Amitabh Kumar, Director General of Shipping & Additional Secretary to the Govt of India on Tuesday said that shipbuilding was a high priority area for the government and it was trying various methods to incentivise it.

Faggan Singh Kulaste, Minister of State for Steel has assured the industry that the government was taking all necessary steps to reduce the logistics cost in India help the end users.

The new coal policy is a forward-looking measure that would result in monetising of a natural resource, feel experts. It has the potential of boosting technology-aided private investments in the coal sector while also enhancing market access of coal for the downstream industrial segments of power, steel and cement.

Urging India Inc. to invest in Uttar Pradesh, state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that his government was taking all measures to ensure that it became a safe and secure investment destination.

Surveyor General of India, Lt Gen (Retd) Girish Kumar, said on Friday that the government had initiated the process of mapping the Indian villages using drones under the SVAMITVA scheme, a move that would prove to be a game-changer in the country’s history.

The Power Minister pointed out that from the data on item-wise quantum of imports in power sector given by Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence (DGCI), Department of Commerce it is seen that many types of equipment like transmission line towers, conductors, industrial electronics, capacitors, transformers, cables and insulators and fittings, etc.

Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), on Tuesday said that priority of the government is to develop indigenous, low carbon, sustainable, economically viable, pollution-free and cost-effective transportation system, which also provides comfort to the poor.

Raj Kumar Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy has indicated that the ministry may consider extending the Interstate Transmission System ISTS waiver for renewable energy projects by at least six months.

Vipul Tuli, Chairman, FICCI Power Committee & Managing Director, Sembcorp Energy acknowledged the move to permit the coal linkage swapping for rationalising transport as a forward-looking measure.