TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 31, 2022 The combined Index of Eight Core Industries stood at 141.3 in December 2021, which is an increase of 3.8 per cent (provisional) as compared to December 2020. The production of Coal, Natural Gas, Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Cement and Electricity industries increased in December 2021 over the corresponding period of last year. The Office ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 31, 2022 India to witness GDP growth of 8.0-8.5 per cent in 2022-23, supported by widespread vaccine coverage, gains from supply-side reforms and easing of regulations, robust export growth, and availability of fiscal space to ramp up capital spending. The Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2021-22 in ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 29, 2022           Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbanand Sonowal on Saturday said that initiatives are being implemented by Major Ports of India that include areas, such as increase share of renewable energy to more than 60% across major ports by 2030. MoPSW is also working on draft of a “Green Port Policy” ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 23, 2022 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday unveiled a hologram statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at India Gate. This hologram would be in place till the work of the statue of Netaji is completed. The statue would be unveiled in the same place to mark the year-long celebration of the 125th birth anniversary ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 23, 2022 India has emerged as the largest exporter of gherkins in the world. India has exported cucumber and gherkins to the tune of 1,23,846 Metric Tonnes with a value of USD 114 million during April-October, 2021. India has crossed the USD 200 million mark of export of agricultural processed product, – pickling cucumber, which ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 18, 2022 Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday called upon industry leaders and enterprising youth to take up rural service as a mission, with particular focus on women empowerment. He stressed that fast-tracking rural development is integral to the growth of the nation. Naidu, who is on a tour of Andhra Pradesh, interacted with ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 18, 2022 What was termed as the biggest initiative of financial inclusion in the country by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at its launch, the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), a ‘Digital-First Bank’ built on the rails of wide physical distribution network of India Post under the Union Ministry of Communication, has announced a major milestone ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 18, 2022 The Department of Telecom (DoT) on Tuesday said that it has revised policy for issue/renewal of no objection certificate (NOC) for sale/rent of international roaming SIM cards and global calling cards of foreign operators in India. The revised terms & conditions strengthens the mechanism to protect the interests of the Indian public visiting ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 18, 2022 Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday called for cooperation between Central and State Governments for infrastructure development of the country. He said that the infrastructure development will play an important role in fulfilling the vision of India in becoming $5 trillion economy. While inaugurating a Conference on “PM-Gati Shakti” ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 14, 2022 Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday called upon the Global Venture Capital (VC) Funds to focus more on startups from tier 2 and 3 cities of the country and explore new sectors for investing. Chairing a roundtable with global venture capital (VC) funds, organised by the Department for Promotion of ...