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42 stories for “Ministry” · February 2026
Clear filtersThe Environment Ministry notified the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, replacing the 2016 rules from 1 April 2026 for both urban and rural local bodies. Waste must be separ...
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation launched PAIMANA (Project Assessment, Infrastructure Monitoring and Analytics for Nation-building), a web platform for tracking Central Sector infrastructure projec...
The Ministry of Home Affairs, the Nagaland government and the Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation (ENPO) signed a tripartite memorandum to set up the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA). It will cover six e...
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj introduced SabhaSaar, an AI-based tool that turns audio and video recordings of Gram Sabha and Panchayat meetings into structured text summaries and minutes. Built on AI and cloud technolog...
The Indian Air Force will stage Vayu Shakti-2026 in Rajasthan, described as its largest day-and-night air power demonstration. Separately, the 13th edition of the India-Kyrgyzstan joint military exercise, KHANJAR-XIII, i...
Denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes (DNTs) are demanding a separate column in the caste enumeration planned for February 2027, the first since 1931, and constitutional recognition in a Schedule like SCs, STs and...
The Union Government published the first national dataset on waste-pickers under the NAMASTE (National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem) scheme. Urban Local Bodies in 35 States and Union Territories have profil...
Tripura topped the Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0 released by the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Jugal Kishore Nagar Village Committee in Sepahijala district was the best-performing local body in India with a s...
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has released details of a new Consumer Price Index series, moving the base year from 2011-12 to 2023-24. The revision draws on the Household Consumption Exp...
Wings India 2026, a large civil aviation conference and exhibition, was held in Hyderabad. It was organised jointly by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the Federation of Indian Ch...
The Union Budget 2026-27 has a total outlay of ₹53.5 lakh crore and sets the fiscal deficit at 4.3% of GDP, down from 4.4% in 2025-26, with the revenue deficit at 1.5%. The debt-to-GDP ratio is projected to ease to 55.6%...
Overview The Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced a major expansion of the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) in February 2026, with a specific focus on nurturing entrepreneurs in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. The...
