Projects

Apr-Oct gets US$27.82bn FDI India received #Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of US$27.82 billion during April-October 2016-17, up from US$21.87 billion in April-October 2015-2016. Manufacturing constitute around 41.5 per cent of the equity inflows while non-manufacturing around 58.5 per cent (during...

Focus on improving farm output The #Cabinet has approved India’s two MoUs with #Portugal and #Kenya in the agriculture and allied sectors to share knowledge on improving farm output. The MoU with Portugal covers various activities including exchange of scientific...

Azure powers Punjab Azure in Punjab. #Azure Power (NYSE:AZRE) has commissioned the largest solar power project in Punjab supplying electricity to the state’s grid. Azure has a solar power implementation agreement with #Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) under its Solar...

Sewerage Treatment Plant Tender called for 68 MLD Sewerage Treatment Plant at Jagjeetpur  and 14 MLD Sewerage Treatment Plant at Sarai, Haridwar on Hybrid Annuity based PPP mode. It is design, build, finance, operate and transfer for this STP and...

Clean Ganga projects The #National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved projects under #Namami Gange programme in #Haridwar and #Varanasi such as sewage treatment plants. In #Haridwar, it has approved 68 MLD sewage treatment plant (STP) in Jagjeetpur and 14 MLD...

Six-laning of NH-5 Part of NHAI projects. Six laning of Anandauram-Pendurthi-Anakapalli section of NH-5 (new NH-16) from km.681.000 (Existing km.681.000) to km.731.780 (Existing km.742.400) along with four lane connectivity to Visakhapatnam Port Road from km.0.000 to km.12.700 (Design Length=63.48 km)...

Lucknow Metro Ministry of Urban Development has released Rs.250 crore for the Lucknow Metro Rail project, a joint venture project of central and Uttar Pradesh Government. The Ministry had earlier this year released Rs.300 crore for the project for which...

NALCO's projects The #National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) has accepted mining lease agreement and investment approval for 5th Stream Refinery & Pottangi Mines from #Odisha government. The process of Environmental Clearance is underway for a one million tonne capacity plant,...

Steel review 2016 India’s per capita consumption of finished steel has increased to 63 kg in 2015-16 from 58 kg in 2011-12. Crude steel capacity was 121.97 million tonnes but production was 89.79 mt in 2015-16. The country remained a net...

Roads in LWE areas The government has approved a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, "Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism (LWE) Affected Areas", to improve the rural road connectivity in the worst affected districts from security angle. The project will be...