The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has come out with the draft National Policy for the country’s Blue Economy-2021. The blue economy of India that’s considered the subset of the country’s national economy is comprised of an entire ocean resources system coupled with the human-made economic infrastructure in onshore coastal zones comprising maritime and marine…
At ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav’ organized by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi witnessed nine five-star cities and 143 three-star garbage free cities getting honoured by the President of India Ramnath Kovind for the good work done for Swacchata. They were awarded under various initiatives which included Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge,…
The ‘Agreement for Sale’ rules under the provisions of RERA Act have been framed for Union Territories (UTs) without legislatures and sent to the states and UTs for adoption. Besides for redressal of the issues of stalled project across Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway Authorities, a high-level committee was constituted by the Uttar Pradesh…
The demand of coal is rapidly increasing and the Coal India has laid out plans to further augment the production of Coal. In addition, to meet this target the government has allowed Commercial Auction of coal. Earlier as well the auction of coal mines was done. A total four rounds of auction was concluded in…
In the presence of several dignitaries, the ‘Steel Week’ was inaugurated by Steel Minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh at EXPO 2020 Dubai. A Rs 6,322 crore Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for speciality steel was started during the ongoing ‘Steel Week’ for the specialty steel sector that would propel the Indian steel sector towards meeting…
In a meeting with a Canadian delegation, Union Minister of State Dr. Jitendra Singh announced that an India-Canada bilateral center will be launched for dedicated Science and Technology activities. The Canadian delegation was led by Mary Ng, the Canadian Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development. It was identified in the…
NAREDCO MAHI, the women wing of Naredco organised it’s first convention in the city. Themed at Realty Women – The Transforming Catalyst to Real Estate’, the event witnessed leading lights of the industry deliberating on the importance of the women stakeholders in the real estate sector of the country. The convention noted that the participation…
Government of India together with the Government of Australia and Government of Singapore organised an international workshop on combating marine pollution. The workshop held virtually focused on marine plastic debris and it bought together leading scientists, policy experts and industry representatives. The event also discussed research interventions towards assessing and monitoring marine litter apart from…
A variety of employment related service is being implemented through National Career Service (NCS) project being run by the Labour and Employment Ministry in Mission Mode. The services offered by the NCS include vocational guidance, job matching and internship, apprenticeship among others. NCS provides all these services online and the information services are available free…
In order to make cities water-secure and garbage-free and water-secure, the government has launched Swachh Bharat Mission–Urban (SBM-U) 2.0 and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0. SBM-U 2.0 comprising infrastructure projects and urban-rural convergence has been taken up on cluster basis to neighbouring Urban Local Bodies and the rural areas. The mission aims…
