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Ministry of Ayush has formulated a Central Sector Scheme-Ayush Oushadhi Gunvatta evam Uttpadan Samvardhan Yojana (AOGUSY) in the year 2021. One of the components of this scheme is Pharmacovigilance Program for Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani & Homoeopathy Drugs (ASU & H Drugs). The program is working through a three-tier network of …
Read More »National Medicinal Plants Board Funds Training for Farmers on Best Practices in Medicinal Plant Cultivation
National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush has supported training projects to various organization across the country to train the farmers on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Good Field Collection Practices (GFCP) of medicinal plants. Total 14352 farmers were benefited from the financial year 2015-16 to 2023-24. NMPB has also supported a …
Read More »PM CARES for Children: Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Well-Being
The Hon’ble Prime Minister announced PM CARES for Children scheme on 29.05.2021 to support children who lost both parents or surviving parent or legal guardian or adoptive parents due to COVID-19 pandemic during 11.03.2020 to 05.05.2023. The objective of the Scheme is to ensure comprehensive care and protection of Children …
Read More »Regional Training on 21st Livestock Census Software and Breeds for Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Officials
The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India and host State Jammu & Kashmir conducted a “Regional Training of 21st Livestock Census on Software (Mobile & Web Application/ Dashboard) and Breeds for State and District Nodal Officers (SNO/DNO) of Jammu & …
Read More »GST Unification and Fleet Growth to Boost India’s MRO Industry to $4 Billion by 2031
Union Minister for Civil aviation, Shri Rammohan Naidu emphasised the government’s commitment to create a robust environment for both domestic and international airlines to access world-class MRO facilities in India. Addressing the concerns raised regarding the challenges faced by the MRO sector, the minister stated in Lok Sabha yesterday “We …
Read More »Zojila Tunnel Project
Zojila Tunnel Project consists of construction of a tunnel of 13.153 km and approach roads to tunnel of length 17.030 km, totaling a total length of 30.18 km. The total Project cost (TPC) of the Project is Rs. 6,809.69 crore. The physical progress of the project as on date is …
Read More »Eco-Friendly Technology
Adoption of eco-friendly green & sustainable materials and cutting edge construction practices & technology for road construction is a continuous process. Based on international best practices and outcome of indigenous research, new standards/guidelines are framed by Indian Roads Congress (IRC) and existing standards/guidelines of IRC are amended from time to …
Read More »Stability and Progress of Infrastructure
Total 58,635 km National Highways (NHs) has been constructed over the last five years and the current year. The Ministry is primarily responsible for the development and maintenance of NHs. There have been a few incidents of collapse of bridges/ tunnels in the country during last five years and in …
Read More »Toll Collection Operations
For reviewing the fee collection records and ensuring collection of fees as per provision of NH Fee Rule/ Concession Agreement, independent audits are conducted such as Internal Audit, Thematic Audit and Forensic Audit. Further, to overcome the issue of fraudulent practice and to ensure transparency, Toll Management and Control Centre …
Read More »Collapse of Silkyara Tunnel
National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) has included the clause to construct escape passage in the Contract Agreement of construction of 2-lane bi-directional Silkyara bend–Barkot tunnel on NH-134 (Old NH-94) as mandated by the Cabinet Committee. The tunnel being constructed is a single tube tunnel with a partition …
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