Latest News of Government - 28.08.2020

• Prime Minister's Office

  • Prime Minister to inaugurate the College and Administration Buildings of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University tomorrow
  • PM remembers Mahatma Ayyankali on his Jayanti
  • PM expresses happiness over successful completion of 6 Years of PM-JDY

• Election Commission

  • ECI bids farewell to Sh Ashok Lavasa

• Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

  • Kharif crops sown on 1082.22 lakh ha area till now; increase in area coverage by 7.15% compared to corresponding period of last year

• Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

  • Secretary, Food & Public Distribution chairs meeting of Empowered Committee on schemes for PDS Reforms
  • Department of Food & Public Distribution to organise activities to celebrate Poshan Maah

• Ministry of Defence

  • 14th India-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue via video conferencing
  • Course Completion of Merged Artificer

• Ministry of Development of North-East Region

  • Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Chairs the review meeting of MDoNER

• Ministry of Electronics & IT

  • IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Launches “Chunauti”- Next Generation Start-up Challenge Contest

• Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

  • Clarification over India's Carbon Emissions

• Ministry of Finance

  • DEA holds Sustainable Finance Collaborative consultation with UNDP
  • Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2020-21 (Series VI) – Issue Price
  • Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) - National Mission for Financial Inclusion, completes six years of successful implementation

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

  • Dr. Harsh Vardhan digitally inaugurates Super Speciality Block of MGM Medical College, Indore
  • India tests more than 9 lakh samples each day, two days in a row
  • Active cases only 22% of total COVID cases

• Ministry of Home Affairs

  • Nominations for Padma Awards-2021 open till 15th September, 2020
  • Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) celebrating its Golden Jubilee Anniversary today

• Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs

  • Online Dashboard of PM SVANidhi launched

• Ministry of Jal Shakti

  • Union Minister of Jal Shakti and Nagaland Chief Minister held joint review meeting through VC for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission

• Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises

  • Big Boost to Local Production; KVIC Gets First Order for 1200 Quintal Mustard Oil from ITBP

• Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

  • Power Minister graces ceremony of 6th Foundation Day of AREAS through online platform

• Ministry of Power

  • POSOCO releases Nari Shakti video to celebrate and acknowledge the extraordinary role played by women employees at POSOCO

• Ministry of Railways

  • Indian Railways takes series of Initiatives in Tariff and Non-Tariff field to boost Freight Operations

• Ministry of Science & Technology

  • Dr. Harsh Vardhan calls for public participation in formulating STIP 2020

• Ministry of Tourism

  • Central Institutes of Hotel Management & Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management organise various Activities on Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat during the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Ministry of Tribal Affairs

  • Eklavya Model Residential School teacher selected for National Award to Teachers2020

• Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

  • President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind to virtually confer the National Sports and Adventure Awards 2020 on National Sports Day tomorrow

• PIB Headquarters

  • PIB’S DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19