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Under the Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC) of the Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana, run by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, 764 senior citizen homes are being supported at present, along with 13 continuous care homes, 17 mobile medicare units and 3 physiotherapy clinics.

Speaking at the Chintan Shivir, he said the engineering sector was on track to surpass the export numbers of the previous financial year, that the medium and long-term growth outlook remained positive, and that engineering exports were expected to cross US$140 billion in the current financial year.

Commerce Secretary Shri Rajesh Agrawal said in his keynote address that India’s combined exports of goods and services grew by 14 per cent year-on-year to this level during April-September of 2026-27, which he cited as evidence that exports had stayed resilient despite global uncertainty.

The Chintan Shivir for the engineering sector was convened by the Department of Commerce along with EEPC India to chart a strategy for total engineering goods exports of US$250 billion by 2030, together with deeper market access through free trade agreements and the long-term availability of key raw materials.

DARPG organised the 22nd National e-Governance Webinar on 23 October 2026, chaired by its Joint Secretary Shri Avanish Kumar Mishra, and more than 360 officials from Union ministries, state governments, districts, local bodies and temple management bodies took part.

The Panchayat Advancement Index, a framework of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, measures the performance of gram panchayats across nine Localized Sustainable Development Goal themes, and it does so with 150 indicators and 230 data points.

TRINETRA was built for the Mahakal Rudrasagar Integrated Development Area in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, which includes the Mahakaleshwar Temple, and it was implemented with Ujjain Smart City Limited and the Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple Management Committee.

Earthquake waves are of two basic types, body waves and surface waves, and surface waves are produced when body waves reach the surface and interact with the surface rocks.

The commercial-crops component of the National Food Security Mission covers cotton, jute and sugarcane, while coffee is a plantation crop handled by the Coffee Board.

Kamarajar Port is a corporatised major port that was earlier called Ennore Port, but it is an artificial harbour, not a natural one.

Experts from fisheries institutions and other stakeholders at the workshop prepared a framework of activities for this phase, and a programme of consultations with fishing communities was proposed.

The initiative is led by the Union Department of Fisheries in collaboration with this body, and the whole plan is being prepared within the framework of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Abhilaksh Likhi, Secretary in the Department of Fisheries, said India has set a target of 30 million tonnes of fish production over the next five years, and that seafood exports are expected to rise to Rs 1.25 lakh crore in the same period.

Under the Budget Announcement for 2026-27, the Union Department of Fisheries approved integrated development of 49 reservoirs in Madhya Pradesh at a project cost of Rs 8755.60 lakh, along with five Amrit Sarovars at a cost of Rs 69 lakh, an investment of Rs 88.25 crore taken together.

That was India's total fish production in 2024-25, and of this quantity inland fisheries contributed 151.60 lakh tonnes, which is close to three-fourths of the national output.

The conclave was organised in Bhopal by the Department of Fisheries of the Government of Madhya Pradesh along with the Union Department of Fisheries and the National Fisheries Development Board, to draw investment into processing, value addition and exports from inland fisheries.

Manganese ore is a key raw material for the steel industry, and the Ministry of Steel says the milestone strengthens its domestic availability.

The Ministry of Steel says that under its Green Steel Initiative, Green Steel Certificates have been issued to 104 distinct steel producers across the lists put out up to October 2026.

The Ministry of Steel has prepared a draft National Steel Policy, Vision 2047, and it targets crude steel capacity of 604 MT by the year 2047.

He addressed the gathering, greeted the country on the queen's birth anniversary and on the 202nd celebration of her victory against the British, and thanked those who made the event possible.