Projects

Funds sanctioned for Sagarmala projects Funds have been sanctioned for 13 rail and 20 road connectivity enhancement projects and two Coastal Economic Zones have been identified in Andhra Pradesh under the #Sagarmala Programme. The projects will be implemented by relevant...

Sanctioned power projects Piyush Goyal. Fifty-seven projects have been sanctioned under the #Power System Development Fund (PSDF) scheme, costing Rs.7,268 Crores. PSDF can be utilized, inter alia, for creating necessary transmission systems of strategic importance based on operational feedback by...

Railways signs LoI with UNEP Erik Solheim calling on Minister of State for Environment, Anil Madhav Dave, in New Delhi on 8 Mar. The #Ministry of Railways signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with #United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to...

India-Peru joint projects Peru-Ficci officials discussion. India and Peru could also explore possibilities of joint projects in multilateral and bilateral contracts and venture into the Latin American markets, officials from the two countries said in New Delhi on 8 March...

Work to start on Ken Betwa Union Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Vijay Goel, said work on Ken Betwa link project will begin by the middle of this year. Chairing the twelfth meeting of...

FCI plans steel silos Singh calls for innovation in steel. #Food Corporation of India (FCI) plans to build 100-lakh tonne steel silos by 2020, said #Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh. Addressing the second regional conference on ‘#Make in India-Make in...

NPC-Al Etihad MoU The cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the #National Productivity Council (NPC) and #Al Etihad Energy Services of the United Arab Emirates, to provide various services in the field...

Airport/airstrip development approved Rupsi airstrip in Assam. The Cabinet has approved a proposal for revival of 50 un-served/under-served airports/airstrips of the State Governments, #Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Civil enclaves in three financial years starting from 2017-18. The project...

Koteshwar HEP's cost revised Lake of Koteshwar HEP. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the Revised Cost Estimate-I of 400 MW #Koteshwar Hydro Electric Project (HEP) in #Uttarakhand at an estimated completion cost of Rs.2,717.35 crore. The project...

Minister calls for R&D investment #Environment Minister, Anil Madhav Dave, has called on companies to invest a part of their income into research & development (R&D) and do some out-of-the-box thinking. “If money can be invested into Corporate Social Responsibility...