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Japan intends to continue support capacity building in the multi-billion dollar Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and participate in the hydrocarbon sector.

India has called on more countries to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA) to reduce dependence on fossil fuels to meet the growing energy requirement.

With a focus on connectivity of Islands, the Civil Aviation Ministry has invited bids for 3 unserved airports/airstrips in Andaman & Nicobar Island and 1 underserved airport/airstrip in Lakshadweep Island.

The Indian agriculture-technology is growing at a rate of 25% year on year and the start-up ecosystem is playing a critical role, bringing innovation and disruption in much-needed areas.

The government is committed to promoting the use of additional farm machinery in the coming years to achieve improvement in awareness about diverse utilization of mechanization and credit support so that access to latest technologies is not a constraint.

A Consultative Committee of Parliamentarians were briefed about the high importance accorded by the Government to gas-based economy and Biofuels, setting the pace for them to deliberate on the two topics.

The Civil Aviation Ministry has invited bids for 6 underserved and 24 unserved airports/airstrips in the North-East states of India.

Most of renewable energy projects in India are being implemented by the private sector developers selected through transparent bidding process, Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy R.K. Singh said in written reply to parliament on 5 Dec 2019.

Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), Gail (India) Limited and Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) have issued 443 numbers Letters of Intent (LoIs) as on 29 Nov 2019 for setting up Compressed BioGas (CBG) plants in the country.

Airbus India has selected L&T Technology Services (NSE: LTTS) to manage its Avionics S/W Development, V&V (Validation & Verification) and Data Analytics.