Month: January 2024

In a significant stride towards the vision of water security, National Water Mission under the aegis of the Ministry of Jal Shakti is set to host the “All India Secretaries’ Conference on Water Vision @ 2047 -Way Ahead”. The conference, scheduled at Mahabalipuram, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) on 23rd and 24th January, 2024 aims to ideate, share best practices & review action taken on the 22 recommendations suggested by the Centre and the States during “1st All India Annual State Ministers Conference on Water” held on 5th and 6th January, 2023 at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.…

Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj Shri Vivek Bharadwaj co-chaired an insightful session dedicated to Healthy Village initiatives in Andhra Pradesh with Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Dr. K. S. Jawahar Reddy on Day 2 of Three-day National Workshop on Healthy Village towards Healthier Tomorrow at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.   Delivering Day 2 keynote address at the National Workshop, Dr. K. S. Jawahar Reddy highlighted the critical aspects of health, hygiene, drinking water, sanitation, cleanliness and associated focus areas towards creating Healthy Villages in a sustainable manner. He presented an overview…

The 2nd batch of NCGG Internship Programme 2024 was successfully completed at the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), New Delhi on January 17th 2024. The NCGG Internship Programme is a short-term engagement of ‘selected students’ intends to provide exposure to the public policy and governance related issues to students for mutual benefit. The second batch of the NCGG Internship Programme received more than 300 applications, of whom 8 interns were chosen based on exceptional academic achievements and dedicated commitment to their respective domains. In two internship programs in 2024, 24…

The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi interacted with beneficiaries of the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra today via video conferencing. Thousands of beneficiaries of Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra from across the country joined the event. The programme was also joined by Union Ministers, MPs, MLAs and local level representatives. Speaking on the occasion the Prime Minister noted the completion of two months of the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra and said that “Yatra’s Vikas Rath has turned into Vishwas Rath and there is trust that no one will be left behind.”  Keeping…

I must start with a disclaimer: I am regarded by the legal fraternity and people who know me well as a public sector fanatic. I believe in the public sector because of their talent, commitment, direction and accomplishment and the one who introduced me into the public sector is here, Shri SushilRungta, Former Chairman, SAIL. He gets the best out of his professionals while keeping them in a good mood. Your jury is headed by one of the finest men of Indian Judiciary, Justice Tirath Singh Thakur. Anything that carries…

The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu interacted with a group of women who are founders and co-founders of leading start-ups and unicorns at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (January 18, 2024). This meeting took place under the initiative “The President with the People” which aims to establish a deeper connect with people and recognise their contributions. During the interaction with women entrepreneurs, the President said that these women entrepreneurs have changed the Indian business environment. She underlined that the ‘Start-up India’ programme was launched with the aim of harnessing the potential of our…