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Freedom from the Arunachal Pradesh’s
NEWS BRIEFS
hassle of govern- ‘Glaw Lake’: India’s 101st

ment office visits Ramsar Site
and long queues As a result of the Central
Government’s commitment to
2,575 services on UMANG app; environmental conservation,
72 crore users on DigiLocker biodiversity preservation, and
Due to the Government of India’s ‘Digital India’ sustainable development, Glaw
Lake in Arunachal Pradesh has been
initiative and the expansion of digital services,
the general public no longer needs to make declared the state’s first
repeated visits to government offices. Digital and India’s 101st
services are now easily accessible from the Ramsar site. While
comfort of one’s home. People are conveniently there were only
availing themselves of services such as Aadhaar, 26 Ramsar sites
UMANG, DigiLocker, Common Service Centres in the country in
(CSCs), and e-Sanjeevani. 2014, the number
According to information provided to the has risen to 101 in
Rajya Sabha by the Ministry of Electronics and just 12 years.
Information Technology, the number of internet Situated within the
subscribers in the country has crossed 109 crore, Kamlang Tiger Reserve and
while over 144 crore Aadhaar numbers have Wildlife Sanctuary, Glaw Lake is
been generated. The platform has over 71.66
crore registered users, with more than 936.03 a pristine freshwater lake in the
crore documents issued by 2,822 registered Eastern Himalayas and a major hub
issuers. A total of 2,575 government services are of biodiversity. Fed by perennial
being provided to citizens through the Unified mountain streams, the lake is
Mobile Application for New-age Governance surrounded by dense vegetation. This
(UMANG) app. wetland is home to over 150 tree
species and 49 orchid species.

PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana

Over 51 lakh families benefited; solarization
of 28.4 lakh agricultural pumps
The Central Government has launched several schemes to
promote renewable energy. As part of this effort, the ‘PM
Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana’ (launched in February 2024) has
benefited over 51.27 lakh families as of August 10. Under the
scheme, 41.76 lakh rooftop solar plants have been installed.
These families have received subsidies amounting to over
₹28,000 crore. The scheme aims to install rooftop solar plants
in one crore households, with a budgetary provision of ₹75,000
crore. Additionally, under the ‘PM-KUSUM’ scheme—which
promotes solar energy in the country—the solarization of 28.4
lakh irrigation pumps has been completed as of July 31, 2026.

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