Steel being a de – regulated sector, the Government acts as a facilitator, by creating enabling environment for development of the sector. National Steel Policy, 2017 has mission to provide environment for attaining “self sufficiency” in steel production by providing policy support and guidance to steel producers. Further, the action taken includes the following:- A Project Development Cell (PDC) has ...
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Treatment of Mine Water
As per Rule 41 of the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules (MCDR), 2017, leaseholders are required to take all possible precautions to prevent or reduce the discharge of liquid effluents from mines into surface water bodies, ground water aquifer and useable lands. The effluents are required to be suitably treated to conform to the prescribed standards laid down in this ...
Read More »Illegal mining of beach sand minerals
Ministry of Mines has invited comments/suggestions of the stakeholders viz, Central Government Ministries/Departments, States Governments and Union Territories, mining industry stake-holders, industry associations, general public, and other persons and entities concerned on the proposal to remove certain atomic minerals including beach sand minerals in Part B of the First Schedule of the Mines and Minerals (Regulation & Development) [MMDR] Act, ...
Read More »As per the information available on Sambandh Portal (as on 28.07.2022), the details of procurement by various Central Government Ministries/Departments, including the Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs), which have reported their procurement from Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs), since the year 2017-18 are given below : Year Procurement by Central Government Ministries/Departments/Public Sector Enterprises from MSEs (Rs. In Crore) 2017-18 ...
Read More »GST Revenue collection for July second highest ever & 28% higher than the revenues in the same month last year
The gross GST revenue collected in the month of July 2022 is ₹1,48,995 crore of which CGST is ₹ 25,751 crore, SGST is ₹ 32,807 crore, IGST is ₹ 79,518 crore (including ₹ 41,420 crore collected on import of goods) and cess is ₹ 10,920 crore (including ₹ 995 crore collected on import of goods). This is second highest revenue since introduction of GST. The government ...
Read More »Funds Allocated and Utilised Under National Clean Air Programme
National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), which was launched by the Ministry of Environment Forest &Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in January 2019, is a long-term, time-bound, national level strategy for prevention, control and abatement of air pollution. Under NCAP, it has been envisaged to achieve targets of 20 to 30 % reduction in Particulate Matter concentration by 2024 across the country. Details ...
Read More »1,67,080 companies registered in FY 2021-22 as compared to 1,55,377 in FY 2020-21
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) and Companies are incorporated under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs as per the provisions of LLP Act, 2008 and Companies Act, 2013. This was stated by Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Shri Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha . Giving more details, the Minister stated that during ...
Read More »Coal production by CIL
In order to ramp up domestic production of coal, several steps have been taken of which the major steps are as under: To increase production through MDO model, Coal India Ltd. has identified 15 MDO Projects having combined capacity of 168.6 Million Tonne per year (MTY) of which Six MDO Projects have already been awarded with capacity of 96.74 MTY ...
Read More »Coal crisis in the country
The coal stock available with the thermal power plants (TPP) of the country monitored on daily basis in Central Electricity Authority (CEA), has increased from 25.6 Million Tonnes (MT) as on 31.03.2022 to 29.5 MT as on 26.07.2022 . Thus, there is sufficient coal in the thermal power plants. The Thermal generation in the country during April-June 2022 was 325.62 ...
Read More »Expansion of coal mines
In order to enhance the coal production to meet the country’s energy requirement, Ministry of Coal requested MoEF&CC to consider expansion of mine without public consultation upto 50% of their production capacity. Considering this request, MoEF&CC issued an OM dated 7th May, 2022 regarding special dispensation for consideration of Environment Clearance (EC) from 40% to 50% expansion in coal mining projects, ...
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