The Union Government has proposed setting up Financial Data Management Centre (FDMC) based on recommendation of a committee set up under the Department of Economic Affairs (DEC).

Union Government launched Swachh Swasth Sarvatra initiative to strengthen health centres in open defecation-free (ODF) blocks.

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• Union Government gives nod for apex corridor development body
• Tribal development remains poor: Tribal Ministry report
• Viral V Acharya appointed as RBI Deputy Governor

The Union Government has launched Integrated Voice Response System (IVRS) system in a bid to tackle the call drop menace.

China has successfully launched pair two high-resolution remote sensing satellites SuperView-1 01 and 02 to get commercial images.

The Union Government has appointed Viral V Acharya (42) as new Deputy Governor at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

The Kerala Government has approached the Union Government for allowing use of antlers of spotted deer and sambar of Ayurveda medicines.

According to recently released annual report of the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs, the tribal population in India lags behind other social groups on various social parameters.

The Union Government has approved the re-designation of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project Implementation Trust Fund (DMICPTF) as National Industrial Corridor Development & Implementation Trust (NICDIT).

• Gujarat government announces Biotechnology Policy 2016
• PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of Char Dham highway development project
• Rajasthani writer Satya Narayan chosen for 2016 Bihari Puraskar

Eminent Rajasthani litterateur Dr Satya Narayan was chosen for the 26th Bihari Puraskar 2016 by the K K Birla Foundation. He was been chosen for his Hindi book titled Yeh Ek Dunia published in 2010.