Water being a State subject, initiatives on water management including conservation and artificial recharge to ground water is primarily States’ responsibility. Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) has prepared a conceptual document titled “Master Plan for Artificial Recharge to Ground Water – 2013” which provides information about area specific artificial recharge techniques to augment the ground water resources based on the availability of source water and capability of subsurface formations to accommodate it. The Master Plan envisages construction of about 1.11 crore artificial recharge structures in urban and rural areas at an estimated cost of Rs. 79178 crore. This comprises around…
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(LiveMint) A Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) proposal to make listed firms disclose defaults on their loans within a day of it happening is stuck in a turf war between the central bank and the markets regulator, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reservations about the Sebi proposal as it considers banks to be the biggest stakeholders in default data and believes such data is not for public consumption, these people said on condition of anonymity. Sebi had initially released a circular on 4 August proposing default…
(PTI) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Tuesday mandated service providers to enter into an interconnection agreement “on non-discriminatory basis” within 30 days of receiving network connectivity request from another operator. Trai issued the ‘Telecom Interconnection Regulations 2018’ that comprises rules for crafting network connectivity agreements, provisioning of such connectivity among operators at initial stages, augmentation of Points of Interconnect, applicable rates or charges, disconnection of ports, and financial disincentive on interconnection issues. The rules will come into effect from 1 February. The regulations will apply to all the service providers offering telecom services in India, Trai said…
(TOI) State-owned gas utility GAIL has commissioned the country’s second-largest rooftop solar power plant with a capacity of 5.76 MWp (mega watt peak) at its Pata petrochemicals complex in UP. GAIL chairman B C Tripathi said the solar plant will reduce the company’s carbon footprint and reduce carbon emissions by 6,300 tonne per annum. The plant is expected to save the company Rs 5.5 crore annually in energy bill and pay back the project’s cost in about four years. The plant covers 65,000 square metres roof area of two warehouses at the petrochemical complex. “With an expected PLF (plant load factor) of 15%…
(DJ) नए साल का आगाज हो चुका है। नए साल की शुरुआत करने का सबसे अच्छा तरीका बीते वर्ष की घटनाओं से सबक लेना है। चूंकि हम सभी का जीवन देश की अर्थव्यवस्था में होने वाली उथल-पुथल से सीधे तौर पर जुड़ा है, इसलिए बीते वर्ष में अर्थव्यवस्था को प्रभावित करने वाली घटनाओं पर गौर करना लाजिमी है। 2017 की शुरुआत हुई तो हमारी अर्थव्यवस्था नोटबंदी के दौर से गुजर रही थी। भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था के इतिहास में यह एक अनुपम घटना थी। कड़े फैसलों का सकारात्मक असर विभिन्न विश्लेषकों ने इसे अलग-अलग नजरिये से देखा। कुछ बैंक अधिकारियों की मिलीभगत…
(TH) L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd has secured engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts worth about Rs. 2,100 crore for crude distillation and vacuum distillation unit (CDU & VDU). One order has been received from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), Visakhapatnam Refinery, and the other one is an extension to an ongoing contract for Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), Jamnagar, Gujarat. The 9 million tonne per annum CDU & VDU project is a part of HPCL’s Visakhapatnam Refinery modernisation project, and it involves EPC and commissioning, the company said in a statement here.L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering has been serving the onshore hydrocarbon sector since the early…
(AU) तीन तलाक संबंधी बिल मंगलवार को राज्यसभा में पेश किया जाएगा। यह लोकसभा से पिछले हफ्ते ही पारित हो चुका है। सरकार को उच्च सदन में बिल को पारित कराने में दिक्कत आ सकती है क्योंकि यहां उसके पास पूर्ण बहुमत नहीं है। सरकार के सूत्रों का कहना है कि विपक्ष बिल के कई प्रावधानों पर ऐतराज जता रहा है। ऐसे में अगर वह सहमत नहीं होता है तो इसे सिलेक्ट कमेटी को भेजा जा सकता है। भारतीय मुस्लिम महिला आंदोलन संगठन ने तीन तलाक बिल में तलाक ए अहसन को भी शामिल करने की मांग की है। यह तलाक की एक…
(AU) भारतीय जनता पार्टी (बीजेपी) ने अपने सभी सांसदों को राज्यसभा में मौजूद रहने के ऑर्डर दिए हैं। पार्टी ने व्हिप जारी करते हुए ये निर्देश जारी किए हैं। दरअसल, राज्यसभा में आज तीन तलाक बिल पेश होना है और पार्टी इस मुद्दे की गंभीरता को देखते हुए अपने सभी सांसदों की पेशी संसद में चाहती है।
(ET) Diesel prices have flared up to a new record level in Delhi while petrol, kerosene and jet fuel prices continue to rise in the country in line with the surge in global crude oil prices. State-owned oil companies sold diesel to retail consumers for Rs 59.70 a litre in Delhi on Monday at the highest ever price in the city. In Kolkata and Chennai, diesel prices were the highest since September 2014. In Mumbai, prices were the highest since March 2017. Petrol prices in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and many other cities were the highest since October 3, 2017, when the…
(ET) Yogi Adityanath is headed for the United States in May on his first trip as Uttar Pradesh chief minister where he is expected to engage with heads of leading companies and promote the state as an investment destination. The CM could visit Silicon Valley along with half a dozen American cities, hold roadshows and meet nonresident Indians from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar during the trip which includes neighbouring Canada. UP health minister Siddharth Nath Singh told ET that he would be leading a team to the US in March to prepare the ground for the CM’s visit. The CM’s…