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Ministry of Defence
INS Arihant carries out successful launch of Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile
INS Arihant carried out a successful launch of a Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile  on October 14, 2022. The missile was tested to a predetermined range and impacted the target area in the Bay of Bengal with very high accuracy. All operational and technological parameters of the weapon system have been validated.
The successful user training launch of the SLBM by INS Arihant is significant to prove crew competency and validate the SSBN programme, a key element of India’s nuclear deterrence capability. A robust, survivable and assured retaliatory capability is in keeping with India’s policy to have ‘Credible Minimum Deterrence‘ that underpins its ‘No First Use’ commitment.
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Ministry of Defence
Corps of Signals Celebrates its 111th Raising Day Anniversary
Pune : 15 February, 2022
The Corps of Signals is combat support arm of the Indian Army and Information and Communication Technology  support for the Indian Army across the length and breadth of the country encompassing harsh glacial terrain to vast desert expanses and remote inhospitable jungle terrain. The 111th Anniversary of the Corps was celebrated with requisite fervour and COVID precautions on 15 February 2022 by all Signal units in Southern Command.
Lt Gen J S Nain, Army Commander, Southern Command conveyed his best wishes to Major General Vivek Dogra, Chief Signal Officer Headquarters Southern Command and all serving and retired personnel as well as civilian staff and families of Team Southern Stars Signallers and lauded them for their selfless contributions towards Nation building. He complimented Signallers for their astute vision, professional excellence and resolute determination in enabling Technology Driven Operational paradigms. He was also fulsome in his praise for all ranks of the Corps providing flawless communication support enabling the Southern Command to overcome myriad challenges emanating from the COVID situation including adoption of innovative tele and video conferencing and software solutions, thereby playing a pivotal role in the Indian Army’s response to the Pandemic.
On the occasion of their Raising Day, the Southern Star Signals showcased their versatility by organising a number of unique outreach initiatives which are a testimony of their professionalism across a multitude of activities. This included interaction with outstanding Sportsmen at Army Sports Institute Pune, felicitating the brave residents of Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre Khadki and extending support to the local orphanage. A unique compilation of intercity trekking sites in and around Pune for ready reference was also prepared as part of Raising Day initiatives. A multi activity adventure camp was organized on 13 Feb 22 which included a bicycle ride and trekking to Tikona Fort.
While extending his compliments to all Ranks, Veterans, Civilians Staff and families of Signals, the Army Commander was sanguine that the Corps of Signals shall continue with its seminal contributions towards Nation Building in keeping with its electrifying motto -“ TEEVRA CHAUKAS” !
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Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people of Sikkim on their Statehood Day
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people of Sikkim on their Statehood Day. Shri Modi also prayed for the continuous development of Sikkim.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
“Statehood Day wishes to my sisters and brothers of Sikkim. This is a wonderful state, blessed with exceptional natural beauty and hardworking people. The state has attained immense progress in various areas notably organic farming. I pray for the continuous development of Sikkim.”
Ministry of Education
Objective of Higher Education
The Government lays special focus on imparting employment-oriented education, motivate students to be socially aware and responsible citizens, to inculcate a spirit of dignity of labour among the youth and commitment for social upliftment. The Government has notified National Skill Qualification Framework  to enable a person to acquire desired competency levels, transit to the job market and at an opportune time, return for acquiring additional skills to further upgrade their competencies and ensure holistic development.
The All India Council for Technical Education  has taken several initiatives such as National Employment Enhancement Mission  and Employment Enhancement Training Programme  for improving the employability of the students coming out of the technical institutions. Recently, AICTE has signed MOUs under EETP program with leading private companies for creating job opportunities for the students. Apart from this, AICTE Council has approved a host of measures like mandatory internships, curriculum revision in consultation with Industry and industry-readiness training at the end of the course to improve the employability of the students coming out of the technical institutions.
University Grants Commission  has started schemes such as Community Colleges, B.Voc. degree programme, Deen Dayal Upadhaya KAUSHAL Kendras in Universities and Colleges so as to enhance employability of students and make them industry-ready.
This Ministry, through UGC, is also implementing the scheme ‘Career Oriented Courses’ to impart knowledge, skills and aptitude for gainful employment in wage sector in general and self employment in particular to candidates taking these courses so as to reduce the pressure on institutions of higher learning for Master Degree. The courses offered are in the form of Certificate / Diploma / Advance Diploma which students may opt parallel to their conventional B.A / B.Com/ B.Sc. degrees.
Further, the UGC has requested the Vice-Chancellors of all the Universities in the country to ensure review and revision of academic curricula of various programmes offered by them and by their affiliated colleges at least once in every three years. UGC has recommended that while undertaking such review and revision of academic curricula, the Universities should consider the existing and potential demand and supply of skill sets to make University/College students employable.
