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REC Limited, a central PSU under Ministry of Power and one of India’s largest power financiers, is spearheading the mission to feed the medical staff in key government hospitals as well as poor daily wage labourers across the nation, through collaborative efforts. Under this tie-up, every day, 300 food packets are being delivered to the

Government of India announced results of the Star rating of garbage-free cities for the assessment year 2019-2020. A total of six cities have been certified as 5-Star, 65 cities as 3-Star, and 70 cities as 1-Star. The results were announced by Hardeep S, Puri, Minister of State (I/C) for Housing and Urban Affairs. The revised

India’s foodgrains production is estimated to touch a record 295.67 million tonne in 2019-20 crop year the fourth consecutive year that the country has witnessed record production buoyed by good rains. As per the data provided by the Agriculture Ministry, it is the fourth consecutive year that the country has witnessed record production buoyed by

The Under-5 Mortality Rate in India has dropped by 49 per cent since 2000, but there is a six-fold variation in the rate between states and an 11-fold variation between various districts. These are the findings of two scientific papers on child survival by the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative. The study highlighted that there

Madhya Pradesh has the worst infant mortality rate in the country while Nagaland has the best. Chhattisgarh has the highest death rate, while Delhi has the lowest. Bihar continues to remain at the top of list in birth rate while Andaman and Nicobar is at the bottom. Among large states, Kerala has performed best with

The Registration Committee (RC) under the Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee (CIBRC) recommended that use of antibiotics streptomycin and tetracycline be completely banned with immediate effect on crops where other options were available for bacterial disease control. The decision was made at the 414th meeting of the RC held on 1 May 2020. The

Food Corporation of India (FCI) has supplied a total number of 2641 rakes, including Wheat and Rice. The announcement was made by Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan. PM-GKAY aims to ensure no poor vulnerable family/person suffers on account of the non-availability of foodgrains due to disruptions in the

According to a new report of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) an estimated 19 million children, more than ever before, were living in displacement within their own countries due to conflict and violence in 2019. The report highlighted that 19 million children were living in displacement within their own countries due to conflict and violence

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has announced the setting up of integrated soil nutrient management a farmers’ movement. During 2020-21, the major focus of the Soil Health Programme would be on a mass awareness programme for farmers in over 1 lakh villages covering all districts of the country. The mission mode awareness of the