The passage of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2021, by Parliament’s upper house, Rajya Sabha, is expected to clear the way for long-pending structural reforms in the mining sector to ensure the “mineral security” of the nation. This amends the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. The Bill was...
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Port of Opportunities!
With an outlay of Rs 1,773 for the year 2017û18, the government has set the ball rolling for the port sector. To promote port-led development in India, Rs 600 crore has already been allocated for the Sagarmala Programme.
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Centre releases details on nuclear energy generation
The electricity generation from nuclear power in the last two years, i.e., 2014-15 and 2015-16, was 37,835 million units (MU) and 37,456 MU respectively. The generation in 2014-15 was 35,592 MU of commercial generation and 2,243 MU of infirm (non commercial) generation, while the entire generation in 2015-16 was commercial.
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Air India to post operating profit of Rs 300 crore this financial year
Air India is projected to post an operating profit of Rs 300 crore in the current fiscal and there is no plan to privatise the airline, the government has confirmed.
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What GST holds
All states will implement GST by July 2017. The Constitution Amendment Bill for Goods and Services Tax has been approved by the President of India post its approval in Parliament (Rajya Sabha on 3 August 2016 and Lok Sabha on 8 August 2016) and ratification by more than 50 per cent of state legislatures.
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Strategic Petroleum Reserves created at 3 locations
Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan has informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply that under the Strategic Petroleum Reserve project Phase-I, underground rock caverns for storage of 5.33 MMT of crude oil at three locations, viz. Vishakhapatnam (1.33 MMT), Mangalore (1.50 MMT) and Padur (2.5 MMT) have been created.
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Steel sector contributes 2percent to GDP in 2015-16
The Indian steel sectorÂ’s contribution to overall Gross Domestic Product of the country was nearly 2 per cent during 2015-16.
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Mandaviya takes over as MOS
Mansukh Lal Mandaviya has assumed the charge of Minister of State, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping from July 11, 2016. He is a BJP MP (Rajya Sabha) from Gujarat.
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Rs.2,237-cr revenue generated from 74 coal mines
Revenue of around Rs.2,237 crore has already been generated till May-end from the allocation of 74 coal mines, Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal said in a reply to Rajya Sabha. The estimated revenue from the e-auction of 31 coal mines is Rs.1,96,689 crore, he added.
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Major ports handle 603.37 mt in FY16 | Govt
Total cargo handled by major ports increased by 4.3 per cent to 606.37 mn t last fiscal as against 581.34 mn t in 2014-15, Parliament was informed.