This information was given by the Minister of State , Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey today in a written reply to a Lok Sabha question.
Ministry of Defence
Curtain Raiser: INDO-KAZAKHSTAN Joint Military Exercise KAZIND - 2019
Joint Military Exercise KAZIND-2019 between India and Kazakhstan will be conducted at Pithoragarh from 02 to 15 October 2019. The exercise will comprise of nearly 100 soldiers from both Indian and Kazakhstan Army who would be sharing their experience gained during conduct of various counter insurgency and counter terrorism operations in the past.
Exercise KAZIND-2019 is the fourth edition of an annual event which is conducted alternatively in Kazakhstan and India. The aim of this exercise is to conduct company level joint training with emphasis on counter terrorism operations in mountainous terrain. During the exercise, aspects of emerging trends of global terrorism and hybrid warfare have also been included.
The joint military exercise will enhance the level of defence cooperation further fostering bilateral relations between the two nations.
President's Secretariat
Prime Minister of Bangladesh calls on the President
Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh called on the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today .
Welcoming the Prime Minister of Bangladesh to Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President said that our shared history, language and culture connect us with each other. She noted that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, bilateral ties between India and Bangladesh have grown immensely. She said that the way the two countries together have celebrated the 50th year of Bangladesh's independence and the golden jubilee of India-Bangladesh bilateral relations, is truly special. The visits of both the President and the Prime Minister of India to participate in these historic celebrations show the great importance India attaches to its relationship with Bangladesh.
The President was happy to note that Bangladesh has achieved great success in the socio-economic prosperity of its people. She assured that India will continue to be a reliable partner in the developmental journey of Bangladesh.
The President said that our relations have always been guided by the spirit of cooperation and mutual trust. The pandemic and the current international situation demand that India and Bangladesh remain more economically connected to deal with the global crisis. She expressed confidence that with this visit, the relations between the two countries will further mature and develop.
Ministry of Tourism
‘Bharat Parv’ being organized as part of Republic Day 2018 Celebrations from 26th To 31st January, 2018 Red Fort, Delhi
Parv to Generate Patriotic Mood, promote rich Cultural Diversity of India and to Ensur Participation of General Public
As part of the Republic Day 2018 celebrations, the ‘Bharat Parv’ event is being organized by the Government of India at the Red Fort, Delhi from 26th to 31st January, 2018. The prime objective of organizing the event is to generate a patriotic mood, promote the rich cultural diversity of the country and to ensure wider participation of the general public.
Smt. Rashmi Verma, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism will inaugurate the event at 5.00 pm on 26th January, 2018  and it would be open for public till 10.00 pm. From 27th to 31st January, 2018, the event will be open from 12 Noon to 10.00 pm. The event is open for public and entry is free. However, identity proof is to be carried for entry to the event.
A Media Room has been set up at the venue to facilitate media persons.
The Ministry of Tourism has been designated as the nodal Ministry for the event, the highlights of which include Display of Republic Day Parade Tableaux, Performances by the Armed Forces Bands , a Multi-Cuisine Food Court, Craft Mela, Cultural Performances from different regions of the country and Photo Exhibition by the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity .
The Cultural Performances include choreographed Fork/ Tribal Dances and Music arranged through the North Zonal Cultural Centre as well as performances by cultural troupes from the different States / UTs of the country. The Food Court will have stalls set up by the States/ UTs, National Association of Street Vendors of India  showcasing street food from different regions as well as by the Institutes of Hotel Managements and ITDC.
The Craft Mela with 50 stalls will showcase the diverse handicrafts of the country, arranged by the State Governments and Ministry of Textiles through the office of the Development Commissioner of Handicrafts. There will be Theme State Pavilions where each State would showcase their strengths along with tourism products. DAVP is also setting up an exhibition on the theme “Naya Bharat Hum Karke Rahenge”. A live ‘Cookery Demonstration Area’ is being set up in the food court to promote cuisines of different States of India.
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA WILL BE CONDUCTING A NEW SURVEY ON HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE SURVEY 2022-23 FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR
Government of India will be conducting a new survey on Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2022-23 for a period of one year. The field work for the same will be carried out by the officials of Field Operations Division of National Statistical Office. A regional training conference, for field officials who will be conducting the Survey in the Western Region of Gujarat, was inaugurated in Regional Office, Ahmedabad by Shri S K Bhanawat, Dy. Director General & Regional Head, National Statistical Office, Field Operations Division, Regional Office, Ahmedabad. In his inaugural address Shri Bhanawat said that all- India survey on Household Consumption Expenditure Survey  will be undertaken by trained filed officials. Through this Survey information will be collected for preparation of budget shares of different commodity groups in total consumption for compilation of consumer price indices for rural and urban India. In addition, statistical indicators of level of living, social consumption and well-being, and inequalities therein will also be compiled from the data collected in the survey.
