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Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
An All-time Record Cargo handling at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata
Shri, P. L. Haranadh, Chairman, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata  said that SMP Kolkata handled an all-time highest record Cargo Traffic of 54.254 Million Tonnes during the April 2022 to January, 2023 compared 47.282 million tonnes handled during April, 2021 to January, 2022 and thus registered a growth of 14.75% which is much higher than the national average.
Shri Haranadh further stated that SMP Kolkata ranked 5th in Cargo handling amongst Indian Major Ports during April 2022 to January 2023 vis-a-vis its ranking of 6th during April 2021 to January 2022.
Shri, P. L. Haranadh, Chairman, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata said that Haldia Dock Complex  handled 40.162 MT of cargo during April 2022 to January 2023 vis-à-vis 34.749 MT during April 2021to January 2022 .
Kolkata Dock System  handled 14.092 MT of cargo in April 2022 to January 2023 vis-à-vis 12.533 MT during April 2021- January 2022 .
During April 2022 to January 2023, SMP, Kolkata handled rail-borne traffic of 28.823 MT  against 24.974 MT  in April 2021to January 2022, registering a growth of 15.41%. During April 2022 to January 2023, 1221 rakes were received and 1249 dispatched at KDS; at HDC, 5293 rakes were received and 5300 were dispatched during the same period.
Shri Haranadh emphasized that major commodities which attributed to this growth of traffic and SMP Kolkata to achieve this feat, include LPG, Vegetable Oil, other liquid, Manganese Ore, Iron & Steel, Pulses/Preas, Coking Coal and container etc. at Kolkata Dock System and POL , LPG, Other Ore, Coking Coal, Non Coking Coal, Fly ash and Lime Stone etc at Haldia Dock Complex .
Shri, P. L. Haranadh, Chairman, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata said that this success has been achieved due to growth of diverse cargo, arrival of new and additional cargo coupled with multi-faceted user-friendly measures like better services, improved facilities, cost-effective and customer-friendly charges and all-out efforts of the employees of the port. SMP Kolkata is expected to handle more than 65 million tonnes of cargo by the end of 2022-23 against 58.175 million tonnes of cargo handled during 2021-22.
Ministry of Mines
Mineral Production during May 2021 
The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of May, 2021  at 108.0, was 23.3% higher as compared to the level in the month of May, 2020. The cumulative growth for the period April- May, 2020-21 over the corresponding period of previous year has increased 29.4 percent.
Production level of important minerals in May, 2021 were: Coal 532 lakh tonnes, Lignite 31 lakh tonnes, Natural gas  2660 million cu. m., Petroleum  24 lakh tonnes, Bauxite 1643 thousand tonnes, Chromite 436 thousand tonnes, Copper conc. 10 thousand tonnes , Gold 31 kg, Iron ore 234 lakh tonnes, Lead conc. 26 thousand tonnes, Manganese ore 223 thousand tonnes, Zinc conc. 112 thousand tonnes, Limestone 322 lakh tonnes, Phosphorite 117 thousand tonnes, Magnesite 7 thousand tonnes and Diamond 0 carat.
The production of important minerals showing positive growth during May, 2021 over May, 2020 include: Copper conc. , Natural Gas  , Magnesite , Manganese Ore , Coal , and Iron ore . The production of other important minerals showing negative growth is: Zinc conc. , Bauxite , Phosphorite , Petroleum  , Lignite , Limestone , Lead conc. , Chromite , and Gold .
Ministry of Women and Child Development
NIPCCD organizes State Level Master Trainers  Two Days Training Programme on “Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi” at Regional Centre, Indore
National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development  organized Two Days Training Programme on “Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi” for State Level Master Trainers of Bastar , Chattisgarh from 18 - 19 August, 2023 at Regional Centre, Indore. As many as 34 Participants attended the Programme.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 201.93 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 5.34 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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2,01,93,89,325
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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5,34,61,810
More than 201.93 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 5.34 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Finance
Revenue Deficit Grant of Rs. 6,194.09 crore released to 14 States
Total Revenue Deficit Grant of Rs. 74,340 crore released to States in the current financial year
The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance released today the 12th and final monthly instalment of Post Devolution Revenue Deficit  Grant of Rs. 6,194.09 crore to the States. With the release of this installment, a total amount of Rs. 74,340 crore has been released to eligible States as Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant in the current financial year.
State-wise details of the grant released this month and total amount of Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant released to the States in 2020-21 is annexed.
The Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grants are provided to the States under Article 275 of the Constitution. The grants are released in monthly instalments as per the recommendations of the Fifteenth Finance Commission to meet the gap in Revenue Accounts of the States post devolution. The Commission has recommended PDRD grants to 14 States.
