Department of Posts is advancing an initiative to establish a standardized, geo-coded addressing system in India, for ensuring simplified addressing solutions for citizen-centric delivery of public and private services. In this regard, the Department had collaborated with IIT Hyderabad for developing a National Addressing Grid, named as Digital Postal Index …
Read More »HOMELESS PEOPLE
Census of India conducts enumeration of population in the country on decadal basis including homeless people. As per Census of India 2011, a total of 9,38,348 people were homeless in urban areas of the country. ‘Land’ and ‘Colonisation’ are State subjects. Therefore, schemes related to housing for their citizens including homeless …
Read More »Initiatives to Promote Exploration and Processing of critical minerals
Central Government has amended the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 through the MMDR Amendment Act, 2023 with effect from 17.08.2023. Through the said amendment, the Central Government has been empowered to exclusively auction mining lease and composite licence for 24 critical and strategic minerals listed in the …
Read More »HANDING OVER OF HYDROGEN BUS BY INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED TO INDIAN NAVY
Under the auspices of the GOI’s green initiative and the National Green Hydrogen Mission, a collaborative effort by the Indian Navy and Indian Oil Corporation Limited has resulted in handing over of a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus by the IOCL to Indian Navy for trials and performance testing. This is …
Read More »Paving the Path to Success
As the world turns its gaze to Paris for the 2024 Olympics, India proudly announces its largest-ever contingent for the games, consisting of 117 athletes across 16 sports disciplines. This diverse team, which includes 70 men and 47 women, will compete in 69 events with a total of 95 medals at stake. Supported by an impressive …
Read More »Commencement of 4th Capacity Building Program for Sri Lankan Civil Servants at NCGG, Mussoorie
The National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) has launched the 4th Capacity Building Program for senior civil servants from the Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka today at NCGG, Mussoorie. The program will be organized from 22nd July to 2nd August 2024, with 40 distinguished participants. Shri V. Srinivas, Director General …
Read More »WOMEN-LED MSMEs
The State-wise details of women-led MSMEs registered on Udyam Registration Portal in the last three years are given in Annexure A. According to the information provided by Reserve Bank of India (Financial Inclusion & Development Department, Central Office), as per the findings of the study conducted by the Financial Inclusion …
Read More »NTT DATA and The Akshaya Patra Foundation Inaugurate Innovative Government School Facility in Lakshmipura, Bengaluru
NTT DATA, a global digital business and IT services leader, in collaboration with The Akshaya Patra Foundation, announced the inauguration of a newly built government school in Lakshmipura, Bangalore. This project exemplifies their shared commitment to creating significant long-term social impact through enhanced learning environments and comprehensive nutrition programs for …
Read More »TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION OF MSMEs
The Government is taking several measures to ensure that MSMEs are able to embrace technology to remain competitive by leveraging e-commerce platforms, adopting digital marketing strategies, and implementing automation and digitization in their operations. These inter alia include MSME Udyam Certification, Digi locker, Zero Effect, Zero Defect (ZED) Scheme, MSME Trade …
Read More »BLOCKCHAIN-POWERED SMART CONTRACTS FOR MSMEs
The Government has been working to ensure the welfare of MSMEs through various schemes and programmes aimed at providing payment solutions through emerging technologies. These, inter alia, include the following: TReDS: In order to solve the problem of delayed payment to MSMEs, RBI has issued guidelines for setting up and operating …
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