Ahead of the top G20 Ministerial meet and the final meeting of G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group (ACWG) at Kolkata tomorrow, India is seeking consensus among G20 nations against fugitive economic offenders to ensure faster extradition of fugitive economic offenders and recovery of assets, both domestically as well as abroad. This was stated here today by […]

The Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar today called upon everyone to be proud Indians, always keep Nation first. “Take pride in your historical achievements. The world is stunned in recognition of your historical achievements”, extolled the Vice-President, while flagging off the off ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ Bike Rally from Pragati Maidan, Delhi today. Appreciating the enthusiasm […]

The concept of Eco-parks encourages harmony with the nature, society, forests and wildlife. Eco-restoration activities have been taken up cross-sectorally under various programmes/funding sources of other ministries/ organizations and also through State Plan budgets. Though, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change does not have any specific programme for developing Eco-parks, it has taken […]

Government of India launched the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) on 25 June 2015. 100 Smart Cities have been selected through 4 rounds of competition from January 2016 to June 2018. As on 7 July 2023, work orders have been issued by 100 Smart Cities in 7,978 projects of which 5,909 projects (74%) have been completed. […]