The eligibility of States to receive this grant and the quantum of grant was decided by the Commission based on the gap between assessment of revenue and expenditure of the State after taking into account the assessed devolution for the financial year 2020-21.
The Fifteenth Finance Commission had recommended a total Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant of Rs. 74,340 crore to 14 States in the financial year 2020-21. 100% of the amount recommended by the Commission to these 14 States has been released by the central government.
The States who have been recommended Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant by the Fifteenth Finance Commission are: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
State-wise Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grants Released

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S.No.
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Name of State
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Amount released on 10th March 2021

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Total amount released in 2020-21
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Andhra Pradesh
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491.34
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5896.92
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Assam
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631.48
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7578.90
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Himachal Pradesh
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952.43
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11430.85
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Kerala
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1276.72
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15322.80
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Manipur
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235.30
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2823.97
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Meghalaya
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40.91
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490.99
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Mizoram
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118.48
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1421.98
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Nagaland
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326.36
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3916.94
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Punjab
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638.15
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7658.90
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Sikkim
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37.33
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448.00
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Tamil Nadu
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335.36
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4024.94
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Tripura
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269.62
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3235.95
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Uttarakhand
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422.93
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5075.93
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West Bengal
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417.68
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5012.93
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Total
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6194.09
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74340.00
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Ministry of Defence
LT GEN Nanda Kishore Sahoo Assumes Appointment of Director General Dental Services
Lieutenant General Nanda Kishore Sahoo, VSM assumed the appointment of Director General Dental Services and Colonel Commandant of Army Dental Corps on 12 Oct 2020. During his distinguished military career of 37 years, he has held multiple important appointments including Command of a unit in Kashmir Valley, Command Advisor of Western, Central and Southern Commands.
The General Officer is an alumnus of King George's Medical University and a Post Graduate from Mumbai University in the Specialty of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. He has the unique distinction of being the Professor & Head of the Dental Department at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune and at the Army Hospital , Delhi. Lt Gen NK Sahoo is an internationally acclaimed author, teacher and winner of K S Master silver medal. The General officer is a recipient of five Commendations and the Presidential Award, VishishtSevaMedal for his exceptional services of a high order.
On taking over, Lt Gen NK Sahoo exhorted all ranks to continue working with utmost zeal and enthusiasm .He urged them to continue on the path to strive for excellence and to keep ’Nation First’ in all their endeavours.
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Prime Minister's Office
India US Partnership is stronger than ever says Prime Minister
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today said that the India US Partnership is stronger than ever.
Shri Modi was responding to a tweet from the US President H.E. Donald Trump who expressed his gratitude for India’s decision to supply Hydroxychloroquine, in the USA’s fight against COVID-19.
Reciprocating to the US President, “Prime Minister said, Times like these bring friends closer. The India-US Partnership is stronger than ever. India shall do everything possible to help humanity”.
Ministry of Communications
Telecommunication Engineering Centre organizes International Webinar on “CYBERSECURITY for M2M/IoT”
A webinar on CYBERSECURITY for M2M/IoT was organised by Telecommunication Engineering Centre , the technical arm of Department of Telecommunications  along with Delegation of the European Union to India including Project InDiCo and SESEI, on 12th May 2022. It was inaugurated by Sh. Nizamul Haq, Member  Digital Communication Commission , Government of India along with Mr. Tonnie De Koster, Advisor, DG-CONNECT, European Commission, Sh. R.R. Mittar, Sr. DDG and Head, TEC and Sh. Sushil Kumar, DDG, TEC.
Presentations were made by experts from India and Europe. Eminent speakers from the European Commission , the UK Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport , the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity , ETSI, TSDSI, the India Future Foundation, Idemia, DEKRA and the Global Certification Forum  shared their knowledge on IoT Security - Policy Prospective, Legislation & Standards and M2M/IoT Testing & Certification - Global, Regional & Local Framework. The webinar was organized in two technical sessions chaired by DDG and DDG , TEC. Some of the topics were related to the technical report Code of Practice for consumer IoT security released by TEC, which provides baseline requirements consistent with the recommendations from ETSI EN 303 645. Standards-based approach will allow sustainable solutions to be developed, with the aim to prevent any form of unauthorised and malafide access to smart devices and the network. This webinar is in line with the Government of India’s initiatives for the establishment of cyber security infrastructure and to safeguard and secure consumer devices, utilities, and industrial equipment. This webinar was attended by around 150 participants across the globe.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID - 19 Vaccination Update - Day 505
India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 194 Crore landmark milestone
More than 10 lakh Vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 194 Crore landmark milestone  today. More than 10 lakh  Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.
