Annual procurement of goods & services from Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) by the Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) during 2017-18 stands at Rs. 24226.51 crore in which the share of procurement from MSEs owned by SC/ST Entrepreneur is Rs. 442.52 crore. The details of annual procurement by the CPSEs during the last four years, as per information provided ...

Sales, production and job opportunities in Khadi sector are showing an increasing trend since the last three years: (Rs. in crore and Employment in lakh persons) Sl.No. Particulars 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 I. PRODUCTION A Khadi (incl.Polyvastra) 1158.44 1520.83 1626.66 B Village Industries 33331.78 41110.26 46454.75 Total-I 34490.22 42631.09 48081.41 II. SALES A Khadi (incl.Polyvastra) 1663.98 2146.60 2510.21 B Village Industries ...

The concept of Agri Export Zone (AEZ) was introduced in 2001, through EXIM Policy 1997-2001, to take a comprehensive look at a particular produce/product located in a contiguous area for the purpose of developing and sourcing the raw materials, their processing/packaging, leading to final exports. The concept hinged primarily on convergence of existing Central and State Government schemes to take ...

            On 29th December 2018, I came across heart breaking news in the media that, the Indian Air Force and Navy have joined the operation to rescue fifteen mine workers trapped since 13th December in a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya. This is an illegal coal mine functioning without any safety measures. This tragedy has made the nation ...

Export and import are dynamic situation which keep fluctuating based on factors like cost of raw material, exchange rate, domestic demand, international price of steel, inventory stocking/destocking, demand in global market and competitiveness. India’s exports declined by 23.1 percent to 0.598 million tonnes as shown under:   Total Finished Steel (alloy/stainless+ non-alloy) Export (mt) Year Qty %change over last year ...

The FDI data cell of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) compiles and maintains the data of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Equity inflow received in the country. The FDI equity inflow from April, 2015 to June, 2018 in the Non-Conventional Energy Sector is as under: – Sl No Year FDI in US$ million 1 2015-16 Apr-Mar 776.51 2 ...

The wind power projects in the country are installed on the basis of commercial viability through tariff based competitive bidding process. As on date, the bids for setting up of wind power projects of aggregate 8389.90 MW capacity have been finalised through Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. (SECI) and National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (NTPC), as detailed in Annexure-II. Besides, ...

The Public Enterprises Survey 2017-18 on the performance of Central Public Sector Enterprises, brought out by the Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, was tabled in both the Houses of Parliament today. There were 339 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) in 2017-18, out of which 257 were in operation. Remaining 82 of the CPSEs were ...

The State Bank of India (SBI), in the VII Phase of sale of Electoral Bonds, has been authorized to issue and encash Electoral Bonds through its 29 Authorized Branches (as per list enclosed) w.e.f. 01.01.2019 to 10.01.2019. It may be noted that Electoral Bonds shall be valid for fifteen calendar days from the date of issue and no payment shall be made to ...

At present, there are 58 projects in different States sanctioned by Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry under Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (IIUS)/Modified Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (MIIUS) based on the project proposals received from Special Purpose Vehicles(SPVs)/State Implementing Agencies (SIAs). However, no project has been sanctioned in Sheohar district of Bihar under IIUS. ...