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The Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Subhash Bhamre, has given an update on defence industry initiatives in a written reply to Rajya Sabha on 6 Aug 2018.

Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has launched Bidder Information Management System (BIMS) and Bhoomi Rashi and PFMS linkage, the two IT initiatives are aimed at expediting pre-construction processes relating to bidding and land acquisition, respectively.

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has cleared acquisition of 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk1A aircraft with enhanced capabilities, Minister of State for Defence, Dr Subhash Bhamre said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha on 6 Aug 2018.

The government has shared a draft Defence Production Policy 2018 with all concerned stakeholders for their views before notification, said Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Rajya Sabha or Upper House on 6...

To fulfill the Governmentof India’s mission to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship in the country, Startup India launched the Startup Academia Alliance programme, a unique mentorship opportunity between academic scholars and startups working in similar domains.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved 122 new research projects covering Energy, Security, Healthcare, Advanced Materials, ICT and Security/Defence domains.

Various policies have been supporting the transformation and optimization of processes for pre-construction, construction and maintenance stages to improve quality, reduce construction time and cost of roads and highways in India.

Lucep, which works out of Bangalore and Singapore, won the collab 3.0 EMEA programme and insurtech innovators’ US$100,000 contract to pilot their solutions with MetLife, the organizers of the contest.

Kant gives update on developments   The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has reviewed progress of key infrastructure sectors of roads, PMGSY, rural housing, urban housing, railways, airports and ports. The review meeting, held 3 Aug 2018, was attended by top...

Defence Research and Development Organizations (DRDO) has tested the Ballistic Missile Interceptor Advanced Area Defence (AAD) on 2 August 2018 from Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha.