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42 stories for “Ministry” · February 2026
Clear filtersThe Union Home Minister launched India's first Public Distribution System using Central Bank Digital Currency in Gandhinagar. Run by the Food and Public Distribution Ministry with the RBI and the Gujarat Government, the...
The Ministry of Cooperation has launched White Revolution 2.0 to raise milk procurement by 50% in five years, reaching 1,007 lakh kg per day by 2028-29. About 75,000 new Dairy Cooperative Societies will be set up and 46,...
The Prime Minister inaugurated the first Emergency Landing Facility in Northeast India on the Moran Bypass in Dibrugarh district, Assam, a highway stretch that can serve as an airstrip for military and civil aircraft in...
The Assam Rifles plans to add the indigenous Tangkhul Hui and Kombai breeds to its dog squad and phase out foreign breeds by 2050, following a 2025 Home Ministry directive to promote Indian breeds. The Kombai, native to...
Kaushal Rath, a mobile vehicle designed to raise awareness of Artificial Intelligence, was rolled out by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in February 2026. The initiative falls under the 'Yu...
Overview In February 2026, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change announced the addition of three new wetlands in Tamil Nadu to the list of Ramsar sites. This recognition highlights the state's succ...
The Union Health Ministry began the annual nationwide Mass Drug Administration campaign to wipe out Lymphatic Filariasis. Eligible people receive anti-filarial drugs – Diethylcarbamazine, Albendazole and Ivermectin. The...
The Ministry of Home Affairs launched the State Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (S4C) dashboard of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre at a national conference on cyber-enabled frauds. It is designed to improve co...
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation announced new base years for India's main economic indicators. Gross Domestic Product and the Index of Industrial Production move to a 2022-23 base, while the Consu...
New guidelines from the Ministry of Home Affairs set out the order in which the National Song and the National Anthem should be performed. Whenever the two are presented on the same occasion, Vande Mataram is to be sung...
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology launched SATYA, a lab automation portal for the Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate. It brings testing, certification and quality as...
Indian Railways has introduced an AI-enabled Intrusion Detection System to prevent elephant deaths on tracks. Distributed Acoustic Sensors fitted along optical fibre cables detect elephant movement and send real-time ale...
