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New scheme announced for tourist vehicle operators

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has announced a new scheme, under which any tourist vehicle operator may apply for an “All India Tourist Authorization/Permit” through online mode. It will be issued, after relevant documents are submitted and fees deposited, within 30 days of submission of such applications. The new set of rules,to be known as, “All India Tourist ...

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Railway Parcel Management System undergoes total transformation

Indian Railways’ parcel services are geared towards providing transportation for small consignments, over a vast network of stations. Small businesses and traders (especially in smaller cities and towns) have been using these services for transportation of their merchandise, etc, from bigger cities and production centres to the place of their business in a fast, reliable and cheap manner. Common man ...

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Designing new Street Vending Carts to cope with the recent challenges due to COVID-19

Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, has organised a competition for Covid19 Street Vending Cart Designfor designing a new and cost effective cart models. The NIDs students in Ahmedabad, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Haryana and Madhya Pradeshtook part in it from 22.12.2020 to 05.02.2021. National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad coordinated with other NIDs and ...

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Consumer Price Index Numbers on base 2012=100 for Rural, Urban and Combined for the month of February 2021

 The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is releasing All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Base 2012=100 and corresponding Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for Rural (R), Urban (U) and Combined (C) for the month of February 2021 (Provisional) in this press note. CPIs for Sub-Groups and Groups for both All India and all ...

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Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production and use-based Index for the Month of January, 2021 (Base 2011-12=100)

The Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) are released on 12th of every month (or previous working day if 12th is a holiday) with a six weeks lag and compiled with data received from source agencies, which in turn receive the data from the producing factories/ establishments. 2.  For the month of January 2021, the Quick Estimates of Index of ...

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35 Space startups and industries are in consultation with ISRO for development of satellites, launch vehicles, develop applications, provide space based services: DrJitendra Singh

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that Government of India announced reforms for opening up the space sector to private entities by creation of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe) under the Department of Space. In a ...

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Performance of Government-Owned Steel Companies

There are two steel manufacturing Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under the administrative control of Ministry of Steel, namely, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL).  The revenue generated by SAIL and RINL during the last five years is given at Annexure-I. The steel industry witnessed severe downturn globally with demand slowdown, overcapacity, cheaper imports, variations in ...

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Modernisation of Railway Stations

Upgradation/modernization/beautification of stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and on-going process. Presently, Railway stations are upgraded/modernized under ‘Adarsh’ Station Scheme based on identified need of providing better enhanced passenger amenities at stations. Under ‘Adarsh’ Station Scheme, 1253 stations have been identified for development, out of which 1201 stations so far have been developed. The remaining 52 stations are planned ...

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Oil and Gas Reserves in the Country

Status of Oil & Gas Reserves (2P) of the Country as on 01.04.2020 is as under:- Oil, MMT* Oil-Initially in-Place(OIIP) Estimated Ultimate Recovery(EUR) Balance Recoverable Reserves 6973.91 1967.33 493.26 Gas, BCM# Gas Initially in-Place(GIIP) Estimated Ultimate Recovery(EUR) Reserves (2P) 3974.41 2299.69 1080.42 * MMT- Million Metric Tonnes; # BCM- Billion Cubic Meter Total consumption of petroleum products and natural gas in the ...

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Production Linked Incentive Scheme

Keeping in view India’s vision of becoming ‘Atmanirbhar’ and to enhance India’s Manufacturing Capabilities and Exports, an outlay of INR 1.97 lakh crore has been announced in Union Budget 2021-22 for PLI schemes for 13 key sectors for a period of 5 years starting from fiscal year (FY) 2021- 22. These 13 sectors includes already existing 3 sectors named (i) ...

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