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Ministry of Home Affairs
Cases of Infiltration from Pakistan and China
The number of cases of attempted infiltration along Indo-Pakistan border during the last six months are as under:
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S. no.
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Month
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Indo-Pakistan Border
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Feb, 20
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-
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Mar, 20
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04
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Apr, 20
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24
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May, 20
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8
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Jun, 20
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-
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6.
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Jul, 20
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11
No infiltration has been reported along Indo-China border during last six months.
The Government has adopted a multi-pronged approach to contain cross border infiltration, which inter-alia include multi-tiered deployment along the International border/ Line of Control, improved intelligence and operational coordination, border fencing, deploying technological solutions and taking pro-active action against infiltrators.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
Special Community Interaction Programme & Multi-Speciality Medical Camp For Fishing Community At Gandhinagar
Andaman and Nicobar Command, Indian Coast Guard District Headquarters at Diglipur conducted a special Community Interaction Programme  for fishermen of Gandhinagar. The CIP was conducted in co-ordination with Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, along with Departments of Revenue, Forest, Fisheries, PMF and Gram Panchayat . The Community Interaction Program focused to educate the fishermen about importance of carrying lifesaving gears while venturing into sea for fishing voyage. The fisher folk were also apprised regarding usage of Distress Alert Transponder and other SOS procedures for seeking assistance of Coast Guard when required. Fishing community were informed regarding 24x7 Search and Rescue  Help Line 1554 which is a Toll Free Number for seeking SAR assistance at sea. Practical demonstrations were carried out on donning of Life Jackets, operation of DAT, Signal Flare and, portable Fire Fighting Extinguishers. Pamphlets containing information on aspects of safety of life and property at sea were also distributed to fishing community.
In addition to the Special Community Interaction Programme a ‘Multi-Specialty Medical Camp’ was also organized in conjunction with a team of specialist doctors and medical staff from Community Health Centre  and health workers from Health Sub Centre .
As part of ‘Multi-Specialty Medical Camp’ awareness lectures on ‘Prevention & Management of Tuberculosis’, ‘Benefits of Yoga’ and ‘Health & Immunity’ were conducted. Brochures providing information on GoI policies regarding ‘control and elimination of Tuberculosis’ were also distributed. Fishermen were also provided first hand training on CPR procedure, ‘first aid’ and ‘fracture fixation’ by medical team of Indian Coast Guard. Screening for dental diseases and ‘oral carcinoma’ by Dental Surgeons of CHC  was undertaken. Specialist doctors undertook screening for non-communicable diseases along with general health check-up for fishermen and their family members. The Community Interaction Programme and Multi-Specialty Medical Camp by Indian Coast Guard were greatly appreciated by the fishing community.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Meghalaya ASHAs: Integral to the Community Efforts against COVID-19
6700 ASHAs strengthened the Surveillance and Awareness Drives
As soon as the index case was reported in Meghalaya, ASHAs and ASHA facilitators were trained to become an integral part of the Active Case Search Team in the identified Containment Areas. One of the confirmed cases was identified from Mawtharia Pomlakarai village with over 70 households, located 12 kms from the state capital Shillong. Soon the Community COVID Management Committee was constituted in the village with the ASHA S. Kurkalang devi as a key member.
Her role was vital in identification of about 35 primary contacts in the village. When the other community members were advised home quarantine by the COVID Committee, she counselled them regarding the protocols to be followed in home quarantine, and visited the homes regularly to follow up on their medical and other needs.
Along with the village volunteers, she supported the village members for providing essential commodities like ration and drinking water to the households. She also continued her follow-up and healthcare service delivery to homes with newborns, pregnant women, elderly and known patients of Tuberculosis, Hypertension and Diabetes. She facilitated institutional delivery and mobilized the villagers for timely immunization of pregnant women and children. With the support from the fellow community members, she continued performing all her routine tasks while simultaneously taking on additional tasks related to COVID-19. This ensured that access to non-COVID essential health services was not disrupted.
Due to the joint efforts of the community and ASHA, today Pomlakarai village is COVID-19 free.
The frontline workers of Meghalaya have been instrumental in containing spread of this disease. The State’s fight against COVID-19 has demonstrated the strong embeddedness of ASHAs within the communities. At all levels, about 6700 ASHAs were made part of COVID Village Health Awareness and Active Case Search teams in the Containment Areas. The teams raised community awareness about preventive measures against COVID-19 such as hand washing, wearing masks/face covers, maintaining physical distance etc. Through active case search they have also facilitated timely access to testing and treatment.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Twin objective of lateral recruitment is to bring in fresh talent and augment the availability of manpower:DrJitendra Singh
Union Minister of State  Development of North Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh said thattwin objective of lateral recruitment is to bring in fresh talent and augment the availability of manpower. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today, he said, NITI Aayog, in its three-year Action Agenda, and the Sectoral Group of Secretaries  on Governance, in its report submitted in February, 2017, recommended for induction of personnel in the middle and senior management level in the Government with the twin objective of bringing in fresh talent and augment the availability of manpower. Accordingly, it was decided to undertake lateral recruitment on contract/deputation basis often Joint Secretaries and fortyDirectors/Deputy Secretariesin the identified Ministries/Departments.
