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Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Challenges Faced by Nomadic Tribes
Nomads and Semi-Nomads are social groups who undertakes a fairly frequent, usually seasonal physical movement as part of their livelihood strategy and moves from one place to another.
Ministry/Department of Social Justice and Empowerment vide Gazette Notification dated 21.02.2019 has constituted Development and Welfare Board for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities  for Development and Welfare of Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities for a period of three years extendable upto 5 years with following responsibilities:
- To formulate and implement Welfare and Development programmes, as required, for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities.
- To identify the locations/areas where these communities are densely populated.
- To assess and identify gaps in accessing existing programmes and entitlements and to collaborate with Ministries/implementing agencies to ensure that ongoing programmes meet the special requirements of De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities.
- To monitor and evaluate the progress of the schemes of Government of India and the States/UTs with reference to Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities.
The Department is implementing the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for educational upliftment of De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes  namely Dr. Ambedkar Pre & Post Matric Scholarship for students through Implementing Agencies . The scheme of Pre-matric Scholarship for DNT students is helpful in spreading education amongst DNT children especially the girl child.
This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
656 Startups Supported by Approved Incubators under Startup India Seed Fund Scheme 
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- The Startup India Seed Fund Scheme  implemented with eﬀect from 1st April 2021 with a corpus of Rs. 945 crores.
- The Scheme aims to provide ﬁnancial assistance to startups for proof of concept, prototype development, product trials, market entry and commercialization.
The Startup India Seed Fund Scheme  has been approved for the period of 4 years starting from 2021-22. The Scheme aims to provide ﬁnancial assistance to startups for proof of concept, prototype development, product trials, market entry and commercialization. It is implemented with eﬀect from 1st April 2021 with a corpus of Rs. 945 crores.
As per provisions under SISFS, the Government has constituted an Experts Advisory Committee  which is responsible for the overall execution and monitoring of the SISFS. The EAC evaluates and selects incubators for funds under the Scheme. These incubators thereon select the startups based on certain parameters outlined in Scheme guidelines. 126 incubators have been approved and these incubators have selected 656 startups under the Scheme as on 30th November 2022. Year-wise distribution of approved incubators and selected startups is placed at Annexure-I.
This information was provided by Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Shri Som Parkash in reply to a parliamentary question today.
ANNEXURE-I
Year-wise list of incubators approved and startups supported by approved incubators under SISFS  as on 30th November 2022 is as under:
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Financial Year
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Number of Startups Selected on the Portal
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2021
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80
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304
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46
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352
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126
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656
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Field Outreach Bureau organizes three-day ‘Poshan Food Festival’
Three-day Poshan Food Festival begins in Caculo Mall
Visit Caulo Mall, Panaji, and get a taste of health
Panji: 30 September 2021
Field Outreach Bureau , Goa under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, is organising a ‘Poshan Food Festival’ as part of Poshan Maah 2021 celebrations , at Caculo Mall, Panaji, Goa.
The three-day festival was inaugurated today by Smt. Deepali Naik, Director, Directorate of Women and Child Development, Government of Goa. Speaking to the media at the event, Smt Naik said that Directorate of Women and Child Development had organized more than 3,000 awareness programmes as part of ‘Poshan Maah’. “The aim is to create awareness to make Goa free of malnourishment and anemia. With the help of Self-Help Groups, the department is emphasizing on creating awareness about nutritious and healthy food,” she said and appealed to the young generation to avoid junk food.
Shri Riyas Babu, Field Publicity Officer, FOB-Goa, Smt Asha Vernekar, State Project Manager, District Rural Development Agency  Goa, Dr. Jennifer Lewis Kamat, GCCI, Prof Varsha Naik of Goa College of Home Science, and representatives of Self-Help Groups were present on the occasion.
The food festival aims to create awareness about nutritious food habits among the urban population by providing an opportunity to the people of Panaji to get taste of traditional and heritage food items, which are not only nutrient dense but also provide medicinal benefits.
Over 10 Women Self-Help Groups are displaying nutritious food products at Caculo Mall. The festival will go on till Saturday, 2nd October.
Field Outreach Bureau is a central government department that is involved in the promotion of Government of India’s schemes, programs and plans.
The Poshan Abhiyaan was launched in March 2018 by the Prime Minister as the Indian government’s flagship programme to improve nutritional outcomes for children, pregnant women and lactating mothers aiming for Holistic Nutrition.
