- Second Phase of Assembly Election in Uttar Pradesh and Single phase of voting in Goa and Uttarakhand passes off peacefully.
- Rs 1154.90 crore released to four states for providing grants to Urban Local Bodies. The States to which grants were released are Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat and Sikkim. The grants released are meant for Non-Million Plus cities including Cantonment Boards.
- Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi address public rallies in Punjab.
- Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs sanctions Rs. 2.26 crore for various activities pertaining to the festival of Medaram Jathara 2022.
- With a view to provide further relief to consumers and to keep in check any further rise in the prices of domestic edible oils, the Centre reduces the agri-cess for Crude Palm Oil from 7.5% to 5% with effect from 12th of this month.
- National Health Authority collaborates with various Ministries implementing Welfare Schemes to strengthen different aspects of Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY.Integration with beneficiary Database under different schemes is aimed at enrichment of database for Implementation of AB PM-JAY.
- Government bans 54 Chinese apps posing threat to national security. MeitY issues the list of banned apps including Beauty Camera: Sweet Selfie HD, Beauty Camera – Selfie Camera, Equalizer & Bass Booster, CamCard for SalesForce Ent, Viva Video Editor & AppLock to name a few.
- Retail inflation jumps to 6.01% in January 2022 compared to 5.56% in December 2021. However, on a month-on-month basis, retail inflation fell by 0.3%.
- Coal production increases by 6.13 per cent in January this year as compared to the same month in 2020.
- Ministry of Textiles further extends the timeline for submission of applications under the Production Linked Incentive- PLI Scheme for Textiles till 28th of this month.
- Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman has said the government and RBI are on board on the issue of cryptocurrency and whatever decision is taken on it will be taken together.
- BJP delegation led by Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi approaches the Election Commission today and files a complaint against the Congress leader Navjot Singh Siddhu for his allleged remarks attempting to give a communal colour to the election in Punjab.
- Over 173 crore 38 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in the country so far; Recovery rate improves to 97.68 per cent.
- The worsening humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has left over 20 million people in need of assistance: United Nations
