New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Out of around 19.36 crore rural households in the country, around 15.82 crore (81.71 per cent households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes as on March 3, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday. The Minister of State for Jal Shakti V. Somanna, in a written reply, said that at the start of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – Har Ghar Jal in August 2019, only 3.23 crore (16.7 per cent of rural households were reported to have tap water connections.This…
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New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Jagat Prakash Nadda on Thursday inaugurated the e-Bill System, which will enable the government to process the fertiliser subsidy of approximately Rs 2 lakh crore at Kartavya Bhawan in the national capital. Addressing the event, the Minister said that this online system would play a significant role in strengthening transparent, efficient and technology-driven governance.Secretary Fertilisers Rajat Kumar Mishra said that the la…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) undertook several policy, regulatory, institutional and technology-driven initiatives in 2025 to further simplify compliance, strengthen corporate governance, and enhance ease of doing business in India, according to an official statement issued on Thursday.The Ministry has raised the threshold limit of paid-up share capital and turnover up to Rs 10 crore and Rs 100 crore respectively for small companies, making more firms eligible …
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) The Union government on Thursday launched five digital reforms to boost transparent and citizen-centric administration in the country.The reforms — Ex-Servicemen Reservation Compendium, AI Recruitment Tool, e-HRMS 2.0 App, iGOT AI Platforms, and Karmayogi Digital Learning Lab 2.0 — were unveiled by Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), at the National Workshop on Good Governance Practices 20…
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) The process for base revision of macro-economic indicators — CPI, IIP and GDP — has reached at an advanced stage, and the new series of GDP with base year 2022-23 will be released on February 27, 2026, according to the government.The new series of CPI with base year 2024 is slated to be released on February 12 while the new IIP series with base year 2022-23 will be released on May 28.Discussion papers have been placed in public domain and workshops held for taking fe…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) States that adopted Aadhaar‑linked digital payments and biometric authentication reduced welfare leakage by approximately 12.7 per cent, setting a benchmark globally in public welfare integrity, a report said on Monday.The report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) said that governments worldwide distribute over $21 trillion in public payments to citizens annually, but $3 trillion is lost due to fraud, error, or inefficiency.In India, biometric authentication and direct…