The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has congratulated the people of India for making their choice so clear and giving a clear mandate. In a message, he said that all of us irrespective of party affiliations, will continue to deepen the roots of our rich democratic tradition.

The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has complimented students from Karnataka, here today, for learning Sanskrit and trekking up to 12,000 feet on Himalayas and hoisting the Sanskrit Flag as part of ‘Sahyadri to Himadri’ expedition.

The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), under the Cabinet Secretary Sh. P. K. Sinha today again reviewed the rescue and relief measures in the cyclone “FANI” affected areas of Odisha with the senior officials of State Government and Central Ministries/Agencies concerned.

Reports have appeared in a section of the media regarding the usage of data, revisions in the estimates of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and associated indicators including the GDP Back-Series which require a clarification on behalf of the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation on the following accounts-

*The estimation of GDP in any economy is a complex exercise where several measures and metrics are evolved to better measure the performance of the economy.

India CEO Forum on Climate Change organized by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), as the pioneering initiative of the government, inviting industry representatives, exchanged views on climate change issues and discussed opportunities to collaborate in regard to fulfilling India’s national as well as international climate change commitments.