New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Ministry of Power informed Parliament on Monday that the government plans to invest Rs 3.49 lakh crore by 2031-32 for setting up a projected Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) installed capacity requirement of 8.68 Giga Watt (GW)/34 Giga Watt hour (GWh) by the year 2026-27 and 47.24GW/236 GWh by 2031-32. Similarly, another Rs 1.29 lakh crore will be invested in the projected Pumped Storage Plant (PSP) installed capacity requirement of 7.45 GW/47 GWh by the year 20…
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New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) for Parliamentary Affairs L. Murugan told the Rajya Sabha on Monday that 33 out of the 37 State/UT Legislatures have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) for the implementation of the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA). Replying to a question, Murugan said, “Out of these, 21 Legislative Houses have been transformed into digital Legislatures under the NeVA project.”The Minister of State said that the digitalisation of the two Houses of P…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, on Monday announced a National Town Hall meeting against ethanol-blended fuel (E20), scheduled to be held on August 1 at the Constitution Club in New Delhi. Arvind Kejriwal took to social media ‘X’ and said, “When the country’s youth united and raised their voices, Dharmendra Pradhan was forced to resign. We must similarly unite and raise our voices regarding E20. This Saturday, we…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The 83rd edition of the Fit India Movement’s flagship ‘Sundays on Cycle’ initiative paid tribute to the heroes of the 1999 Kargil War on Sunday, with citizens, Armed Forces personnel, athletes and students participating in cycling events across the country to commemorate Kargil Vijay Diwas.The nationwide campaign also marked the launch of the Fit India Volunteers Programme, an initiative aimed at engaging young people in sports management and fitness events while …
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Incubation centres can play a pivotal role in nurturing entrepreneurs, commercialising research and strengthening collaboration between academia, industry and investors, thereby creating long-term economic value, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Ashok Kumar Lahiri said on Sunday.Speaking at the inauguration of West Bengal’s first Atal Incubation Centre under the Atal Innovation Mission at Techno India University in Kolkata, he expressed confidence that the facility would unlock…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) An AIIMS New Delhi-led review has brought together three decades of published childhood cancer survival evidence in India, providing policy makers the country’s first consolidated picture of outcomes across major childhood cancers. The researchers screened 6,802 published articles up to December 2023 and included 182 studies from treatment centres across the country, covering 22,886 children, to share insights that promise to help policy makers identify gaps and strengt…
Bhubaneswar, July 23 (IANS) Former Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Thursday expressed satisfaction over Odisha securing the fifth rank in NITI Aayog’s latest Investment Friendliness Index (IFI) Report, attributing the achievement to reforms and governance initiatives undertaken during his tenure while accusing the present Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government of taking credit for the BJD’s accomplishments. In a post on his X handle, Patnaik said …
Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) NITI Aayog has initiated a competitive developmental benchmark among states across key indicators directly impacting human life. To ensure Maharashtra achieves the top position nationwide across all Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) parameters, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday directed all government departments to formulate structured, outcome‑driven plans for the next four years. Addressing a review meeting on NITI Aayog’s SDG parameters, CM Fadnavis ca…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Union government told the Parliament on Thursday that no decision has been taken so far to increase ethanol blending with petrol beyond 20 per cent. Any future decision regarding higher ethanol blends will be taken only after detailed scientific and technical studies and consultations with all relevant stakeholders, including automobile manufacturers, oil marketing companies and research institutions.However, E85 fuel (containing 85 per cent ethanol and 15 per cent …
Bhopal, July 22 (IANS) In a major bureaucratic transition spanning both the Centre and state administration, senior IAS officer Anurag Jain has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog. Concurrently, the Madhya Pradesh government has appointed senior bureaucrat Ashok Barnwal as the state’s officiating Chief Secretary. According to an official order issued by the Central Government, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the posting of Anurag Jain, a 1…