Recently, the Union Home Ministry has amended the Model Prison Manual (2016) and the Model Prisons and Correctional Services Act (2023) to address and eliminate caste-based discrimination within prisons across the country.
India recently submitted its Fourth Biennial Update Report (BUR-4) detailing its Greenhouse Gas Emission (GHG) inventory and the efforts it has taken to curb emissions to the UNFCCC.
The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Department of Fertilizers for extension of One-time Special Package on Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) beyond the NBS subsidy @ Rs 3,500 per MT.