During the last three years and the current year, the Government has accorded administrative approval and financial sanction for construction of twelve (12) nuclear power reactors – ten (10) indigenous 700 MW Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) to be set up in fleet mode & two (02) units of Light Water Reactors (LWRs) to be set up in cooperation with ...
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Laying of New Railway Lines
Indian Railways is laying New Lines every year. Targets and progress in the last five years is as under: S.N Item 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 1 Target (km) 300 300 500 400 402 2 Achievement(km) 360 380 813 953 354.4 (Feb’ 18) State-wise achievements are as under. SN States Progress of Completion of New Line ...
Read More »Location of coal mines and coal repositories
State-wise number of working coal mines across the country, State/UT-wise is given below: Sl. No. State Number of working coal mines 1 West Bengal 75 2 Jharkhand 140 3 MP 70 4 UP 4 5 Chhattisgarh 57 6 Maharashtra 60 7 Odisha 29 8 Assam 4 9 Telangana 47 10 Jammu & Kashmir 4 11 Meghalaya 3 Total 493 ...
Read More »Quality of coal produced by CIL
The methodology for auction for coal mines/blocks for sale of coal under the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 and the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 has been approved by the Government and Order in this regard has been issued on 27.02.2018. Auction of coal mines for sale of coal is expected to bring ...
Read More »E-Insurance Accounts: 15,21,907 accounts opened as on 15th March 2018
As per Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), the number of customers who have opened e-insurance accounts as on 15th March 2018 are 15,21,907. However, e-insurance accounts are only for storing insurance policies in electronic form. These accounts are not designed to hold any funds which can be used to purchase new insurance policies. IRDAI has issued the “Revised ...
Read More »Goods & Services Tax (GST) collections
The month-wise consolidated figures of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST), State Goods and Services Tax (SGST), Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) and Cess collected by the Government since July 1, 2017 is as under: (Amount in Rs. Crores) Month Collection August, 2017 93,590 September, 2017 93,029 October, 2017 95,132 November, 2017 85,931 December, 2017 83,716 January, 2018 88,929 ...
Read More »Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has filed prosecution against 780 listed companies under various sections of Companies Act, 2013 due to non-filing of Financial Statements and Annual Returns
The Government has taken any steps against listed companies which are not functioning. Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has filed prosecution against 780 listed companies under various sections of Companies Act, 2013 due to non-filing of Financial Statements and Annual Returns. As on 31st December 2015, there were 15.19 lakh registered companies in India. Of these, 10.7 lakh companies were ...
Read More »Roundtable of Invest India Held Today
The Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, speaking at the Invest India Roundtable Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu chaired a roundtable of Invest India in New Delhi today. Various regulatory issues faced by Startups in the sectors of e-pharmacy, NBFCs, unmanned aerial vehicle and retail delivery of petroleum from door to ...
Read More »Aluminium Development Council to be formed to bring development of Aluminium Sector in India – Dr. Chand
Mumbai/Bhubaneswar, 16/03/2018: Industry stalwarts in the aluminium sector, including the Consul General of Italy, senior Government officials, CEOs and Senior Executives of different organizations deliberated and stressed on a whole new world of opportunities that lie ahead for the ‘wonder metal’ at the National seminar on development of special alloys and composites of aluminium, held in Mumbai today. Dr. Tapan ...
Read More »60% of Total Passenger carrying coaches fitted with Bio-Toilets
Approximately 60% of the total passenger carrying coaches over Indian Railways have been installed with bio-toilets. The earlier plan to fit bio-toilets in the entire fleet of coaches by the year 2021-22 has been advanced to 2019 in the Budget 2017-18. A list of some of the trains having coaches equipped with bio-toilets is given below:- Zonal Railways Trains Central 22135/36 ...
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