India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Ministry of Culture is actively engaged in promoting Intellectual Property (IP) awareness and protection in relation to India's rich cultural heritage. To this end, the Ministry is planning to set dedicated IP cells within its academies, centres, and constituent units to educate artists about IP rights, facilitate IP registration, and support Geographical Indication (Gl) registration of traditional products such as...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has not requested for any revised report on Keezhadi from the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology. Since 2018, Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology is conducting excavations at the site, for which ASI does not provide any funding support. ASI provides permission for excavations as per the provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Ministry of Culture operates a Museum Grant Scheme under which financial assistance is provided for setting up of new museum/development of existing museum, digitization of museum collection and capacity building and training of museum professionals by Central/State Governments and Public Sector Undertakings, Societies, Autonomous bodies, Local Bodies and Trust at the regional, state and district levels. In order to se...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The total number of approved projects state-wise for setting up of Science Centre/City/ Innovation Hub/Digital Planetarium taken up by the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) under the Scheme for Promotion of Culture of Science (SPoCS) of the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India is listed at Annexure- 'A'. Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme 'Support to Tribal Res...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government of India, through the Ministry of Culture and its autonomous bodies, has taken several initiatives across the domains of cultural heritage, arts, languages, festivals, and traditions of different regions and communities to promote and preserve the cultural diversity of the country. The Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCC) of the Ministry of Culture are spread throughout the country. These ZCCs cater to the regi...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Since 2021, Ministry of Culture, Government of India has signed Cultural Exchange Programmes (CEPs) with 41 countries for disseminating Indian art and culture abroad to promote India's soft power and for developing and promoting inter-cultural relations between India and other countries in different areas of arts and culture like music, dance, theatre, museums & science museums, libraries, archives, protection and cons...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has undertaken conservation and restoration of monuments under its jurisdiction which are located in the following DDA owned land. * Shalimar Bagh * Mehrauli Archaeological Park At present, no ongoing projects are available to be executed at monuments under the jurisdiction of ASI which are located in DDA owned land. The conservation and restoration work of centrally protected m...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) under Ministry of Corporate Affairs, is mandated to undertake academic research, provide capacity building and facilitate advocacy in areas relating to corporate affairs and responsible business conduct. IICA introduced its programme on responsible business conduct and consequently, it organises the National Conference on Responsible Business Conduct (NCRBC) which is an ...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The 7th Batch of the Postgraduate Insolvency Programme (PGIP) was officially launched on 21st July 2025 at the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), Manesar, Gurugram. The inaugural ceremony was graced by Hon'ble Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyay, former Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), and Hon'ble Justice M.M. Kumar, former President of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). Deli...
India, July 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The combined Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) increased by 1.7 per cent (provisional) in June, 2025 as compared to the Index in June, 2024. The production of Steel, Cement and Refinery Products recorded positive growth in June, 2025. The details of annual indices, monthly indices and growth rates are provided at Annex I and Annex II. 2. The ICI measures the combined and individual performance of production of eigh...