99.92% villages of the country covered with banking outlets (banking branch, BC, IPPB) within 5 km radius

India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The endeavour of the Government is to ensure availability of banking outlet [Bank branch / Business Correspondent (BC) / India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)] within 05 kilometres (kms) of all inhabited villages in the country. Availability of banking outlets is monitored by a Geographic Information System (GIS) based Application, namely, the Jan Dhan Darshak (JDD) App. Based on the data uploaded by Banks on the JDD App., 99.92% villa...


ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR INDIAN MUSEUM

India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sanctioned Strength Total filled posts Total vacant posts 138 58 80 Financial Year 2014 - 2015 Sl. No. GIA-Head Fund Allocated (in Lakhs) Fund Utilised (in Lakhs) 1 Plan 1288.75 1017.82 2 Non-Plan 813.92 1028.11 Total 2102.67 2045.93 Financial Year 2015 - 2016 Sl. No. GIA-Head Fund Allocated (in Lakhs) Fund Utilised (in Lakhs) 1 Plan 632.64 477.77 2 Non-Plan 872.52 1146.53 Total 1505.16 1624.30...


Monthly Review of Accounts of Union Government of India upto the month of February 2026 (FY 2025-26)

India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Monthly Accounts of the Union Government of India upto the month of February, 2026 has been consolidated and reports published. The highlights are given below: - The Government of India has received Rs.27,91,943 crore (82.0% of corresponding RE 2025-26 of Total Receipts) upto February, 2026 comprising  Rs.21,45,223 crore of Tax Revenue (Net to Centre), Rs.5,81,173 crore of Non-Tax Revenue and Rs.65,547 crore of Non-Debt ...


Government Measures strengthen Kisan Credit Card ecosystem to enhance credit access and digital inclusion for farmers

India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government has taken various steps to support farmers, including small and marginal, through increasing access to Kisan Credit Cards (KCC), and promoting its digital issuance in all States/UT. These measures inter-alia includes the following: i. The Priority Sector Guidelines of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued to banks and Ground Level Agriculture Credit (GLC) Target by the Government to banks act as key policy instruments...


Government approves 29 more proposals under the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS)

India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In continuation to the approvals of 46 applications for Rs 54,567 crore announced earlier, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has further approved 29 proposals under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) with projected investment of Rs 7,104 crore, projected production of Rs 84,515 crore. These approvals are expected to generate 14,246 direct employment opportunities. The current approvals...


SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS

India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S.No. Year Name of publications/ Reports released 1. 2021 2. 2022 3. 2023 4. 2024 5. 2025 The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India, regularly releases publications on social and environmental indicators.  The details of these publications released over the last five years are given in Annexure. MoSPI maintains a centralized digital mechanism for public access to its st...


DEVELOPMENT OF BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS

India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: State/UT Capacity (in MWh) Andaman & Nicobar 08 Bihar 282 Chhattisgarh 120 Delhi 50 Gujarat 77 Karnataka 150 Lakshadweep 01 Rajasthan 100 Uttar Pradesh 03 West Bengal 06 Total 798 The Government of India has set a target of achieving 500 GW of installed electricity generation capacity from non-fossil fuel-based sources by 2030, with a major share expected from solar and wind energy, which are inherently int...


Record 30 Mineral Blocks Operationalised in FY 2025-26

India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sl. No States No. of Blocks Operationalized Minerals 1 Gujarat 8 Bauxite-1, Bauxite Limestone and Marl-1, Limestone-4, Limestone & Marl-2 2 Madhya Pradesh 5 Limestone-3, Iron Ore-2 3 Odisha 5 Iron Ore & Manganese-3, Iron Ore-2 4 Goa 4 Iron Ore 5 Karnataka 2 Iron Ore 6 Rajasthan 2 Limestone 7 Andhra Pradesh 1 Limestone 8 Maharashtra 1 Limestone 9 Chhattisgarh 1 Limestone 10 Assam 1 Limesto...


MSME Ministry organizes Entrepreneur Awareness Camp and Special Vendor Development Programme in Dimapur, Nagaland

India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India, organized Entrepreneur Awareness Camp and Special Vendor Development Programme with support of Govt. of Nagaland and Business Association of Nagas (BAN) on 30th March 2026 at Seden Riju, Purana Bazar, Dimapur, Nagaland. The programme aimed to create awareness of various initiatives of Government of India including National SC-ST Hub (NSSH) Scheme. The o...


JOBS FOR SKILL TRAINED YOUTH

India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release: PMKVY JSS NAPS CTS / ITI 1,64,34,210 34,14,181 47,19,923 1,07,42,151 (since inception to 31.12.2025) (Since 2018-19 to 31.12.2025) (Since 2018-19 to 31.12.2025) (2018-19 to 31.12.2025) Under Skill India Mission (SIM), the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) delivers skill, re-skill and up-skill training through an extensive network of skill development centres under various schemes, viz. Pradhan M...