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States start distribution of pulses at reasonable prices

States start distribution of pulses at reasonable prices Besides continuing enforcement measures to check hoarding of pulses, State Governments have taken proactive steps to make pulses available at reasonable prices. Distribution of pulses, especially of Tur dal has been taken up by a number of States. The Center[…]

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Exim Policy for Agricultural/Food Products

The policy decisions on export and import of agricultural/food products, including decisions on imposing/lifting of ban on export and import, are based on several factors such as availability/non-availability of surplus over and above the requirement of buffer stock including strategic reserve, concerns of food security, international and domestic[…]

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Growth in Infrastructure Sector

Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) measures the performance in terms of production of eight industries namely Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Petroleum Refinery products, Fertilizers, Steel, Cement and Electricity, and compiled using 2004-05 as base year. In January, 2015, the ICI recorded relatively low growth rate at[…]

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Growth in Manufacturing Sector

The Government is continuously taking measures including inter alia administrative and regulatory measures to accelerate the growth of manufacturing sector in the country. For the creation of conducive business environment, the Government is constantly simplifying and rationalizing the processes and procedures for boosting investor sentiment, simplifying the Foreign[…]

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Renewable Energy Manufacturing Sector

To make India a hub for renewable energy manufacturing, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has been promoting private investment in renewable energy through an attractive mix of fiscal and financial incentives. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New[…]

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Energy Efficient Norms For Power Plants

The Government has identified 144 thermal power plants/stations for improving energy efficiency and thereby reducing fuel consumption under Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) Scheme of the Ministry of Power (MoP) being implemented by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). . This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of[…]

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Various measures taken to realize the dream of ‘Make in India’ in pharmaceutical sector

The Government has taken various measures to realize the dream of ‘Make in India’ in pharmaceutical sector. In this direction, the Government had constituted a Committee under the chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Health Research. The mandate of this Committee was to carefully study the whole issue of[…]

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Development of Agricultural Markets

Following the declaration by the Government of National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi on 2.9.2014 deregulating fruits and vegetables beyond the markets/market yards/sub-yards of three important Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs) including Azadpur, the Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) launched the Delhi Kisan Mandi at Alipur, North Delhi[…]

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