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Demand of Coal to Touch 769 Million Tonnes by 2013-14

The estimated demand of coal in the country will reach to 769.69 million tonnes by 2013 -14 against the domestic availability of 614.55 million tonnes. This was stated by the Minister of State for Coal, Shri Pratik Prakash BapuPatil in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.                Shri Patil said that the main factors that constrain production of Coal relate to difficulties in acquisition of …

Export of Coal

The quantity and value of export of coal during last three years as per data available from the Director General Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, (DGCI&S), Ministry of Commerce, is given below.   Country Quantity  Mte Value Rs.Million 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 1 CHINA 2.3 0.0 0.0 7024 0 0 2 BANGLADESH 1.2 1.2 1.5 …

Agriculture Sector Grows at 1.9% in 2012-13

As per the Provisional Estimates released by CSO on 31st May, 2013 this sector is estimated to grow at 1.9% in 2012-13 at 2004-05 prices and the contribution of agriculture to the GDP is likely to decline to 13.7 % in 2012-13. The decline in growth rate and contribution of agriculture to GDP is on …

14th National Conference of Practising Company Secretaries on the theme “Integrating Growth, Governance and Challenges Beyond”, Inaugurated at Kolkata Today

Shri Somnath Chatterjee , Former Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha Inaugurated the 14th National Conference of Practising Company Secretaries, on the theme “Integrating Growth, Governance and Challenges Beyond” at Kolkata today.   In his Inaugural Address, Shri Somnath Chatterjee, congratulated the ICSI on selecting the theme and sub-themes of the Conference. He said that Company …

Real Estate Watchdog

In order to ensure that the real estate promoters undertaking housing projects, utilize the funds collected for a particular project, for the development of the same project and not invest it elsewhere (leading to delay in execution and probable cost escalation), the provision for keeping a specified percentage of money collected from the allottes, to …

Indira Gandhi remembered on her birth anniversary

The Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar, the Union Home Minister, Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde, the Chairperson, National Advisory Council, Smt. Sonia Gandhi, the Chairman of BJP Parliamentary Party Shri L.K. Advani and other dignitaries after paying floral tributes to former Prime Minister, Late Smt. Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary, at Parliament House in …