At first, it was decided to make lateral recruitment to ten posts of Joint Secretaries during 2018-19. Eight Joint Secretaries were appointed, and out of these seven are in position at present. Accordingly, it is now proposed to fill three posts at Joint Secretary level. In addition, it is proposed to fill twenty-seven posts at Director level and thirteen posts at Deputy Secretary level through lateral recruitment on contract/deputation  basis.
Through lateral recruitment,eight Joint Secretaries were appointed during 2019, in the Ministries/Departments of Civil Aviation, Commerce, Economic Affairs, New and Renewable Energy, Financial Services, Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Road Transport and Highways, and Ports, Shipping & Waterways.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
UPDATES on COVID-19
10 States/UTs account for 75% of the new confirmed cases
Total number of Tests cross 7 crore
A total of 85,362 new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours in the country. 75% of the new confirmed cases are found concentrated in 10 States/UTs.
Maharashtra continues to top this list. It has alone contributed more than 17,000 followed by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh with more than more than 8,000 and 7,000 cases respectively.
1,089 deaths have been registered in the past 24 hours.
10 States/UTs account for 83% of the deaths in the last 24 hours due to COVID.
Maharashtra reported 416 deaths followed by Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh with 86 and 84deaths, respectively.
17 States/UTs have cases per million lower than the national average .
23 States/UTs are reporting deaths per million lower than the national average .
India has substantially ramped up its testing infrastructure across the country. As on date, there are 1823 labs including 1086 government and 737 private labs.
India’s testing capacities have surged to cross 14 lakhs per day.
13,41,535 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours. The total number of tests has crossed 7 cr today .
A high level of testing leads to early identification of the positive cases. As evidence has revealed, eventually Positivity Rate will fall when combined with higher testing.
The national cumulative Positivity Rate is 8.40% and the Tests Per Million is presently positioned at 50,920.
Ministry of Defence
Defence Secretary holds bilateral meetings with delegations of Bangladesh & Kazakhstan on the sidelines of DefExpo 2022
Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar, on October 19, 2022, held bilateral meetings with the delegations of Bangladesh and Kazakhstan on the sidelines of 12th DefExpo in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. He met a Bangladesh delegation led by Lt Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman, Principal Staff Officer, Armed Forces Division, Bangladesh. They reviewed the key ongoing bilateral defence cooperation issues between the two countries and explored ways to enhance defence industrial cooperation.
The Defence Secretary, later, met the Kazakhstan delegation led by Lt Gen Ruslan Shpekbayev, Deputy Defence Minister, Kazakhstan. A number of bilateral defence cooperation issues were deliberated with particular focus on training, joint exercises and capability building.
Prime Minister's Office
PM lauds Indian shooting team for topping the medal tally at the Junior World Championships
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulates Indian shooters for topping the medal tally at the Shooting Junior World Championships with 40 medals including 16 Gold medals.
The Prime Minister tweeted :
"Outstanding performance by our shooters! India emerges on top of the medal tally at the Shooting Junior World Championships with 40 medals including 16 Golds. Congratulations to the team and best wishes for the future. This success will inspire several budding shooters."
Prime Minister's Office
Atal Tinkering Labs play an important role in inculcating innovative spirit among our youth: PM
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has remarked that Atal Tinkering Labs play an important role in inculcating innovative spirit among our youth.
Replying to a tweet by Union Minister of State for Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, Electronics and Technology, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar about setting up of Atal Tinkering Labs in his first school St. Paul’s in Kuriachira, the Prime Minister tweeted:
“തീർച്ചയായും ഇത് നിങ്ങൾക്ക് ഒരു പ്രത്യേക നിമിഷമായിരിക്കണം!
നമ്മുടെ യുവാക്കൾക്കിടയിൽ നവീനാശയ മനോഭാവം വളർത്തുന്നതിൽ അടൽ ടിങ്കറിംഗ് ലാബുകൾ ഒരു പ്രധാന പങ്ക് വഹിക്കുന്നു.”
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Petroleum Products demand is gradually getting towards near normal
India’s overall petroleum products consumption, which had nosedived in last week of March and April this year, is now steadily getting to its pre-lockdown levels in June’20,as emanating from the PSUs’  sales figures.
