(FPJ) The state-owned coal miner Coal India released the Provisional Production and Off-take Performance of the company, along with its subsidiary companies for the month of June 2023 as well as the period April 2023 to June 2023. As per the regulatory fillings by the company, Coal India’s provisional coal production in June 2023 rose by 12.4 per cent on a Year on Year (YoY) basis to 58 million tonnes from 51.6 million tonnes produced in the same month last year. However, Coal India’s subsidiary company Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) posted a 23.4 per cent growth in the production of coal in…
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(HT) With favourable conditions for the rapid advancement of southwest monsoon, the India meteorological Department (IMD) said Sunday it is expected to cover the remaining parts of India, including those in Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab during the next two days. For the rest of the country, the weather body issued a significant warning during the next five days, as the active monsoon season is expected to bring ‘heavy to very heavy’ rainfall at many places. For Delhi and its adjoining regions, the IMD said light rain is expected to continue till July 6. “A yellow alert is in place for moderate rainfall on July 5 and 6.…
(PTI) As part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, REC Limited, a Maharatna Company under the Ministry of Power, Government of India, organized ‘Bijli Utsav’ in Ranchi, Jharkhand on 29th June, 2023. Citizens from villages who benefited from various government schemes in the power sector shared their experiences and views on how electricity transformed their lives. The event was graced by Member of Parliament, Ranchi, Shri Sanjay Seth; DGM, Ranchi, Shri D K Singh; DGM, Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL), Shri Mantosh Mani Singh; EEE (West), JBVNL, Shri Himanshu; and Chief Program Manager, REC Limited, Shri Anjan Lahiri, along with other local…
(PTI) President Droupadi Murmu said that more women are becoming chartered accountants and expressed hope that they will account for 50 per cent of the total practicing chartered accountants by 2047. Speaking at a function to mark the 75th year of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), she also said that efforts should be made to ensure that the chartered accountancy profession becomes a “pillar of economic governance”. The ICAI, the apex body of chartered accountants, has nearly 4 lakh members and more than 8 lakh students.
(DJ) मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने विकास कार्यों को जारी रखने के लिए केंद्रांश की प्रतीक्षा न किए जाने का निर्देश दिया है। कहा है कि केंद्रांश के अभाव में कोई कार्य रुकना नहीं चाहिए। राज्यांश जारी कर निर्माण कार्य चालू रखे जाएं। मंत्रियों को निर्देश दिया कि वे विभागीय आवंटन व खर्च की नियमित समीक्षा करें। मुख्यमंत्री ने उच्चस्तरीय समीक्षा बैठक में वित्तीय वर्ष 2023-24 में शासन द्वारा जारी स्वीकृतियों, विभागाध्यक्ष द्वारा आवंटित धनराशि, व्यय तथा केंद्र सरकार से लक्ष्य के सापेक्ष प्राप्त धनराशि की वर्तमान स्थिति की समीक्षा की। विभागवार बैठक के बाद योगी ने कहा कि व्यापक जनहित…
(PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said Goods and Services Tax (GST) has helped bring down the taxes for consumers by removing the cascading effect of ‘tax-on-tax’ and added to the revenue buoyancy of states. She said the GST system has seen massive scaling up since its implementation on July 1, 2017, and the benefit accrued to consumers and governments because of GST implementation is an “exemplar”. “GST has brought in greater tax buoyancy as a result of which, more than your GSDP growth, your tax collection is growing. Therefore, both Centre and states benefit…We have to dispel this…
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the annual Amarnath Yatra, which began on Saturday, as a divine and magnificent manifestation our heritage. In a tweet, he wished new enthusiasm and energy to devotees from divine blessings and that the country country move ahead quickly in ‘amrit kaal’ to realise its resolve. The first batch of pilgrims set out from the base camp at Baltal this morning for the cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas.
(ET) India has set a deadline of 2035 to establish green hydrogen bunkering and refuelling facilities at major ports in the drive to cut its carbon footprint, the shipping ministry said in guidelines issued on Wednesday. One of the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, India aims to cut emissions to net zero by 2070, and the shipping minister said three of its ports would initially have bunker facilities for green hydrogen and ammonia. “Our target is to cover all 12 major parts with a green hydrogen bunkering facility by 2035,” Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. The initial ports in the effort…
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a state visit to the US next month that will underscore the growing importance of the bilateral strategic ties and both sides will reflect on their vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday. The MEA said Modi has been invited by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden and he will attend a state dinner on June 22. It said the visit offers a “valuable opportunity” for the two countries to further deepen their comprehensive and forward-looking global strategic partnership.
(PTI) The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of February, 2023 (Base: 2011-12=100) at 129.0, is 4.6% higher as compared to the level of February, 2022. As per the provisional figures of Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), the cumulative growth for the period April- February, 2022-23 over the corresponding period of the previous year comes to 5.7 per cent. Production level of important minerals in February, 2023 were: Coal 861 lakh tonnes, Lignite 41 lakh tonnes, Natural gas (utilized) 2595 million cu. m., Petroleum (crude) 22 lakh tonnes, Bauxite 1995 thousand tonnes, Chromite 330…