Today in 2021, India is not just fighting COVID-19 outbreak but is also battling existing under-nutrition in the country. The Budget 2021 has given a road map to boost the efforts already initiated to take the agenda of nutrition in a mission mode. Mission Poshan 2.0 brings together the Integrated Child Development Services —Anganwadi Services, Supplementary Nutrition Programme, Poshan Abhiyaan, Scheme for Adolescent Girls and National Crèche Scheme. The objective is to implement a comprehensive, unified strategy to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach and outcome, with renewed focus on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity to disease and malnutrition in the country.
To ensure community mobilisation and bolster people’s participation, every year the month of September is celebrated as Rashtriya Poshan Maah across the country.
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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
National Conference on Capacity Building of Sustainable Food Value Chains
A two-day National Conference on Capacity Building of Sustainable Food Value Chains for Enhanced Food Safety and Quality organized by National Productivity Council  in collaboration with Asian Productivity Organization, Tokyo, Japan began in New Delhi today. The Conference was inaugurated by Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade , Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Chairman of NPC, Dr.Guruprasad Mohapatra. In his inaugural address, Dr.Mohapatra highlighted the relevance of sustainable food value chains and the international standards enacted through the Food Safety and Security Act, 2006. He also acknowledged the demand for food safety assurances leading to proliferation of food safety and quality assurance programmes.
Director General, NPC, Arun Kumar Jha, in his address,emphasised on the importance and potential of food processing industry. Chairperson, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Rita Teaotia, in her keynote address said that there is a need to develop the mitigation strategies for curbing food wastages, enhancing food security and food quality.
Dr.ManickamAsaithambi, Asian Productivity Organization, Japan, lauded the efforts of NPC to organize this programme on sustainable food value chains which is an international phenomenon.Dr.ManickamAsaithambiexpressed hope that the outcomesof the conference will lead to developing sustainable strategies for food safety in India. Technical sessions on various aspects of food value chains, food safety and quality will be conductedduring the conference which will conclude tomorrow.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves closure of National Jute Manufactures Corporation Ltd. and its subsidiary Birds Jute & Exports Ltd.
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the closure of National Jute Manufactures Corporation Ltd.  and its subsidiary Birds Jute & Exports Ltd. .
Procedure for Closure:
- Disposal of fixed assets as well as current assets will be in accordance with the guidelines of DPE dated 14.06.2018 and the proceeds from the sale of assets, after meeting the liabilities, will be deposited in Consolidated Fund of India.
- In accordance with the DPE guidelines dated 14.06.2018, a Land Management Agency  will be engaged for disposal of assets. The LMA will be directed to carry out a thorough verification of the assets before undertaking their disposal in accordance with the DPE guidelines.
- Ministry of Textiles does not propose to use any land or building of BJEL for its own purposes or for any of its other CPSEs and the Land Management Agency will be informed upfront accordingly.
Benefits:
The decision will benefit the Government exchequer in reducing recurring expenditure incurred in operating both the sick CPSEs in running their activities. The proposal will help in closing loss making companies and ensuring release of valuable assets for productive use, or for generating financial resources for developmental progress.
The available land with both the CPSEs will be put up for public use/other government use for overall development of society.
Background:
- NJMC has been incurring losses for several years and was under reference to BIFR since 1993. The company's primary product was hessian jute bags used for packaging of food grain used by the various State Governments. Over the years, the demand for hessian bags has eroded and to that extent, it has been found to be no longer commercially viable to run the company;
- The Mills of NJMC which were proposed for revival, namely, Kinnison Mill at Titagarh, Khardah Mill at Khardah and RBHM Mill at Katihar are under suspension since August, 2016 , because of the failure of the Job Contractor to execute the job efficiently and problems with the local labour. The different models of outsourcing operations which were attempted have not been successful. Looking at its past performance, market conditions and the competition from plastics and the capacity of private jute mills, it was noted that NJMC would not be in a position to recoup its negative net worth through operational profits. Also, NJMC has no staff/workers on its rolls. Hence, the closure;
- BJEL, the subsidiary of NJMC, was referred to BIFR, which had considered a Revival Scheme. The Draft Revival Scheme could not be implemented because conversion of land use was not agreed to by the West Bengal Government and the representative of the State Government to the ASC was nominated after a three year delay. BJEL has no staff and as the factory is not in operation; closure does not have any adverse implications.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Use of Plastic Waste in Road Construction
So far 703km length of National Highways have been constructed using waste plastic in wearing coat of flexible pavement. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued guidelines for mandatory use of waste plastic in Periodic Renewal with hot mixes and in wearing coat of service road on NHs within 50km periphery of urban area having population of more than 5 lakhs.Use of plastic waste in construction of road protects the environment from adverse impact of waste plastic.
