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, the share of nuclear energy in the total electricity generation in the country has remained around 3 to 3.5% since 2014. In a written reply to a question in ...
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India Targets 1.2 Billion Ton Coal Production By 2023-24
A target of all India coal production of 1.2 Billion Tonne upto the year 2023-24 has been fixed. The following action has been taken by the Government to further enhance the production of coal in the country: Commercial Auction of coal on revenue share mechanism: Auction of commercial mining on Revenue Sharing Mechanism was launched on 18.06.2020. Under this scheme, total ...
Read More »Stepped up Efforts to Enhance Production and Supply of Coal
Demand of coal is higher than the current level of domestic supply of coal in the country. The gap between demand and domestic supply of coal cannot be bridged completely as there is insufficient availability and reserve of prime coking coal in the country. Further, coal imported by power plants designed on imported coal and high grade coal required for ...
Read More »India Achieves Major Success in Coal Import Reduction Despite Increase in Power Demand
India is the world’s third largest energy consuming country and electricity demand grows by 4.7% each year. To reduce the dependence on imports of coal, major reforms have been carried out by the Ministry of Coal with the vision of “Atma Nirbhar Bharat”. The Ministry has also amended the Mineral Concession (Amendment) Rules, 1960 under MMDR (Amendment) Act, 2021 to ...
Read More »NALCO Registers Highest Ever Quarterly Total Turnover and Export Turnover in Q3 of FY22
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), one of India’s largest integrated manufacturer and exporter of alumina and aluminium, has surpassed several milestones in its journey of business excellence in Q3 of financial year 2021-22. The Company registerednearly 3.5-fold increase in Net profit to clock Rs. 831 crore in Q3 of FY22, a jump of 246%compared to Rs. 240 crore in Q3 ...
Read More »Roadmap for Utilization of Plastic Waste by the steel sector be prepared by SRTMI within one month; Shri Ram Chandra Prasad Singh
The Union Steel Minister, Shri Ram Chandra Prasad Singh convened a meeting with the senior officials of Ministry, Shri Anshuman Tripathi, Member, National Security Advisory Board and Director Steel Research & Technology Mission of India (SRTMI) here today to deliberate on the prospects of use of plastic wastes in iron and steel making. The utilization/disposal of plastic wastes is an ...
Read More »Details of Amount Collected & Activities Under District Mineral Foundation Funds
Till December 2021, ₹ 57,411 crore has been collected under District Mineral Foundation (DMF) in the country. Details are in Annexure – I The Central Government under Section 20A of the MMDR Act has issued directions and circulated guidelines for Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra KalyanYojna (PMKKKY) on 16.09.2015 to be implemented by the District Mineral Foundations (DMF) for taking up ...
Read More »Textiles &Apparel Exports register 52% Growth in April – December 2021over last year’s Corresponding Period
Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Textiles has been notified with a budgetary outlay of Rs 10683 crore to promote production of MMF Apparel, MMF Fabrics and Products of Technical Textiles in the country. The objective is to enable Textile sector to achieve size and scale and to become competitive.Theexports of Textiles & Apparel for the year 2018-19, 2019-20 and ...
Read More »Export of Organic Foodgrains
The National Centre for Organic Farming (NCOF), under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, is the nodal organization for organic farming in the country. NCOF implements the National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF) to promote production, certification and marketing of organic products. The National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP), introduced by the Department of Commerce, is aimed at regulation ...
Read More »Previous Highest Ever yearly exports crossed in 10 months this year with figures touching USD 336 billion approximately
India’s merchandise export in January 2022 increased by 23.69% to USD 34.06 billion over USD 27.54 billion in January 2021; records increase of 31.75% over USD 25.85 billion in January 2020. India’s merchandise export in 2021-22 (April-January) rose by 46.53% to USD 335.44 billion over USD 228.9 billion in 2020-21 (April-January); marks an increase of 27.0% over USD 264.13 billion ...
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