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, the share of nuclear energy in the total electricity generation in the country has remained around 3 to 3.5% since 2014. In a written reply to a question in ...
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Stepped up Efforts to Enhance Production and Supply of Coal
Demand of coal is higher than the current level of domestic supply of coal in the country. The gap between demand and domestic supply of coal cannot be bridged completely as there is insufficient availability and reserve of prime coking coal in the country. Further, coal imported by power plants designed on imported coal and high grade coal required for ...
Read More »Details of Amount Collected & Activities Under District Mineral Foundation Funds
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 ...
Read More »Textiles &Apparel Exports register 52% Growth in April – December 2021over last year’s Corresponding Period
Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Textiles has been notified with a budgetary outlay of Rs 10683 crore to promote production of MMF Apparel, MMF Fabrics and Products of Technical Textiles in the country. The objective is to enable Textile sector to achieve size and scale and to become competitive.Theexports of Textiles & Apparel for the year 2018-19, 2019-20 and ...
Read More »Export of Organic Foodgrains
The National Centre for Organic Farming (NCOF), under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, is the nodal organization for organic farming in the country. NCOF implements the National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF) to promote production, certification and marketing of organic products. The National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP), introduced by the Department of Commerce, is aimed at regulation ...
Read More »FDI Inflow
During the current financial year 2021-22 (up to November, 2021) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows worth USD 54.10 billion have been reported in the country. The details of total FDI inflows reported during the last three financial years are as under: S. No. Financial Year Amount of FDI inflows (in USD billion) 1. 2018-19 62.00 2. 2019-20 74.39 3. 2020-21 ...
Read More »Total Coal Production in the Country & Efforts to Enhance Quantity
State-wise raw coal production in the country during 2020-21 and 2021-22(till December) is given below: PRODUCTION DATA (Figure in Million tonnes) STATE/Year 2020-21 2021-22 Upto Dec-21 (Provisional) ASSAM 0.036 0.000 CHHATTISGARH 158.409 98.558 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0.012 0.009 JHARKHAND 119.296 79.957 MADHYA PRADESH 132.531 98.236 MAHARASTRA 47.435 32.971 ODISHA 154.150 127.928 TELANGANA 52.603 48.171 UTTAR PRADESH 17.016 12.800 WEST BENGAL ...
Read More »Ministry of Coal Auctions 32 Coal Mines So Far
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 ...
Read More »EXPANSION OF MSME SECTOR
Promotion and development of enterprises is a State subject. The Central Government supplements the efforts of the State/UT Governments through various schemes, programmes and policy initiatives for promotion, development and enhancing the competitiveness of MSMEs and to increase employment opportunities in the country. The Ministry of MSME implements various schemes and programmes for growth and development of MSME Sector in ...
Read More »Employment opportunities in Drone sector
As per Drone Rules, 2021, any person who intends to obtain the authorisation to establish a Remote Pilot Training Organisation (RPTO) shall submit an application to the Director General of Civil Aviation in Form D5 on the Digital Sky Platform, along with the specified fees. As on 31 December 2021, nine remote pilot training organisations have been set up by ...
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