Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland H.E. Ms. Sanna Marin held a Virtual Summit today and discussed the entire gamut of bilateral issues as well as other regional and multilateral issues of mutual interest.
‘Make in India’ initiative in defence sector is implemented through various policy initiatives which promotes indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence items. These initiatives, inter-alia, include priority to procurement of capital items from domestic sources under Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020; notification of ‘Negative list’ of 101 items for which there would be an embargo on the import beyond the timeline indicated against them; simplification of Industrial licensing process; liberalization of FDI policy; simplification of Make Procedure; launch of Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) scheme; and implementation of Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India), Order 2017.
As per the statement, in 2020, accessories sales were the largest on the platform. Over 120 million accessories and consumer electronics followed by 10 million mobile phones were sold on the platform in 2020.
Compared to the other APAC countries surveyed, India ranked highest in workplace satisfaction, with a percentage of 98 per cent and is followed by China (97%). The survey showcases that key factors impacting workplace satisfaction in high performers are access to a wider range of sophisticated workplaces and technologies and a strong change management program designed to motivate employees to make optimum use of the spaces and technologies available will be the key to boost Human Performance. The correlation is clear – the more varied and innovative the spaces and technologies provided, the higher the workplace satisfaction of employees.
It said the drop in Indian arms imports seemed to have been the result of the country’s complex procurement processes combined with an attempt to reduce its dependence on Russian arms. In the last few years, India has taken a series of measures to boost domestic defence industry with an aim to reduce dependence on imported military platforms and hardware.
In an effort to bridge the prevailing skills gap in India, technology giant Google Inc. has started enrolments for its latest Google Career Certificates in data analytics, project management and user experience (UX) design.
India’s imports from the United States – the world’s top producer – rose 48% to a record 545,300 barrels per day (bpd) in February from the prior month, accounting for 14% of overall imports last month, the data obtained by Reuters showed.
To protect, preserve & promote various forms of folk art and ancient folk cultures throughout the country including Jharkhand, Bihar and Kerala, the Government of India has set up seven Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) with headquarters at Patiala, Nagpur, Udaipur, Prayagraj, Kolkata, Dimapur and Thanjavur. Jharkhand is the member State of Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), Kolkata; Bihar is the member State of North Central Zone Cultural Centre (NCZCC), Prayagraj and Kerala is the member State of South Zone Cultural Centre (SZCC), Thanjavur.
National Steel Policy enshrines the long term vision of the government to give impetus to the steel sector. The policy envisages to create a technologically advanced and globally competitive steel industry that promotes self-sufficiency in steel production as well as economic growth.
During the last two financial years i.e. from 2018-19 to 2019-2020 and the current financial year 2020-21( till December 2020), the Government has accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) to 112 Defence proposals, worth Rs. 1,99,860 Crore approximately, under the various categories of Capital Acquisition, which promotes domestic manufacturing as per the Defence Acquisition/Procurement Procedure.
