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Shri Praful Patel Launches Vision 2022 for the Indian Electrical Equipment Industry Says, Government Must Support the Growth of Domestic Industry Electrical Equipment Industry output to Reach US $ 100 Billion

 Shri Praful Patel, Union Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, here today launched the ‘Indian Electrical Equipment Industry Mission Plan 2022’. The Mission Plan seeks to steer, coordinate and synergise the efforts of all stakeholders to accelerate and sustain the growth of the domestic electrical equipment industry. It identifies five key areas for action: …

Steel Minister Leads A Delegation to Canada for Acquisition of Minerals RINL inks MOU with Mc Master University to strengthen R&D

A High Level delegation led by the Union Minister of Steel Shri Beni Prasad Verma, currently on a week-long tour to Canada, reached Toronto on 15th July with an objective to have cooperation between organizations of both the countries for sourcing/acquisition of minerals, viz. coking coal and iron ore, as a long term perspective for …

Infrastructure Debt Funds (IDFS) to Play a key role in the Financing of the Overall Requirements of Infrastructure Funding , says Arvind Mayaram, Secretary, Dea; CRISIL AAA Credit Rating to India Infradebt Limited – An IDF-NBFC

Shri Arvind Mayaram, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance said that Infrastructure Debt Funds (IDFs) are going to play a key role in the financing of the overall requirements of Infrastructure funding. He added that higher ratings would make an IDF competitive in the refinancing market. Shri Mayaram was speaking at a function …

Skill Development Needed to Fill the Significant Gap between the Actual Skills of Large Number of Candidates Passing Out from Various Schools, Colleges and Professional Institutions Across the Country and the Skills Needed in the Industry; Business and Corporate Houses Must Work Closely with NSDC to Achieve The ambitious Target of Providing Skills to 500 Million People in Ten Years: FM

The Union Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram said that skill development is needed to fill the significant gap between the actual skills of large number of candidates passing out from various schools, colleges and professional institutions across the country and the skills needed in the industry. The Finance Minister Shri Chidambaram said that we have …

World Environment Day: “Think. Eat. Save- Reduce Our Foodprint”

Today is World Environment Day. 5th June was declared as the “World Environment Day” on the recommendations made by UN Conference on Human Environment in 1972. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) through the celebration of World Environment Day spreads awareness and gets citizens’ support for environment protection across the globe. The theme for this …

“Bangalore INDIA BIO 2013” Inaugurated

Bangalore, Monday 04th February 2013: The 13th edition of India’s premier Biotech forum – Bangalore INDIA BIO (BIB) was inaugurated today by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri. Jagadish Shettar. The event, organised by the Department of Information Technology, Bio-Technology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka and the Vision Group on Biotechnology, is …

Meeting of the Consultative Committee Attached to the Ministry of Finance held; Various Suggestions made for Consideration for inclusion in the Forth Coming Union Budget

The first meeting of this year of the Consultative Committee attached to the Ministry of Finance was held here today under the Chairmanship of the Union Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram. Making his opening remarks, the Finance Minister said that subject matter of the today’s meeting was Pre Budget Consultations and therefore, he invited the …