Under Skill India Mission the MSDE has been implementing Pradhan Mantri Kaushal VikasYojana (PMKVY), Jan ShikshanSansthan (JSS) Scheme and National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS), for providing short term Skill Development training and Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS), for long term training, to the youth belonging to all section of the society across all over India. The number of youth imparted training ...
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Climate Change makes children vulnerable to infectious diseases: Study
Scientists have found that climate parameters accounted for 9-18% of the total infectious disease cases in a study to probe the association between climate parameters and infectious diseases in children under 16-years-of-age in Varanasi-city in central Indo-Gangetic Plane. Climate change driven by anthropogenic activities may challenge the gains in public health over the past many years, particularly in a country like India ...
Read More »Over Rs. 75,000 crore paid to MSME vendors by Government Ministries/Depts/CPSUs between June and October, 2021
The Atmanirbhar Bharat Package aims to strengthen the Indian economy and increase its competitiveness in the global market with the underlying objective of self-reliance by fulfilling its unique objective of providing financial cushion to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) by providing them collateral free loans and encouraging entrepreneurs to produce maximum goods and services within the country. This was ...
Read More »Mining Sector Welfare Schemes Introduced
Details of welfare schemes in mining areas, State-wise and fund allocated are as per Annexure-I. Government has taken following actions to check the ensure misuse of District Mineral Foundation Trust Fund which is for welfare of people and areas affected by mining related activities: i. To ensure effective implementation of the PMKKKY scheme in transforming the living standards / ...
Read More »Raising of Mineral Royalty Rates
In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (3) of Section 9 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, the Central Government notified the rates of royalty vide Gazette Notification dated 01.09.2014 and royalty rates prior to 2014 were notified vide Gazette Notification dated 13.08.2009. The current rates of royalty on iron ore, chromite, manganese ore, bauxite ...
Read More »Ministry of Heavy Industries supports 520 Charging Stations Infrastructure under the Phase-I of FAME India Scheme
Ministry of Heavy Industries supported 520 Charging Stations/ Infrastructure under the phase-I of FAME India Scheme. Out of 520 charging stations, 452 charging stations has been installed as on 03.12.2021. Further, under phase-II of FAME-India Scheme, Rs. 1000 Cr. is allocated for the development of charging infrastructure. This Ministry has also sanctioned 2,877 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in 68 cities across 25 States/UTs ...
Read More »Aim to increase the turnover of plastic industry to Rs 10 lakh crore from present level of 3 lakh crore in next 5 years – Shri Piyush Goyal
Shri Piyush Goyal today asked the Plastic manufacturing industry to aim to increase their turnover to Rs 10 lakh crore from present level of 3 lakh crore in next 5 years. He said that huge potential exists to increase the manufacturing of plastic machinery in India and reduce dependence on Imports. Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister for Commerce & Industry, Textiles ...
Read More »Six Technology Innovation Platforms launched to foster technological innovations in Heavy Industries
Ministry of Heavy Industries launched six web-based technology innovation platforms on 2nd July, 2021 in order to bring together the Industry & Academia to foster technological innovations in heavy industries. They offer opportunities to industries to seek optimum solutions for technological problems faced by them from the vast pool of scientific & technical manpower in the academia. The details of the ...
Read More »New Food Processing Policy
The Food Processing Sector has emerged as an important segment of the Indian economy and it constitutes as much as 9.9 percent and 11.4 percent share of GVA in Manufacturing and Agriculture sector respectively in 2019-20 at 2011-12 prices. However, some of the key challenges facing the sector are- Supply chain infrastructure gaps; Institutional gaps; Relatively low level of processing; ...
Read More »Growth of Indian Food Industry
The total agri-food exports has grown from US$ 36.18 billion in 2014-15 to US$ 38.32 billion in 2020-21 at a compounded annual growth rate of 0.96 per cent. The gross value added in food processing sector has grown from Rs 1.34 Lakh Crore in 2014-15 to Rs. 2.24 Lakh Crore in 2019-20 at a compounded annual growth rate of 10.8 ...
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