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Ministry of Railways
Mega Blood Donation Drive by Railway Protection Force 
About Four thousand RPF Personnel donated blood on RPF Raising Day
For the first time, Mega Blood Donation Drive was organized by Railway Protection Force . During this Mega Blood Donation Drive, 3946 RPF Personnel donated blood on RPF Raising Day on 17th and 20th September, 2022.
On the occasion of Raising day of Railway Protection Force & National Silk Day on 20th September 2022, Minister of State, Railways & Textiles, Mrs. Darshana Vikram Jardosh has taken salute in parade at Jagjeevan Ram Railway Protection Force academy at Lucknow. Thereafter, the Minister of State announced creation of training center/ common facility center in the campus of 3rd battalion of Railways Protection Special Force, Lucknow with total financial support of Rs. 3.00 crore. She also inaugurated Design and Technology Development Workshop, interacted with trainee artisans and distributed them Pahchan Identity card. On this occasion, Shri Sanjay Chandar, Director General, RPF and senior officials were also present.
Prime Minister's Office
Gift for the Spouse of Prime Minister of Mauritius by Prime Minister IKKAT STOLE IN TEAK WOOD BOX
A timeless masterpiece created by the artisans of Odisha – this is a traditional mulberry silk stole adorned with the exquisite Ikat technique. ‘Ikat’ is a meticulous dyeing process on silk or cotton. It involves tying and dying specific sections of threads to produce a symphony of shades, while keeping the tied portions untouched.
As these threads intertwine, they create a resplendent fabric, graced with pale motifs against a dark backdrop. Precision is the heart of this art. Originating in the 12th century when artisans migrated from Gujarat, the legacy of Odisha Ikat endures and thrives.
The stole is presented in a Teak wood box, It has been handcrafted by artisans of Gujarat using the hardy and durable teak wood.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilisers Shri Sadanand Gowda has urged PSUs under his Ministry to release their CSR funds for fighting COVID-19 Pandemic
Minister urges employees to contribute at least one day's wages
In view of the urgent need to fight COVID-19 pandemic, Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri D. V Sadananda Gowda has urged all the profit making PSUs under his Ministry to donate part of their CSR funds to Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund 
In a letter sent to CMDs of all the PSUs, Shri Gowda has said, Government of India is taking all possible steps to prevent spreading of the outbreak , however a public health situation of this scale requires concerted efforts from all sections of the society ,therefore I request you all to contribute maximum possible amount of your CSR budget to PM CARES.
He said, Government of India has set up the PM CARES fund with the primary objective of dealing with any kind of emergency or distress situation such as that posed by COVID-19 pandemic and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, has already clarified that any contribution made to the said fund shall qualify as CSR expenditure under the Companies Act 2013.
Shri Gowda said that it is a good opportunity for the PSUs to utilize their unspent CSR funds for financial year 2019-20 by contributing to the above fund immediately. Similarly the companies may also contribute to this fund from April 2020 onwards for FY 2020-21.
Central Minister said that he has also requested CMDs of all the PSUs to motivate the employees of their company to voluntarily contribute at least one day of their monthly salary to PM CARES fund.
Shri Gowda has donated his one month salary and one crore rupees from his MPLAD fund to PM National Relief Fund.
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Department of Atomic Energy
Union Minister Dr.Jitendra Singh says,Government has accorded approval for setting up the largest nuclear power generating site at Jaitapur in Maharashtra with a total capacity of 9900 MW
Minister says, presently techno - commercial discussions to arrive at the project proposal with M/s. EDF, France are in progress
Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the Government has accorded ‘In-Principle’ approval of the site at Jaitapur in Maharashtra for setting up six nuclear power reactors of 1650 MW each in technical cooperation with France which would make it the largest nuclear power generating site with a total capacity of 9900 MW.
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, DrJitendra Singh informed that the project is proposed to be setup at Jaitapur site in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. He said, presently techno - commercial discussions to arrive at the project proposal with M/s. EDF, France are in progress.