The survey period of Household Consumption Expenditure Survey will be divided into 10 panels, each of three months duration. In the first month of any panel HCQ  questionnaire and any one the questionnaire among FDQ , CSQ  and DGQ  will be canvassed in selected households. In the second month, any one of the remaining two questionnaires not canvassed in first month will be canvassed and in the last month of any panel the last remaining questionnaire will be canvassed. Canvassing sequence of questionnaires in each month of a Panel for a particular FSU will be decided randomly. Thus, it will be a panel survey for a short duration where each sample FSU and each sample household will be retained for a period of three months. Shri Jayaprakash Honrao, Deputy Director, Regional Office, NSO welcomed all participants. He highlighted the importance of NSS data and its’ timeliness in his address. Shri B T Rajgor, Assistant Director, NSO , Rajkot also participated along with around 70 participants from the Regional Office, Ahmedabad and Sub-Regional offices of NSO located at Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Rajkot and Surendranagar.
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Ministry of Power
NTPC launches Hydrogen Fuel bus and car project for Leh and New Delhi – Invites Global EOI
NTPC Ltd, India's largest power producer and a central PSU under Ministry of Power, has invited Global Expression of Interest  to provide 10 Hydrogen Fuel Cell  based electric buses and an equal number of Hydrogen Fuel Cell based electric cars in Leh and Delhi. The EoI has been issued by NTPC's wholly owned subsidiary, NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam  Limited.
The move to procure Hydrogen Fuel Cell based vehicles is first of its kind project in the country, wherein a complete solution from green energy to the fuel cell vehicle would be developed.
The initiative, which has been undertaken with support of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, will also harness renewable energy for generation of hydrogen and develop it's storage and dispensation facilities as part of pilot projects at Leh and Delhi. The move to launch hydrogen powered vehicles aims at decarbonizing mobility segment.
The PSU has been taking various technology initiatives to provide complete e-Mobility solution for public transport including creation of public charging infrastructure and providing electric buses to State/City Transport Undertakings. In this regard, 90 public charging stations in various cities and battery charging and swapping station at Faridabad for e-3-wheelers have already been commissioned. Similarly, e-Bus solution for Andaman & Nicobar Administration is under implementation.
The EOI can be downloaded from the following link:
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Ministry of Jal Shakti
Water Treaty/Agreement
Government of India has signed water treaties/ agreement with our neighbouring countries in the past for mutual benefits in the field of water resources. Indus Waters Treaty was signed in the year 1960 with Pakistan concerning the use of waters of the Indus system of rivers. The Treaty extends to main rivers of Indus basin i.e. Sutlej, Beas, Ravi  and Jhelum, Chenab and Indus  including their tributaries and sub tributaries and other water bodies. All the waters of the Eastern Rivers were allocated to India for her unrestricted use while India is under obligation to let flow all the waters of the Western Rivers, except for the domestic, non-consumptive and other uses permitted in the Treaty.
A Treaty has been signed with Nepal in the year 1996, viz. Mahakali Treaty concerning Integrated Development of the Mahakali River , including Sarda Barrage, Tanakpur Barrage and Pancheshwar Project. In addition, Kosi Agreement, 1954  and Gandak Agreement, 1959  were signed with Nepal for construction of Kosi Project and Gandak Project respectively.
Ganga / Ganges Waters sharing Treaty was signed with Bangladesh in the year 1996 for sharing of Ganga/Ganges waters at Farakka. As per the Treaty, the Ganga/Ganges waters is being shared at Farakka  during lean period, from 1st January to 31st May every year, on 10-day period basis as per the formula provided in the Treaty.
No proposal is pending with the Government to have such water treaty/agreements with the neighbouring countries in the coming days.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
21 Greenfield Airports are to be set up in the country, 11 are operationalized
Government of India has formulated a Greenfield Airports Policy, 2008 which provides detailed guidelines, procedures and steps related to construction of Greenfield airports across the country, including in Bihar. Under the GFA Policy, the project proponent- an airport developer or the respective State Government willing to establish a Greenfield airport is required to send a proposal to the Ministry of Civil Aviation in the prescribed format for 2-stage approval process i.e., 'Site Clearance' followed by 'In-Principle' approval.
Under the GFA policy, Government of India has accorded 'In-Principle' approval for setting up of 21 Greenfield Airports namely, Mopa in Goa, Navi Mumbai, Shirdi and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra, Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Hassan and Shivamogga in Karnataka, Dabra  in Madhya Pradesh, Kushinagar and Noida  in Uttar Pradesh, Dholera and Hirasar in Gujarat, Karaikal in Puducherry, Dagadarthi, Bhogapuram and Orvakal  in Andhra Pradesh, Durgapur in West Bengal, Pakyong in Sikkim, Kannur in Kerala and Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh across the country.
