Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) today announced an array of initiatives towards strengthening the skills ecosystem in India. The announcement was made by Shri Dharmendra Pradhan,Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship & Petroleum and Natural Gas. Details of initiatives launched are as below: To ensure standardization of training and learning across all programs, DGT has aligned its courses ...
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GeM transactions to touch USD 100 billion in 3 years: Suresh Prabhu
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, today launched the National Mission on Government eMarketplace (GeM) for increasing awareness and accelerating the use of (GeM).Speaking on this occasion the Minister said that in the next 3 years transactions on GeM will reach USD 100 billion. He further stated that during this mission efforts will be made to ...
Read More »India to generate 100 GW solar energy by 2022: Suresh Prabhu
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu said that demand for energy will increase due to rapid development taking place in India and fossil fuel is not going to last forever and therefore there is need for renewable energy. He was speaking at afunction of International Solar Alliance (ISA) Innovation and Investment Forum in New Delhi ...
Read More »Suresh Prabhu Launches Technology Initiatives for Coffee Stakeholders
Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu launched Coffee Connect – India coffee field force app and Coffee KrishiTharanga – digital mobile extension services for coffee stakeholders at a function here today. The mobile app Coffee Connect has been developed to ease the work of field functionaries and to improve the work efficiency. This application provides solution ...
Read More »GST Revenue collection for August 2018 close to ninety-four thousand crore rupees The total gross GST revenue collected in the month of August, 2018 is Rs. 93,960crore of which CGST is Rs. 15,303 crore, SGST is Rs. 21,154 crore, IGST is Rs. 49,876 crore (including Rs. 26,512 crore collected on imports) and Cess is Rs. 7,628 crore (including Rs. 849 crore collected on imports). The total number of GSTR 3B Returns filed for the month of July up ...
Read More »Sridhar Patra appointed Director Finance NALCO
Shri Sridhar Patra, has taken over the charge of Director (Finance) of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), the Navratna PSU under Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India, today, at the company’s corporate office in Bhubaneswar. Prior to this assignment, Shri Patra was with THDC India Ltd as the Director (Finance). Shri Patra comes with a rich and varied experience of ...
Read More »Estimates of Gross Domestic Product for the First quarter (April-June) of 2018-19
The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first quarter (April-June) Q1, of 2018-19, both at constant (2011-12) and current prices, along with the corresponding quarterly estimates of expenditure components of the GDP. 2. The details of estimates of GDP for Q1 of 2018-19 are presented ...
Read More »Binoy Kumar Assumes Charge of Secretary in Steel Ministry
Binoy Kumar, has taken over as Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Government of India, here today. He had been posted as Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry since 21st May 2018. Prior to this, Binoy Kumar held the post of Special Secretary, Logistics, in the Department of Commerce, where he continued to hold additional charge till 31st July 2018. ...
Read More »Launch of National Mission on GeM
National Mission on Government e Marketplace (GeM) will be launched on 5th September 2018 to accelerate the adoption and use of GeM by major central Ministries, State Governments and their agencies. The aim of the National Mission is to promote inclusiveness, transparency and efficiency in public procurement and achieve cashless, contactless and paperless transaction. This will increase overall efficiency and lead ...
Read More »CCI decides another Lesser Penalty case in respect of cartelisation in Indian Zinc-Carbon Dry Cell Batteries Market
The Competition Commission of India (‘CCI’) passed a final order imposing penalty on Panasonic Energy India Co. Limited (‘Panasonic’) and Geep Industries (India) Private Limited (‘Geep’) for colluding to fix prices of zinc-carbon dry cell batteries in India. In respect of Panasonic, CCI granted 100 percent reduction in penalty by invoking the provisions of Section 46 of the Competition Act, ...
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