In a separate written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on nuclear power capacity, DrJitendra Singh informed that the present installed nuclear power capacity in the country is 6780 MW and the share of nuclear power in the total electricity generation in the country is about 3.1% in the year 2020-21.
The Minister said that Nuclear power is clean and environment friendly, apart from having a huge potential to ensure the country’s long term energy security on a sustainable basis. The nuclear power plants have so far generated about 755 Billion Units of electricity saving about 650 Million Tons of CO2 emission.
DrJitendra Singh said that the net zero targets are expected to be met through a combination of various clean energy sources including nuclear power. In this context, the present nuclear power capacity of 6780 MW is planned to be increased to 22480 MW by 2031 on progressive completion of projects under construction and accorded sanction. More nuclear power reactors are planned in future.
- The Government has taken several measures to enhance the generation from nuclear power plants in the country. These include:
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- Accord of administrative approval and financial sanction of - ten  indigenous 700 MW Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors  to be set up in fleet mode with provision of equity support.
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- Resolution of issues related to Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage  Act & Creation of Indian Nuclear Insurance Pool .
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- Amendment of the Atomic Energy Act to enable Joint Ventures of Public Sector Companies to set up nuclear power projects.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM to visit Thailand from 2nd-4th November 2019
PM to participate in various ASEAN related summits
PM to address Indian community in Bangkok today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Bangkok, Thailand today. He will participate in various ASEAN related Summits including the ASEAN-India Summit, East Asia Summit and a meeting on RCEP negotiations. He will also hold meetings with world leaders to discuss important bilateral and global issues.
In his departure statement, Prime Minister said ASEAN related Summits are key elements of India’s foreign policy, most notably our Act East Policy. Highlighting the importance of East Asia Summit, Prime Minister said it gives an opportunity to present our vision for the Indo-Pacific region.
At 6 PM IST today, PM will address ‘Sawasdee PM Modi’ community programme in Bangkok. Praising the contributions of Indian community to Thailand, Prime Minister said he is looking forward to interact with them.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
75 Nutrition smart villages will strengthen India’s campaign against malnutrition
Awareness about millets in nutrition needs to be increased, says Agriculture Minister
Natural seeds should be made available to villages: Shri Tomar
As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, to commemorate the 75th year of Independence of India a programme on “Nutrition Smart Village” will be initiated to strengthen the Poshan Abhiyan. This new initiative aims to reach out to 75 villages across India through the network of All India Coordinated Research Project on Women in Agriculture  which is in operation at 13 centres in 12 States of India besides the coordinating institute located at Bhubaneswar said Union Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar while addressing an event organized by Indian Council of Agriculture Research today in New Delhi.
The initiative has been undertaken in line with the Prime Minister's call to all the academicians, agricultural scientists and all the institutions to adopt and transform 75 villages. Under the initiative, A total of 75 villages will be adopted by AICRP centres and ICAR-CIWA, for which the AICRP centres will adopt 5 villages each with the remaining to be adopted by ICAR-CIWA with an aim to develop 75 Nutri-Smart villages.
The objectives of the initiative are promoting nutritional awareness, education and behavioural change in rural areas involving farm women and school children, harnessing traditional knowledge through the local recipe to overcome malnutrition and implementing nutrition-sensitive agriculture through homestead agriculture and Nutri-garden.
To achieve the goal of Malnutrition free villages, intensive awareness campaigns and field activities will be undertaken for focusing on the concept of Nutri-village / Nutri-food / Nutri-diet/ Nutri-thali etc. for strengthening the Poshan Abhiyan. Awareness among the women farmers will also be created about their legal rights in all walks of life. The products/tools/technologies developed by AICRP centres will be evaluated through multi-location trials.
