The Office of the Economic Adviser, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade is releasing index numbers of wholesale price in India for the month of February, 2021 (Provisional) and for the month of December, 2020 (Final) in this press release. Provisional figures of Wholesale Price Index (WPI) are released on 14th of every month (or next working day) ...
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Coal production in country
The Details of coal production in the country during the last five years and the current year is given below: [In Million Tonnes] Year Actual Production 2015-16 639.230 2016-17 657.868 2017-18 675.400 2018-19 728.718 2019-20(Provisional) 730.873 2020-21(Provisional) 620.100 * * 2020-21 Production up to Feb’ 2021 Import of Coal in India during last three years and current years up to ...
Read More »Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurates Centre for Advanced Radiation Shielding and Geopolymeric Materials and an Analytical High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope Laboratory at CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal
The Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, has said that CSIR-AMPRI has been successfully adopting ‘Waste to Wealth’ strategy as the institute has developed radiation shielding materials utilizing industrial wastes as raw materials.Significantly , a novel process for making lead free and highly effective shielding materials useful for the construction of ...
Read More »New scheme announced for tourist vehicle operators
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has announced a new scheme, under which any tourist vehicle operator may apply for an “All India Tourist Authorization/Permit” through online mode. It will be issued, after relevant documents are submitted and fees deposited, within 30 days of submission of such applications. The new set of rules,to be known as, “All India Tourist ...
Read More »Railway Parcel Management System undergoes total transformation
Indian Railways’ parcel services are geared towards providing transportation for small consignments, over a vast network of stations. Small businesses and traders (especially in smaller cities and towns) have been using these services for transportation of their merchandise, etc, from bigger cities and production centres to the place of their business in a fast, reliable and cheap manner. Common man ...
Read More »Designing new Street Vending Carts to cope with the recent challenges due to COVID-19
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, has organised a competition for Covid19 Street Vending Cart Designfor designing a new and cost effective cart models. The NIDs students in Ahmedabad, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Haryana and Madhya Pradeshtook part in it from 22.12.2020 to 05.02.2021. National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad coordinated with other NIDs and ...
Read More »Consumer Price Index Numbers on base 2012=100 for Rural, Urban and Combined for the month of February 2021
The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is releasing All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Base 2012=100 and corresponding Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for Rural (R), Urban (U) and Combined (C) for the month of February 2021 (Provisional) in this press note. CPIs for Sub-Groups and Groups for both All India and all ...
Read More »Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production and use-based Index for the Month of January, 2021 (Base 2011-12=100)
The Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) are released on 12th of every month (or previous working day if 12th is a holiday) with a six weeks lag and compiled with data received from source agencies, which in turn receive the data from the producing factories/ establishments. 2. For the month of January 2021, the Quick Estimates of Index of ...
Read More »35 Space startups and industries are in consultation with ISRO for development of satellites, launch vehicles, develop applications, provide space based services: DrJitendra Singh
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that Government of India announced reforms for opening up the space sector to private entities by creation of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe) under the Department of Space. In a ...
Read More »Performance of Government-Owned Steel Companies
There are two steel manufacturing Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under the administrative control of Ministry of Steel, namely, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL). The revenue generated by SAIL and RINL during the last five years is given at Annexure-I. The steel industry witnessed severe downturn globally with demand slowdown, overcapacity, cheaper imports, variations in ...
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