In the present pandemic times when the headwinds to growth have exacerbated, the reform momentum has continued, and will continue in the future as well, said Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman while addressing the National MNCs Conference 2020 organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi on Monday.

Urging American investors to increase their investment in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the country was fast-emerging as the new land of opportunities.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reiterated that this was a great time for international businesses to invest in India.

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.

Together with technology, people and credible data, APM 4.0 is increasingly becoming central to the success of industrial and infrastructure firms.

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.

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.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India cannot become self-reliant without developing a robust minerals and mining sector.

The Central Government will launch the auction of coal mines for commercial mining with the theme ‘Unleashing Coal: New Hopes for Atmanirbhar Bharat’ on June 18.