During the event, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar released 3 publications. The publications are ‘Technology profile of food products’, ‘Work participation and women in agriculture in India’ and ‘Gender Sensitive Agri-Horti Cropping System Model for addressing livelihood nutrition and entrepreneurship’.
Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Kailash Choudhary and Ms. Shobha Karandlaje, Secretary, Agriculture, Shri Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, DARE, Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra also addressed the event.
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Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
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122.69 lakh houses sanctioned under the ‘Housing for All’ Mission period till 31 March 2022 under
Against the sanctioned houses, 102.23 lakh have been grounded for construction; of which 61.50 lakh are completed/ delivered to beneficiaries
The Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Kaushal Kishore in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today informed that the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban  – ‘Housing for All’ Mission, since 25.06.2015 for giving Central assistance to States/ Union Territories  for providing all-weather pucca houses to all eligible urban beneficiaries. Based on the project proposals submitted by States/ UTs, a total of 122.69 lakh houses have been sanctioned during the Mission period i.e. till 31 March 2022.
Against the sanctioned houses, 102.23 lakh have been grounded for construction; of which 61.50 lakh are completed/ delivered to beneficiaries.
Under PMAY-U, during the last four years and current year, a total of 89,90,838 houses have been sanctioned, 78,92,361 have been grounded for construction, 54,08,086 have been completed and 48,66,306 have been allotted/occupied by beneficiaries.
State/UT-wise and year-wise details of Central assistance released and utilised during last four years and current year  under PMAY-U are at Annexure-I.
State/UT-wise and year-wise details of Central assistance and State share approved during last four years and current year  under PMAY-U are at Annexure-II.
State/UT-wise details of number of projects along with houses which are presently under construction under PMAY-U are at Annexure-III.
Completion of projects generally takes 12-36 months in different verticals of the Scheme. Out of the total 122.69 lakh sanctioned houses, around 41 lakh houses have been sanctioned in the last two years. States/ UTs have been advised to expedite the construction of sanctioned houses so that all houses are completed within the stipulated timeline as per Detailed Project Reports.
Prime Minister's Office
PM conveys best wishes on occasion of Hindi Diwas
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has conveyed his best wishes on the occasion of Hindi Diwas.
The Prime Minister posted on X:
“मेरे सभी परिवारजनों को हिन्दी दिवस की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं। मेरी कामना है कि हिन्दी भाषा राष्ट्रीय एकता और सद्भावना की डोर को निरंतर मजबूत करती रहेगी।”
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Toilets 2.0 campaign gains momentum as ULBs and Citizens join hands to transform public/community toilets in urban areas
The recently launched Toilets 2.0 Campaign focuses on the thematic areas of 1. People for Toilets 2. Partners for Toilets 3. DesignToilets 4. Rate your Toilets 5. My Thoughts – Our Toilets. The campaign is witnessing the large-scale mobilization of citizens, NGOs, private sector by Urban Local Bodies to refurbish public and community toilets.The six-week long campaign aims to make toilets functional, usable, and aesthetic.
Urban Local Bodies  have been mobilizing enthusiastic citizens to clean and maintain public/community toilets under the People for Toilets theme. Wall paintings showcasing cultural heritage found their way on the exteriors of some facilities. Guntur Municipal Corporation organised a Swachh Wall Art contest in which citizens were seen beautifying the walls of many public restrooms with paintings. From the farthest corners of Jammu & Kashmir to Andhra Pradesh, citizens with support from NGOs, and SHGs have been conducting cleanliness drives outside the public toilets. While Chandigarh MC hailed the selfless efforts of the Safai Karamcharis and honoured the ones who cleaned the public toilets during this drive, Vijayawada escalated its efforts in cleaning and beautifying the toilets across the region and aimed to gather massive public participation in ensuring better and sustainable community and public toilets. Malleshwaram has unveiled newly constructed toilets in various locations for an improved user experience. ULBs are organising various awareness programs to promote use of toilets under the People for Toilets theme. Nearly 80,000 volunteers have registered so far to participate in the cleaning and beautification activities.
