New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Strategies for sustainable development of water resources took centrestage as V.L. Kantha Rao, Secretary, Department of Water Resources, chaired a Regional State Water Secretaries Conference in Telangana, an official said on Thursday.At the meeting, held at Dr MCR HRD Institute of Telangana, Rao, who heads Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD & GR), Ministry of Jal Shakti, reaffirmed the department’s commitment to prov…
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New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The Centre on Friday announced the release of over Rs 1,142 crore to strengthen rural local bodies in Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Punjab and Mizoram during FY 2025–26 as part of the 15th Finance Commission’s untied grants.For Madhya Pradesh, a sum of Rs 631.91 crore has been released as the second instalment of Untied Grants of FY 2025-26 for 51 eligible district panchayats, 300 block panchayats and 22,933 gram panchayats (GPs). Further, Rs 1.26 crore of withheld po…
Bengaluru, March 24 (IANS) The Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, has commended the Karnataka Minor Irrigation and Groundwater Development Department for the successful and time-bound completion of the state’s First Spring Census. B.K. Pavithra, Secretary of the Minor Irrigation and Groundwater Development Department, officially received the certificate of appreciation in recognition of this achievement, an official statement by the Ministry of Minor Irrigation said on Tuesday.Conduc…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) A sea of Forest Guards in uniform, sitting on their cycles and passing through India Gate, was the highlight of Sunday morning at the 66th Fit India Sundays on Cycle event. The flag-off at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium became a proud moment as the army band played patriotic tunes and conch shells were blown. The latest edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle was organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry o…
Hyderabad, March 18 (IANS) Telangana’s irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy announced on Wednesday that a dedicated nodal agency will be constituted for ‘Flood Plain Zoning’ in the state.He promised to identify the first river reaches for demarcation with mapping of vulnerable pockets before the upcoming monsoon.The minister was addressing workshop on Flood Plain Zoning for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, organised by the Krishna and Godavari Basin Organisation, Ministry of Jal Shakti in Hyd…
Bhopal, March 17 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Jal Shakti under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 2.0 in New Delhi. The agreement was signed in the presence of Union Minister of Jal Shakti C.R. Paatil and Sampatiya Uikey, Minister, PHED, Madhya Pradesh, along with senior state officials. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav joined the ceremony virtually from Bhopal.Responding to this development, the Chief Minister said special e…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil on Friday launched the Sujal Gaon ID, a scheme‑based unique digital identifier that enables complete digital mapping of rural piped water supply assets. The IDs were released by the Minister during a meeting with Ministers of Public Health Engineering Department (PHED)/Rural Water Supply (RWS) and Panchayati Raj Departments of States and Union Territories to discuss the implementation roadmap of Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, said a sta…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) India’s data centre industry is witnessing steady growth, with the country’s total capacity rising from around 375 MW in 2020 to nearly 1,500 MW by 2025, the Parliament was informed on Friday.In a written response to a question in Rajya Sabha, Union Minister Jitin Prasada said that to support artificial intelligence (AI) development, about 38,231 GPUs have been onboarded through 14 empanelled service providers and data centres under the AI compute capacity framewor…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu, attending the ‘Jal Mahotsav 2026’ here on Wednesday, emphasised the importance of water conservation and community participation in ensuring sustainable water management across the country. In her address, the President said that in India, water is not merely a basic necessity but is deeply connected with the nation’s culture, traditions, livelihoods and community life. She noted that for many years, particularly in rural areas, villagers, e…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Centre on Sunday said it has released over Rs 299 crore to strengthen Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) in Assam under the 15th Finance Commission (XV-FC) grants for the financial year 2025–26.According to the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, the release includes the second instalment of Untied Grants for FY 2025–26 amounting to Rs 256.60 crore.The funds will benefit all eligible 27 District Panchayats (DPs), 182 Block Panchayats (BPs) …