 The Gujarat government unveiled its 'Reuse of Treated Waste Water Policy' which aims to reduce the state's dependence on freshwater sources like the Narmada river. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel launched the policy at a function held in Gandhinagar. The policy will promote the use of treated wastewater and will see the setting up of sewage treatment plants (STP) in all major towns and cities of Gujarat. |
| Source- The Hindu |
 Goa celebrates its Statehood Day as people’s demand for full statehood was attained on 30th May 1987, when Goa became India’s 25th state. Daman and Diu were separated from Goa and continue to be administered as a union territory. Earlier, Goa was a union territory, namely, Goa, Daman and Diu for all administrative and governance considerations. Attaining statehood opened several windows of development for the state. |
| Source- AIR World Service |
 RK Singh, Minister of State for Power, launched the web portal and an app namely 'PRAAPTI' that stands for ‘Payment ratification and analysis in power procurement for bringing transparency in invoicing of generators’. The portal ‘www.praapti.in’ has been developed to bring transparency in power purchase transactions betweenGenerators and DISCOMs. |
| Source- Press Information Bureau (PIB) |
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a three-nation visit to Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.During his five-day visit, the PM will hold delegation level talks with the leadership of the three countries, on matters of mutual interest. |
| This will be Prime Minister’s first official visit to Indonesia and second official visit to Singapore. The visit assumes significance in the light of India’s thrust on “Act East” policy under which New Delhi desires to enhance bilateral relationship with the 10-member ASEAN grouping. In the first leg of his visit, Mr Modi will arrive in Indonesia. |
| Source- AIR World Service |
 The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, met in New Delhi and accorded approval for the procurement of equipment for the Defence Forces valued at over Rs. 6900 crore. |
| The DAC approved procurement of Thermal Imaging (TI) Night Sights for the Rocket Launcher (RL) used by the Army and the Air Force under ‘BUY (Indian) IDDM’ category through established Indian Vendors. |
| Source- DD News |
 The main event of 4th International Yoga Day celebrations will be held at Dehradun in Uttrakhand on 21st of June. |
| Secretary AYUSH Ministry Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha has announced that Dehradun has been selected as the venue for Mass Yoga Demonstration of International Yoga Day. Mr Kotecha is in Dehradun to initiate the preparations regarding this mega event. |
| Source- Press Information Bureau (PIB) |
 Bhubaneswar (capital city of Odisha) becomes the fourth National data centre of National Informatics Centre (NIC) after Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune. The new cloud-enabled National Data Centre aims to offer round-the-clock operations with secure hosting for various e-governance applications of Central and State Governments and has the ability to support 35,000 virtual servers. |
| NIC provides technology support to all governance services and hosts nearly 10,000 websites of the Government. NIC currently has 4,500 people across India in its various operations and will hire 800 professionals in the next one year. |
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| Source- Press Information Bureau (PIB) |
| The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recognised Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) in Kerala as the world’s first fully solar energy-powered airport. CIAL is India’s first airport to be constructed in public-private-partnership (PPP) model in 1999. It is the busiest and largest airport in the state of Kerala. The airport has 15 MWp solar power plant near the cargo complex of airport comprising 46,150 solar panels laid across 45 acres. |
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| Source- India Today |
| An Agreement for IBRD Credit of USD 21.7 Million from the World Bank for the Strengthening of Public Financial Management in Rajasthan Project was signed in New Delhi. The Project size is approximately USD 31 million, of which USD 21.7 million will be financed by the World Bank, and the remaining amount will be funded out of the State Budget. The Project duration is 5 years. The Project objective is to contribute to improved Budget execution, enhanced accountability and greater efficiency in Revenue Administration in Rajasthan. |
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| Source- Press Information Bureau (PIB) |
 NSDL executive Sudha Balakrishnan has been appointed the first-ever chief financial officer (CFO) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Balakrishnan, a chartered accountant, was till recently vice president with the National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL, India’s first and largest depository) before joining RBI. She will be the 12th executive director of the RBI and will have a three-year term. |
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| Source- The Economic Times |
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