Shri Alok Tandon, ,Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India, inaugurated NALCO’s Lean Slurry Project at Angul today, marking a significant milestone in the Navratna Company’s journey for Business Excellence and adopting outstanding practices in environmental management. Completion of the Lean Slurry Project by the Company will ensure 100% utilization of ash generated at the Company’s Captive Power Plant (CPP) ...
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NITI Aayog Launches Geospatial Energy Map of India
Geospatial Energy Map of India was launched by Dr Rajiv Kumar (Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog), Dr V K Saraswat (Member, NITI Aayog), and Shri Amitabh Kant (CEO, NITI Aayog) on 18 October 2021. Dr K Sivan, Chairman ISRO & Secretary Department of Space attended the launch event. NITI Aayog in collaboration with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed a ...
Read More »Annual assembly to deliberate on operationalisation of PM Modi ’s ‘One Sun One World One Grid’ initiative, USD 1 trillion in solar investments
The fourth general assembly of The International Solar Alliance (ISA), is to be held virtually between October 18th and October 21st, 2021, and will be presided over by Shri R.K. Singh, Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy, Government of India and the President of the ISA Assembly. U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will deliver the keynote ...
Read More »Mineral Production during August, 2021 (Provisional) Goes Up by 23.6 Per Cent
The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of August, 2021 (Base: 2011-12=100) at 103.8, was 23.6% higher as compared to the level during last year. The cumulative growth for the period April- August, 2020-21 over the corresponding period of previous year has increased 25.1 per cent. Production level of important minerals in August, 2021were: Coal 539 lakh tonnes, Lignite 37 lakh ...
Read More »UIDAI to host “Aadhaar Hackathon 2021” from 28thOctober to 31st October
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given a clarion call to celebrate the 75th year of Independence of India, as the AzadikaAmritMahotsav. It is a year to celebrate innovations in the field of technology and elevate service delivery to the next level. This year is also important for Aadhaar, as it is transitioning to the next decade of its existence, with ...
Read More »Swadeshi Start-ups to play key role in India’s Blue Economy: Dr Jitendra Singh
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said here today that India’s future growth depends on science driven economy. Addressing the interactive session on “Role of Research Technology & Start-ups in Blue Economy” at the inaugural session of ...
Read More »Shri Piyush Goyal visits Pahalgam, meets delegation of PRIs and Industrialists
Union Minister for Textiles, Commerce and Industries and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Piyush Goyal visited Pahalgam today. The Union Minister inspected stalls put up by various departmentsincluding Animal Husbandry, District Industries, ICDS, Social Welfare, Horticulture, Sheep Husbandry, Handloom and Handicrafts deptt. among others. Union Development Commissioner Handicrafts, Shantmanu, Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Ranjan P Thakur, Commissioner ...
Read More »Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) Scales New Heights in Coal Supply Dispatches 5.47 lakh tonne coal on Sunday
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), the leading coal producer, has dispatched over 5.47 lakh ton coal to consumers yesterday breaking its own record of 5.45 lakh tonne within a fortnight. The Company dispatched the highest ever 103 rakes of coal with 65 rakes coming from Talcher coalfields while 38 rakes were supplied from Ib Valley coalfields. Shri P K Sinha, Chairman-cum-Managing ...
Read More »Eco-Tourism Promotion in Odisha
The Odisha state government has identified brand new locations for setting up year-round eco-retreat sites, nature camps, day destinations, river cruise, boating, jungle safari, wildlife sighting towers throughout the state. Tourism is vital for the success of many economies around the world. There are several benefits of tourism on host destinations. Tourism boosts the revenue of the economy, creates ...
Read More »NITI Aayog and UNDP India launched a handbook to promote sustainable management of plastic waste in the country.
The report, titled ‘NITI Aayog-UNDP Handbook on Sustainable Urban Plastic Waste Management’, was released on 11th October, 2021 by NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson Dr Rajiv Kumar, CEO Shri Amitabh Kant, Shri. Rameshwar Prasad Gupta, Secretary Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, Special Secretary Dr K. RajeswaraRao, and Ms. Shoko Noda, Resident Representative, UNDP India. The report has been jointly ...
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