The sales of petroleum productsin India, the world’s third biggest oil consuming nation, had fallen to the lowest since 2007, due to the nationwide lockdown, necessitated to prevent the spread of COVID-19pandemic.
With the gradual lifting of lockdowns and beginning of unlocking ofthe economy in a phased manner, allowing resumption of Industrial activity & movement of people, total petroleum products consumption has reached to 88% in June’20  compared to June’19 , indicating the increase in production/industrial/transportation activities, across all segment of economic spectrum.
Demand of Industrial fuels such as Sulphur, Petcoke and Naphtha reached to levels of 89.3%, 118% &80.7% respectively, while marine fuels reached to a level of 138.5 % vis-a-vis corresponding period last year. The crude oil throughput of OMCs refineries has alreadycrossed 85% as on date, from as low as of 55% in the beginning of April’20.
On Industry basis, in June’20,the petrol consumption has reached to 85% of last year level  and diesel reached to 82%  compared to last year level.
With timely arrival of Monsoon &pick-up in agricultural activities duringkharif season, there was marked acceleration in Diesel consumption &gained a 96% onApril ’20 levelvolume 
Demand for the LPG fuel continues to rise, with robust growth of 16.6% in June’20 over June’19.
With opening of Aviation sector domestically with 33% capacity and repatriation flights under the Vande Bharat Mission for international passengers, ATF consumption registered 4 times volume increases from April’20 level 
Similarly, with restart of major road construction projects, Bitumen consumption has registered a solid growth of 32% in June’20 compared to June’19.
Overall the consumption of all petroleum products has significantly increased from April’20 level of 49%  to 88% level in June’20 , as this comes in the backdrop of Indian economy gradually getting momentum with the ease of lockdown restrictions and revival of economic activities that are slowly getting back on track.
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Status of Avian Influenza in the country
Till 22ndJanuary, 2021 outbreaks of Avian Influenza  have been confirmed in 9 States  for poultry birds and in 12 States  for Crow/Migratory/ Wild birds.
Avian Influenza has been confirmed in poultry samples fromAlmora  district of Uttarakhand; Somnath  district of Gujarat.
Avian Influenza has been confirmed in crows in the States of UT of Jammu & Kashmir; in Kaliji Pheasantbird inTehri range of Uttarakhand.
However, crow samples submitted from Alwar district of Rajasthan have been found negative for Avian Influenza.
Control and Containment Operations  are going on in the affected epicentres of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh &Kerala.
All the States are reporting to the Department on daily basis regarding the control measures adopted by the States/UTs based on the Revised Action Plan for Preparedness, Control and Containment of Avian Influenza 2021. The Department is taking continuous efforts to generate awareness about Avian through platforms including social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook handles.
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Ministry of Defence
ENC Bids Farewell to Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh
Eastern Naval Command  bids farewell to Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, AVSM, VSM Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief  at an impressive Ceremonial Parade held at the Naval Base Visakhapatnam today, 28 November 2021. Vice Adm AB Singh inspected the Ceremonial Guard and reviewed platoons of naval personnel drawn from various ships and establishments of the ENC. The ceremony was conducted by Vice Adm Biswajit Dasgupta, AVSM, YSM, VSM Chief of Staff ENC and attended by all Flag Officers and Commanding Officers of ships, submarines and establishments. Later, Vice Adm AB Singh was accorded a farewell by the Flag Officers and Commanding Officers in a traditional Ceremonial Pulling-Out Ceremony.
Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, AVSM, VSM moves to Mumbai to assume charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command.
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Ministry of Finance
Direct Tax Collections for F.Y. 2017-2018 show Growth of 15.2% up to October, 2017 at Rs. 4.39 lakh crore
. Gross collections  have increased by 10.7% to Rs.5.28 lakh crore during April-October, 2017. Refunds amounting to Rs. 89,507 crorehave been issued during April, 2017 to October, 2017.
Ministry of Culture
Union Minister for Culture, Shri G. Kishan Reddy will inaugurate one of its kind conference on Indian temple architecture ‘Devayatanam’ at Hampi tomorrow
The conference will deliberate upon philosophical, religious, social, economic, technical, scientific, art and architectural aspects of temple
Key Highlights:
- Scholars to discuss on the various faces and styles of temple architecture such as the Nagara, Vesara, Dravida, Kaling.
- The inaugural session will take place at Pattabhirama Temple, Hampi
Under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Archaeological Survey of India  of Ministry of Culture, Government of India is organizing a two-day international conference ‘Devayatanam – An odyssey of Indian temple architecture on 25th - 26th February, 2022 at Hampi, Karnataka. The Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER Shri G Kishan Reddy will inaugurate the conference. Union minister of state for culture Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal will also address the conference virtually through a recorded message.
