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Centre to include private sector in boosting nuclear power capacity: Report

The NITI Aayog will come up with guidelines and regulations for new small modular nuclear reactors keeping in mind the safety standards and the impact on local communities

'Modi govt dedicated to those left out of mainstream by previous regimes'

Union minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is dedicated to those who were left out of the mainstream by the previous governments.According to the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, the Union Minister said this during 'Divyang Parivar Maha-Samelan' organized at Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir at the initiative of a social organization SAKSHAM.During his address, said that from the day PM Modi took oath as the Prime Minister of India, certain drastic steps were taken by him for the welfare of Divyangs."Be that the fee remission for Divyangs in Civil Services Examination, two choices of home cadre for Divyangs qualifying civil services examination, increase in reservation for Divyangs from 3 per cent to 4 per cent, increase in the Divyang pension etc., every other step has been taken by this government for the welfare of Divyangs," he said.For the welfare of Divyangs, the Union Minister said that 15,000 posts ..

Measures undertaken to secure nuclear plant systems from cyber-attack: MoS

Security arrangements are in place to secure India's nuclear power plant systems from cyber-attack, said Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Thursday.In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Singh said, these security measures include authorization, authentication & access control mechanisms, strict configuration control and surveillance.The Union Minister said that the nuclear power plant systems are isolated from the internet and are not accessible from the administrative network."Several measures have been taken to strengthen Information Security in administrative networks in nuclear power plants like, hardening of internet and administrative intranet connectivity, restriction on removable media, blocking of websites and IPs," he said.On the issue of the September 2019 cyber-attack on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Singh had said that investigations have been carried out by the Computer & Information Security Advisory ...

GM mustard safe for food, feed use and cultivation, says govt

Says GM technology important for food security, import reduction

India to discuss strengthening bilateral space cooperation with UAE

India will discuss ways and means for further strengthening bilateral space cooperation as Union Minister of State for Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh will lead the official Indian delegation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the 'Abu Dhabi Space Debate', a 2-day international meet beginning Monday.

India's bio-economy grew 8 times under PM Modi since 2014: Union Minister

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said India's bio-economy has grown eight times in the last 8 years under the Modi government from 10 billion dollars in 2014 to over 80 billion dollars in 2022. The Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office said three biotech startups were incorporated every day in 2021 and a total of 1,128 biotech startups were set up last year alone, signalling the rapid growth of the sector in the country. Addressing an 'International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biosciences and Chemical Technology- 2022' here, Singh said the biotech startups have grown 100 times in the last 8 years from 52 odd startups in 2014 to 5,300 plus in 2022. The conference is being organized by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, School of Biotechnology, Jammu in collaboration with CSIR-IIIM Jammu and the Biotech Research Society of India, from December 3 to 5. There are 14 international participants like USA, Greece, South Korea, Scotland, Singapore, Thailand, Argenti

Nuclear power: All that you need to know about small modular reactors

Small modular reactors are advanced reactors that have a power generation capacity of up to 300 megawatts (MW) per unit

India taking steps to complete transition into clean energy: Jitendra Singh

Union minister Jitendra Singh said that India is taking steps for the development of Small Modular Reactors (SMR), with up to 300 MW capacity to fulfill its commitment to the Clean Energy transition

Jitendra Singh to inaugurate e-governance meet in J-K's Katra on Nov 26

Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh will inaugurate a two-day national e-governance conference in Jammu and Kashmir's Katra on Saturday. The conference will be a platform for discussion on some of the digital innovations and technologies that will play an important part in the next decade for governance to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy, a statement issued by the ministry said. The Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) and Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) in association with the Jammu and Kashmir administration will organise the 25th national conference on e-governance (NCeG) on November 26- 27 in Katra. The theme of this conference is "Bringing citizens, industry and government closer". "November 26 is celebrated as the Constitution Day to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India. "As part of the celebrations, Union Minister Jitendra Singh will administer

India producing medical devices at 1/3rd world price: Jitendra Singh

Union Minister for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said India is among the top five countries in the world manufacturing life-saving high-risk medical devices but the cost of our devices is about one-third of those manufactured by the other four countries.Addressing the faculty and students after inaugurating the Combined Devices Block at Chitra Tribunal Institute of Medical Science and Technology here, Singh said, "technologies developed by the Institute like the artificial heart valve, hydrocephalus shunt, oxygenator and drug eluting Intra uterine device are being manufactured in three to four countries like USA, Japan, Brazil and China," said a press release by Ministry of Science & Technology.Singh said the world-class medical devices made indigenously are available to Indian patients at approximately one-fourth to the one-third price of their imported counterparts. He underlined that this reflects the Atmanirbhar vision of PM Modi to become self-reliant in .

Lavender cultivation to be extended to JK's Ramban: Minister Jitendra Singh

Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban will soon initiate lavender cultivation under the Aroma Mission which has been thoroughly experimented with in the adjacent district of Doda.This was disclosed here today by Union Minister Jitendra Singh while chairing the DISHA meeting of district Ramban, said a press release by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions on Sunday.He said, Ramban is a part of the erstwhile Doda district, which shares the same geographical and topographical conditions and it should not be difficult to replicate Doda's lavender success story over here, as per the statement.This will provide an alternative and attractive option for a livelihood by the youngsters, he said, added the statement.During the meeting, a detailed presentation on the achievements and progress recorded under different Centrally Sponsored Schemes was made, giving an overview of various major projects being executed by different departments and agencies in the district. Senior officials

