(PTI) India has embarked on an ambitious target of having 450 GW of renewable energy by 2030 and also provide 17 lakh solar pumps to farmers under Pradhan Mantri-Kusum Yojana in coming days to capitalise on this clean resource, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Friday. The country is already working on the target of having 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022 which includes 100 GW of solar and 60 GW of wind energy. As of December 2019, 86 GW of renewable energy capacity has already been achieved. This includes 34 GW of solar and 38 GW of wind…
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(LiveMint) The government will sanction the entire 1.12 crore houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) by next month, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. “A revised demand assessment was made and now the demand is for 1.12 crore houses. I am sure we can meet that in terms of sanctioning in the next month or so,” he said during the Question Hour in the Upper House. The initial demand was to sanction and construct 1 crore houses by March 2022, he said.The Minister informed that so far, 32 lakh houses…
Shri Amit Shah Addresses Public Meeting In Trilokpuri, Delhi
(Tribune) The Himachal Government has notified its State Information Technology Policy 2020 by announcing major incentives to make Himachal Pradesh the most favoured investment destination for IT companies.Called as the IT, ITeS and ESDM Policy – 2019, it offers many subsidies and incentives to attract investment in the IT sector. It talks of setting up of IT Park at Waknaghat and Gaggal. The thrust would also be to create a pool of highly skilled manpower. Considering huge population of almost 10 lakh unemployed youth, another objective is to promote start-ups and entrepreneurship in the field. “To establish an e-governance framework with…
(DJ) लोकसभा में प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के राम मंदिर निर्माण के लिए ट्रस्ट के गठन का ऐलान करने के साथ ही मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ की कैबिनेट ने भी बुधवार को सुन्नी वक्फ बोर्ड को पांच एकड़ भूमि देने के प्रस्ताव पर मुहर लगा दी। सुन्नी वक्फ बोर्ड को सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फैसले के तहत थाना रौनाही के पास स्थित ग्राम धन्नीपुर में पांच एकड़ जमीन आवंटित की गई है। यह भूमि लखनऊ-अयोध्या राजमार्ग पर जिला मुख्यालय से 18 किलोमीटर दूर थाना रौनाही के 200 मीटर पीछे है, जबकि रामलला जन्म स्थान से इसकी दूरी करीब 25 किलोमीटर है। सोहावल तहसील में पड़ने वाली…
Shri JP Nadda Addresses Public Meeting In Jangpura, Delhi
(PTI) Tata Motors is actively looking to set up exclusive outlets for its electric vehicle portfolio but has not yet taken a final call over the issue, a top company official said on Wednesday. The home-grown auto major recently ventured into the personal electric mobility space with the launch of the electric version of its most-selling compact Sedan Nexon recently. Besides, the car maker also plans to roll out four more EV models in the next two years.”It should be possible. it makes sense. We will try to see when we have at least a minimum range of vehicles (EVs), we will start some exclusive experience.…
(PTI) Mining major Coal India Ltd is keen to tap non-power consumers to feed its incremental production post the monsoon period, a senior company official has said. The miner is looking to ramp up production to meet its targets for the current fiscal at a time when the economic slowdown is impacting demand for the dry fuel by power plants. “CIL is eyeing non-power consumers for incremental coal, as the slowdown has resulted in lower electricity demand. We are also offering some relaxation in payments and evacuation to encourage better lifting of coal,” the official told. Coal despatch to the power…
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(PTI) Engineering major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Monday announced the commissioning of a hot strip mill having capacity of three million tonnes per annum at SAIL’s Rourkela steel plant in Odisha. In a regulatory filing, Larsen & Toubro said that its Metallurgical & Material Handling (MMH) business and Mitsubishi Corporation has commissioned the hot strip mill at SAIL Rourkela on January 31, built with the technology from Primetals Technologies and Hitachi Japan. The new hot strip mill-2 at SAIL’s Rourkela steel plant rolled out its first HR coil, within two days of commencement of hot trials, the filing said.The mill will roll out carbon structural steel, high carbon steel, LPG cylinder…