The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to Raising of Bonds of Rs. 2360 crores for Renewable Energy. The Bonds will be raised by the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) through the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) during the 2017-18. These funds will be used by MNRE in the approved programmes/schemes for solar park, green energy corridor, generation-based incentives for wind projects, CPSU and defence solar projects, viability gap funding for solar projects, roof-top solar, off-grid/grid-distributed and decentralized renewable power, investment in corporations and autonomous bodies etc. Such timely investment…
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(BS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a policy providing preference to domestically manufactured goods for government procurements, in a major step to boost the government’s Make in India initiative. It also approved the abolition of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), which has, for 25 years, been the single-point window for clearing foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals requiring government nod. The Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, also gave its nod to a “strategic partnership” model under which select private firms would be engaged to build military platforms like fighter jets, submarines and battle tanks. The Cabinet Committee…
(FE) Finance minister Arun Jaitley, while attending the African Development Bank’s annual meet, on Tuesday said that consensus building in the 14 meetings of the GST Council has been such that apart from six items there had not been a single vote against any issue and there was no doubt in the implementation of GST from July 1. Jaitley said: “GST that was earlier considered a mere slogan and tough to implement, is an idea that has been around for 10-15 years since the Vajpayee government. But (we have managed) to build a consensus with all the states, get the…
(AU) देश के अगले राष्ट्रपति पद के उम्मीदवार के लिए विपक्षी पार्टियां 26 मई को बैठक करेंगी। ये बैठक पार्लियामेंट लाइब्रेरी बिल्डिंग में होगी। बैठक में विपक्ष की ओर से साझे उम्मीदवार के नाम पर चर्चा होनी तय है।विपक्ष मौजूदा समय में देश के अगले राष्ट्रपति के पद पर उम्मीदवारी को लेकर एकजुट होने की कोशिश कर रहा है। इसी कड़ी में कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार और पश्चिम बंगाल की मुख्यमंत्री ममता बनर्जी से भी मिल चुकी हैं। नीतीश कुमार ने सोनिया गांधी के साथ मुलाकात के समय मौजूदा राष्ट्रपति प्रणब मुखर्जी को दूसरी बार देश के…
(TH) Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL), the country’s largest natural gas transmission company, wants to nearly double its petrochemical output in the coming fiscal, BC Tripathi, Chairman and Managing Director, said a day after the company reported disappointing fourth quarter earnings. “In FY17, our polymer output was 5.77 lakh tonnes. We want to increase that to 8 lakh tonnes in FY18 from the Pata plant in Uttar Pradesh and about 2 lakh tonnes from our subsidiary in Assam, Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Ltd,” Tripathi told journalists. The gas utility has ongoing expansion projects which require investments of up to Rs.…
(AU) मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने सहारनपुर में घटी घटना को दुखद और दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण बताते हुए घटना में मारे गए युवक के प्रति शोक संवेदना प्रकट की है। उन्होंने कहा है कि इस घटना के दोषी व्यक्तियों को चिह्नित कर उनके खिलाफ सख्त कार्रवाई की जाएगी। इस संबंध में जो लापरवाही घटित हुई है, उससे संबंधित अधिकारियों को दंडित किया जाएगा। पूरे प्रदेश में हाई अलर्ट किया गया है।मुख्यमंत्री ने धैर्य और संयम बनाए रखने के साथ-साथ विपक्षी दलों सहित सभी लोगों से शांति बहाली में सहयोग करने की अपील की है। उन्होंने कहा है कि सरकार सबकी है। जाति, पंथ,…
(FE) The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) police have made two crucial arrests from Maharashtra, including one from Pune, in connection with the multi-crore petrol pump scam, in which several petrol pumps in the state were found using remote control-linked electronic chips in their fuel dispensing machines to cheat consumers by providing them less fuel than what has been charged for. STF believes it to be a pan-India scam. Speaking to The Indian Express over phone, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Amit Pathak of UP STF, said, “It is a widespread scam. We have informed the…
(HT) Union urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said that all the projects envisaged under smart city plans of Jaipur and Udaipur will take off by next month and 50% of projects in Ajmer and Kota would enter implementation stage. He was addressing the media in Jaipur after holding a review of the implementation and progress of new urban missions in Rajasthan. Chief minister Vasundhara Raje was also present on the occasion. Rajasthan is among the 11 states in the country implementing all the six urban missions including the heritage city development and augmentation yojana with the inclusion of Ajmer…
(PTI) Tata Power today said that its renewable business registered a healthy profit, while surpassing the 2,000 MW operating capacity mark with about 500 MW under construction. In keeping with its commitment to generate 30 per cent to 40 per cent power by 2025 through renewable sources of energy, the company added 1,350 MW of renewable capacity during the year, Tata Power said in a statement. “We are happy to announce that Tata Power has registered a strong growth in renewables, which is one of our key focus areas through our recent acquisition of solar assets. The renewable energy business…
(AU) सीमा पार से लगातार घुसपैठ और आतंकवाद को बढ़ावा दे रहे पाकिस्तान और उसकी सेना को इंडियन आर्मी ने कड़ा मजा चखाया है। भारतीय सेना ने सीमा पार कार्रवाई करते हुए पाकिस्तान की एक महत्वपूर्ण चौकी को तबाह कर दिया।बताया जा रहा है कि इस पोस्ट का सहारा लेकर ही पाक आतंकी भारतीय सीमा में घुसपैठ करने की कोशिश कर रहे थे। सेना की ओर से उस कार्रवाई का वीडियो भी जारी कर दिया गया है। आप भी देखिए ये वीडियो।