The report, ‘Health impact of Jal Jeevan Mission', estimates that ensuring safely managed drinking water for all households in the country could avert nearly 4 lakh deaths caused by diarrheal diseases & prevent approximately 14 million Disability Adjusted Life Years(DALYs) related to these diseases.
This alone would result in estimated cost savings of up to $101 billion.
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) and Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal launched ‘SAGAR SAMRIDDHI’ - the online dredging monitoring system - in order to accelerate ‘Waste to Wealth’ initiative of the Ministry.
This system has been developed by National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts (NTCPWC) the technological arm of MoPSW.
In a significant development, the food regulator, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), has created a category of “Ready to Drink” or low-alcohol beverages, having an alcohol content of 0.5-8 per cent.
In the same notification, it has laid down what should constitute “country liquor” or “Indian liquor” and the constituents that should go into its making.
In its 'Ecowrap' research report, SBI said that domestic GDP growth is now on firm footing with urban demand showing good traction, while the lagging rural demand is a cause of concern. The apex bank has also revised GDP growth marginally upwards from 6.4% to 6.5 % for the current financial year.
Inflation for the current financial year has been pegged by 5.1%.
The Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority of India has granted certificate of registration to Go Digit Life Insurance to start business in India.
With this, the number of insurers operating in life insurance segment has gone up to 26.
Go Digit General Insurance, backed by Canadian Prem Watsa’s Fairfax and Kamesh Goyal, is already in the general insurance business.
In a move to reduce rising man-animal conflicts, the Chhattisgarh government launched an app to track the movements of elephants and alert villagers.
Chhattisgarh Elephant Tracking and Alert App works on Artificial Intelligence-based (AI-based) inputs received from Elephant Trackers (Hathi Mitra Dal).
The MoU is for guiding the farmers on scientific cultivation of different crops for optimum yield and income.
ICAR will provide technological backstopping to the farmers through Amazon’s network. It will improve farmers’ livelihood and boost crop yield.
It will help ensuring access to high quality fresh produce for consumers across India, including through Amazon Fresh.
The Indian Army said it has sealed a deal with a Bengaluru-based M/s Astrome Tech Pvt Ltd, to procure the indigenously-developed “tactical LAN radio”.
The “tactical LAN radio” is a state-of-the-art high-bandwidth backhaul wireless radio equipment for the provisioning of reliable communication.
It is the second contract that the Army has firmed up under iDEX.
iDEX was launched on 12 April 2018 during Defence Expo India 2018.
Union minister of health and family welfare Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated two Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) Wellness Centres at Sector 29-C, Chandigarh, and Sector 16, Panchkula.
With this launch, the coverage of CGHS cities has expanded from 25 cities in 2014 to 80 in 2023.
CGHS is a health insurance scheme launched by the Indian government in 1954.
The United Nations General Assembly has elected Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and South Korea to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for two-year terms starting on January 1, 2024, as non-permanent members.
These countries will replace Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) moved its forecast on India's economic expansion for this fiscal year higher to 6%, from 5.9%, while citing weak global demand and the effect of monetary policy tightening as factors constraining the growth.
In FY25, it expects India's economic growth to pick up to 7%.
OECD expects 4.8% inflation in India in FY24 and 4.4% for FY25.
SIDBI launched mission EVOLVE (Electric Vehicle Operations and Lending for Vibrant Ecosystem) in association with NITI Aayog, World Bank, Korean-World Bank and Korean Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) to finance MSMEs in the EV space.
The new scheme seeks to finance 50,000 EVs.
Evolve is designed to support around 1.5 million EVs.
SIDBI is the principal financial institution for MSMEs in India.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched the biennial Integrated Water Resources Action Plan (2023-25) which aims to meet the twin challenges of water depletion and waterlogging.
Khattar said that the total water availability of the state is 20,93,598 crore litres whereas the total water demand is 34,96,276 crore litres.
Gitanjali Aiyar, one of India's first English female news presenters on national broadcaster Doordarshan, passed away.
She joined Doordarshan in 1971 and was awarded the best anchor four times. She also won the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award for Outstanding Women in 1989.