News The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for setting up of a new Ammonia-Urea Complex of 8.64 Lakh Metric Tonnes annual capacity with an estimated investment of Rs. 4500 crore at Namrup in Assam on Public Private Partnership (PPP) route by ...
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Indian Air Force(IAF) Mirage -2000 Lands at Yamuna Expressway
News The IAF has been considering the use of national highways for emergency landing by fighter aircraft. This capability was demonstrated by IAF on May 21, 2015 by a Mirage-2000 aircraft which got airborne from one of the IAF bases in Central India. All facilities like make shift Air Traffic ...
Read More »Approval for revival of the Sindri unit of the Fertilizer Corporation India
News The Union Cabinet gave its approval for the revival of closed urea unit of Fertilizer Corporation India Limited (FCIL) at Sindri (Jharkhand) with an investment of Rs 6000 crore. The CCEA earlier had approved gas pooling for urea sector which will enable the unit to get gas at pooled ...
Read More »Railways’ Commodity-Wise Freight Traffic Earnings up by 17.23 per cent during April 2015
News Indian Railways commodity-wise freight traffic earnings were Rs. 9461.47 crore during the month of April 2015 compared to Rs. 8071.18 crore of during the same period last year, registering an increase of 17.23 per cent. Share Wise Out of this Rs. 9461.47 crore, Rs. 4623.77 crore generated from transportation ...
Read More »Foundation stone laid for Apparel & Garment Making Centre in Assam
News Shri Narendra Modi has given special attention to the Ministry of Textiles, with special focus on states in the North Eastern Region. The Apparel and Garment Making Centres are being opened in every state in the region, as part of the landmark initiative announced by the PM in Nagaland, on ...
Read More »Notification for Mass Emission Standards for flex-fuel ethanol E85 and ED95 in vehicles
News The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways today released the Notification for mass emission standards for flex-fuel ethanol E85 and ED95 in vehicles. The Ministry has notified the test requirements for Type Approval and extension for two, three and four-wheeled vehicles. It has also notified the technical specifications of ...
Read More »‘Kavaratti’ – Fourth Ship of Project – 28 (Anti Submarine Warfare Corvette) Launched at GRSE, Kolkata
News The four ships of Project-28 built by GRSE, Kolkata have been designed indigenously by the Directorate of Naval Design, New Delhi and bear testimony to the acclaimed legacy of Naval Designers. The ships have been constructed using high grade steel (DMR 249A) produced in India. Kavaratti will also be ...
Read More »NITI Aayog Website Launched
News Website: https://www.niti.gov.in Features The website provides details of the constitution, functions and current activities of the NITI Aayog. The reports prepared by the institution in its initial stages have also been shared on the website. The website has a unique feature of NITI Blogs, which will incorporate articles, field reports, ...
Read More »Government betters its own Financial Targets During 2014-15
News Fiscal Deficit for the Financial Year 2014-15 stands at 4.0 % as against the Target of 4.1 % Revenue Deficit for FY 2014-15 stands at 2.8% as Against Target of 2.9% Gross Tax Collections During 2014-15 Stand at Rs. 12,45,037 Crore and thus Registering a Growth of 9% during ...
Read More »Life to Public works under MGNREGA: HUL’s 42-crore initiative
News Job-seekers are finding jobs right in their villages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) through an innovative publicprivate-civil society partnership driven by Hindustan Unilever (HUL). It’s indeed rare for a large corporate entity to directly engage on NREGA although a few like ITC have had brushes ...
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