Introduced by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) in June 2016, the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee—emerged from a pressing need: streamline oversight of 41+ key centrally sponsored schemes across rural India. Evolving from the predecessor District Vigilance and Monitoring Committees, DISHA became a statutory fixture under MoRD guidelines and parliamentary directives.
Many university-level students in India, especially those from under-privileged backgrounds, were forced to drop-out of their colleges or face the burden of domestic responsibilities due to lack of accommodation facilities on their campus. To address this issue, the Scheme for Campus Accommodation & Facilities Enhancing Social Experience (CAFES)
“Food is National Security. Food is Economy. It is Employment, Energy, History. Food is Everything”. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution was established to ensure the welfare of consumers and the efficient distribution of food grains, this ministry plays a crucial role in managing the nation’s food supply chain and protecting consumer rights.
‘IMPRINT India’ is a Pan IIT and IISc joint initiative to develop a roadmap for research to solve major engineering and technology domains relevant to India. If the institutes of higher learning come together, they can make a difference in a short span of time to higher education sector in our country.
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) was established in May 1998. Previously known as the Ministry of Welfare (1985–1998), MoSJE has a broader mandate for facilitating empowerment and social justice to the most marginalized sections of Indian society. This includes Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), persons with disabilities, senior citizens, victims of substance abuse, and the LGBTQ+ community (MoSJE, 2025).
The Ministry of Earth and Sciences(MoEs), launched in 2006, filters multiple scientific disciplines under an umbrella approach, delivering coordinated services for weather, ocean, climate and any geophysical phenomena foreseen. The nation's weather and climate services are operationalised through agencies such as The National Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), Indian Meteorological Department(IMD), and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM).