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Bell Helicopter welcomes pro-market reforms Source: Bell Helicopter. Bell Helicopter welcomes pro-market reforms creating fresh opportunities in the Indian market which it has served for more than six decades. “We strongly believe in the Make in India initiative and a...

Power projects update NTPC's hydro project. Update on Nuclear Reactors built or being built with Foreign Collaboration according to information presented in parliament by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER) as per August 4, 2016....

Mega food parks along #Sagarmala The Ministry of Food Processing is implementing two mega food parks (MFP) in the Coastal Economic Zone (CEZ) at Kakinada and Southern Maharashtra to promote export and imports under the Sagarmala National Perspective Plan (SNPP)....

Six startups named Pitney Bowes, a global technology company that provides innovative products and solutions to power commerce, has named six startups to the summer session of the Pitney Bowes Accelerator Program. The company also announced a new six-month program...

L&T alliances Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited (L&T Infotech) has announced a strategic alliance with Pegasystems. With this partnership, L&T Infotech becomes a Pega Registered Business Partner, enabling it to provide Pega software expertise and implementation services to its clients....

Rural road allocation The government has raised rural road development budget to Rs19,000 Crore in 2015-16 from Rs9,000 Crore in 2012-13, assuring its ongoing support to the nation-wide Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) programme. Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh...

SJ-SMEC bids for projects A newly merged group of two Singapore-Australian consultancies will be bidding for a wide range of projects in India, its officials said. Singapore’s Surbana Jurong (SJ), owned by state-investment corporation Temasek, has merged with engineering and...

Farm mechanization Tractor market to grow to US$8.05 billion by 2020, says Technavio. India’s farm mechanization market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 7% during 2016-2020, according to a forecast by London-based consultancy Technavio. India’s tractor market...

Biogas target set   The government has allocated Rs.142.00 Crore for the Biogas Programme and set a target of 100,000 plants for fiscal 2016-17, said Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines....

Cold chain subsidies The Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing a Central Sector Scheme of Cold Chain, Value Addition and Preservation Infrastructure for setting up of integrated cold chains to reduce post-harvest losses. The scheme extends a maximum grant-in-aid...