Projects

Target set for biogas plants The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has set a target to build biogas plants to replace 2.19 million liquefied petroleum gas cooking cylinders in the fiscal year 2016-2017. It is implementing a National...

Smart City Mission launched Modi delivering his address at the launch of the projects, SMART CITIES MISSION, in Pune on June 25, 2016. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the flagship Smart City Mission into implementation mode with launch of...

Double petchem capacity Source: PIB. Kumar calls on the industry to double capacity. Chemicals & Fertilizers Minister Ananth Kumar has called on the chemicals & petrochemical industry to double its output in five years from US$200 billion with a target...

Railway-State Jvs   Source: Indian Railways. Indian Railways is forming joint venture companies with different state governments which will further help in proliferating Railway Infrastructure across the nation. Disclosing this, the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu said Indian Railways is...

Startup fund approved The government has approved the establishment of "Fund of Funds for Startups" (FFS) at Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) for contribution to various Alternative Investment Funds (AIF), registered with Securities and Exchange Board of India...

German technology confirmed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chairing a cabinet meeting, has been apprised of signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Steinbeis GmbH Co. KG for Technologietransfer, Germany on technology resourcing in manufacturing, including sub-sectors of Capital Goods....

India needs underground technology Source: Coal India Ltd. Indian needs new technology to improve efficiency and safety in coal mining while relooking at the high cost of underground extraction, a senior government official has said. In order to achieve the government’s...

London-Amritsar POP flights Source: POP. London-Amritsar flights from Q4'16. POP or ‘People Over Profit’, the new low-cost, long-haul airline in the making, plans to operate non-stop flights from the United Kingdom to Amritsar and Ahmedabad. There is a growing demand...

Metro rails for 50 cities Fifty Indian cities being ready for building Metro Rail Systems and 50 million affordable houses as part of the mega development taking place in India, said a senior industry official at the Associated Chambers of...

Gen. Prayut: accelerate FTA Gen. Prayut: Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand. Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has called for accelerating the process of finalizing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and Thailand. Almost 30 agreements have been signed between...