India achieved its highest-ever annual wind capacity addition of 6.05 GW during FY 2025-26 crossing the landmark of 5.5 GW capacity addition in FY 2016-17. This also represents an increase of nearly 46% over the capacity added in FY 2024–25 marking a decisive acceleration in India’s onshore wind deployment trajectory. With this addition, India’s cumulative installed wind power capacity has crossed 56 ...
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Major Ports Record 915 Million Tonnes Cargo in FY 2025–26, Surpass Target with 7.06% Growth
In a significant achievement for India’s maritime sector, the Major Ports under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways have collectively handled 915.17 million tonnes (MT) of cargo during FY 2025–26, surpassing the annual target of 904 MT. This marks a year-on-year growth of 7.06%, reaffirming the sector’s strong recovery, enhanced efficiency, and sustained growth trajectory. This milestone underscores the ...
Read More »Prospects of Sunrise Industries in Odisha
Odisha is now a favoured destination for investors for setting up of various sunrise industries. A sunrise industry is characterised by significant future potential, higher investment level, newer technology, rapid innovation and high growth rate. In view of transforming our nation to “Viksit Bharat by 2047”, our state Odisha also has envisioned to make the state “Samruddha state by 2036”. ...
Read More »MSME-The Incredible Journey
As global uncertainty persists, India’s MSMEs are strengthening economic resilience through innovation, adaptability and enterprise led confidence. Over the past few years, India’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have emerged as the central pillar of the country’s economic growth and socio-economic transformation. As we moved forward the conversation around micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) move beyond survival. The ...
Read More »Gold: The Timeless Metal of Wealth, Culture, and Wisdom
I was prompted to write on gold because of the growing public eagerness to purchase it, driven by recent geopolitical tensions in the Central East, where global uncertainties have influenced gold prices and created a sense of urgency among people. Gold has captivated human imagination for millennia, not only for its beauty and rarity but for the deeper layers of ...
Read More »India’s Seafood Exports: From Growth to Global Competitiveness
India’s fisheries sector has emerged as a major contributor to food security, employment, export earnings and sustainable livelihoods, backed by a record ₹39,272 crore investment by the Government of India since 2015. The sector supports nearly 30 million fishers and fish farmers at the primary level and almost twice as many across the value chain. Ranked the second‑largest aquaculture producer ...
Read More »Over 7.83 crore enterprises registered on Udyam Registration Portal (URP); growth trend indicated
A revised definition based on the composite criteria of investment and turnover, was adopted to classify Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in 2020. For registration of MSMEs, Udyam Registration Portal (URP) was launched on 01.07.2020. Further, to formalise Informal Micro Enterprises (IMEs), Udyam Assist Platform (UAP) was launched on 11.01.2023. Since the adoption of the revised classification criteria of ...
Read More »Record 30 Mineral Blocks Operationalised in FY 2025–26
In a historic milestone for India’s mining sector, 30 mineral blocks have been successfully operationalised in the financial year 2025–26, marking the first time ever that such a high number of blocks have been made operational within a single financial year. This achievement signifies a major shift towards faster execution and reflects the Government’s focused efforts to translate auctions into ...
Read More »SPINNING MILLS
As per Annual Survey of Industry, Ministry of Statistics & PI, State/UT-wise, including Tamil Nadu, total number of spinning mills, number of spinning mills in operation and others is attached given below. Ministry of Textiles does not maintain data of closed spinning mills separately. The key initiatives taken by the Government to support spinning mills in the country includes following: Technology ...
Read More »Deep Sea Fishing Vessels
Considering the scope for harnessing deep-sea fisheries resources in the Indian EEZ and High Seas and the recommendations of the National Policy on Marine Fisheries, 2017, the Department of Fisheries (DoF), Government of India is providing financial assistance to traditional fishermen for acquisition of Deep Sea Fishing Vessels (DSFVs) under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana’ (PMMSY) at the rate ...
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