Out of these, 11 Greenfield airports viz. Durgapur, Shirdi, Kannur, Pakyong, Kalaburagi, Orvakal , Sindhudurg, Kushinagar, Itanagar, Mopa and Shivamogga have been operationalised.
Government of India has also granted the first stage clearance i.e. site clearance for construction of three Greenfield airports namely Alwar in Rajasthan, Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh and Mandi in Himachal Pradesh.
The responsibility of implementation of airport projects including funding of the projects rests with the concerned airport developer including the respective State Government .
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Gen.  V. K.Singh  in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Finance
DGGI HQ books case against 3 firms for issuance of fake invoices without actual supply of goods worth Rs 4,198 crores
Directorate General of GST Intelligence  Headquarters booked a case on 3rd March 2020 against M/s Fortune Graphics Limited, M/s Reema Polychem Private Limited & M/s Ganpati Enterprises.
The aforesaid companies/ firms are involved in issuance of invoices without any actual supply of goods. This case was detected and developed by officers on further data analytics out of a case booked against one of the exporters, namely, M/s Anannya Exim, which was covered in the all India operation launched by DGGI-DRI on 11.09.2019, against various exporters for fraudulently claimed IGST refund on the strength of ineligible ITC.
During investigation, it was revealed that M/s Fortune Graphics Limited, M/s Reema Polychem Private Limited & M/s Ganpati Enterprises have issued invoices worth more than Rs 4,198 Crores wherein Tax amount of more than Rs 660 Crores has been fraudulently passed on as ITC credit to buyers of such fake invoices. It is also understood that, in the past, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence have booked a case of diversion of duty-free goods imported under Advance authorisation scheme by M/s Reema Polychem Pvt Ltd.
One of the directors of M/s Reema Polychem Private Limited has been arrested on 04.03.2020 under Section 69 of CGST Act, 2017 for offences under the provisions of Sections 132 and 132 of the CGST Act, 2017. Role of other directors of these three firms is under investigation.
Further investigations are in progress.
Ministry of Defence
Shri S K Chourasia appointed as DGOF and Chairman of Ordnance Factory Board
Shri Sunil Kumar Chourasia, IOFS, has been appointed as the new Director General of Ordnance Factories  and Chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board  w.e.f. 1st December, 2017. Previously, he was Member, OFB and was in charge of Material & Components division.
Graduating in Mechanical Engineering from Jabalpur and thereafter earning an M Tech from IIT Kanpur, Shri Chourasia joined Indian Ordnance Factories Service in 1981.
He was deputed by the Government of India to United Kingdom for an MBA. Further, Shri Chourasia was in the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi during in-service training and was awarded an M Phil.
During his tenure in the Ordnance Factories’ organization, he gathered rich and varied experience in Production & Operations management, weapon and ammunition manufacturing. He has travelled widely across the globe in his official capacity.
Shri Chourasia was selected to work in Government of India as Deputy Secretary and thereafter Director in Ministry of Defence from 1992 to 1997. He was Chief Vigilance Officer in PSUs from 2002 to 2005. From 2005 to 2008, he held the post of Director & Commissioner for Departmental Enquiries at Central Vigilance Commission. Before taking over as Member at OFB, he was the General Manager of Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project, Trichy & Sr. General Manager of Ordnance Factory Kanpur.
Shri Chourasia is well known for taking problems head-on and offer pragmatic solutions. He very well appreciates the changed defence production scenario in India. 100% FDI in Defence Production has allowed the entry of new players, both domestic as well as international. With a liberalised Defence Market, higher expectations from customers, and most crucially the growing competition from national and international players, OFB faces tougher challenges. He has put emphasis on ‘Quality of Products’ as the key to meet all challenges.
However, Shri Chourasia believes that every challenge offers an opportunity. In order to leverage the maximum from the changed defence production ambience, OFB has placed greater focus on ‘Research & Development’. Manufacturing of new products through collaboration with public and private players is the core mantra of OFB. The 200 years’ old organisation has identified key areas of R&D and is accordingly working on several R&D Growth Driver Projects.
Shri Chourasia urges OFB to be competitive and galvanize every possible resource to stand tall as the Complete Combat Solution Provider for the nation.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM appreciates effort of Cubbon Reads for inculcating the love of reading among people
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has appreciated the effort of Cubbon Reads  for inculcating the love of reading among people.
Responding to the tweet by Lok Sabha MP, Shri P C Mohan, the Prime Minister tweeted;
“Commendable effort to spread the joys of reading.”