Indian Railways (IR) has embarked upon a major electrification program to electrify its Broad Gauge (BG) network on Mission mode. Indian Railways has total Broad Gauge (BG) network of 64,689 Route kilometer (RKM) including 740 RKM of Konkan Railway. Out of these 45,881 RKM i.e. about 71% has already been electrified till 31.03.2021. Electrification work is in progress under different ...

Development/modernisation of railway stations is presently taken up under Adarsh Station Scheme. The expenditure on development of stations under Adarsh Station Scheme is generally funded under Plan Head –53 ‘Passenger Amenities’. Station-wise details of funds allocated/spent are not maintained. However, zone-wise allocation of funds (excluding EBR(P))under Plan Head-53 ‘Passenger Amenities’, during the last three years and in the current financial ...

Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing a Central Sector scheme- PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA (PMKSY) for overall growth and development of food processing sector including augmenting the preservation and processing capacity in the sector with off farm employment generation across the country. Total investment leveraged through implementation of the componentschemes of PMKSY over the past three years ...

The number of jobs generated in last three years in the country, as reported by startups recognized by DPIIT, is as follows: Year Jobs Reported by Recognized Startups (as of 21st July 2021) 2018 95825 2019 144682 2020 171930 2021 (till 21st July) 115080 Total 527517 This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, ...

The details of FDI received in the food processing sector during the last 5 years are mentioned in the table below. FDI Equity Inflows into the Food processing sector Sl. No. Year FDI Inflow (in US$ million) 1 2016-17 727.22 2 2017-18 904.90 3 2018-19 628.24 4 2019-20 904.70 5 2020-21 393.41                     Source: DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry Data ...

Coal mining operations have some impact on environment in terms of change in land use pattern, dust, air, water and noise pollution. It is mandatory for all projects of CIL to get the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) approved by the competent authority before commencing the mining operations. A detailed Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) is carried out for each project considering ...

With India’s forex reserves at $608.99 billion as on June 25, 2021 stood, India has emerged as the fifth largest foreign exchange reserves holder in the world after China, Japan, Switzerland and Russia. This was stated by Minister of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today. The Minister stated ...

The total steel production capacity of the country at present is 143.91 million tonnes. The details of units engaged in steel production, both in Public and Private Sector are enclosed as Annexure. As per Indian Mineral Yearbook, 2019 published by Indian Bureau of Mines, there were 254 reporting mines in 2018-19, out of which 35 mines were in the Public Sector ...

Details of export of finished steel as compared to imports is given as follows: –                                                                                            (in Million Ton) Year Total Finished Steel   Import Export 2020-21 4.75 10.78 April-June, 2021* 1.16 3.56                 *Provisional, Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC) Steel is a de-regulated sector.  Commercial decisions such as exports are taken by the steel companies. The details ...

Business done by HAL in last ten years is as under:- Rs. In Crore Particulars 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 Revenue from Operations 13124 14211 14328 15135 15730 16758 17950 18519 20008 21438 Profit before tax 2839 3328 3497 3578 3172 3207 3583 3240 3742 3928 The list of defence equipment manufactured by HAL is ...