The first national workshop on the agri export policy, approved by Cabinet recently, was held in New Delhi today. The workshop was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu. Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, C. R. Chaudhary, Secretary Department of Commerce, Dr. Anup Wadhawan, senior officials of various departments of Government ...
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National Bamboo Mission
The restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) was approved in April, 2018 for implementation till the end of 14th Finance Commission i.e. 2019-20. The scheme aims to inter-alia supplement farm income of farmers with focus on the development of complete value chain of bamboo sector linking growers with industry. The scheme is being implemented in non-forest Government land, farmers field in States ...
Read More »NALCO Celebrates 39th Foundation Day
In a historic step that is bound to leave a lasting impact on the cultural and sporting landscape, National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) today launched a slew of initiatives to promote cultural organisations and sporting talents in Odisha, to mark the 39thFoundation Day Celebrations. Padma Shri Manoj Das was bestowed with NALCO Lifetime Achievement Award while Shri NiranjanRath, Secretary, LokSevakMandal ...
Read More »International Civil Aviation Organization Predicts 100 % Increase in Global Air Travel by 2030
With hundreds of millions of people joining the global middle-class, the demand for air travel is witnessing an unforeseen upsurge. The International Civil Aviation Organization has predicted a 100 percent increase in global air travel by the year 2030, creating a need for extensive efforts to bring the entire aviation ecosystem to pace. To ride this strong tailwind of growth ...
Read More »Anti-Dumping Duty on Chinese Goods
Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), erstwhile DGAD, had conducted investigations on subsidies on Chinese goods and imposed countervailing/anti-subsidy duty on the following products imported from China as per the provisions under Customs Tariff Act 1975 and the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment, and Collection of Countervailing Duty on Subsidized Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995: S.No. Product(s) Date ...
Read More »First Advance Estimates of National Income, 2018-19
The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the First Advance Estimates of National Income at Constant (2011-12) and Current Prices, for the financial year 2018-19. These are presented in Statements 1-4. 2. The First Advance Estimates of GDP have been released in accordance with the release calendar of National Accounts. The approach for compiling ...
Read More »Demand and Supply of Natural Gas
The supply of natural gas in the country along with the quantum of LNG imported during the last three years and the current year is as follows: (MMSCM) Natural Gas 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18) 2018-19 (P) (April-Oct 2018) Net availability of domestic gas 31129 30848 31731 18586 LNG import 21388 24686 26328 16468 Total consumption 52517 55534 ...
Read More »Procurement of Goods and Services from MSMEs by PSEs
Annual procurement of goods & services from Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) by the Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) during 2017-18 stands at Rs. 24226.51 crore in which the share of procurement from MSEs owned by SC/ST Entrepreneur is Rs. 442.52 crore. The details of annual procurement by the CPSEs during the last four years, as per information provided ...
Read More »Reduction of Sales, Production and Job Opportunities in Khadi Sector
Sales, production and job opportunities in Khadi sector are showing an increasing trend since the last three years: (Rs. in crore and Employment in lakh persons) Sl.No. Particulars 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 I. PRODUCTION A Khadi (incl.Polyvastra) 1158.44 1520.83 1626.66 B Village Industries 33331.78 41110.26 46454.75 Total-I 34490.22 42631.09 48081.41 II. SALES A Khadi (incl.Polyvastra) 1663.98 2146.60 2510.21 B Village Industries ...
Read More »Rs. 94,726 crore of total gross GST revenue collected in the month of December
The total gross GST revenue collected in the month of December, 2018 is Rs. 94,726 crore of which CGST is Rs. 16,442 crore, SGST is Rs. 22,459 crore, IGST is Rs. 47,936 crore (including Rs. 23,635crore collected on imports) and Cess is Rs. 7,888 crore (including Rs. 838 crore collected on imports). The total number of GSTR 3B Returns filed for the month of November up to 31st December, 2018 is 72.44 lakh. The government has settled Rs. 18,409 ...
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