sustainable development goals

Income Tax Budget 2025 Live Updates: Will FM Nirmala Sitharaman offer senior citizens relief with Ayushman Bharat Yojana?

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Income Tax Budget 2025 Live Updates: Will FM Nirmala Sitharaman offer senior citizens relief with Ayushman Bharat Yojana?

Budget 2025 Live Updates: The Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme has been a key project of the PM Narendra Modi-led government. The Economic Survey 2024-25, tabled on Friday in the Parliament, stated that the Ayushman Bharat scheme presently covers over 40% of the most vulnerable populations, thereby covering approximately 55 crore people. AB PM-JAY provides … Read more

India is proving to be source of solutions in multiple areas: NITI Aayog Vice-Chairperson

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India is proving to be source of solutions in multiple areas: NITI Aayog Vice-Chairperson

Suman Bery, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman. | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran India is proving to be a source of solutions in multiple areas, including public service delivery and digitalisation, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairperson Suman Bery said. Mr. Bery also said that by putting the SDGs at the heart of its G20 presidency, India has acknowledged that these … Read more

NITI Aayog, UNDP sign memorandum of understanding to formalise a framework of cooperation

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NITI Aayog, UNDP sign memorandum of understanding to formalise a framework of cooperation

NITI Aayog, on Tuesday, signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Development Programme, India to formalise a framework of cooperation on a range of areas, including localisation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), data-driven monitoring, aspirational districts and blocks, among others. The move is aimed at fast-tracking India’s progress towards the sustainable development … Read more

World Bank to fund USD 363 million to revive 500 rural water reservoirs in seven water-stressed districts of Karnataka

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World Bank to fund USD 363 million to revive 500 rural water reservoirs in seven water-stressed districts of Karnataka

According to a release by World Bank, the assistance will support Karnataka’s ambition to provide functioning tap water connections to every rural household in the state. | Photo Credit: SRIRAM MA The World Bank has approved a 363 million dollar (USD) loan to Karnataka to provide a clean and safe drinking water to two million … Read more

UNEP calls for doubling spend on nature-based solutions by 2025

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UNEP calls for doubling spend on nature-based solutions by 2025

As global crises such as food insecurity, energy shortage, inflation, geopolitics and supply chain issues gain political priority, a new report by the UN Environment Programme calls for doubling spend on nature-based solutions by 2025. While war, economy and related crises will take top priority, there cannot be any backsliding on the efforts to restrict … Read more

India lags in biomass co-firing targets

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India lags in biomass co-firing targets

This recalcitrance by power manufacturers has prompted the government to consider cutting coal supply to non-compliant plants This recalcitrance by power manufacturers has prompted the government to consider cutting coal supply to non-compliant plants India has been severely lagging in ensuring that at least 5% of coal used in thermal plants was mixed with biomass … Read more

Concept of ESG adheres to principles of Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram

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Concept of ESG adheres to principles of Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram

Over the past three decades, we have seen three mega trends and themes shaping up the capital markets and the world at large. It was the TMT theme in the 1990s, then we had BRICS in the 2000s and in the last decade, we had FAANG. What will be next? I believe ESG has the … Read more

Indo-US team develops ML-based system to predict infant mortality – ET HealthWorld

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Indo-US team develops ML-based system to predict infant mortality – ET HealthWorld

Jodhpur, A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur and Western Michigan University, US, has identified significant neonatal and infant mortality predictors using multiple machine learning (ML) techniques. The study uses nationwide household survey data from India. The primary objective of this research was to identify early warning signs of child mortality … Read more

Niti Aayog developing National Gender Index

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Niti Aayog developing National Gender Index

Niti Aayog is in the process of developing a National Gender Index to measure the progress and identify the persisting gaps in gender equality to make informed policy decisions. In its latest annual report, Niti Aayog said the index will serve as a tool to map the progress of states and Union Territories (UTs) on … Read more

India has advantage in making its travel, tourism holistically eco-conscious: Shruti Shibulal

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India has advantage in making its travel, tourism holistically eco-conscious: Shruti Shibulal

‘Due to the diversity of its landscape, India has the unique opportunity to test multiple use cases for sustainability and lead the conversation on eco-conscious tourism. ‘ The travel and tourism sector is at a junction of transformative change ushered by the pandemic and permanently altered consumer preferences. Sustainable ventures with agile frameworks that prioritise … Read more