The Central government gave one-year extension in service to Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief Samant Goel and appointed senior IPS officer Tapan Deka as Director of Intelligence Bureau.
Deka will succeed incumbent Intelligence Bureau Director Arvind Kumar, whose tenure ends on June 30.
The government has appointed Parameswaran Iyer as the new chief executive officer of the NITI Aayog after the term of the incumbent CEO Amitabh Kant comes to an end on June 30.
In 2016, Iyer was appointed by the government to head the drinking and sanitation department and lead the Swachh Bharat Mission.
Kant was appointed as the CEO of the NITI Aayog on February 17, 2016.
Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is working to activate e-commerce in the agriculture domain in partnership with NABARD. ONDC and NABARD have come together to host the NABARD-ONDC Grand Challenge (hackathon) which aims to establish market linkages for the enabled players with market ready Farmers Producers Organisations (FPOs) in the country.
ONDC is a non-profit Section 8 company established by DPIIT to develop open e-commerce.
During the Conference, Amit Shah said that transactions through Unified Payment Interface (UPI) have crossed one trillion US dollar mark in financial year 2022 and today India is first in global digital transactions. He said, India accounted for 40 percent of the total global digital payments in 2021 and BHIM-UPI are no longer just an Indian app but have become global.
PM Narendra Modi led India’s participation at the 14thBRICS Summit, convened under the Chairship of President Xi Jinping of China on 23-24June 2022, in a virtual format. The High-level Dialogue on Global Development, non-BRICS engagement segment of the Summit, was held on 24 June.
Theme: Foster High-quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New Era for Global Development
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers and Health & Family Welfare, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya addressed a 2-day seminar being organized on the subject ‘Production and use of Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia in Process Industry’ by Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers in association with Fertilizer Association of India.
ACME Group to setup world's first integrated green hydrogen and ammonia plant in Bikaner
Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) is keen on building robust partnerships with various stakeholders of indigenous 5G ecosystem including local industry and start-ups. C-DOT and Galore Networks have signed an agreement for collaborative development of end-to-end 5G RAN products & solutions.
C-DOT has developed its indigenous 4G solution and is keenly working in the area of 5G.
Bureau of Indian Standard, National Standard Body of India, has published standards for Test Specifications for Lithium-ion Traction Battery Packs and Systems (Performance Testing) for Electrically Propelled Road Vehicles. The standard IS 17855: 2022 for these battery packs and systems is harmonized with ISO 12405-4: 2018.
India has over 12 lakh electric vehicles and 1,742 public charging stations.
The Delhi High Court ordered that Narinder Dhruv Batra cannot continue as the President of the IOA and appointed Anil Khanna as acting president.
Batra's removal means that his membership of International Olympic Committee will also come to an end as the coveted position was linked to his IOA presidency.
MoHUA organised a virtual event on today to celebrate 7 years of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), which was launched by PM Modi on 25th June 2015. The event was presided by Shri Manoj Joshi, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
MoHUA has launched Affordable Rental Housing Complexes, under PMAY-U for urban migrants.
ISRO said it will be launching - the second dedicated commercial mission of its commercial arm NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) - 'PSLV-C53' carrying three satellites from Singapore on June 30.
The launch vehicle carrying DS-EO satellite along with two other co-passenger satellites is scheduled to lift off from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota
NSIL is a PSU and commercial arm of ISRO established in 2019 under adm control of DoS.
Selling price of bank notes in the denomination of ₹20, ₹50, ₹100 and ₹200 rose in FY22. However, for notes in the denomination of ₹500, the prices have remained unchanged. Although notes of ₹500 denomination are the highest in terms of volume (34.9%) among all the paper notes in circulation, and also in terms of value (73.3%) their selling price has not seen any change.
RBI spent ₹4,984.8 crore for printing currency in FY22.
The Department of Telecom has launched an incentive scheme for design-led manufacturers and extended the duration of the Rs 12,195 crore production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme by a year. The incentive for design-led manufacturing is part of the PLI scheme.
PLI scheme was notified on February 24, 2021.
The National Commission for Women (NCW) organized a workshop on Gender Responsive Governance for elected women representatives (MLAs) under ‘She Is A Changemaker’ project, a pan-India capacity-building programme of the Commission for improving leadership skills of women representatives at all levels.
Chairperson of National Commission for Women: Rekha Sharma
Indian Railways has taken steps to bring Commercial Earning and Non-Fare Revenue contracts under the ambit of electronic auction through Indian Railway e-Procurement System (IREPS), in line with prevailing e-auction of scrap sale. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw launched e-auction for Commercial earning, Non-Fare Revenue (NFR) contracts in Rail Bhavan.
In 2020, govt announced it would fully electrify its extensive railway network by 2023.
Subscribers under the two flagship pension schemes administered by PFRDA rose by over 24 per cent from a year ago to 5.32 crore as of May 31, 2022. The number of subscribers in various schemes under the National Pension System (NPS) rose to 531.73 lakh by the end-May 2022 from 428.56 lakh in May 2021. APY registered a growth of 31.6 per cent to 3.72 crore by end of May'22.
The NPS was extended to all citizens of the country w.e.f. 1st May, 2009.
Union Culture Minister Kishan Reddy inaugurated Jyotirgamaya- a festival showcasing the talent of unsung performers in Delhi. As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and on occasion of World Music Day, Sangeet Natak Akademi has organised this festival to showcase the talent of rare musical instruments from across the country, including street performers and train entertainers.
Sangeet Natak Akademi was set up in 1953 for the promotion of performing arts in India.
In Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated the Seismology Observatory in Dandayal area Udhampur district.
The third such Centre in J&K has been set up by the Ministry of Earth Sciences at a cost of 20 lakh rupees. A complete seismic record of Udhampur, Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban and many other districts will be prepared at the observatory.
India Meteorological Department is nodal agency for monitoring seismic activity in India
Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Prahlad Singh Patel, inaugurated the National Conference on Millets on the theme 'The Future Super Food for India' in New Delhi, organized by industry body ASSOCHAM with the support of M/o Food Processing Industries. It has been organized to discuss opportunities and challenges in ensuring food and nutritional security
Nearly 41% of total global production of millets was met by India in 2020.
India seam bowling all-rounder Rumeli Dhar has announced her retirement from all forms of international cricket. The 38-year old, who featured in 18 T20Is, 78 ODIs and four Tests for India, posted a message on her social media to announce the same.
