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The health ministry has authorised launch of over Rs 7,200 crore or 50% of the Centre’s share within the Rs 23,123 crore emergency response bundle introduced in July.   The ministry is hopeful that each one 1,755 PSA oxygen producing vegetation will get commissioned by the tip of August. If oxygen vegetation to be set-up by PSUs are additionally taken into consideration, a complete of 2,200 such vegetation will probably be functioning within the close to future.   At current, round 375 vegetation have been commissioned throughout states and 500…

My Dear Fellow Citizens,   Namaskar!   It is a matter of great joy for me to wish all Indians, living in India and abroad, a very Happy Independence Day! This day has a special significance as it marks the beginning of the 75th year of India’s independence for which ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ is being celebrated. My hearty congratulations to you all on this momentous occasion!   Independence Day is a festival of freedom for us. This was made possible by generations of freedom fighters; some known, many unknown. They made great sacrifices. Today,…

Meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Agriculture held India has the BRICS Chair for 2021 Joint Declaration of the Eleventh Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Agriculture discussed The Ministers of Agriculture of the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa deliberated virtually on the theme “BRICS Partnership for Strengthening Agro Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Security”.   The implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development noted that BRICS countries are well positioned to take a leading…

NTPC Limited, India’s largest integrated power generating company under Ministry of Power has floated a global Expression of Interest (EoI) to set up a Pilot Project on Hydrogen Blending with Natural Gas in City Gas Distribution (CGD) Network in India.   The EoI follows the recent tenders floated by NTPC REL for green hydrogen fuelling station at Leh and NTPC VidyutVyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN) for procurement of Fuel Cell Buses. A dedicated 1.25 MW Solar plant is also being set up at Leh by NTPC REL to power the hydrogen…

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has said that in memory of the struggles and sacrifices of our people, 14th August will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.   In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister said;   “Partition’s pains can never be forgotten. Millions of our sisters and brothers were displaced and many lost their lives due to mindless hate and violence. In memory of the struggles and sacrifices of our people, 14th August will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.   May the #PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay keep…

India is on track to achieve the set renewable energy target of 450 GW by 2030 and electricity distribution reforms and the promotion of open access to the electricity grid will enhance the consumption of renewable energy ; says Shri R.K. Singh Minister reiterates commitment to further US and India’s shared goals on climate change, clean energy and sustainability and the India-US Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership   Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy interacted with members of the US India Business Council (USIBC) in a virtual…

In line with the global semiconductor shortage that has hit manufacturing across the globe, Finance Minister Nimala Sitharaman said that the industry needs to bring chip manufacturing to India. During CII Annual Meeting 2021, the minister mentioned that the industry needs to focus on the AatmaNirbhar Bharat scheme for its energy needs.   She also added that it is the right time for India Inc to show its risk-taking abilities. Adding more to it, Sitharaman said that the corporate tax has been reduced and the faceless systems are in place. She said that the industry…

Jawadhu Hills Tribal Farmer Producer Company is an exemplary success story of Van Dhan Producer company   Key Highlights: 200 Van Dhan Producer Companies planned to be set up in 27 States during 2020-21 to 2025-26. Jawadhu Hills Tribal Farmer Producer Company, a van dhan producer company, in less than 4 months, has sold processed products up to Rs 12 lakhs. Keeping in line with the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s call for “Atmanirbhar Bharat” aligned to the slogan of “Be Vocal for Local Buy Tribal”, towards realizing the goal of “Sabka…

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) informed the Lok Sabha that, it has not allocated any budget to purchase software that could be used to “intercept, monitor, decrypt any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer resource, as permitted under Section 69 of the Information Technology .   MeitY’s response came two days after the defence ministry told the Rajya Sabha that it did not have any transactions with Israel’s NSO Group, which sells Pegasus. The military-grade spyware had caused a storm during the monsoon session…

There is a potential to increase the number of Indian technology companies that have revenue of Rs 5,000 crore and above to 500-600 from the current 25 in the next three to four years, said Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MoS of electronics and IT. “We should have an ambition, and it’s a realizable ambition,” he said while addressing the annual session of industry body CII. He said that the number one priority for the ministry is about expanding the digital economy to a trillion dollars.   The minister said one of the top priorities…