PIB News — Monday, 19 October 2026
50 Press Information Bureau releases, ministry-wise.
President’s Secretariat
Prime Minister’s Office
- Prime Minister shares Sanskrit Subhashitam highlighting the blessings and protective grace of Goddess Durga
- Prime Minister offers prayers to Maa Mahagauri during Navratri
- Prime Minister congratulates Avani Lekhara on winning Silver in Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 at Asian Para Games 2026
- Prime Minister congratulates Mona Agarwal on winning Gold and setting a new Asian Para Games Record
- Governor of Assam meets Prime Minister
- Prime Minister extends greetings to citizens on Maha Navami
- Chief Minister of Gujarat meets Prime Minister
- Prime Minister congratulates Kokila on winning Silver in Women’s J2 -52kg Judo at Asian Para Games 2026
- Prime Minister congratulates Nishad Kumar on winning Gold in Men’s Long Jump T47 at Asian Para Games 2026
- Prime Minister congratulates Ravi K. Budigina on winning Silver in Men’s 100m Freestyle S13 at Asian Para Games 2026
- Prime Minister congratulates Rinku Hooda on winning Gold in Men’s Javelin Throw F46 at Asian Para Games 2026
- Prime Minister congratulates Ajeet Singh on winning Silver in Men’s Javelin Throw F46 at Asian Para Games 2026
- Prime Minister congratulates Soumya on winning Gold in Women’s 1500m T12/13 at Asian Para Games 2026
- Prime Minister congratulates Radha Venkatesh on winning Silver in Women’s 1500m T12/13 at Asian Para Games 2026
Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
- DoPT Launches Special Campaign 6 with Swachhata Pledge, Cleanliness Drive and Tree Plantation on Swachh Bharat Diwas; Focus on Swachhata, Disposal of Pendencies, Records Management and E-Waste
- Union Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurates workplace creche and Blood Donation Camp at Kartavya Bhawan-3, New Delhi
- Special Swachhata Campaign 6.0 Records 3 Times More Cleanliness Campaign Sites and Earns ₹491.28 Crore in 17 days, Surpassing Special Campaign 5.0
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Ministry of Science & Technology
- DSIR Steps Up Swachhata Drive Under Special Campaign 6, Targets 100% Achievement in Cleanliness and Record Management
- Significant progress during implementation phase of Special Campaign 6 in DSIR
- CSIR-NIScPR Successfully Concludes Two-Week Skill Training Programme on Library Automation, Digitisation and Artificial Intelligence for Libraries
Ministry of Finance
- DRI seizes 13 kg foreign-origin gold worth around Rs. 19.41 crore and dismantles a gold smuggling syndicate in Gujarat; three arrested
- DRI seizes over seven kg amphetamine and three kg cocaine as it intensifies crackdown on drug trafficking in country; three arrested
- Saturation Campaign of Financial Inclusion (FI) Schemes to Run from 21st October 2026 to 31st December 2026
- DRI seizes more than 43 lakh foreign-origin smuggled cigarettes worth Rs. 8.64 crore in Mizoram; one arrested
- DRI foils major ganja trafficking attempt; seizes 591 kg cannabis smuggled from Nepal
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Farmers Welfare
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
- India to Host 61st Meeting of International Committee of Legal Metrology for the First Time in New Delhi from 26–28 October 2026
- CCPA Acts against Online Listing online listing, hosting, advertising and facilitating the sale of Regulated and Hazardous Explosive Substances
- Bureau of Indian Standards Organises Nationwide Interactive Sessions to Promote AYUSH with Quality Standards
Ministry of Rural Development
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
- NFSC Fellowship: Supporting Dr Shrikant Dilip Khandare’s Journey to Ph.D. Completion
- Union Social Justice Empowerment Secretary Shri Sudhansh Pant Reviews Key Central Government Schemes, Programmes, Initiatives In Mysuru, Karnataka
- A Success Story under NAMASTE
- Union Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar Reviews Functioning of Divisions, Bureaus and Institutions under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment