Indian Industry Plus A Pratisrutiplus Suppliment

The Office of Economic Adviser, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade is releasing Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) for the Month of June, 2021.ICI measures combined and individual performance of production in selected eight core industries viz. Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Steel, Cement and Electricity.The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 percent of the ...

Indian Railways (IR) has embarked upon a major electrification program to electrify its Broad Gauge (BG) network on Mission mode. Indian Railways has total Broad Gauge (BG) network of 64,689 Route kilometer (RKM) including 740 RKM of Konkan Railway. Out of these 45,881 RKM i.e. about 71% has already been electrified till 31.03.2021. Electrification work is in progress under different ...

Development/modernisation of railway stations is presently taken up under Adarsh Station Scheme. The expenditure on development of stations under Adarsh Station Scheme is generally funded under Plan Head –53 ‘Passenger Amenities’. Station-wise details of funds allocated/spent are not maintained. However, zone-wise allocation of funds (excluding EBR(P))under Plan Head-53 ‘Passenger Amenities’, during the last three years and in the current financial ...

Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing a Central Sector scheme- PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA (PMKSY) for overall growth and development of food processing sector including augmenting the preservation and processing capacity in the sector with off farm employment generation across the country. Total investment leveraged through implementation of the componentschemes of PMKSY over the past three years ...

The number of jobs generated in last three years in the country, as reported by startups recognized by DPIIT, is as follows: Year Jobs Reported by Recognized Startups (as of 21st July 2021) 2018 95825 2019 144682 2020 171930 2021 (till 21st July) 115080 Total 527517 This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, ...

The details of FDI received in the food processing sector during the last 5 years are mentioned in the table below. FDI Equity Inflows into the Food processing sector Sl. No. Year FDI Inflow (in US$ million) 1 2016-17 727.22 2 2017-18 904.90 3 2018-19 628.24 4 2019-20 904.70 5 2020-21 393.41                     Source: DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry Data ...

As per Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), the details of number of pharmaceutical drug manufacturers, State/UT-wise, in the country as on 29-05-2020 are as given below. Number of Pharmaceutical Units present in States and UTs as on 29-05-2020 S.No. Name of the State/UTs No. of Pharma Units Andhra Pradesh 261 Arunachal Pradesh NIL Assam 25 Bihar 89 Chhattisgarh 31 Goa ...

*Better quality sand to be offered at almost 10 per cent of market price *Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) takes up the very first initiative * Reduces adverse footprint of river bed mining of sand           Even as the mandate is to produce and despatch coal to its consumers, Coal India Ltd. (CIL) has taken an out of ...

Government of India has decided to revive Talcher unit of Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd (FCIL) by setting up a Ammonia Urea plant of 12.7 Lakh Metric Tonne per annum capacity by forming a Joint venture Company (JV) of nominated PSUs i.e. Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd (RCF), Coal India ltd (CIL) and FCIL. ...

Dr. Vanish Kumar, an Inspire Faculty Fellow, has developed an ultra-sensitive, easy-to-use sensor for detecting arsenic contamination in water and food samples in 15 minutes. The developed sensor is highly sensitive, selective, involves a single step, and is applicable for various water and food samples. The developed sensor can be easily operated by a common man by just correlating the ...