ULBs are seeking to engage Partners for Toilets in the operation and maintenance of public/community toilets, to provide  One–time financial support Periodic/recurring on-demand cleaning  Adoption of toilets for a year and  Annual operations and maintenance via https://www.mygov.in/ .
Professional architects/urban designers and students are submitting innovative designs for public and community toilets under the Design Toilets Challenge via https://ecoa.in/samarthaya/
Citizens’ views on public/community toilets across urban India are being aggregated under the MyThoughts – Our Toilets initiative on MyGov. It has been gathering views of public on public/community toilets across urban India to help States and cities improve sanitation infrastructure and services. The online survey can be accessed on https://www.mygov.in//
The performance of the cities in the Toilets 2.0 campaign will be evaluated and top performing cities will be recognised by MoHUA.
Election Commission
ECI Designs Mobile App for Developing Culture of Electoral Engagement
Kolkata, March 27, 2019
The Election Commission of India  has taken an initiative by designing a Mobile Application for developing a culture of electoral engagement. This App has been developed under continuous efforts of the Commission to create better awareness.
The app provides a number of facilities to voters like Electoral Search , submission of online forms for new voter registration, shifting to a different constituency, for overseas electors, objection in the electoral roll, correction of entries and shifting within Assembly constituency. The voters can also register complaints related to electoral services and track its disposal status, acquire FAQ on voters or elections, and results.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Shri Piyush Goyal addresses the ACMA annual session;
Cooperation, collaboration, and commitment- Minister asks ACMA to follow them for growth and being competitive;
Says Aftermarket business can open up a lot of opportunities for the automobile industry
Union Commerce and Industry & Railways Minister Shri PiyshGoyalhas called upon the Indian Automotive Component Manufacturers to work in the spirit of cooperation, collaboration, and commitment, and Compete with the rest of the world and grow with confidence.Addressing Automotive Component Manufacturers Association 's 60th Annual Session today, he said that Manufacturers have grown over the last few years and pushed themselves to be globally competitive.
The Minister said that the industry is ready for the future and going to emerge victorious in the post-COVID world. “It is only in the time of crisis that best comes out of our organisation. Through trade promotion, technology upgradation, quality enhancement, measures to collect and disseminate information, ACMA can be at the forefront of this new normal”, he added
Shri Goyal said that the entire country adopted the Prime Minister Shri NarendraModi's clarion call of Aatmanirbhar Bharat to engage with the rest of the world from a position of strength and confidence for the way forward. He said that there is a huge demand for trusted partners in resilient global supply chains. “We will expand our global engagement. We see huge opportunities to expand businesses and provide truly high-quality products at competitive prices & become that trusted partner”, the Minister added.
Talking about the positive trends in the Indian economy, the Minister said “In the Railways, last month we have been able to grow our freight traffic by 4 percent over the corresponding period last year.In the current month, the trend is even better than that.Tractor sales have already been revived, two-wheelers and three-wheelers are also showing very good traction. It is a day to bring in positivity into our crystal gazing of the future, move out of pessimism. And look forward with hope and faith.”
The Minister said that we should start taking measures to tighten the belt, improve productivity, start looking at every element of cost and smarter solutions to become the preferred suppliers to customers. He said Aftermarket business can open up a lot of opportunities for ACMA if the industry starts looking at more affordability and more attractive ways. With perseverance towards quality and bringing in scale, the industry will certainly become more export competitive. He called for innovative financing for the auto industry.
Ministry of Defence
INS TABAR PARTICIPATES IN EXERCISE 'INDRA NAVY – 21'
The 12th edition of exercise INDRA NAVY, a biennial bilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy and Russian Navy was held in the Baltic Sea from 28 to 29 July 2021. Initiated in 2003, Ex INDRA NAVY epitomises the long-term strategic relationship between the two navies. This exercise was undertaken as part of the visit of INS Tabar to St Petersburg, Russia to participate in the 325th Navy Day celebrations of the Russian Navy.
