An increase of almost 18.5 per cent has been witnessed in agricultural as well as allied commodities export from April 2020 to February 2021 in comparison to a similar period last year. The country has witnessed tremendous 727 per cent growth in the export of wheat and 132 per cent growth in the export of…
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Railways, Consumers Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal has announced the launch of the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFC). The SISFC scheme, unveiled by Goyal, has been launched to provide the startups with financial assistance for prototype development and other requirements such as product trials, commercialization and…
After Madhya Pradesh presented its Annual Action Plan (AAP) under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), it’s likely to receive Rs 3000 crore in 2021-22 to provide tap water to every rural household in the state. Currently, there is a month-long planning exercise underway. The planning involves presenting an annual action plan to the committee chaired by…
The central government has launched Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yozana as part of Atma Nirbhar Bharat 3.0 package with aim to incentivize the creation of new employment opportunities at a time when India is recovering from the pandemic. The scheme is launched to provide financial assistance to the employers of the establishments registered with EPFO. The…
The Telecom Department has got a windfall of Rs 2307 crore from telecom majors Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio for allotting spectrum to them after completion of Spectrum Auction 2021. After the auction they were issued frequency assignment to them. In a frequency harmonization exercise, spectrum blocks were assigned to the winners of the bid….
Amid worsening COVID-19 situation in the country, the manufacturers of Remdesivir have been directed to prioritise their supplies to fulfil the hospitals’ requirements and approximately 4 lakh vials of Remdesivir meant for Export is being diverted to meet the domestic requirement. Moreover, the manufactures of Remdesivir have also volunteered to reduce the price of this life-saving…
In a conference held on ‘Digitalisation – The Key for MSMEs’ Rise to Resilience,’ Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Nitin Gadkari said the Government has been taking several steps to enhance the contribution of this sector. The ministe added that the Government is facilitating capabilities of export, besides job generation in this…
Rising cases of COVID-19 has led to a sudden spike in demand for Remdesivir injection used in the treatment of the patients suffering from this dreaded disease. In India only seven companies produce Remdesvir and then there is sure shot possibility of further increase in the demand of this injection in the upcoming days. The…
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has approved reconstruction, rehabilitation and upgradation of a large number of projects across the country. The approved projects for different states encompassing various regions include, upgradation and rehabilitation of Jalgaon-Bhadraon-Chalisgaon-Nandgaon-Manmad Road (on NH 753 J) in Maharashtra to two lane-four lane. The approved budget for this project is…
In a report released by Niti Aayog, a wide range of investment opportunities in different segments of healthcare sector has come to the light. The report states that medical devices, hospitals, telemedicine, health insurance, medical value travel as well as home healthcare are among the segments where promising opportunities of growth lie and that the…
