 3034 (Ajay), the eighth and last ship of Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC), indigenously designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) has been launched on 21 Jul 2025 at GRSE, Kolkata in the presence of VAdm Kiran Deshmukh, Chief of Materiel (COM). In keeping with the naval tradition, Mrs Priya Deshmukh, launched the ship. Senior officials from the Indian Navy and GRSE we...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The 13th High-Level Meeting (HLM) between the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the Korea Coast Guard (KCG) was held in New Delhi on July 21, 2025. Both sides engaged in discussions to boost cooperation in Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), Pollution Response (PR), and Maritime Law Enforcement (MLE), while reaffirming their commitment to share best practices and enhance interoperability under the 2006 MoU. The meeting was c...