(ET) Although Gujarat has agreed to provide land to winners of auctions conducted by central agencies, developers feel it is too little too late.Considered one of the best wind producing states, Gujarat had been reluctant to lease land to winners of auctions conducted by central agencies such as the Solar Energy Corporation of India, the nodal agency of the renewable energy ministry through which it conducts wind and solar auctions. Out of the 7,000MW of wind projects auctioned by SECI last year, government land was expected to be provided by the Gujarat government for 3,500MW. But because of fast approaching commissioning deadlines, winners of those auctions…
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Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel, today released a report on Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) 2016-2018 conducted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, UNICEF with the support of Population Council. The report provides a nationally representative data on the nutritional status of preschoolers (0–4 years), school-age children (5–9 years) and adolescents (10–19 years) with an aim to estimate the prevalence of malnutrition among children and adolescents and to identify key factors associated with nutrition. This survey was also one of the largest micronutrient surveys ever implemented globally. This report can provide direction…
(PTI) Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) has started production of Bharat Stage (BS)-VI fuel in all its four refineries to conform to the new fuel norms from April 1, 2020. R Ramachandran, director, refineries of BPCL, told FE that they have already started the production of BS-VI fuel from the first week of November to keep the system flushed with the fuel for timely delivery, whenever required. “The tankages and facilities are being converted to carry the new fuel. It may take two-three months for complete conversion of the system from BS-IV to BS-VI,” Ramachandran said. In 2016, the Union government mandated…
(PTI) The Congress on attacked the Centre over spiralling onion prices, accusing it of not taking appropriate measures to tackle the crisis. In a press conference here, the party’s Rajya Sabha member Amee Yajnik said the government has “failed utterly” in handling the matter. “The government has failed utterly in this issue. What is the problem with the government? It seems that they know the problem about the hoarders and where these onions are stored but they are not ready to hit at the particular point…,” Yajnik said. Accusing the government of politicising the issue, Yajnik said, “Neither you (government) have a short term…
(Livemint) The Indian economy is not showing signs of bottoming out. Growth in the September quarter slowed for the sixth consecutive time to 4.5%, the lowest since March 2013, as manufacturing output contracted, according to data released on Friday. The fall in the GDP growth rate from 5% in the previous quarter will likely ratchet up the clamour for a fiscal stimulus. The persistent slowdown may also force the Reserve Bank of India to go in for another round of interest rate cuts at its monetary policy review meeting on 5 December. In comparison, China’s GDP growth slowed to 6% in the September…
(ET) Coal India has firmed up plans to spend Rs 56,000 crore on 66 coal projects with an annual peak production capacity of 500 million tonnes. The projects are at various stages of implementation and according to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between Coal India and the ministry of coal over the state-run company’s fiscal 2020 targets, almost 55% of the total capital outlay would be undertaken by South Eastern Coalfields (SECL) which is working on 23 projects with a total peak production capacity of 192 million tonnes. SECL is the largest coal producing subsidiary of Coal India, contributing almost a fourth of the total production at…
(AU) समाजवादी पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष अखिलेश यादव ने मैनपुरी व इटावा सहित 15 जिलों के पदाधिकारियों की घोषणा कर दी है। मैनपुरी का जिलाध्यक्ष दीप सिंह पाल, इटावा का जिलाध्यक्ष गोपाल यादव, औरैया का जिलाध्यक्ष राजवीर सिंह, मुजफ्फरनगर का जिलाध्यक्ष प्रमोद त्यागी, सहारनपुर का जिलाध्यक्ष रुद्रसेन चौधरी, बस्ती का जिलाध्यक्ष महेंद्र यादव व गाजियाबाद का जिलाध्यक्ष राशिद मलिक को बनाया गया है। इसके अलावा, मथुरा का जिलाध्यक्ष लोकमणि जादौन, लखनऊ का जिलाध्यक्ष जयसिंह जयंत, जालौन का जिलाध्यक्ष नवाब सिंह, बुलंदशहर का जिलाध्यक्ष अमजद गुड्डू, उन्नाव का जिलाध्यक्ष धर्मेंद्र सिंह यादव, कानपुर ग्रामीण का जिलाध्यक्ष राघवेंद्र सिंह, बरेली का अगम मौर्या…
(ET) India’s state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) today announced it has successfully raised $300 million through its maiden offer of Dollar bonds. The funds will help meet capital expenditure in line with the External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India. “The bonds will bear a coupon of 3.375% and will mature in 2029. This is the tightest coupon for 10 year or longer tenor offering from India ever achieved by any Indian Corporate,” the company said in a statement. Asian investors accounted for 77 per cent of the bids received for the offer while the rest…
(PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday sought Parliament approval to spend an additional Rs 21,246.16 crore, including over Rs 8,820 crore in the newly formed union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, in the current fiscal ending March 2020. Sitharaman tabled the first batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for the financial year 2019-20 in both the Houses of Parliament saying of the total spend, cash outgo will be about 19,000 crore. The government has sought Rs 8,820.62 crore as grants for Union territories Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh in lieu of the erstwhile state’s share of 14th…
(News 18) Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, who took oath on Thursday, said his government will ensure concrete assistance to the state’s farmers and will work towards creating an atmosphere in which no one feels terrorised. After being sworn in by Governor BS Koshyari at a ceremony at the sprawling Shivaji Park, the chief minister chaired the first meeting of the new cabinet at Sahyadri Guest House in south Mumbai. Thackeray said the first decision of the cabinet was to approve Rs 20 crore in funds for the conservation of the Raigad Fort, which was the capital of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Thackeray said…