India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Vice President Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan filled out the online self-enumeration form for Census 2027 at Uprashtrapati Bhavan today. In a social media post, the Vice President encouraged all residents to participate in the self-enumeration process and submit their household details online during the period to be notified by their respective State Governments/Union Territory Administrations through the official web portal: se.ce...
India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Replying to an unstarred question in Rajya Sabha today the Union Minister of State Shri. Durgadas Uikey said that government of Maharashtra has informed that the reasons for widespread Maharashtra tribal protests in Nashik are as follow: (i) Issues relating to evidence and approval of claims under Section 4(1), 4(3) and Section 6 of Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (in...
India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: State-wise statement on key indicators of Scheduled Tribe population vis-a-vis Total Population child health and nutritional status, NFHS-5(2019-21) Sr.No Name of States/UTs Stunting in children under (5) years of age (%) (Height for age) Total ST NFHS-5(2019-21) INDIA 35.5 40.9 1 Andhra Pradesh 31.2 41.0 2 Arunachal Pradesh 28.0 27.9 3 Assam 35.3 30.7 4 Bihar 42.9 42.4 5 Chhattisgarh 34.6 38.4 6 Delh...
India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Year LWE Civilian SF LWE death 2021 361 97 50 126 2022 413 82 16 57 2023 486 106 32 50 2024 374 131 19 290 2025 234 64 36 364 2026 (Mar 15) 26 5 1 52 Total 1894 485 154 939 Year LWE Civilian SF LWE death 2021 20 7 0 6 2022 11 1 0 3 2023 4 0 0 0 2024 2 1 0 0 2025 3 0 0 1 2026 (Mar 15) 0 0 0 0 Total 40 9 0 10 perpetrated death death perpetrated death ...
India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sl. No. Scheme Budget Estimate (Rs. in Crore) 2025-26 2026-27 1. Skill India Programme [Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) + Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) + Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM-NAPS)] 2,700.00 2,800.00 2. Integrated Scheme in Skilling Architecture - 600.00 3. Strengthening of Infrastructure for Institutional Training (SIIT) 49.90 0.00 4. PM-SETU (Pradhan Mantri Skilli...
India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Census 2027, world's largest census exercise has begun. The Government of India has commenced Phase I of Census 2027 -Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO) from today, marking the beginning of the country's largest administrative and statistical exercise. This is India's first ever digital data capture and Self-Enumeration. The national enumeration exercise was initiated with the enumeration of the President of India, Smt Drou...
India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Replying to an unstarred question in Rajya Sabha today the Union Minister of State Shri. Durgadas Uikey said that The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) being the nodal Ministry for overall policy, planning and coordination of programs for development of STs is implementing various schemes for the welfare and development of STs. In order to provide Scheduled Tribes Access to basic services, Ministry of Tribal Affairs has taken vario...
India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Defence, with the joint efforts of MoD(Finance), Acquisition Wing, Defence Services and Defence Accounts Department, has fully utilized its capital outlay of Rs 1.86 Lakh crore for Defence Services provided for the FY 2025-26 at Revised Estimates stage. This milestone achieved by MoD is in continuation to the complete utilization of the capital budget achieved during FY 2024-25 after many years. The overall utilizat...
India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM today assumed the appointment of the Vice Chief of the Army Staff (VCOAS). An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, he was commissioned into the Armoured Corps in December 1986. Over nearly four decades, he has built an exceptional operational profile across diverse terrain and conflict environments, including counter-insurgency experience. He has commanded an Armoured Regi...
India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has developed a comprehensive Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (MHEWS) consisting of observational networks, forecasting models, and an indigenously developed GIS-based Decision Support System (DSS), which serves as the front end for early warning systems to enable detection and monitoring of weather hazards, such as cyclones, heavy rainfall, etc. The system is integrated with modern telecommu...