Newdelhi:2/9/22:Online nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards 2023 to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day, 2023 have opened on 1st May 2022. The last date for nominations for Padma Awards is 15th September 2022. The nominations/recommendations for Padma Awards will be received online only on the Rashtriya Puruskar Portal (https://awards.gov.in ). The Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri, ...

Newdelhi:2/9/22:Aadhaar registration, usage and adoption is progressing well across India, and by the end of July 2022, more than 134.11 crore Aadhaar numbers have been generated so far for the residents. Residents successfully updated 1.47 crore Aadhaars in July, and to date (end of July) 63.55 crore, Aadhaar numbers have been successfully updated following requests from the residents. These update ...

Newdelhi:2/9/22:Providing impetus to the Digital India initiative, the System for Pensions Administration –  RakSHa or SPARSH has disbursed more than Rs 3,090 Crore to Defense Pensioners digitally in August 2022. In another milestone, 5,62,946 Defence Pensioners migrated successfully onto the digital platform of SPARSH in August 2022. The total number of pensioners onboarded to SPARSH has crossed over the one ...

Kochi:2/9/22:Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the Regional office of the Coconut Development Board at Junagadh in Gujarat today on the occasion of World Coconut Day. Mr. Tomar also virtually inaugurated the World Coconut Day celebration at Kochi in Kerala. Addressing the coconut farmers, the Minister reiterated the government’s commitment to enhance agricultural productivity in the country and increase ...

Kerala:2/9/22:Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi commissioned the first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant today. During the event, the Prime Minister also unveiled the new Naval Ensign (Nishaan), doing away with the colonial past and befitting the rich Indian maritime heritage. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said today, here on the coast of Kerala, India, every Indian, is witnessing the ...

Newdelhi:1/9/22: CRUT has been consistently recognised both at the national and international levels due to its remarkable initiatives towards urban transport in the State and the improved Mo Bus and Mo E-Ride facilities available to the commuters. Ms. Dipti Mahapatro, GM (P&A), CRUT received the Smart Solution Challenge and Inclusive Cities Award-2022 award on 1st September 2022 fromHon’ble Minister for ...

Newdelhi:1/9/22:The Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs & Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri presented Smart Solutions Challenge & Inclusive Cities Awards 2022, here today. These awards are an initiative of the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and the United Nations (UN) in India to address city-level accessibility and inclusion challenges faced by persons with disabilities (PwD), women and ...

Newdelhi:31/8/22:The government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has always been emphasizing increasing the income of farmers and working for their socio-economic empowerment. Besides, the Central Government has taken several initiatives for the welfare of the Agriculture sector. Among these, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme is an important initiative. Progress of this scheme was ...

Newdelhi:30/8/22:Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal chaired a meeting to review the progress of Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) today in New Delhi. It was apprised that since the alpha launch in 5 cities in April, ONDC has been testing with a closed user group for end-to-end execution ...

Newdelhi:29/8/22:Mr. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, launched a report titled as ‘Globalise to Localise: Exporting at Scale and Deepening the Ecosystem are Vital to Higher Domestic Value Addition’ here today. The report prepared by India Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), in collaboration with India Cellular and Electronics ...