The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has set up a Sukant Vatsa under the chairmanship of Prasar Bharti CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati to study different aspects of capturing data and to strengthen television rating point (TRP) services.
IIT Madras has again emerged as the best institute under the "CFTIs, Central University, & Institute of National Importance" category in the ARIIA 2021 list, followed by IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi.
Telangana was ranked first in the country in the list of most Open Defecation Free (ODF+) villages under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) Phase-II programme.