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The Smart Cities Mission is a novel experiment in India’s urban development. Since its inception in June 2015, the Mission has attempted several innovative ideas, e.g., competition among cities for selection of 100 smart cities, stakeholder driven project selection, formation of smart city Special Purpose Vehicles for implementation, deployment of technology …

The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has successfully procured 266 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) of wheat during the current Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) 2024-25, surpassing last year’s figure of 262 LMT and securing the nation’s food grain sufficiency. More than 22 lakh Indian farmers have been benefitted towards purchase of …

Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Industries Shri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma planted a sapling as part of the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” special campaign, initiated by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Speaking on the occasion, Minister of State stated that “One Tree in the Name of Mother” …

The Expert Committee on Climate Finance has submitted its first report on Transition Finance to the Chairperson, International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), Shri K. Rajaraman yesterday. The Hon’ble Prime Minister, while addressing investors and market participants, in IFSC on 9th December, 2023, had said: “During our G-20 presidency, one of …

The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a $170 million policy-based loan to consolidate and strengthen India’s health system preparedness and response capacity to future pandemics. The signatories to the ‘Strengthened and Measurable Actions for Resilient and Transformative Health Systems Programme (Subprogramme 1)’ were Ms. Juhi …

Chairman IIPA Dr. Jitendra Singh interacted with senior level officers of Army, Navy, Airforce and Civil services at the 50th (Golden) Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPA) here today at the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) campus. The Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPA) is a 10-month …

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi replied to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address to Parliament in the Lok Sabha today. Addressing the House, the Prime Minister expressed his gratitude towards the President’s Address and highlighted the idea of Viksit Bharat which was the focal point of the …

Union Minister for Coal and Mines, Shri G Kishan Reddy launched a portal “Noble Initiative for Rewarding Mains Aspirants of National Civil Services Examination (NIRMAN)” in New Delhi today. In alignment with the vision “Mission Karmayogi” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this is a unique CSR scheme by Coal India Limited …

Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed an MoU to establish three state-of-the-art testing facilities in Chennai under the Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor – one each in Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), Electronic Warfare (EW) and Electro Optics (EO) domains. The MoU, under the Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS), was exchanged …

During the month of June 2024, originating freight loading of 135.46MT has been achieved against loading of 123.06MT in June 2023, which is an improvement of approx 10.07% over the last year. Freight revenue of Rs. 14,798.11 Crores has been achieved in June 2024 against Rs 13,316.81 Cr. freight earnings …