The conference aims to deliberate upon the philosophical, religious, social, economic, technical, scientific, art and architectural aspects of temple. It also intends to initiate a dialogue on the evolution and development of the various styles of temple architecture such as the Nagara, Vesara, Dravida, Kalinga and others.
The inaugural session will take place at Pattabhirama Temple, Hampi while the academic sessions will be held in Auditorium, Kannada University, Hampi. The conference will have eminent scholars discussing on the various facets of the great temples of India. Various sessions of discussions include Temple- From the Formless to Form, Temple- Evolution of Temple Architecture, Temple-Regional Development Forms and Styles, Temple-Epicenter of art, culture, education, administration and economy, Temple-Protector of environment, Temple- Culture diffusion in South east Asia.
The conference will be beneficial for scholars, students of Indian history, archeology, culture and architecture and general public. The aim of the conference would be creating interest among scholars and students alike, to learn and respect our heritage.
Temple has always been an integral part of the Indian life and its ecosystem in its own ways. Temple construction was practiced as a pious act not only in the subcontinent but the idea also travelled to the nearest neighborhood such as south-east and East Asia; therefore, it becomes an interesting study as to how the art and technique of temple architecture spread from India to other regions and how this art was modified.
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Ministry of Defence
NCC Cadets Undertake ‘Puneet Sagar Abhiyan’ at Girgaon Chowpatty
29 September, 2023
As part of the Puneet Sagar Abhiyan, around 500 cadets of NCC Maharashtra Directorate undertook a mega beach cleaning programme today morning after Ganpati Visarjan at Girgaon Chowpatty, Mumbai. The public beach is very popular amongst the locals as well as the tourists and is noted for its Ganesh Visarjan celebrations when thousands of people from all over Mumbai come to immerse the idols of Lord Ganesh in the Sea. The endeavour by the NCC cadets along with other civic officials and local citizens was to clean-up the beach quickly and restore it back to its original state.
Every year NCC Cadets of Maharashtra Directorate contribute in cleaning the Girgaon Chowpatty beach as well as the Juhu beach on the next morning of Ganesh Visarjan. As part of Puneet Sagar Abhiyaan initiative with the mantra ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’, the NCC Cadets and staff highlight the noble cause of caring for our environment and keeping it clean and spreading awareness about it to the citizens.
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Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Ministry of Food Processing Industries organizes Roundtable with Heads of Foreign Missions in India to discuss overseas participation in the World Food India-2023 in New Delhi
Representatives briefed on various aspects of 2nd edition of 'World Food India 2023’ to be organised from 3-5 November 2023 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
During the interaction, unique contribution of India in ensuring global food security, its vast resource base as well as huge consumer base highlighted
Ministry of Food Processing Industries today organized Roundtable with Heads of Foreign Missions in India to discuss overseas participation in the World Food India  2023, at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, New Delhi. The second edition of 'World Food India 2023’ is being organised by the Ministry from 3-5 November 2023 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi to showcase Indian Food Processing Sector seeking collaborations and investments from global Stakeholders. The event is being organized as part of International Year of Millets 2023 activities and will have Millets , organic produce and indigenous processed food as some of the focus areas.
The interaction was co-chaired by Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Smt. Anita Praveen, and Special Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Shri Prabhat Kumar. It was attended by Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Charge d' Affaires and other senior representatives from wide spectrum of countries. In all, 47 countries were represented in the interaction. Senior officers from Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Department of Commerce, APEDA, MPEDA and other Commodity Boards, apart from organizations associated with organizing the event  participated in the deliberations.
Secretary, FPI & Special Secretary, MEA briefed the representatives about various aspects of the event. During the interaction, unique contribution of India in ensuring global food security, its vast resource base as well as huge consumer base making it an attractive proposition for overseas stakeholders and exhibition encompassing different sub-sectors of food processing as well as related machinery, technological innovations, sustainability aspect, etc were highlighted.
The participants were apprised of preparations made for the event and opportunities available for participating countries/ business entities. All the representatives of the embassies appreciated the special importance of the event in existing global food scenario and assured all efforts for active participation from respective countries. The representatives assured presence of strong food processing sectoral contingent from respective countries.
World Food India, 2023 exhibits the “Whole of Government Approach”, as different Ministries/ Departments/ Govt Organizations  have partnered to pool in their respective strengths to ensure its success. Industry professionals' meets, B2B/G meetings, Exhibitions and Food Street  and Reverse Buyer Seller Meet , planned during the event, make it a unique value proposition for the participating stakeholders.