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$ ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Share of nuclear energy in the total electricity generation in the country has remained around 3 to 3.5% since 2014
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 ...
Read More »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 ...
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