FAME-II Amendment: Made-in-India Wlectric 2-Wheelers Cheaper and More e-Buses, Rickshaws in Offing
In a major amendment to the ongoing FAME-II scheme, the Ministry of Heavy Industry has announced incentives for India-made electric two-wheelers.
Diplomacy
News articles and essays on the Indian diplomacy at work around the world.
India, Australia to Expand Cyber Security Cooperation
On Thursday, India and Australia announced its collaboration in cyber-enabled critical technologies, highlighting the requirement to boost the critical information security infrastructure such as 5G telecom networks.
Resolution Adopted for Sustainable Management of Reactive Nitrogen
The Berlin Declaration adopted at the end of the 8th triennial conference of the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) held virtually between May 31-June 3, 2021, calls for “sustainable management of reactive nitrogen compounds across all sectors of human activity as a crucial step towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030”.
Refill Booking Portability for LPG consumers
Following the vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister of making energy accessible and affordable to all and with a view to further empower the LPG consumers, it has been decided to allow LPG customers to have a choice deciding which distributors they want their LPG refill from. Consumers will be able to choose their “Delivering Distributor” from the list of distributors catering to their address within their Oil Marketing Company (OMC).In the pilot phase, which will be launched shortly, this unique facility will be available in Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Gurgaon, Pune, and Ranchi.
India, Japan See Assam As Hub to Link SE Asia: Jaishankar
Indian foreign minister S Jaishankar on Monday said it was essential for the future of Asia to build connectivity from the Arabian Sea to the South China Sea and added that this seamless connectivity would be possible only by making Indian state of Assam the “meeting point” of such efforts.
Cabinet Approves Allotment of 5 MHz Spectrum in 700 MHz Band to Indian Railways
Giving a boost to ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ mission, the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for allotment allotment of 5 MHz Spectrum in 700 MHz frequency band to Indian Railways for public safety and security services at stations and in trains.
Proposals for Construction of Nearly 3.61 Lakh Houses Approved Under PMAY(Urban)
The Government approved 708 proposals for construction of 3.61 lakh houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) on 8th June 2021. The decision was taken at the 54th Meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) under PMAY-U held in New Delhi. The Meeting was attended by 13 States/UTs. These houses are proposed to be constructed across Beneficiary Led Construction and Affordable Housing in Partnership verticals.
Government of India to Provide Free Vaccine to All Indian Citizens Above 18 Years of Age
The Prime Minister further announced, that 21st June onwards, Government of India will provide free vaccine to all Indian citizens above 18 years of age. Government of India will buy 75% of the total production of the vaccine producers and provide to the states free of cost. No state government would be spending anything for vaccines.
India Likely to Benefit from Global Minimum 15% Corporate Tax Pact: Experts
On Saturday, the Finance Ministers of G-7 countries, including the US, the UK, Japan, Italy, Germany, France and Canada attained a historic contract on taxing multinational firms as per which the minimum global tax rate would be at least 15%.
Expanding Implementation of the Van Dhan Yojana in the Union Territory of Ladakh
In its series of State Level webinars that TRIFED conducted recently to review the progress of the implementation of the Van Dhan Yojana, one important outreach session was with the state teams and VDVKs of the Union Territory of Ladakh. The main focus of the session was to plan the operationalization of the sanctioned VDVKs and VDVKCs. Attendees from the UT (SIAs, SNAs, VDVKCs) were keyed up and geared to operationalize the currently sanctioned 10 VDVK cluster in the Union Territory with utmost urgency. NRLM is the implementing agency for the UT of Ladakh.