Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the 105th Indian Science Congress at Manipur University today. He began his inaugural address by paying tributes to three very distinguished Indian scientists whom we lost in recent times – Padma Vibhushan Prof Yashpal, Padma Vibhushan Prof UR Rao and Padma Shri Dr Baldev Raj. They all made outstanding contributions to Indian science and ...
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Anti-Dumping Duty on Steel
A definitive anti-dumping duty in the range of 4.58% to 57.39%, of the landed value of goods has been imposed on imports of Cold Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel to give relief to domestic steel industriesfrom the People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, the European Union, South Africa, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and the United States of America, vide notification No. 61/2015-Customs (ADD) dated 11.12.2015. The anti-dumping duty under the aforesaid notification ...
Read More »Highway Projects
Fourteen hundred seventy sanctioned projects amounting to Rs. 432538 Crore having length 44108 km are under construction which includes seventy-one projects amounting to Rs.21042 Crore having length 1647 km in the state of Kerala and West Bengal. Three hundred forty-three projects are facing problems in timely completion of projects. These projects are likely to be completed by Dec 2020. In ...
Read More »INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE: February 2018
MERCHANDISE TRADE EXPORTS (including re-exports) Exports during February 2018 have exhibited positive growth of 4.48 per cent in dollar terms vis-à-vis February2017. Exports have been on a positive trajectory since August 2016 to February 2018except for a temporary setback in October 2017. Exports during February 2018were valued at US$ 25834.36million as compared to US$ 24726.71 million during February 2017. In ...
Read More »7 .2% growth in supply of coal to power sector
During the current year 2017-18, the growth in supply of coal to power sector is 7.2%, based on the rising demand of coal based generating stations. As estimated by the Ministry of Power, the Pan India growth of coal based generation would be 5.4% to 5.7% in the current year & next four years.As an alternative energy source, the Government has ...
Read More »Implementation of UNNATI Project
The aims and objectives of Project UNNATI of the Ministry of Shipping are as follows: Benchmark operational and financial performance of the 12 major ports with selected Indian private ports and best-in-class international ports for identifying improvement areas. Undertake capability maturity assessment for key processes and functional capabilities (e.g., IT, HR, Environment, and Health) and identify gaps and areas for ...
Read More »3686 centrally protected monuments/sites under the Archaeological Survey of India: Dr. Mahesh Sharma
There are 3686 centrally protected monuments/sites under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The conservation and maintenance of these monuments, including forts and temples, is done regularly as per the availability of resources. They are in a good state of preservation.Under the National Culture Fund (NCF) several PSUs, financial institution, etc. have come forward to provide funds for various amenities ...
Read More »Steps to reduce cost of production and import of coal
Some of the measures taken to bring down the cost of production by Coal India Limited (CIL) include the following: e-reverse auction for finalization of contracts for explosives implemented. Action taken for improving competition in tenders and cost reduction: In case of procurement, introduction of Reverse Auction (RA) for tenders valued more than 1 crore with Start Bid price as ...
Read More »Supply of coal to power and non-power sectors
In order to meet the requirement of thermal power plants (TPPs), Coal India Limited (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) have offered coal through road mode from available pithead stocks to TPPs which are located within 50 kms to 60 kms from the nearest mine. As a result of these efforts, coal supply to power plants has been 457.36 ...
Read More »Direct Tax collections for F.Y. 2017-2018 show growth of 19.5% up to february, 2018
The provisional figures of Direct Tax collections up to February, 2018 show that net collections are at Rs.7.44 lakh crore which is 19.5% higher than the net collections for the corresponding period of last year. The net Direct Tax collections represent 74.3% of the Revised Estimates of Direct Taxes for the Financial Year 2017-18 which stand at Rs. 10.05 lakh crore. Gross collections (before adjusting for refunds) have increased by 14.5% to Rs.8.83 lakh ...
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