Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Highlights Compassion, Innovation, and Technology for Senior Citizens
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh addresses at the National Workshop on Pension Litigation organised by the Department of Pensions and Pensioners' Welfare at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday, July 02, 2025. (Photo: IANS/Prem Nath Pandey)

November 11, 2025 1:42 PM

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Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Highlights Compassion, Innovation, and Technology for Senior Citizens

Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today said that India’s care economy is entering a new era, driven by compassion, innovation, and technology to support the country’s ageing population. The Minister made this remark while addressing the inaugural session of the CII Senior Care Conclave in New Delhi. Dr. Singh said while India takes pride in being a young nation, the growing number of senior citizens presents both a challenge and an opportunity. He emphasized that senior citizens...

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh Calls for Strengthening Local Biotech Ecosystems Across States

October 23, 2025 7:29 PM

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Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh Calls for Strengthening Local Biotech Ecosystems Across States

Minister of State for Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh today emphasized the need to strengthen local biotechnology ecosystems by leveraging regional strengths with active involvement of the States. Chairing the review meeting of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in New Delhi, he said that India’s biotechnology sector has evolved into a key pillar of national development, contributing significantly to the nation’s economy. Dr Singh also highlighted the importance of regional engagem...

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh Highlights Aadhaar and PM Gati Shakti as Tools for Transparent and Efficient Service Delivery

October 11, 2025 7:20 PM

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Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh Highlights Aadhaar and PM Gati Shakti as Tools for Transparent and Efficient Service Delivery

Minister of state for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh has said that Aadhaar-enabled digital identity systems and the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan have transformed service delivery mechanism. The Minister said this while speaking to participants of Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme at the Indian Institute of Public Administration in New Delhi. Dr Singh highlighted that the technology has become the easiest and most effective tool to promote tr...

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh says govt hopes to increase India’s market share to 10-12 % over next 25 years

October 7, 2023 5:32 PM

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Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh says govt hopes to increase India’s market share to 10-12 % over next 25 years

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today said India is set to become the global hub of medical technology and devices with the market size estimated to grow up to 50 billion US dollars by 2050 from the present 11 billion US dollars. He said this while addressing the 8th CAHOTECH, Annual International Healthcare Technology Conference, organized by Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organizations in New Delhi. The Minister said that India has emerged among the world's top five healthcare manuf...

Industry to be major resource contributor in all future Startup ventures and other new technology initiatives: Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh

October 5, 2023 6:32 PM

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Industry to be major resource contributor in all future Startup ventures and other new technology initiatives: Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of State Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh today said that the Industry will be expected to be a major resource contributor in all future Startup ventures and other new technology initiatives. He added that all will have to be equal stakeholders right from the beginning and for this the Industry will also have to change its earlier mindset of looking up to the Government for everything.    Delivering the keynote address at the 3rd India Quantum Technology Conclav...

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh says, ISRO is now considered leading space agency in the world; Felicitates ISRO Scientists

October 3, 2023 8:34 AM

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Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh says, ISRO is now considered leading space agency in the world; Felicitates ISRO Scientists

Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh has said that India’s stature in space research is growing day-by-day and is now competing with the space elites. Felicitating ISRO scientists at an event in New Delhi yesterday, Dr. Singh said, ISRO is now considered a leading space agency in the world despite the time advantage NASA and other Space agencies once enjoyed. He added that countries like the US and Russia who once looked down on India now want to partner up. The...

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh to launch Special Campaign 3.0 for institutionalizing Swachhata & reducing pendency in govt in New Delhi on Friday

September 28, 2023 3:35 PM

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Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh to launch Special Campaign 3.0 for institutionalizing Swachhata & reducing pendency in govt in New Delhi on Friday

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh will launch Special Campaign 3.0 for institutionalizing Swachhata and reducing pendency in government in New Delhi on Friday. The Special Campaign 3.0 from 2nd to 31st October aims at ensuring timely and effective disposal of public grievances, references from members of Parliament, state governments, Inter-Ministerial consultations and Parliamentary assurances, and disposal of scrap. Dr Singh said more than 1.6 lakh sites including from far-flung and remote loca...

Cleanliness does not add to costs but boosts productivity and conserves resources, says Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh

September 20, 2023 9:38 PM

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Cleanliness does not add to costs but boosts productivity and conserves resources, says Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh

Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr Jitendra Singh has stressed the importance of Swachhata saying cleanliness does not add to costs but boosts productivity and conserves resources. Speaking on Swachhata Special Campaign 3.0 in New Delhi today, the Minister directed senior officers to aim to reduce pendency in Government Offices with a saturation approach. Dr. Singh said close to ninety lakh square feet of prime office space has been cleared during the last two Swa...

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh to launch dedicated web portal- for monitoring Special Campaign 3.0 on September 14

September 13, 2023 9:24 PM

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Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh to launch dedicated web portal- for monitoring Special Campaign 3.0 on September 14

Union Minister of State for  Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions  Dr Jitendra Singh will  launch a  dedicated web portal- https://scdpm.nic.in on Thursday (14th September 2023) for monitoring the Special Campaign 3.0. The Government has announced Special Campaign 3.0 from the 2nd to the 31st of  October this year with a focus on Swachhata and reducing pendency in Government Offices with a saturation approach.  The Special Campaign 3.0 will focus on ...

India’s Space programme is now at equal pace with the world’s leading Space agencies: Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh

September 8, 2023 2:03 PM

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India’s Space programme is now at equal pace with the world’s leading Space agencies: Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh has said that country’s Space programme is now at an equal pace with the world’s leading Space agencies, and the G20 Presidency coincides with the country’s glory in Space.  In an interview to Doordarshan on the eve of G20 Summit in New Delhi, Dr Jitendra Singh said that India is ready to lead the world in more ways than one. He said that G20 Summit is happening in India at a time when India’s flag is flying on the South P...