Twenty months after the launch of the Make in India campaign, the government has begun assessing the impact of PM Narendra Modi´s flagship programme and is looking to even tweak some of the elements.
Category: ECONOMY & POLICY
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AP plans new industrial corridor
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has confirmed that the state government is planning to set up an industrial corridor in the district, covering the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS)
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Bihar gets its first SCADA-DMS Project Control Centre
The SCADA-DMS Project for Patna city undertaken by Schneider Electric (SE) has been inaugurated by Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister, Bihar. The SCADA-DMS Project is undertaking power monitoring, control and modernisation of the Patna electric distribution network.
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9,653 villages electrified till date under DDUGJY
A total of 327 villages have been electrified across the country from 1st to 7th August 2016 under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY). Out of these electrified villages, seven villages belong to Arunachal Pradesh, 12 to Assam, 10 to Bihar, four to Chhattisgarh, 68 to Jharkhand, four to Madhya Pradesh, 11 to Manipur, 136 to Meghalaya, eight to Nagaland, 24 to Odisha, six to Rajasthan, two to Tripura, 31 to Uttar Pradesh and one each to Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka
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Swachh Survekshan of 500 cities launched
Minister of Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu has launched ‘Swachh Suvekshan-2017’ to assess and rank 500 cities and towns based on levels of sanitation and efforts made by respective urban local bodies and also to capture the progress towards achieving ‘Open Defecation Free’ status.
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Rs.16,641 cr investment in affordable housing
The Central government has approved an additional investment of Rs.16,641 crore for affordable housing for construction of 2,44,267 houses for urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) during the first four months of this financial year.
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Uttarakhand to set up industrial park
Uttarakhand will soon set up its first exclusive industrial park for women spread over 10 acres at Sitarganj, Udham Singh Nagar, Chief Minister Harish Rawat announced while addressing a meeting organised by FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO).
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Govt identifies 26 port-rail connectivity projects
The government has identified 26 port-rail connectivity projects under its ambitious Sagarmala programme worth Rs.29,500 crore.
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Haryana Govt to form JV for industrial township
The HSIIDC and CFLD have formed a JV to develop an industrial township in around 1,500 acres of land, spread across Sohna and Manesar in the Gurgaon district, Haryana. The township will cost about Rs.33,595 crore.
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KC Valley project to be completed by August 17
Deputy Commissioner KV Thrilokchandra aims to complete the Koramangala-Challaghatta (KC) Valley project work by August 15, 2017. The project envisages treating of sewage water of Koramangala and Challaghatta valley in Bengaluru, and channelizing the treated water into tanks in Kolar district as well as Chintamani taluk of Chickballapur district.