The Ministry said that the month-long campaign will be conducted across two thousand and five hundred camps in the country. It said that the campaign aims to promote digital empowerment of pensioners using face authentication technology.

The campaign is being organised to ensure that all pensioners, particularly elderly pensioners, submit life certificates at their convenience in a seamless digital mode. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Unique Identification Authority of India will provide technical support in the month-long campaign.

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The inauguration was part of Dr. Singh’s visit to the institute, during which he also addressed a distinguished gathering under IIM Mumbai’s *Leadership Series, themed *“Viksit Bharat: India’s Startup Strides over the Last Decade and the Way Forward.”**

*AIC–NIFIE*, established under the aegis of Atal Innovation Mission, is designed to provide holistic support to innovators and entrepreneurs through incubation, mentorship, industry linkages, and access to research and technology. The centre will work closely with startups in manufacturing, supply chain, sustainability, and digital transformation — sectors critical to India’s economic future.

Speaking at the event, Dr. Singh emphasized the importance of academic institutions like IIM Mumbai in bridging policy, research, and enterprise. “Innovation is the backbone of a developed India. Centres like AIC–NIFIE will be instrumental in translating India’s demographic dividend into tangible economic growth,” he stated.

Director of IIM Mumbai, *Prof. Manoj K. Tiwari, noted, *“The launch of AIC–NIFIE is a step towards building a dynamic innovation ecosystem within the institute. It aligns with our mission to create impact through thought leadership, research, and entrepreneurship.”

With this initiative, IIM Mumbai deepens its commitment to national development through support for startup ecosystems, with launch of 14 startup’s as on date, industry-driven research, and the creation of new knowledge economies.

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Despite his awfully busy schedule due to ongoing Parliament session, he was gracious enough to have the Photographs with IIPA Faculty and Employees as well as with a batch of the Officers of Odisha Administrative Services undergoing training at Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA)

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Addressing a gathering of scientists, industry leaders, and stakeholders at the event, Dr. Singh highlighted the government’s commitment to fostering innovation in agriculture, generating employment, and promoting environmental sustainability. These goals are vital to building a future-ready India.

The newly inaugurated BRIC-National Agri-Food Bio-Manufacturing Institute is the result of a strategic merger between the National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) and the Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB). The institute aims to bridge the gap between research and commercialization, facilitating pilot-scale production and bringing innovative agricultural technologies to the market.

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The story so far:
Swachhata Campaign 2.0 was much of sweeping way the pending tasks and dusting the dusts from the heaps of files in every corner of government premises. In contexts to bring a work ethical transformation, the Swachhata Campaign 2.0 was much about sweeping away pending tasks and dusting off dust. The goal was to create a seamless working flow that was obstructed by old files pending processing, uneven file storage, and scraps and junk accumulation in the office.

While reviewing the progress achieved in Week 3 of Special Campaign 2.0, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh briefed, “We have achieved significant progress in Special Swachha Campaign 2.o. All of the government departments and officials successfully addressed pending grievances and cleared and scraped old files. Over 3,05,268 Public Grievances were Redressed, 5416 MP’s references replied and 588 Rules were eased, while 40 lac files were reviewed. Speaking of generating Wealth from Wealth, the minister mentioned that “Over Rs. 254 Crore earned from scrap disposal, 37.19 lac sq feet of space freed”.

Pointing out Clean India Mission, Dr. Jitendra Singh said tremendous enthusiasm was being witnessed in Ministries and Department for institutionalizing Swachhata and minimizing pendency. He urged officials to draw inspiration from Prime Minister’s words in his tweet that “such efforts are not only innovative and commendable but most importantly remind us of our basic civic duty of keeping our surroundings and public places clean.”

The Special Campaign 2.0 was also implemented in remote outstation offices, foreign missions and posts, and attached and subordinate offices, besides citizen-centric swachhata initiatives. The Campaign was holistic in size and scale, and witnessed widespread participation from thousands of officials and citizens who came together to create a movement for Swachhata in Government Offices.
In addition to uniting people from all walks of life, Special Swachh Bharat Campaign 2.0 also succeeded in generating wealth out of waste. During this campaign, we found that the electronics scrap and other stuff was likely to be sell and generate cash for the government.” I am glad that this is a new source of income to the exchequer,” the Minister remarked.

Earlier, the Government of India framed the policy of creating “Waste to Wealth. He highlighted various initiatives that was worth noting for the officials. The Bengaluru railway station staff created a sculpture from the discarded plastic bottles while the rail coach restaurant has been started at Guntur railway station. The Women and Child Development Ministry is conducting training sessions for making useful products from the waste, and a Parcel Café opened in Kolkata GPO by the postal department in a space cleared of waste.