This information was given by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri NitinGadkari in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
Special Service and Features
Shri. C.Achalender Reddy, has taken charge as the Chairperson of the National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai
Shri. C.Achalender Reddy, IFS  has taken charge as the Chairperson of the National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai, a statutory institution established by the Government of India to implement the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. The National Biodiversity Authority is the Competent National Authority of India for the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. The post of Chairperson, National Biodiversity Authority is equivalent to the post of Secretary to the Government of India.
Shri. C.Achalender Reddy is a 1986 batch Indian Forest Service  Officer belonging to AGMUT cadre and has served in different capacities in Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He served as Secretary of National Biodiversity Authority  during 2009-14 and as Director of Centre for Innovation in Public Systems , Hyderabad till recently. He is an alumni of Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Hyderabad and hails from Jangoan district in Telangana.
A brief biodata of Shri. C.Achalendar Reddy, is enclosed.
Prime Minister's Office
In "Abundance in Millets" song, creativity has blended with an important cause of food security and removing hunger: PM
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has said that there is abundance of health and well-being in Shree Ann or millets.
Grammy Award-winning Indian-American singer Falu has come out with the song inspired by the Prime Minister's initiative to get UN declare 2023 as the International Year of Millets. She tweeted about collaborating with the Prime Minister to write a song to promote millets, help farmers grow it and help end world hunger.
In reply the Prime Minister tweeted :
"Excellent effort @FaluMusic! There is abundance of health and well-being in Shree Ann or millets. Through this song, creativity has blended with an important cause of food security and removing hunger."
Ministry of Mines
Hindustan Copper Ltd. Posts Rs 61.34 Crore Profit Before Tax in First Quarter of Fiscal 2021-22
The Board of Hindustan Copper Ltd. , in its meeting held today in Kolkata, has approved the financial results of the first quarter of Financial Year 2021-22. The Company has posted Profit Before Tax of Rs 61.34 crore during the first quarter this year compared to Rs 24.79 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year, registering an increase of 147 per cent.
Hindustan Copper Limited  is a Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Mines. Incorporated in November 1967, HCL is a ‘Miniratna- Category I” Company with five manufacturing units. It has the distinction of being the nation’s only vertically integrated company encompassing facilities of mining, beneficiation, smelting, refining and casting of refined Copper metal.
Ministry of Defence
Western Army Commander Visits Jalandhar Military Station
Lieutenant General Surinder Singh, Army Commander, Western Command inaugurated the Married Accommodation Project  Phase – II at Suranussi today and dedicated 180 houses to Other Ranks of Vajra Corps. Constructed on 06 Acres of land, the housing project comprises of 30 blocks of six houses each. Green building norms like rain water harvesting, sewage treatment plant and solar water heating systems have been incorporated in this project. The project has been a long outstanding demand of soldiers and will alleviate their hardships due to paucity of married accommodation.
The Army Commander also visited Jalandhar Military Station and inaugurated an Intra Uterine Insemination  Lab as part of Assisted Reproductive Technology  Centre being established at Military Hospital Jalandhar. To meet the requirements of the armed forces fraternity, IUI Lab was made functional today. This facility is expected to act as a nodal centre for patients belonging to the Northern region of the country. The project also envisages establishing two more advance ART techniques to include In Vitro Fertilization  and Intra Cytoplasm Sperm Injection  which are planned to be operationalised in near future in next phase of the project.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 162.73 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 13.83 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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1,62,73,06,725
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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13,83,03,116
More than 162.73 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 13.83 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Culture
Dr. Mahesh Sharma Inaugurates 64th Foundation Day Celebrations of Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi, today
The National Academy of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, established in 1954 by the then Education Minister MaulanaAbulKalam Azad, celebrated its 64th Foundation Day, today the 6th August, 2018. The event was inaugurated by Minister of State for Culture, Dr. Mahesh Sharma. The LKA Chairman UttamPacharne, eminent artist Padmabhushan Ram V. Sutar and the founder of Sanskar Bharti, Padmashree Baba Yogendra were present at the event.
