Including 18 new coal mines, the Ministry of Coal has placed on offer 122 coal / lignite mines today under commercial auction of coal mines. Addressing the fifth tranche of auction launch, Union Minister of Coal, Mines & Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi said  that 42 coal mines have already been auctioned successfully  so far.  Along with ensuring energy security ...

Indian Scientists have suggested that large scale measures like developing pollen forecast systems and training of health care professionals and personal measures like following pollen forecasts, use of face masks, spectacles, and air filters, regularly taking prescribed medications, limiting outdoor exposure, and avoiding gardening or grass-cutting during peak pollen seasons could help minimize the onset and exacerbation of pollen-related allergic ...

As per existing guidelines, some of the activities under agriculture and tourism based enterprises are already covered in the ambit of MSME sector. Activities under these two categories, for which Udyam Registration (UR) is allowed, are given in the dropdown menu of the UR portal. Agriculture based activities such as Preparation of crops of primary market i.e. cleaning, trimming, grading  ...

Government of India launched the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme in January 2015 to address the issue of decline in Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and related issues of empowerment of girls over a life cycle continuum. The objectives of BBBP scheme are to prevent gender biased sex selective elimination, to ensure survival and protection of the girl child, and ...

Section 206C (1G) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (“the Act”) provides for collection of tax by a seller of an overseas tour programme package from a buyer, being a person purchasing such package, at the rate of 5% of the amount of the package. Representations were received from domestic tour operators who were facing difficulties in collection of tax from ...

Seven AAI airports namely Chennai, Kolkata, Goa, Pune, Patna, Bhubaneswar & Chandigarh that participated in ACI-ASQ survey in 2021, have been chosen for Voice of Customer Recognition under Airports Council International (ACI) World’s Voice of the Customer initiative.Airports Council International has initiated the ‘Voice of the Customer’ initiative to acknowledge and recognize airports that continued to prioritize their customers and ...

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, ISRO has launched a total of 129 satellites of Indian Origin and 342 foreign satellites belonging to 36 countries of which nearly 39 satellites are commercial satellites and rest ...

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 ...

Till December 2021, ₹ 57,411 crore has been collected under District Mineral Foundation (DMF) in the country. Details are in Annexure – I The Central Government under Section 20A of the MMDR Act has issued directions and circulated guidelines for Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra KalyanYojna (PMKKKY) on 16.09.2015 to be implemented by the District Mineral Foundations (DMF) for taking up ...

Total of 32 coal mines have been auctioned by Ministry of Coal from FY 2016-17 onwards to till date. Details of coal mines auctioned may be found in the Annexure. Out of afore mentioned 32 coal mines successfully auctioned, four coal blocks having Annual production capacity of 21.6 Million Tonne are situated in the State of Odisha. Total of Rs.7,37,51,41,459/- has ...