The details of State-wise number of beneficiaries who have submitted applications under the PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme since its launch are at Annexure-I. Data on percentage of beneficiaries in rural and urban areas is not maintained separately under the Scheme. 876 micro-food processing individuals have been trained in 13 States/UTs through 34 Food Processing and Entrepreneurship ...

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) issued a final order yesterday against certain companies manufacturing paper from agricultural waste and recycled wastepaper as well as an association, which were found to have contravened the provisions of Section 3(1) of the Competition Act, 2002 (Act), read with Section 3(3)(a) thereof, which proscribe anti-competitive agreements. The case was initiated suo motu by the Commission on the ...

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya today presented the ICC (Indian Chemical Council) Annual Awards for the year 2020 in a virtual ceremony. He also launched the latest Edition of the Members Directory. This edition of the Directory contains detailed information of all the members of the council. Congratulating the recipients of ...

On a mission mode to become “Future Ready”, Railways is on it’s way to deliver 58 super critical and 68 critical projects worth more than Rs 115000 crore in next few years. Inspite of Covid challenges, Indian Railways is going on rapidly to complete the projects which are vital for increasing the capacity of tracks. 29 Super Critical Projects of ...

Despite the Covid challenges, Freight figures continue to maintain the high momentum in terms of earnings and loading in the month of May 2021 for Indian Railways. On mission mode, Indian Railways’ Freight made highest ever loading for the month of May. In May 2021 it is 114.8 MT which is 9.7% more than May 2019 (104.6 MT) for the ...

Status of Oil & Gas Reserves (2P) of the Country as on 01.04.2020 is as under:- Oil, MMT* Oil-Initially in-Place(OIIP) Estimated Ultimate Recovery(EUR) Balance Recoverable Reserves 6973.91 1967.33 493.26 Gas, BCM# Gas Initially in-Place(GIIP) Estimated Ultimate Recovery(EUR) Reserves (2P) 3974.41 2299.69 1080.42 * MMT- Million Metric Tonnes; # BCM- Billion Cubic Meter Total consumption of petroleum products and natural gas in the ...

Indian Navy’s largest war game – the biennial Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 21) – which commenced in early January, is currently underway with participation of all operational units of Indian Navy including ships, submarines, aircraft as well as units of the Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Coast Guard.  The exercise will culminate by third week of February. ...

BRAND PLUS   People prefer Dabur products because of product superiority and fear of people for COVID – 19 leading to use of quality sanitizer.   “In today’s world where consumers are facing increasing health hazards due to the emergence of new viruses and pandemics, there is a growing need for getting instant and on-the-go protection. Dabur hand sanitizes offer consumers ...

As a measure which directly benefits Startups & Innovators in the country, especially those who are supplying products & services on e-commerce platforms, and in order to bring in more unincorporated businesses into the organized corporate sector, the incorporation of One Person Companies (OPCs) is being incentivized by amending the Companies (Incorporation) Rules to allow OPCs to grow without any ...

All-India CPI for Industrial Workers (2016=100) for December, 2020 decreased to 118.8 points compared to 119.9 points for November, 2020. In percentage terms, it went down by 0.92% w.r.t. previous month mainly due to Food group items having a share of 39.17% in the total weight which recorded a fall of 3.16% between these two months. During the period, decrease ...