Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu launched Coffee Connect – India coffee field force app and Coffee KrishiTharanga – digital mobile extension services for coffee stakeholders at a function here today. The mobile app Coffee Connect has been developed to ease the work of field functionaries and to improve the work efficiency. This application provides solution ...
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GST Revenue collection for August 2018 close to ninety-four thousand crore rupees The total gross GST revenue collected in the month of August, 2018 is Rs. 93,960crore of which CGST is Rs. 15,303 crore, SGST is Rs. 21,154 crore, IGST is Rs. 49,876 crore (including Rs. 26,512 crore collected on imports) and Cess is Rs. 7,628 crore (including Rs. 849 crore collected on imports). The total number of GSTR 3B Returns filed for the month of July up ...
Read More »Sridhar Patra appointed Director Finance NALCO
Shri Sridhar Patra, has taken over the charge of Director (Finance) of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), the Navratna PSU under Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India, today, at the company’s corporate office in Bhubaneswar. Prior to this assignment, Shri Patra was with THDC India Ltd as the Director (Finance). Shri Patra comes with a rich and varied experience of ...
Read More »Binoy Kumar Assumes Charge of Secretary in Steel Ministry
Binoy Kumar, has taken over as Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Government of India, here today. He had been posted as Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry since 21st May 2018. Prior to this, Binoy Kumar held the post of Special Secretary, Logistics, in the Department of Commerce, where he continued to hold additional charge till 31st July 2018. ...
Read More »Environment Minister Releases India’s National Redd+ Strategy
Reiterating India’s commitment to Paris Agreement on Climate Change, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan has emphasised that the cooperation and involvement of the tribals, other forest dwelling people and the society as a whole, is crucial for the implementation of the REDD+ strategy. Speaking at the release of ‘National REDD+ Strategy India’ here today, ...
Read More »Dredging Corporation of India Limited Announces 20% Dividend for 2017-18
The Dredging Corporation of India Limited has declared a 20% dividend on the paid up capital of Rs.28 Crore for the year 2017-18. A cheque of Rs. 4,11,44,026 (Rs. 4.11 Crore ) was handed over to Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation by Shri Rajesh Tripathi, CMD, DCI in ...
Read More »Government of India and the World Bank sign $300 Million Agreement to help scale-up India’s Energy Efficiency Program
The Government of India and the World Bank signed here today a $220 million Loan Agreement and a $80 million Guarantee Agreement for the India Energy Efficiency Scale-Up Program. The Program, to be implemented by the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), will help scale-up the deployment of energysaving measures in residential and public sectors, strengthen EESL’s institutional capacity, and enhance its access to ...
Read More »India’s first biofuel powered flight undertakes maiden voyage.
A historic flight powered by indigenously produced aviation biofuel based on patented technology of CSIR-IIP Dehradun was flagged off today from Dehradun airport by Uttarakhand CM Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat. The Spicejet flight, featuring a latest generation Q400 aircraft powered by ,was received at Delhi airport by Union Ministers Shri Nitin Gadkari, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Shri Suresh ...
Read More »Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production and Use-Based Index for the Month of June, 2018 (Base 2011-12=100)
The Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2011-12 for the month of June 2018 stands at 127.7, which is 7.0 percent higher as compared to the level in the month of June 2017. The cumulative growth for the period April-June 2018 over the corresponding period of the previous year stands at 5.2 percent. The Indices of ...
Read More »Growth of Beach Sand Mineral Industry in Odisha – Calls for urgent attention by the State Govt
. Odisha not only possess huge mineral deposits of Iron, Coal, Bauxite and Chromium; but also has a substantial quantity of Beach Sand deposits. The effective mining of Beach sand, beneficiations and conversion to value added products within Odisha will accelerate the industrial development of the state. R C Patnaik, the Former Executive of Indian Rare Earth Ltd, Chatrapur in ...
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