Inaugurating the event, Culture Minister Dr. Mahesh Sharma said, “I congratulate the Lalit Kala Akademi on completing 64 years of serving art and culture of India. Establishing an art institution is a big thing but serving art for 64 years consistently with same energy, dedication and enthusiasm is a task bigger than it and I feel that the Akademi has been true to its founding beliefs and objectives. Currently, around 65% of the Indian population falls under the age-group of 35-40 years and I feel very happy when I see the younger generation taking interest in arts. I am glad that the LKA is promoting art to the youths by organising various camps and competitions.” He also gave a glimpse of the ‘Cultural Mapping’ campaign by the Ministry of Culture.
The Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi and eminent sculptor UttamPacharne appreciated the efforts of media persons who used to try to understand artists’ lives and write about them and on art events. Expressing happiness on the 64th Anniversary of LKA, Uttamji said, “An artist is person who prefers living a carefree life but at the same time it demands dedication, austerity and penance.” Shri Pacharne congratulated Akademi staff and art lovers on the occasion.
Culture Minister Dr. Mahesh Sharma released the logo of the 12th Triennale India which is scheduled to be organised by the Akademi in December 2018.
The event also witnessed the launch of a book on eminent artist Ganesh Pyne- “A Painter of Eloquent Silence” written by Pranav Ranjan Ray.
Earlier in the day a demonstration of clay modelling named AAO..MITTI ME KHELE...was organised by the Akademi at Dr. Rajendra Prasad SarvodayaVidyalaya situated at the President Estate. According the Chairman LKA, the purpose of this workshop was to inculcate creativity in the children. Gallerists, artists and art lovers in a great number attended the grand ceremony.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles loss of lives due to bus accident in Jammu and Kashmir
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the loss of lives due to bus accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district.
“The accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar is heart-wrenching. We mourn all those who lost their lives and express condolences to the bereaved families. May the injured recover at the earliest”, the Prime Minister said.
EAC-PM
EAC-PM welcomes the emphasis of Economic Survey on fiscal consolidation, fiscal discipline and investments
Economic Survey a blue print for growth and jobs in the next five years: Dr. Bibek Debroy
Says, focus on federalism, expenditure reforms, policies for MSMEs, GST and reforms of direct taxes reflect the vision of government
Judicial reforms and role of data as a public good hailed by Chairman, EAC PM
The Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister , Bibek Debroy, welcomed the Economic Survey’s emphasis on fiscal consolidation and fiscal discipline and investments, especially private investments, as the growth driver. In the last five years, India’s average rate of real GDP growth has been 7.5% and Survey’s projections are that, to become a $ 5 trillion economy by 2024-25, with an annual rate of inflation of 4%, real GDP growth will have to be 8%. This is doable. But one should not deviate from the path of fiscal consolidation that was set out in the Medium Term Fiscal Policy Statement, articulated both in terms of the fiscal deficit/GDP ratio and the debt/GDP ratio. High deficits crowd out private investments, raise costs of private capital and pre-empt household sector financial savings. Though India is projected to grow at 6.8% in 2018-19, there is little room for counter-cyclical public expenditure. Therefore, Bibek Debroy welcomed the Survey’s emphasis on fiscal consolidation and stimulation of investments, especially private investments.
The Survey has laid out a blue-print for growth and jobs in the next five years. This draws on initiatives the first Narendra Modi government initiated between 2014 and 2019, including initiatives to change behaviour. There is a continuity between the policies from 2014 and 2019 and the expected policies from 2019 to 2024 and Survey has rightly flagged fiscal devolution and federalism, expenditure reform, policies for MSMEs, GST and reform of direct taxes. Bibek Debroy stressed that one novel and welcome aspect of this year’s Economic Survey was its highlighting of judicial reforms and the role of data as a public good. Overall, the Survey has given provided insights and also signalled some break with the past by quoting from Sanskrit texts, including quotes in Sanskrit. There is a lot of information on good governance in those texts and Survey needs to be complimented for not just quoting Kautilya, but also Kamandakiya Nitisara.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted people on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi.
The Prime Minister said, "Best wishes on Milad-un-Nabi. Hope this day furthers compassion and brotherhood all across. May everybody be healthy and happy. Eid Mubarak! "