“Power is the fulcrum around which an ecosystem can be created to give better quality of life to every citizen of India”. While delivering the inaugural address at the two-day State Power Ministers’ Conference here today, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Shri Piyush Goyal said that the objective of the conference is to review the work done in the sectors of power, coal, renewable energy and mining by State Governments/ Union Territories in last six months. Further, the conference intends to forge new policies for achieving the goal of providing 24×7 quality…
Author: Aruna Sharma
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for National Steel Policy (NSP) 2017. The new Steel Policy enshrines the long term vision of the Government to give impetus to the steel sector. It seeks to enhance domestic steel consumption and ensure high quality steel production and create a technologically advanced and globally competitive steel industry. Key features of the NSP 2017: Create self-sufficiency in steel production by providing policy support & guidance to private manufacturers, MSME steel producers, CPSEs Encourage adequate capacity additions, Development of globally competitive steel manufacturing capabilities, Cost-efficient production…
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval to the signing the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with Japan on Railway Safety. The MoC has already been signed in February, 2017. The signing of MoC will enable cooperation in the following areas: i. Track Safety (e.g. rail welding, rail inspection, track circuit etc.) ii. Latest technology related to railway track safety (automatic inspection technology etc.) iii. Rolling stock safety (e.g. maintenance etc.) iv. Any other relevant railway safety matter jointly determined by both the sides within the scope of this MoC with…
(PTI) Fire broke out today in the North Block, which houses the ministries of home and finance, due to a short-circuit in the underground cable, leading to complete darkness in the heritage building for nearly an hour.The fire broke out near gate number eight of the North Block at around 3 PM but nobody was injured in the incident. At least four fire tenders were called to douse the blaze. Sources said the fire broke out due to a short-circuit in underground cables in the basement.There was no electricity for around 50 minutes leading to complete darkness in the wing where…
(DNA) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today rued that successive governments had sought to forget India’s traditional medicinal systems instead of promoting them. Little was done to promote the traditional systems of medicine and wellness disciplines such as yoga in the pre- and post-independence eras, Modi said after inaugurating a research institute at yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Yogpeeth here. “In the pre-independence era the gems of our traditional systems of medicine and healthcare were deliberately kept under wraps because we were a slave country. But even in the post-independence era, unfortunately, there was an effort on the part of successive…
(PTI) Top ministers in the Modi government, including Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today discussed issues related to operationalisation of proposed anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal. The meeting came after the Supreme Court said on Thursday that the Lokpal Act was a “workable piece of legislation” and that it was not justifiable to keep it pending. The meeting, which was held at Singh’s North Block office, was also attended by Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh, official sources said. “Some issues related to operationalisation of Lokpal were discussed during the meeting,” a…
(AU) बिहार में महागठबंधन के अंदर जहां मुखिया एकजुटता की अपील कर रहे हैं, वहीं नेताओं और प्रवक्ताओं के बीच बयानबाजी का तीखापन बढ़ता जा रहा है। जदयू नेता आरसीपी सिंह के बेनामी संपत्ति पर दिए बयान के बाद राजद नेता बीरेंद्र और जदयू के मुख्य प्रवक्ता संजय सिंह के बीच बयानबाजी गठबंधन के शीर्ष नेतृत्व को असहज कर रहा है। जदयू का नेतृत्व तो इस मामले में खामोश है, लेकिन राजद और कांग्रेस ने इसे गंभीरता से लिया है। कांग्रेस के प्रदेश अध्यक्ष अशोक चौधरी ने जहां इन बयानबाजी को गठबंधन के खिलाफ बताया है, वही राजद के प्रदेश…
(AU) जम्मू कश्मीर के मेंढर के मनकोटे क्षेत्र में आज सुबह पाकिस्तान ने फिर से सीजफायर का उल्लंघन किया। क्षेत्र में अभी भी रुक-रुक के गोलीबारी जारी है।इससे पहले दक्षिण कश्मीर के शोपियां में आतंकियों ने जम्मू कश्मीर पुलिस की एक पोस्ट पर हमला करते हुए हथियार लूट की एक बड़ी घटना को अंजाम दिया है। सूत्रों से मिली जानकारी के अनुसार मंगलवार रात करीब 11.30 बजे शोपियां के कोर्ट कॉम्पलेक्स के बाहर सुरक्षा के लिए बनाई गई एक पोस्ट पर अज्ञात आतंकियों ने हमला करते हुए 5 राइफलें लूट लीं।
(TH) The major units commissioned recently at BPCL-Kochi Refinery under Integrated Refinery Expansion Project (IREP) are designed to enhance the company’s refining capacity by six million tonnes. “We have mechanically completed the entire work for IREP that began in 2013 by commissioning five units out of the total nine units. This involves new crude distillation unit of 10.5 million tonnes capacity, the diesel hydro treater unit and a vacuum gas oil hydrotreating unit to remove sulphur from diesel and petrol etc,” said Prasad K Panicker, Executive Director. Remaining projects The remaining projects such as delayed coker unit to recover value-added…
(ET) The Indian Oil Corporation will set up a Rs 600-crore plant for the production of second generation ethanol in Haryana. The Haryana Government has accepted the investment proposal which approved by the empowered executive committee at its meeting held here, today. The plant will use plant waste, stubble, husk and straw to produce 100 kilo litres of ethanol every day. The state government has agreed to provide land either on nominal lease or free of cost. Billed to be the largest such plant in the country, it is expected to generate hundreds of jobs. The plant which would help…