INDRA NAVY has matured over the years with increase in scope, complexity of operations and level of participation. The primary aim of this year’s edition is to further consolidate inter-operability built up by the two Navies over the years and also to enhance understanding and procedures for multi-faceted maritime operations. The scope of this edition includes wide-ranging and diverse activities across the spectrum of maritime operations.
The Indian Navy was represented by the stealth Frigate INS Tabar whilst the Russian Federation Navy was represented by Corvettes RFS Zelyony Dol and RFS Odintsovo of the Baltic Fleet.
The exercise was progressed over two days and included various facets of fleet operations such as anti-air firings, underway replenishment drills, helicopter ops, boarding drills and seamanship evolutions.
Exercise INDRA NAVY-21, being conducted despite the constraints imposed by the pandemic, enables further strengthen mutual confidence, inter-operability and enable sharing of best practices between both Navies. The exercise is another milestone in strengthening cooperation between the two navies and reinforce the long-standing bond of friendship between the two countries.
Prime Minister's Office
PM in Leh: attends Closing Ceremony of the Birth Centenary Celebration of the 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche; unveils plaque to mark commencement of work on the Zojila Tunnel.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, arrived in Leh on the first leg of a day-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir today.
He attended the Closing Ceremony of the Birth Centenary Celebration of the 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche in Leh. At the same event, he unveiled a plaque to mark the commencement of work on the Zojila Tunnel.
The 14 km long Zojila tunnel will be India’s longest road tunnel and Asia’s longest bi-directional tunnel. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister, had approved the construction, operation and maintenance of this tunnel between Baltal and Minamarg, on the Srinagar-Leh section of NH-1A, at a total cost of Rs 6800 crore earlier this year. The construction of this tunnel will provide all-weather connectivity between Srinagar, Kargil and Leh. It will cut down the time taken to cross the Zojila pass from the present three and a half hours, to just fifteen minutes. It will lead to all-round economic and socio-cultural integration of these regions. It also has immense strategic importance.
Addressing a large gathering on the occasion, the Prime Minister recalled the rich contribution of the 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche. His was a life dedicated to serving others, the Prime Minister said.
He added that the 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche distinguished himself as an outstanding diplomat. He mentioned that during his visit to Mongolia, he had witnessed first-hand, the goodwill he has in that country.
Shri Narendra Modi expressed happiness that he is visiting the three regions of Jammu and Kashmir today.
He said the State of Jammu and Kashmir is going to get development projects worth Rs. 25,000 crore. These projects will have a positive impact on the people of the state, he added.
Ministry of Textiles
Measures taken to improve quality of Indian Textiles
The Government has taken several measures to enhance the quality of Indian Textiles to international standards. The steps taken include the Amended Technology Up-gradation Fund Scheme , launch of India Handloom Brand and integrated scheme for development of silk industry. This information was given by Minister of State of Textiles Shri Ajay Tamta in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. He said that the Amended Technology Up-gradation Fund Scheme provides for capital investment subsidy to facilitate technology upgradation in the weaving, processing, garmenting and technical textiles sectors for enhancement of quality in the textile manufacture. The India Handloom Brand is aimed at providing quality assurance for handloom products for safeguarding the interests of buyers in the domestic and international markets.
The MoS Textiles further said that the Integrated Scheme for Development of Silk industry supports production of bivoltine silk, provides automatic reeling machines and also supports R&D to evolve new silk products. The power loom sector under the PowerTex India scheme provides support for upgradation of looms, creation of infrastructure , setting up of yarn banks and support for pre-weaving and post-weaving facilities. The Textiles Committee operates 19 testing labs to test textile products for conformance to national and international standards. In the Jute Sector, the jute Industry conforms to specifications approved by the Bureau of Indian Standards , in the manufacture of jute sacking