National Himachal Pradesh presented their Jal Jeevan Mission Annual Action Plan ⇒ The State of Himachal Pradesh presented their Jal Jeevan Mission Annual Action Plan for financial year 2021-22. During presentation, the State of Himachal Pradesh reiterated its commitment to achieve ‘Har Ghar Jal’ target by July, 2022. Achievement: The State has 17.04 lakh rural […]

National Chief Secretary of Bihar ⇒ Senior IAS officer Shri Tripurari Sharan has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Bihar. Mr Sharan is an IAS officer of 1985 batch of Bihar cadre. He will continue to remain at the helm as the state chief secretary till June 30, when he is scheduled to

National Puducherry presented their Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) Annual Action Plan ⇒ The Union Territory Puducherry presented their Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) Annual Action Plan on 29 April 2021 with details of the plan for the financial year 2021-22. The state also presented the saturation plan for the whole State to provide tap water connection

National AYUSH 64, Poly herbal formulation for COVID-19 Infection ⇒ AYUSH 64, a poly herbal formulation developed by the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Ministry of Ayush is useful in the treatment of asymptomatic, mild and moderate COVID-19 infection. The Ministry of Ayush-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) collaboration has completed

National Mizoram presented their Jal Jeevan Mission Annual Action Plan ⇒ The State of Mizoram presented their Jal Jeevan Mission Annual Action Plan with details of the saturation plan for the financial year 2021-22. Working along with the mission objective ‘HarGharJal’, Mizoram proposes 100% tap connections in rural homes of the State by 2022-23. Achievement:

National Indigenously Developed Oxygen Enrichment Technology ⇒ CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur, in association with MSME-DI, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Government of India jointly organised a Webinar on ‘Oxygen Enrichment’ Technology on 25th April, 2021. Oxygen Enrichment Technology has two distinct modules, one for the Oxygen Enrichment unit at the top and another for the air compressor unit at the

National Draft Standards for Road-Trains ⇒ Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, under the leadership of Nitin Gadkari, published Draft Standards for Road-Trains. The Automotive Industry Standards Committee has amended its AIS-113 Standard to include the safety requirements of Road-Trains. The Automotive Industry Standards Committee has representatives from the relevant Ministries, Testing Agencies, Industry stakeholders,