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OPERATIONAL SEZs

Presently, there are 425 formally approved Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the country.  As on date, 376 SEZs are notified and 268 SEZs are operational. SEZs are primarily private investment driven initiatives. The delay in setting up of and operationalizing SEZs could be attributed to several reasons including adverse business climate due to changed global economic situation, changes in fiscal ...

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EASING THE PROCESS OF FILING PATENTS

The details of patents filed in India over the last five years is as below: Financial Year 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 (Upto 31st Jan, 2022) No. of   applications   filed 45444 47854 50659 56267 58503 51940 The number of patents filed by Indians in India over the last five years is as under, which shows steady increase: Financial ...

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Centre of Excellence in Petrochemicals Sector

The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals under the Scheme for settingupofCentreofExcellencehasapprovedeightCentresofExcellencein various reputed Government Institutions across the country since 2015. The details of these are asunder: S.No Institute Name of project Date of approval 1. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, Uttarakhand Process Development, Wastewater Management       in Petrochemical Industries February, 2019 2. Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering& Technology,Bhubaneswar, Odisha Bio-engineered ...

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Coal Ministry Successfully Auctions Ten Coal Mines of Five States in the latest Effort

Ministry of Coal had launched the auction of coal mines for commercial mining under 13th Tranche of CMSP Act and 3rd Tranche of MMDR Act on October 12, 2021. During the e-auction, cumulatively 10 coal mines were put up for auction of which six coal mines were CMSP coal mines and remaing four were MMDR coal mines. Details of all the coal ...

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Seven AAI airports chosen for Voice of Customer Recognition 2021 by Airports Council International

Seven AAI airports namely Chennai, Kolkata, Goa, Pune, Patna, Bhubaneswar & Chandigarh that participated in ACI-ASQ survey in 2021, have been chosen for Voice of Customer Recognition under Airports Council International (ACI) World’s Voice of the Customer initiative.Airports Council International has initiated the ‘Voice of the Customer’ initiative to acknowledge and recognize airports that continued to prioritize their customers and ...

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India has a total of 53 operational satellites in space providing various identified services to the nation: 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 today said, ISRO has launched a total of 129 satellites of Indian Origin and 342 foreign satellites belonging to 36 countries of which nearly 39 satellites are commercial satellites and rest ...

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Government of India TOLL COLLECTION THROUGH FASTAG

Over 4.59 crore FASTags have been issued till 31st January, 2022. The total quantum of user fee collection through FASTag on National Highways in the last two years, is as under: Financial Year 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22  (upto January, 2022) User Fee Collection  (in Rs Crores) 10728.52 20837.08 26622.93   As on 5th February, 2022, approximately 12.5 lakh refund cases have ...

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FDI

Foreign Direct Investment inflows (FDI) has shown a continuous increase from US$ 45.15 billion in 2014-15 to US$ 81.97 billion in 2020-21. During the last five financial years, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows worth US$ 339.55 billion have been reported into India. The financial year wise details are as under: S. No. Financial Year Amount of FDI inflows (in US$ ...

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Contribution of logistics sector in overall GDP

Contribution of logistics sector in overall GDP is not compiled at present.  However, sector-wise Gross Value Added (GAV) for the last three years is given below: (Value in Rs Crore)   S.No.   Sector At current prices 2018-19 (3rd RE) 2019-20 (2nd RE) 2020-21 (1st RE) 1 Railways 1,23,596 1,35,477 1,36,807 2 Road Transport 5,36,552 5,65,438 4,47,164 3 Water Transport 13,059 13,350 13,418 ...

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ENGINEERING CLUSTERS

The Government has set up engineering clusters in the country under the Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (IIUS). District-wise details of Engineering Clusters projects set up in the country and funds sanctioned/allocated/released/utilized along with their progress under the scheme is given below: Completed projects: Rs. in crore Sl. No. Name of the Industrial Cluster District State Date of Approval Total Project ...

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