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Government Revises Model Concession Agreement for PPP in Major Ports  In order to make  port projects more investor friendly and make investment climate in the Major Port sector more attractive, the Government has approved the revised Model Concession Agreement (MCA) for Public Private Participation (PPP) projects in Major Ports on 3.1.2018.  Salient features of the revised MCA are as follows ...

Financial Assistance Policy for Shipyards  The Minister of State for Shipping Shri Pon Radhakrishnan informed in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today that the  Government has introduced a Rs.4000 Crores Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) for Indian shipyards for a period of 10 years, for contracts secured between 01.04.2016 and 31.03.2026. Under this scheme financial assistance equal ...

The total quantity of cargo transported on National Waterways (NWs) since 2008-09 upto January, 2018 is 134.61 million tonnes. There has been a gradual increase in the overall quantity of cargo transported on NWs in the last few years. The year wise details are given below­­: – Cargo transported on National Waterways (NWs) (in Million Tonnes) YEAR NW-1 NW-2 NW-3 ...

BHUBANESWAR, 6 March 2018: With Odisha being essentially an agrarian State and agriculture considered the lifeline of Odisha’s economy, the Odisha Government has decided to improve production and productivity with sustainable agricultural practices, raise farmers’ income by promoting efficient production technology, post-harvest solutions, value-addition and remunerative market options. “The State Government is committed to accelerating inclusive and a sustainable growth in the farm ...

  “Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) is committed for Zero Harm and collectively we can do it,” said Executive Director (I/C) and Unit Head Mr. Atul Misra, while addressing a huge gathering of employees, workers and contractors during observation of 47th National Safety Day at JSPL’s Angul Steel Plant. “The management is really thankful to all of you for ...

Integration of MSME sector with Global Value Chains requires the sector to focus more on innovation, be it product innovation or process innovation. For that to happen, steady supply of skilled human capital needs to be ensured to drive the experiments with new ideas. Besides to make the integration effective, availability of World Class infrastructure backed by State of Art ...

Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri R.K. Singh inaugurated the‘International R&D Conclave’- two-day conference on Emerging Opportunities and Challenges of R&D in Indian Power Sector, organised by Central Electricity Authority (CEA), here today. In his address inaugural, Shri Singh stressed upon the need of a dedicated R&D department in CEA to coordinate the ...

MERCHANDISE TRADE EXPORTS (including re-exports) Exports during January 2018 have exhibited positive growth of 9.07per cent in dollar terms vis-à-vis January 2017. Exports have been on a positive trajectory since August 2016 to January 2018 with a dip of 1.1 per cent in the month of October 2017. Exports during January 2018valued at US$ 24383.97 million as compared to US$ ...

Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme announced by the Government, popularly called as ‘Namo-Care’, has the potential to turn India into the largest pharma manufacturer of the world in about three years”, Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Ananthkumar, said while inaugurating the third edition of India Pharma 2018 and India Medical Device 2018, International conference and ...

Shri Hardeep Puri, Minister of State (I/C) for Housing & Urban Affairs has informed that till December 2017 a total of 2,45,348 beneficiaries have been assisted under DAY-NULM for setting up individual/ group micro enterprises.  He was chairing the fourth meeting of the Governing Council of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) here today.  Shri Durga Shankar ...