India, Dec. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Amazon will facilitate onboarding of eligible Vishwakarma artisans onto its online marketplace MoMSME will assist in obtaining necessary approvals, registrations and clearances from relevant departments as per existing rules. The partnership will also strengthen visibility for handmade products through Amazon's Karigar initiative, which showcases India's rich handicraft heritage and supports digitization of artisans. The Ministr...
India, Dec. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, attended a public function at Senapati, Manipur, today (December 12, 2025). She also laid foundation stones and inaugurated various developmental projects on the occasion. Addressing the gathering, the President said that dignity, security and growth opportunities for tribal communities of Manipur and their greater participation in the country's progress is a national priority. The Gover...
India, Dec. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for copra for 2026 season. In order to provide remunerative prices to the cultivators, Government had announced in the Union Budget of 2018-19, that MSP of all the mandated crops will be fixed at levels of at least 1.5 times of all India weighted average cost of production. The MSP f...
India, Dec. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Textiles approved various schemes and programmes to encourage and promote the textile industry such as PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks Scheme for world-class industrial infrastructure; Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for MMF Apparel, MMF Fabrics and Technical Textiles to boost large scale manufacturing and enhancing competitiveness; National Technical Textiles Mission for res...
India, Dec. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education, celebrated the valedictory Function of Bharatiya Bhasha Utsav (BBU) 2025 on 11th December 2025 on the occasion of National Bal Bhavan, New Delhi. The event was graced by Shri Sanjay Kumar, Secretary, The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education, along with Prof M Jagadesh Kumar, Former Chairman, University Grants Commis...
India, Dec. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: ITEM Years 2020- 2021- 2022- 2023- 2024- FROZEN Quantity (MT): 272041 342572 275662 297571 311948 Value 2343.90 3146.71 2439.87 2342.58 2512.71 AUGUST-OCTOBER 2024 AUGUST-OCTOBER 2025* Item Name Quantity Tons Value US$ (Million) Quantity Tons Value US$ (Million) FROZEN SHRIMP 83375 673.98 55282 512.81 MPEDA operates a financial assistance scheme for the setting up of a mini laboratory in an approved ...
India, Dec. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sl. No. State Functional CSCs (Urban+Rural) Functional CSCs at GP level 1 Arunachal Pradesh 240 181 2 Assam 15511 14183 3 Manipur 966 794 4 Meghalaya 1166 1054 5 Mizoram 642 485 6 Nagaland 615 426 7 Sikkim 245 215 8 Tripura 1967 1585 Sl. No. State Trained Candidates 1 Arunachal Pradesh 11,615 2 Assam 23,60,195 3 Manipur 18,286 4 Meghalaya 1,06,063 5 Mizoram 23,125 6 Nagaland 8...
India, Dec. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The PM MITRA Scheme aims to develop large scale and integrated world class industrial facilities in the shape of integrated textile parks to help Indian textiles industry to build scale, reduce logistics costs and improve its competitiveness. Anchored in the 5F vision (Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign), the Scheme aims to facilitate India's textile industry to achieve global size and scale along with the creation of a...
India, Dec. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today shared a profound message underscoring the destructive nature of anger and the importance of inner restraint for individual wellbeing and collective progress. Quoting an ancient Sanskrit verse, the Prime Minister reflected on how anger weakens judgment, disrupts social harmony, and diminishes human potential. In a post on X, Shri Modi said: "क्रोधः ê...
India, Dec. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, at Kundli, Haryana and Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu which are autonomous institutes under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries have collaborated with several educational and research institutions to strengthen academic, technical, research and capacity-building initiatives in the food processing sector. NIFTEM-Thanjavur has conducted short term courses on Cold C...