Centre unveils India's first national repository for life science data

India's first national repository for life science data, generated from publicly-funded research in the country, was unveiled here on Thursday by Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh. The 'Indian Biological Data Centre' (IBDC), established at the Regional Centre of Biotechnology here, has data storage capacity of four petabytes and is also home to the 'Brahm' High Performance Computing facility. A data disaster recovery site has been set up at the National Informatics Centre, Bhubaneshwar, Singh said. Prof Sudhanshu Vrati, Executive Director of IBDC, said the life sciences data was till now stored in data repositories in Europe and the US, and a need was felt to house the data within the country. The computational infrastructure at IBDC has also been made available for researchers interested in performing computational-intensive analysis. Singh said that IBDC has started nucleotide data submission services via two data portals viz. the 'Indian Nucleotide Data Archive (IN

India's progress in next 25 years will be tech driven: Jitendra Singh

Union minister Jitendra Singh Wednesday said the progress of the country in the next 25 years will be technology driven and the sooner the youth of the country realise that the better it would be for the nation. Speaking at the inauguration of the three-day Kashmir Expo start-up for livelihood' event at SKICC here, Singh appealed to the youth to avail of unexplored start-ups. The entire progress and growth in the years to come is going to be technology-driven, and the sooner we understand this, the better for us, said the Union Minister of State (Independent charge) in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). However, he said the country lacked a direction before Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014. The paradox is that we had the potential, we had the capacity, but, we didn't have the direction There was no priority at the policy, planning level. That gap has been filled by Modi now with thinking that there is no alternative, no option without it in the future, he ...

Rajasthan, Punjab not doing enough to check stubble burning: Jitendra Singh

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said incidents of stubble burning have risen by 160 per cent in Rajasthan and 20 per cent in Punjab from October 2021 to October this year. Farm fires in Punjab rose from 13,269 in October 2021 to 16,004 in October 2022, while their number rose from 124 to 318 in Rajasthan during this period, Singh said. This, he said, implies that the governments in the two states are not doing enough to check stubble burning and are, on the contrary, increasingly contributing to the deteriorating air quality in Delhi-NCR. On the other hand, states such as Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have recorded progressive decline in the incidents of stubble burning, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences said. Farm fires in Uttar Pradesh declined from 1,060 in October 2021 to 768 in October this year, while for Haryana, the number dipped from 2,914 to 1,995 during this period, Singh said. "Such inferences indicate that either the governments in Rajastha

Need to blend ancient knowledge with modern science, says Jitendra Singh

Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday stressed on the modernisation of indigenous texts of ancient knowledge as India seeks to assert its scientific prowess in the world. Inaugurating the national conference on 'Akash Tattva Akash for Life' here, Singh said India's indigenous knowledge and ancient texts were ignored as students of science pursued their studies based on texts written by authors of other countries. "There is a scientific basis to this linking of ancient knowledge with modern science. What India has, others are not aware of it. We are also not aware of what we have because we have been reading their literature," Singh said at the conference where former RSS general secretary Suresh 'Bhaiyyaji' Joshi, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, secretaries of science departments of the central government were also present. "Our textbooks were written by authors of other countries. We did not have the kind of resources and hence could not ...

Govt announces nationwide campaign for digital life certificate submission

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday announced a nationwide campaign for pensioners for submission of digital life certificates and use of face authentication application. "In Amrit Kaal, a digitally empowered pensioner would enable creation of a digitally empowered nation," he said. Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel, said submission of life certificates is an important activity to be carried out by pensioners every year in November to ensure continuity of their pension. There is a special provision for pensioners aged 80 years and above to submit their life certificates in October. In the traditional mode, pensioners had to visit the pension disbursing authority to physically submit their life certificate, and this was inconvenient, particularly for the old and ailing, he said. Further, there was no mechanism through which pensioners could get a status on update of their life certificates in officials records, the minister said. He said to enhance the "ease of livi

'Modi's governance prepares nation for quantum jump over other nations'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's model of governance prepares the nation for a quantum jump to overtake other countries of the world in the next few years, which in a nutshell would mean that Modi at 20 lays the foundation for India in 2047, Union Minister of State for Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh said on Saturday. In order to understand the essence and the spirit of Modi@20 it is essential to read the book in its entirety and in its real context and perspective, he said while delivering the keynote address on the book Modi @ 20 - Dreams Meet Delivery at Vaishnav College for Women here. "Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery" is a compilation of chapters written by Amit Shah, S Jaishankar, Amish Tripathi, P V Sindhu, Anupam Kher, and Sudha Murthy, among others. The book Modi @2.0: Dreams meet Delivery is about the rise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a watershed moment in Indian politics. Singh made a special mention of the chapter by Home Minister Amit Shah titled Democracy, ..

80% digital healthcare investment rise in 5 yrs in India: Jitendra Singh

He further added that under PM Modi's leadership healthcare has become more focused on innovation and technology over the past few years

Special Swachhta Campaign 2.0: Centre removes 900 obsolete rules

The assessment of the Campaign 2.0 will be done from November 15 to November 30

India's democracy far better than any other nation's: Jitendra Singh

Union minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday took a dig at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for using the elevation of Rishi Sunak as Britain's prime minister to lament alleged divisiveness in India, saying that India's democracy is far better than that of any other country in the world. The Minister of State for Personnel, without naming anybody, questioned the mindset which is "possibly motivated by reluctance to accept the fact that Jammu and Kashmir is part of India". "Anybody who is familiar with the history of independent India and the history of Indian democracy would have no doubt that democracy in India is far better than any other country's in the world," Singh told reporters here. For example, India has witnessed more than one presidents either from the minority or from the weaker sections, he said. "I am proud to say that during the Vajpayee regime, we had APJ Abdul Kalam as the President of India. After Prime Minister Modi took over, we had Ram Nath Kovind and now we have (Droupad