He further informed the media that the Central Board of Indirect Taxes has designed a theme “Aranya” in their open office corridor on wildlife, while the coal ministry has launched a garbage-to-garden effort. Other attempts by other ministries included the restoration of cleared area, the construction of a Dorla tribal home by the cultural ministry, and the display of Madhubani artwork.

The minister underlined that state governments have been kept in the loop about the campaign, and several of them have shown massive support. The Telangana and Puducherry Raj Bhawans have grabbed the lead among others.

All Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State, and Secretaries to the Government of India participated in the Special Campaign 2.0 providing leadership and guidance in implementation. In 3 weeks, the Department of Posts has conducted the cleanliness campaign in 17,767 Post Offices, the Ministry of Railways has conducted in 7,028 Railway Stations, the Department of Pharmaceuticals in 5,974 campaign sites, the Department of Defence in 4,578 campaign sites and the Ministry of Home Affairs in 4,896 campaign sites.

The progress of Special Campaign 2.0 is being monitored on a dedicated portal www.pgportal.gov.in/scdpm22 on a daily basis.

Nodal Officers have been appointed in all Ministries/ Departments who monitor work undertaken by field offices. The Special Campaign 2.0 is reviewed on a weekly basis by Secretaries to the Government of India. The progress of the Special Campaign 2.0 has been widely reported in social media with over 10,000 social media tweets by Ministries/ Departments.

The Prime Minister of India once said “ the mantra of 3R – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – is at the heart of any vision towards the sustainable development of mankind, all stakeholders, producers, consumers, and the state alike – must alike –must adhere to this golden principle which can contribute significantly in solving the twin challenges of waste management as well as sustainable development.

Henceforth, it is clear that we need to identify, test, validate and deploy technologies to treat waste and generate energy, recycle materials, extract resources of value and provide a technology database that could ultimately help to study and analyze the production of waste and later creating sustainable solutions for disposal.

The Swachh Bharat Mission was launched on 2nd Oct 2015, by Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, and following that every year we celebrate 2nd October as Swachh Bharat or Clean India. Hundreds of archaic rules that were hampering the clearing of waste were removed by the Modi government over months.

By Priyanka S Raj
The writer is a freelance journalist and the Media coordinator in, the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
She can be reached at her Twitter: @mahipriyankaraj
Email id : priyanka.vigyanprasar@gmail.com

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Scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) say that this could be because the Earth’s own atmosphere is lending a helping hand which, in other words, means that the Earth’s atmosphere could be protecting the Moon as well. Thus, the Chandrayaan-1 Moon data indicates that the Moon’s poles are home to water, this is what the scientists are trying to decipher.

Dr Jitendra Singh said, as for Chandrayaan-3 is concerned, the launch may now take place somewhere in early 2021. Chandrayaan-3 will be a mission repeat of Chandrayaan-2 and will include a Lander and Rover similar to that of Chandrayaan-2, but will not have an orbiter.

Meanwhile, preparations are going on for India’s first ever Human Space Mission Gaganyaan, said Dr Jitendra Singh. The training processes and other procedures are also in place.

Constraints due to Covid pandemic led to some disruptions in the plan for Gaganyaan but efforts are going on to stick to the timeline of around 2022, he said.

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This was stated by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh while citing some major achievements of the department during last one year.

Pertinent to mention that Department of Atomic Energy has about 30 units which include R&D, academic institutions, aided hospitals, PSUs etc. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai founded by the legendary Scientist Dr Homi J. Bhabha also functions under the aegis of Department of Atomic Energy.

Referring to some of the major activities and initiatives of the Department of Atomic Energy during the last one year, Dr Jitendra Singh complimented the scientific fraternity for coming to the support of society in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the high quality face mask, he informed that the Atomic/Nuclear scientists have also developed the protocol for re-use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) subsequent to radiation sterilization. The SOP for the same is under consideration by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, he added.

Identification of new regions to develop RTPCR testing kits has also been accomplished, said Dr Jitendra Singh. The kit is relatively more economic and expected to analyse relatively faster, he added.

Thanking Prime Minister Sh Narendra Modi for special impetus and budgetary allocation provided to Department of Atomic Energy during the last six years, Dr Jitendra Singh referred to the 20 Lakh Crore package announced by the Prime Minister and said that this also includes the setting up of irradiation plants across the country to prolong the shelf life of variety of fruits and vegetables.

Dr Jitendra Singh said, one of the important achievements under the Modi government has been that we have extended the activities of atomic energy to different parts of the country whereas hitherto it remained confined mostly to few States in South India or in West like Maharashtra. He informed that the work is in progress to set up the first nuclear plant in North India at a place called Gorakhpur which is quite close to Delhi.

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