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The Cabinet has approved a proposal for leasing out of three airports Adani Enterprises Ltd for having the highest bid under the Private Public Partnership (PPP) model.

The work on the contracts for first priority design works is in progress for setting up two additional units of 1,000 MW each at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu (Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, KKNPP-5&6 - 2X1000 MW).

The Indian fertilizer market is projected to record a 12.3% CAGR during 2019-24 to Rs.11,116 billon from Rs.5,437 billion in 2018, according to a ResearchAndMarkets report.

FICCI President Sandip Somany has highlighted some of the key areas that the Government should consider in the third year of Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation.

The Government is supporting a Rs.10,000 crore scheme for the electrification of public and shared transportation layout with the aim to have 7,000 e-Buses, 5 lakh e-3 Wheelers, 55,000 e-4 Wheeler Passenger Cars and 10 lakh e-2 Wheelers during 2019-22.

The Indian food processing market is projected to reach Rs.50,571 billion by 2024, exhibiting a CAGR of 12.4% during 2019-2024. It was Rs.24,665 billion in 2018.

The first ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF), unique initiative for taking farmers, artisans and other members of cooperatives directly to the global trade arena, is to be held in New Delhi 11-13 October 2019.

The Government has constituted a technology-driven Inter-Ministerial Committee to examine issues relating to doubling of farmers’ income and recommend a strategy to achieve doubling of farmers’ income in real terms by the year 2022.

Indian Railways, which uses approximately 56 Million Units of Electrical Energy per day, is taking the following steps for giving a thrust for use of environment-friendly technologies, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has said in a written reply to a question...

India has adopted “closed fuel cycle”, where spent nuclear fuel is regarded as a material of resource, Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has told Rajya Sabha on 27 June 2019.