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October 7, 2023 5:32 PM

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh says govt hopes to increase India’s market share to 10-12 % over next 25 years

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today said India is set to become the global hub of medical technology and devices with the market size estimated to grow up to 50 billion US dollars by 2050 from the present 11 billion US dollars. He said this while addressing the 8th CAHOTECH, Annual International Healthcare Technology Conference, organized by Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organizations in New Delhi. The Minister said that India has emerged among the world's top five healthcare manuf...

October 5, 2023 6:32 PM

Industry to be major resource contributor in all future Startup ventures and other new technology initiatives: Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of State Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh today said that the Industry will be expected to be a major resource contributor in all future Startup ventures and other new technology initiatives. He added that all will have to be equal stakeholders right from the beginning and for this the Industry will also have to change its earlier mindset of looking up to the Government for everything. Delivering the keynote address at the 3rd India Quantum Technology Concl...

October 3, 2023 8:34 AM

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh says, ISRO is now considered leading space agency in the world; Felicitates ISRO Scientists

Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh has said that India’s stature in space research is growing day-by-day and is now competing with the space elites. Felicitating ISRO scientists at an event in New Delhi yesterday, Dr. Singh said, ISRO is now considered a leading space agency in the world despite the time advantage NASA and other Space agencies once enjoyed. He added that countries like the US and Russia who once looked down on India now want to partner up. ...

September 28, 2023 3:35 PM

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh to launch Special Campaign 3.0 for institutionalizing Swachhata & reducing pendency in govt in New Delhi on Friday

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh will launch Special Campaign 3.0 for institutionalizing Swachhata and reducing pendency in government in New Delhi on Friday. The Special Campaign 3.0 from 2nd to 31st October aims at ensuring timely and effective disposal of public grievances, references from members of Parliament, state governments, Inter-Ministerial consultations and Parliamentary assurances, and disposal of scrap. Dr Singh said more than 1.6 lakh sites including from far-flung and remote ...

September 20, 2023 9:38 PM

Cleanliness does not add to costs but boosts productivity and conserves resources, says Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh

Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr Jitendra Singh has stressed the importance of Swachhata saying cleanliness does not add to costs but boosts productivity and conserves resources. Speaking on Swachhata Special Campaign 3.0 in New Delhi today, the Minister directed senior officers to aim to reduce pendency in Government Offices with a saturation approach. Dr. Singh said close to ninety lakh square feet of prime office space has been cleared during the last two...

September 13, 2023 9:24 PM

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh to launch dedicated web portal- for monitoring Special Campaign 3.0 on September 14

Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions Dr Jitendra Singh will launch a dedicated web portal- https://scdpm.nic.in on Thursday (14th September 2023) for monitoring the Special Campaign 3.0. The Government has announced Special Campaign 3.0 from the 2nd to the 31st of October this year with a focus on Swachhata and reducing pendency in Government Offices with a saturation approach. The Special Campaign 3.0 will focus on ...

September 8, 2023 2:03 PM

India’s Space programme is now at equal pace with the world’s leading Space agencies: Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh has said that country’s Space programme is now at an equal pace with the world’s leading Space agencies, and the G20 Presidency coincides with the country’s glory in Space. In an interview to Doordarshan on the eve of G20 Summit in New Delhi, Dr Jitendra Singh said that India is ready to lead the world in more ways than one. He said that G20 Summit is happening in India at a time when India’s flag is flying on ...

September 7, 2023 5:59 PM

Over 1.8 billion US Dollar worth of assets recovered from economic offenders & fugitives in last 4 years: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh

Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr Jitendra Singh has said that over 1.8 billion US Dollar worth of assets have been recovered from economic offenders and fugitives in the last four years. He said the Prevention of Money Laundering Act has also helped in attaching the assets of offenders worth more than 12 billion US Dollars since 2014. Mr Singh said this while addressing the first-ever International Day of Police Cooperation at CBI Headquarters in New De...

August 22, 2023 7:44 PM

Chandrayaan-3 mission is attracting wider international collaborations for India: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh

Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh has said that Chandrayaan-3 mission is attracting wider international collaborations for India. A high-level Mauritius delegation led by Minister for Information Technology, Communication and Innovation Darsanand Deepak Balgobin today called on Dr Singh in New Delhi to discuss the proposal for a Joint India-Mauritius Satellite. He said, India and Mauritius have agreed to utilize ISRO’s ground station in Ma...

August 17, 2023 7:13 PM

Exclusive findings and inputs of Chandrayaan-3 will benefit the entire World Community, says Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh

Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh has said that the exclusive findings and inputs of Chandrayaan-3 will benefit the entire World Community. He said, the mission on Thursday achieved another historic feat, when the Vikram lander module of the spacecraft, carrying Pragyan rover successfully detached from the propulsion module in its onward lunar journey. Talking to media, Dr Singh expressed confidence that the Mission is designed in such a way that ...