The cumulative coverage of vaccine doses, segregated based on population priority groups, is as follows:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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10407257
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2nd Dose
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10043381
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Precaution Dose
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5296809
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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18419758
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2nd Dose
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17589633
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Precaution Dose
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8915467
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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34410528
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2nd Dose
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17614478
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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59600158
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2nd Dose
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46191805
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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557325286
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2nd Dose
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491705752
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Precaution Dose
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1088960
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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203280987
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2nd Dose
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191223144
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Precaution Dose
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1539316
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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127114243
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2nd Dose
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119288546
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Precaution Dose
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19725031
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Cumulative 1st dose administered
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1010558217
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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893656739
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Precaution Dose
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36565583
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Total
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1940780539
Today’s achievement in the vaccination exercise, segregated by population priority groups, is as follows:
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Date: 4th June, 2022 
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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24
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2nd Dose
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570
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Precaution Dose
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12793
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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85
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2nd Dose
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849
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Precaution Dose
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32603
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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79579
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|
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2nd Dose
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190058
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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20916
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2nd Dose
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69021
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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27672
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2nd Dose
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252933
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Precaution Dose
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66722
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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4833
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2nd Dose
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56297
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Precaution Dose
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37573
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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4233
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2nd Dose
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38242
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Precaution Dose
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133292
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Cumulative 1st dose administered
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137342
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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607970
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Precaution Dose
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282983
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Total
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1028295
The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
The Prime Minister lays the foundation stone for the Biogas based Electricity generation plant for the Milk Producers Cooperative Union Plant, Ramnagar, Varanasi today
Backgrounder
Biogas based Power Generation project at Varanasi Dairy plant will utilize about 100 MT to produce biogas in about 4000 cubic meter/day capacity biogas plant. The biogas in turn shall be utilized to produce electrical and thermal energy which shall meet the energy needs of the dairy plant.
There are about 194 villages in the vicinity of 10 KM from the Varanasi dairy plant having about 68.6 thousand animals which produce approximately 779 tonnes of dung per day . Among these villages, 18 villages were sampled and 1519 farmers were surveyed. In general, the price received by the farmers who are able to sell dung is Rs. 0.25/kg. About 37% farmers surveyed expressed outright willingness to sell dung in regular manner. At this proportion around 300 Tonnes/ day should be available within 10 Km radius of the plant. The biogas plant at Varanasi dairy shall require about 100 tonne/day only which can be availed by about 2000 farmers  and few nearby Gaushalas.
In Anand, in the Zakariyapura manure management project, the effective price paid to farmers for sale of dung is between Rs.1.5 to Rs.2/ Kg. The price paid by Banas Dairy for dung procurement for bio CNG is Rs. 1/kg.
It will be a first of its kind project wherein energy needs of the dairy plant shall be met by cow dung. The farmers of Varanasi shall be able to earn not only from milk but also Rs.1.5 to Rs.2/kg from dung sale as per quality. The farmers would be given Rs.1/kg at the time of sale of dung and balance would be transferredto them as subsidyat thetime of procurement of organic fertilizer.
The project with an estimated cost of about Rs.19 Crore shall result in net savings of about Rs.0.40/litre of milk handled at the plant and will be able to recover the investment made in about six years.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Organic solar cells developed on steel substrates can convert a steel roof into an energy-producing device
An organic solar cells consisting of a combination of an organic polymer and PCBM  developed on steel substrates can potentially convert a steel roof into an energy-producing device with greater efficiency than those currently available in the market.
The potential of third-generation solar cell technologies lies in their integration with flexible and conformal surfaces. However, this integration requires developing new top transparent conducting electrodes as alternatives to indium tin oxide, an optoelectronic material currently in use and poses limitations because of its brittleness and as its optoelectronic efficiency varies with temperature.
Researchers at IIT Kanpur have developed organic solar cell devices consisting of a blend of organic polymer PTB7 as a donor and PCBM as an acceptor. The devices were fabricated on opaque steel substrates with a MoO3/Au/MoO3 top electrode. The research carried out at the laboratory of Prof. Ashish Garg at IIT Kanpur demonstrated the integration of multi-layered electrodes of configuration MoO3/Au/MoO3 with the organic solar cells. It was published in the journal ‘Energy Technology’. These electrodes offer higher optical transmission as compared to only metallic electrodes. The devices with multilayer electrodes showed a clear improvement in the photovoltaic performance by 1.5 times, as compared with those obtained with single-layer top metal electrodes of gold.
Figure: Device performance of an organic solar cell device with MoO3 capping in a multi-layered electrode configuration
The materials and device fabrication of perovskite and organic solar cells took place in the Class 10000 clean room facility at IIT Kanpur, which was supported by funding from DST under the DST-RCUK APEX project. The facility can carry out the complete fabrication of organic and perovskite solar cells. It consists of two interconnected 4-port glove boxes maintained under a nitrogen gas environment, has the capacity for handling chemicals that are sensitive to atmospheric components, mainly moisture and oxygen, and has a vacuum annealing chamber. The glove box is integrated with a spin coater, a solar simulator, a thermal annealing setup, and a high-vacuum multi-channel thermal evaporator.
Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202100689
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Ministry of Defence
President’s Colour Awarded to Indian Naval Academy
Shri Ram Nath Kovind, the Hon’ble President of India and the Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces, awarded the President’s Colour to Indian Naval Academy  on 20 November 2019. The President’s Colour - the highest honour that is bestowed upon a military unit - was received by Academy Cadet Captain Sushil Singh on behalf of the INA in an impressive parade comprising 730 cadets of INA and a 150 - men Guard of Honour. A special postal cover was also released by the Hon’ble President to commemorate the occasion.
The Hon’ble President of India congratulated the INA, its present incumbents as well as past, on the occasion of the award of the President’s Colour and on completion of 50 years of Naval Academy for their hard work and dedication towards realization of this proud day. He said that “The fine parade this morning resonates well with the high reputation this Academy has earned for itself in a relatively short span of time.The President’s Colour should serve as the motivating symbol to inspire and mould a generation of officers that will pass out from this world class institution”.
Shri Arif Mohammed Khan, Hon’ble Governor of Kerala, Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff, Kerala State Minister for Ports, Museums, Archaeology and Archives, Shri. Ramachandran Kadannappally, Vice Admiral AK Chawla, AVSM, NM, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command, and other senior service and civilian dignitaries graced the occasion. The event was also witnessed by NCC Cadets of 32ndBattallion, Kerala and children from Sainik School, Kodagu and local schools of Payyannur, besides the service and civillian personnel of INA. Indian Naval Ships Magar and Sujata and Indian Coast Guard Ship Sarathi were anchored off Ettikkulam Bay, to mark the momentous occasion.
Award of the President’s Colour to Indian Naval Academy is a recognition of the yeoman service rendered by the institution in shaping the leadership of the Navy by training naval officers over the last fifty years at three different locations - Kochi, Goa and Ezhimala. The Naval Academy was first established at a temporary location at Kochi in 1969. With the increase in strength of the trainees, the Naval Academy was relocated to INS Mandovi at Goa in 1986. The Indian Naval Academy  found its permanent home at Ezhimala, Kerala and was inaugurated on 08 January 2009.INA, Ezhimala, over a period of 10 years has commissioned 5930 officers, into Indian Navy and Coast Guard including 531 women officers. INA has a present strength of 963 trainees including 44 women trainees and 26 trainees from friendly foreign countries.
Navy was the first of the three armed forces to be awarded the President’s Colour on 27 May 1951. Besides the INA, Southern Naval Command, Eastern Naval Command, Western Naval Command, the Western & Eastern Fleet as well as the Submarine Arm are the units of the Indian navy to be awarded similarly.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Environmental Clearance To Tapovan-Vishnugad Project
Tapovan-Vishnugad Hydroelectric Power Project,an under construction Project on Dhauliganga River in District Chamoli Uttarakhand, was granted Environment Clearance  by the MoEF&CC on 8th February, 2005 under the provisions of EIA Notification, 1994,stipulating suitable standard and project specific environmental safeguard conditions regarding ecological flow, catchment area treatment, monitoring of implementation of the suggested safeguard measures by the Multi-disciplinary Committee, so as to minimize the environmental impacts of the project on the natural environment. The project was hit by an exceptional massive glacial debris flow on 7th February, 2021. According to a study conducted by the Geological Survey of India  in May, 2021 sudden change in hydro-meteorological conditions  possibly triggered the huge snow and rock avalanche/ landslide, resulting flash flood in the downstream.
According to M/s NTPC Ltd. i.e., Project Proponent, after the incident on 07.02.2021 a team of experts comprising of design experts from Central Water Commission  along with experts from Central Electricity Authority , Geological Survey of India  and Central Soil and Materials Research Station , New Delhi visited the Tapovan-Vishnugad Hydropower Project site to assess the project condition and inter-alia recommended for thorough inspection and examination of 1) Structural competency, 2) Horizontal as well as vertical alignment, 3) Any deformations and/ or cracks etc.; accordingly, Structural Engineering Research Centre , Chennai conducted a test for structural integrity of barrage structures. After testing, structures are found integral and repairable. Manual Early Warning System is already in place and round the clock monitoring is being done. Automatic flood warning system is also under implementation at 6 locations.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply in Rajya Sabha, today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM shares song performance on Pariksha Pe Charcha by students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pithoragarh
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has shared a song performance on Pariksha Pe Charcha by students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pithoragarh.
Retweeting a tweet by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, the Prime Minister tweeted;
“लाजवाब! सुरों में पिरोई गई विद्यार्थियों की यह भावना परीक्षा के उत्सव में नए रंग भरने वाली है, उन्हें उत्साहित करने वाली है।”