Foreign Relations

India is the destination for UAE businesses: Piyush Goyal

‘Trust’ describes the India-UAE relationship; We were the brothers working for each other during COVID; ‘Come to experience India – the land of opportunities’; A shared vision leads to the establishment of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in the UAE […]

General

PLI scheme for Bulk Drugs

In total 239 applications have been received for the 36 products spread across the 4 Target Segments for the PLI schemes for Bulk Drugs from all over the country in two rounds of applications. […]

Agriculture & Commodities

Measures to Promote Crop Diversification

The Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) is implementing the Crop Diversification Programme (CDP), a sub-scheme of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) in the Original Green Revolution States viz; Haryana, Punjab & Western Uttar Pradesh since 2013-14 to divert the area of water-intensive paddy crop to alternative crops like pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals, nutri cereals, cotton etc. […]

Business

Export of Heavy Electrical Equipment has increased

As per the inputs provided by Manufacturers Association, the export of products pertaining to Heavy Electrical Industries i.e. Turbine, Generators and rotating machines, Transformers, Switch Gears and control gears, etc. has increased in last three years. […]

Foreign Relations

5th India – Bahrain Foreign Office Consultations held

Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Secretary (CPV&OIA), Ministry of External Affairs, GOI, and H.E. Dr. Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa Undersecretary (Political Affairs), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Bahrain co-chaired the 5th round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between India and Kingdom of Bahrain in New Delhi today. […]

Business

Recent Initiatives of Mines Ministry to Check Illegal Mining

Section 23C of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act (MMDR Act) 1957, empowers the State Governments to frame rules to prevent illegal mining, transportation, and storage of minerals and for the purposes connected therewith. Hence, control of illegal mining comes under the legislative and administrative purview of the State Governments. […]

Business

Animal disease-free zones to increase meat exports

APEDA organizes National Business Meet on promoting exports of value-added meat products; Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had launched the National Animal Disease Control Programme in 2019 with an allocation of Rs 12,652 crore to control and eradicate the FMD and Brucellosis amongst the livestock in the country […]

Finance

Quarterly Report on Public Debt Management for the quarter ended December 2021

Since Apr-June (Q1) 2010-11, Public Debt Management Cell (PDMC) (earlier Middle Office), Budget Division, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance has been bringing out a quarterly report on debt management on a regular basis. The current report pertains to the quarter October – December 2021 (Q3 FY22). […]

Business

Promote Khadi textiles and modernize the Khadi Industry

With a view to promote Khadi textiles and modernize the Khadi Industry, Ministry of MSME, through Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has over the years taken various initiatives through various Technological Institutions of national repute and already disseminated those developed technologies in the past, as a regular activity. […]

Business

Khadi Rolls Out Major Employment Spree in Rajasthan

In a major boost to the self-employment spree in Rajasthan, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on Saturday distributed 200 electric potter wheels to potters, 240 waste wood toolkits to Carpenters, and 10 dona paper plate making machines to 450 local artisans in Jodhpur. […]

Foreign Relations

External Affairs Minister visited the Maldives and Sri Lanka

At the respective invitations of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives, H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, Prof. G.L.Peiris, External Affairs Minister (EAM), Dr. S Jaishankar will pay an official visit to the Maldives and Sri Lanka from 26-30 March 2022. […]

Business

Ministry of Power has been monitoring coal

domestic coal supply to be made proportional to the coal received from CIL/SCCL for all the Gencos;
Not maintaining adequate fuel stocks or not giving availability on any pretext (such as the high price of imported coal etc) is inexcusable: Ministry of Power […]

Business

IIE signs MoU with MoRD to enhance the impact of the SVEP

In line with the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat, the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), to promote entrepreneurship at a local level amongst the rural youth. […]

Business

53rd IHGF Delhi Fair 2022 organized by EPCH

The 53rd edition of one of the world’s largest handicrafts fairs – the IHGF-Delhi fair will open to overseas buyers, buying and sourcing professionals as well as large domestic volume retail buyers on 30th March 2022 in India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida. […]

Business

Bamboo Industry

At the request of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India, has amended the import policy of Agarbatti and placed it from “Free” trade to “Restricted” trade, w.e.f. 01.09.2019, to restrict the import of raw Agarbatti and give a boost to the indigenous production of Agarbatti, thereby safeguarding rural employment. […]

Business

Steps are taken to reduce Crude Oil import

The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today informed that the production of crude oil till February 2022 has been 27.16 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) (provisional) against the target of 31.80 MMT for the current financial year. […]

Business

International Cooperation With MSMEs

To encourage international cooperation between various countries and the MSMEs in the country, the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises(MSME) is implementing International Cooperation Scheme, a Central Sector Scheme. […]

Foreign Relations

Minister of Foreign Affairs visited India

At the invitation of External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, H.E. Mr. Nikos Dendias paid an official visit to India on 22-23 March 2022. This was his first visit to India. […]