Indian Industry Plus A Pratisrutiplus Suppliment

In order to promote sustainable mining and minimize the adverse footprints of mining on native environment, coal/lignite CPSUs under Ministry of Coal (MoC) have been taking various green initiatives, namely Biological reclamation of mined out land and overburden dumps, Avenue plantation along coal transportation and other roads Creation of green belt around infrastructures, sidings and other industrial installations to reduce ...

The coal stock at 136 number of power plants of 166109 MW capacity which are linked to coal companies is 16.63 Million Tonnes (MT) as on 24.11.21 and is sufficient for 9 days requirement. The coal stock at power plants has increased from 7.2 MT as on 08.10.21 to 16.63 MT as on 24.11.21. The coal stock at CIL pithead ...

Total of 77 coal mines in the country have got Mine Opening Permission from FY 2018-19 onwards. State-wise bifurcation of these mines is as below: S.No Name of State Number of mines 1 Jharkhand 23 2 Chhattisgarh 12 3 Odisha 8 4 West Bengal 14 5 Telangana 12 6 Maharashtra 5 7 Karnataka 1 8 Madhya Pradesh 2 Total 77 ...

The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu today called for rethinking the planning and construction approach of houses to ensure proper air circulation and sunlight in indoor spaces. He said the COVID pandemic gave a timely reminder that the quality of air we breathe also determines our health and wellbeing. Shri Naidu referred to research studies which show airborne transmission ...

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal has said we have to find new ways of financing infrastructure. Addressing the CII National Conference on ‘Ease of Doing Business for Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, Shri Goyal said a New India will be powered by Aatmanirbhar Bharat & Ease of Doing Business (EoDB). “The ...

Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited have announced the launch of Model Retail Outlet Scheme and a Digital Customer Feedback Program called Darpan@petrolpump. Three oil PSUs have joined hands to launch Model Retail Outlets to enhance service standards and amenities, across their networks, which serve over 6 Crore consumers everyday. The initiative was inaugurated by Shri Hardeep ...

1. Under the Cabinet Secretary’s Global Indices for Reforms and Growth (GIRG) initiative, the country’s performance is being monitored across 29 global indices including Human Development Index (HDI), Global Hunger Index (GHI), Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), Human Capital Index (HCI), Global Innovation Index (GII), among others. This exercise is aimed at leveraging the monitoring mechanism of important social, economic, and ...

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal today said India can emerge as the largest diamond trading hub in the world. In a video message during the Inauguration Ceremony of Gems & Jewellery Manufacturing Show – 2021”, organised by the Surat Jewellery Manufacturing Association (SJMA), Shri Goyal said the Government ...

DBT-National Brain Research Centre (DBT-NBRC) have recently developed project SWADESH, a unique brain initiative focusing on certified neuroimaging, neurochemical, neuropsychological data and analytics that are made accessible to researchers for managing brain disorders. SWADESH is the first large-scale multimodal neuroimaging database designed specifically for Indian population with big-data architecture and analytics for various disease categories (Fig. 1) under one platform. ...

Experts from India and Israel highlighted the need for changes in the socio-cultural environment while deliberating on ways of achieving gender parity in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) at the conference on India-Israel Women in STEM on November 24, 2021. “There are 3 main issues about lesser women participation in STEM fields which have existed historically across ...