Local conservation initiatives, including activities such as documenting traditional knowledge and creating and updating People’s Biodiversity Registers (PBR), will be supported.
Additionally, Rs 101.7815 crores, representing the withheld portion of the first instalment of Untied Grants for FY 2025–26, have been released to 20 eligible Zilla Parishads, 233 eligible Panchayat Samitis, and 649 eligible Gram Panchayats.
In Gujarat, the 2nd installment of Untied Grants for the Financial Year 2024–25 amounting to Rs 522.20 crore has been released for all 38 District Panchayats, 247 eligible Block Panchayats, and 14,547 eligible Gram Panchayats of the state.
In a letter dated September 16, 2025 addressed to the prime minister, Rahul Gandhi emphasized the inadequacy of the Rs 1,600 crore initial relief announced by the Union government considering the state's estimated loss of at least Rs 20,000 crore.
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has conducted searches and seizure actions at three premises, including a call center based in South Delhi's Khanpur area, allegedly involved in misleading foreign citizens by offering pirated software in the name of original ones.
Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav said that common people of Bihar are upset because their hard-earned money was spent on the BJP’s political campaigning.
Praising the 11-year regime of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an era of phenomenal development in India, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said that a total of Rs 2,11,000 crore have been provided to the state since 2014
Amid ongoing deliberations with the 16th Finance Commission, the Government of Jharkhand has placed a formal request seeking Rs 3.03 lakh crore in financial assistance over the next five years.
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy will participate in the NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting scheduled for Saturday — his first attendance since assuming office in December 2023. Last year, Reddy had boycotted the meeting after Telangana was overlooked in the Union Budget.
The SBI announced on Tuesday that its board has approved a plan to raise up to $3 billion in long-term funds during the financial year 2025-26.
