Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, Piyush Goyal, said that the Indian Government is looking for ideas from all sides to strengthen and to give confidence to international investors, with the best of technologies, to come to India and invest. Interacting with the Indian diaspora in London last night, he said that the Indian community has made India proud by their contributions to the economies of India and the United Kingdom and have also strengthened relations between the two countries. During his hour long interaction with the Indian Diaspora the Commerce Minister explained the strategy and focus of…
Author: Aruna Sharma
The Prime Minister of India has launched the ‘One Nation One Card’ on 4th March, 2019 at Ahmedabad. This National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) enables seamless travel by metro rails and other transport systems across the country besides retail shopping and purchases. National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) program, as envisaged by MoHUA (Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs), offers offline transactions independent of network connectivity by utilizing the existing infrastructure with banks. This card may be used for all payment applications (low value – offline/high value – online) including transit, retail, toll, parking and smart cities. The stored value of the card…
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) in collaboration with Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has taken a number of initiatives towards integrating skills and education. Under the scheme of Vocationalisation of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, vocational education is provided to a large number of students in selected schools. Under this initiative, 9623 schools have been sanctioned across the country for integrating vocational education in general education from secondary class onwards. MSDE through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is supporting University Grant Commission for three schemes namely Community College, Bachelor of Vocational course (BVOC) & Deen Dayal…
In comparison to 2017-18 (9.62 million tonnes), India’s total steel export has declined by 34% in 2018-19 and stood at 6.36 million tonnes. In order to protect the domestic industry from unfair external competition, appropriate trade measures such as anti dumping duties and countervailing duties have been imposed. Government has also notified 53 Steel and Steel Product (Quality Control) Orders which is applicable for both domestic production as well as imports. The Steel Quality Control Order are implemented in the public interest for protection of human, animal and plant, safety of environment, prevention of unfair trade practices and national security.…
Under PMKVY 2016-20, training is being imparted through accredited and affiliated training providers / training centres (TPs/TCs). The entire accreditation and affiliation of TCs/TPs is done through an online portal, SMART (Skill Management and Accreditation of Training Centre) with inspection done by an independent third party assessment agencies. Accreditation and AffiliationFramework, Guidelines and the Portal for entire Skill Eco-system including PMKVY 2016-20 was released on 2nd October 2016. The centres are graded on the basis of multiple parameters such as centre area, trainer qualifications, availability of equipments and other facilities at the centre. The Grading Methodology defines a set of indicators and…
In a written replying to a question on plantations along National Highways in Rajya Sabha today, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari informed that the Indian Road Congress (IRC) has published guidelines on Landscaping and Tree Plantation (IRC:SP:21:2009) to focus attention on different aspects of landscaping, broad guidelines on landscaping & plantation, types of species which includes general considerations relating to landscaping, specific aspects relevant to rural and urban highways, landscaping problems of existing roads and maintenance of the landscaping facilities. These Guidelines have been adopted by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for plantation…
Biomass and organic waste sources like paddy straw, farm stubble, agricultural residue, cattle dung, sugarcane press mud, distillery spent wash, municipal solid waste, sewage treatment plantswaste, etc. offer huge potential for biogas production. Government is promoting the use of Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) as an alternative green transport fuel for efficient management of biomass and organic waste. In this direction, Oil PSUs have launched ‘Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation’ (SATAT) initiative on 1st October 2018. SATAT initiative has the potential of addressing environmental problems arising from landfill emissions, farm stubble burning, etc. and also bring down dependency on oil/gas import. Till…
Prices of petrol and diesel have been made market-determined by the Government with effect from 26.06.2010 and 19.10.2014 respectively. Since then, the Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) take appropriate decision on pricing of petrol and diesel in line with international product prices and other market conditions. The total contribution to Central and State Exchequer from petroleum sector during the last five years is given as under:- (` in crore) Particulars 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 (P) Contribution to Central Exchequer 172,065 254,297 335,175 345,249 365,113 Contribution to State Exchequer 160,554 160,209 189,770 209,155 230,325 Total Contribution of Petroleum Sector…
Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship made an array of announcements including Degree Apprenticeship Programme, new courses in ITIs on Electric Vehicles (EVs)and IoT in Smart Agriculture courses Hosted Kaushal Yuva Samwaad, a nation-wide youth dialogue to discuss issues and potential solutions from the candidates’ perspective Announced collaborations with SBI Bank and HDFC Bank for promotion of Apprenticeship training in the financial sector; MoU with India Post Payments Bank to certify 170,000 Grameen Dak Sewaks under PMKVY MoU signed with private players – UrbanClap; Ness Wadia College of Commerce and McDonalds; Shri Shankarlal SundarbaiShasun Jain College for Women, Bot VFX Limited…
(DNA) Officials from India and Pakistan began the second round of talks over finalising the modalities of the Kartarpur corridor, on the Pakistani side of the border. The Pakistani delegation, led by Dr Mohammad Faisal– a spokesperson for Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will show a powerpoint presentation to the Indian side. “It is the second round Kartarpur corridor talks as promised by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Pakistan is fully committed and cooperating to operationalise the Kartarpur Corridor. Work from our side is underway in an expeditious manner.