India, Aug. 19 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The 20th Meeting (Part-II) of the Central Monitoring Committee (CMC) on river rejuvenation was held today under the chairpersonship of Smt. Debashree Mukherjee, Secretary, DoWR, RD & GR. The meeting was attended by senior officials including Shri. Rajeev Kumar Mital Director General of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG); Shri. Karan Singh, Joint Secretary, NRCD; Executive Director of Namami Gange Mission and r...
India, Aug. 19 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Amarnath Yatra 2025 was more than just a sacred pilgrimage-it emerged as a powerful movement for Swachhata and sustainability. With over 4 lakh devotees making the arduous trek to the holy cave at 3,880 meters in the Kashmir Himalayas, the Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board, in close coordination with the Jammu and Kashmir Government, placed a strong emphasis on scientific waste management and plastic-free practices to ...
India, Aug. 19 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Government has approved Vibrant Villages Programme-I (VVP-I) as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme on 15th February, 2023 for comprehensive development of the select villages in 46 blocks abutting northern border in 19 districts in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and UT of Ladakh. Initially, 662 border villages have been identified for comprehensive development on priority under the pro...
India, Aug. 19 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah chaired a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home affairs (MHA) on 'Disaster Management and Capacity Building' in New Delhi, today. The meeting was attended by Ministers of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai and Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Members of the Committee and Union Home Secretary, along with senior officia...
India, Aug. 19 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government of India has approved the PLI ACC scheme under "National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage" in May 2021, with an outlay of Rs. 18,100 Crore for 50 GWh capacity for a period of 5 years after gestation period of 2 years. The PLI ACC scheme aims to enhance domestic cell production, reducing reliance on imports and lowering the overall costs of cell manufacturing. Out of 50 GWh ACC...
India, Aug. 19 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The "Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Amendment Order, 2025" amends the Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Order, 2024 published in the Gazette of India on 28thAugust, 2024. The Amendment Order stipulates the following: * The regulation will apply from 1stSeptember, 2026 to all machines and electrical equipment listed in the first Schedule o...
India, Aug. 19 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) is implemented under the aegis of the National Health Mission (NHM). To identify undiagnosed TB cases, reducing TB-related deaths and preventing new infections across the country, the NTEP has implemented a renewed approach which includes mapping of vulnerable population, screening with Chest X-ray, upfront Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) for all presumptive TB cases,...
India, Aug. 19 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Under National Sickle Cell Anemia Elimination Mission (NSCAEM), screenings are conducted at all health facilities from District Hospitals up to Ayushman Arogya Mandir (AAM) level across the country for diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease. As on date, a total of 30 Point of care tests (PoCT) and 5 Non-Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) Assays validated tests for screening of SCD have been approved by ICMR and are used by States f...
India, Aug. 19 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) is governed on a zero-tolerance policy towards fraud and abuse and various steps are taken for prevention, detection and deterrence of different kinds of irregularities that could occur in the scheme at different stages of its implementation. A robust anti-fraud mechanism has been put in place and National Anti-Fraud Unit (NAFU) has been established at Natio...
India, Aug. 19 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare through National Rabies Control Program (NRCP) is undertaking strengthening of surveillance of all animal bites in all States/UTs. Data on dog and other animal bite cases and related deaths are reported by all States/UTs, through Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP). Under the National Health Mission (NHM), States and UTs are supported through budgetary provisions for t...