Tag: Jitendra Singh

Best time for StartUps, innovators: Jitendra Singh

The Union minister said over the last nine years, the country has made rapid strides in every area of Science & Technology.

May 9, 2023

Startups have grown by 300 times under Modi: Jitendra Singh

The minister said India had no dearth of talent, capability, innovation and creativity in the youth, but they were lacking a favourable milieu and proper patronage from the political leadership which was provided by Prime Minister Modi.

April 10, 2023

Modi Govt has scrapped over 2000 obsolete rules: Dr Jitendra Singh

Most of the functioning was converted online and in order to bring in transparency, accountability and citizen participation, the human interface was reduced to the bare minimum, he added.

April 9, 2023

Modi Govt has brought Preventive Health into focus: Dr Jitendra Singh

Dr Jitendra Singh also flagged two issues, the first was the shift from clinical medicine teaching due to increasing diagnostic capabilities.

April 8, 2023

Bulk approval given for installation of ten nuclear reactors: Govt

Union Minister Jitendra Singh said the government has roped in PSUs for the installation or the exercise would be done exclusively by the specialised government agencies.

April 5, 2023

CBI registered 110 cases against 166 civil servants since 2018: Govt

Apex investigating agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered 110 cases against 166 Civil Service Officers since the year 2018.

April 5, 2023

Govt according priority to ‘Blue Economy’: Jitendra Singh

The Union ministers said for the first time a serious effort is being made to explore and harness the ocean resources and provide tremendous value addition to the Indian economy over the next 25 years.

March 18, 2023

India ranks 6th in R&D investment globally: Jitendra Singh

India’s spending on Research and Development (R&D) is consistently increasing in the last 10 years and has nearly tripled from Rs 39,437.77 crore in 2007-08 to Rs 1,13,825.03 crore in 2017-18.

March 16, 2023

Call for prevention of diabetes in pregnancy for future generation

Unless we effectively prevent the occurrence, it may not be possible to break the chain of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus getting passed on from generation to generation, said Union minister Jitendra Singh said.

March 10, 2023

Take up responsibility of startups as equal stakeholder: Minister

This is essential not only for sustaining the startups in the long run by linking them with a livelihood but also for bringing about value addition to the Indian Industry as per the contemporary global benchmarks, Jitendra Singh said.

March 9, 2023

India calls for G20 action against economic offenders

Multilateral action sought for faster extradition of the fugitives taking shelter in tax havens.

March 1, 2023

Jitendra Singh moots “Troika” to propel India in technology

The Union minister of state (independent charge) science & technology said space, drone and geospatial policy will establish the country as a pre-eminent technological power in a few years.

February 21, 2023

Govt has not allowed external agencies to use ISRO facilities: Minister

ISRO has also carried out a few feasibility studies for a sub-orbital space tourism mission onboard a liquid propellant stage booster: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh.

February 2, 2023

Governance reforms provide enabling environment for working women; Jitendra Singh

The Union Minister said that families of missing employees, covered under the National Pension Scheme (NPS), can now get a family pension within 6 months of lodging FIR and not wait for 7 years, after which the employee is considered deemed dead.

January 17, 2023

India’s bio-economy grew by 8 times since 2014: Jitendra Singh

At an “International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biosciences and Chemical Technology- 2022” in Jammu, the Union Minister said biotech startups have grown 100 times in the last eight years, from 52-odd startups in 2014 to 5,300 plus in 2022.

December 3, 2022

Night Sky Sanctuary will be ready soon: Jitendra Singh

The Night Sky Sanctuary is expected to attract tourists from across the world to the picturesque Union Territory of Ladakh and also boost astro-tourism in the region.

November 26, 2022

India will launch privately developed rocket: Jitendra Singh

The Union Minister said Vikram S is developed by Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace and it will carry two Indian and one foreign customer payloads in a sub-orbital mission.

November 12, 2022