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India and Rawanda have singed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on bilateral co-operation in Water Resources Development and Management. From Indian side it was Union Water resources Minister Shri Harish Rawat while from Government of Rawanda it was Dr. (Mrs.), Agnes M. KALIBATA, Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources who were the signatories in a function held here in New Delhi yesterd...

India to Send Delegation of Experts to Explore Possibilities of Cooperation in oil sector Smt. P. Lakshmi, Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas has said that India will soon send a delegation of experts to Niger for exploring possibilities of cooperation between two countries in the hydrocarbon sector. Responding to the proposal of her counterpart Mr. Foumakore Gado, Minister of Ene...

The 2nd Stakeholder' Consultation/ AEPC Stakeholder Forum meet convenes here today. The second stakeholder consultation was organized to discuss and consult the DISHA facilitation programme methodology being implemented in Garment Manufacturing Factories in India. The meeting was presided-over by Shri V. Srinivas, IAS, Jt. Secretary (Exports), Ministry of Textiles. Chairman AEPC Dr. A Salthivel...

Chiranjeevi calls for Accelerating the Rate of Growth of Foreign Tourist Arrivals The International Tourism Mart organized by the Ministry of Tourism was inaugurated at Guwahati today amidst cultural fanfare by the Governor of Assam Shri Janaki Ballav Patnaik. Speaking on the occasion Union Tourism Minister Shri K Chiranjeevi said that overwhelming response to the Mart shows the growing in...

Allocation for Technical Textiles in 12th FY Plan to be Five Times more than the Allocation of Previous Plans, says Sharma The Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles Shri Anand Sharma today inaugurated the second edition of TechnoTex-2013 here in Pragati Maidan. TechnoTex-2013 is an annual and premier event jointly organised by the Ministry of Textiles and FICCI, focusing exclusive...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the recommendations made by the Inter-Ministerial Task Force under the chairmanship of Member (B.K. Chaturvedi), Planning Commission on budgetary ceilings for annuity commitments under Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects across sectors. The recommendation of the committee would ensure that future budgetary options do not get restricte...

The “Visa on Arrival” (VoA) Scheme of the government has increasingly become popular with the tourists. The scheme registered a growth of 26 % in the year 2012 over the figures of 2011. A total number of 16,084 VoAs were issued during 2012 as compared to 12,761 VoAs issued during 2011. The highest number of 4604 VoAs were issued to the tourists from Japan followed by New Zealand ( 3150 ) and Th...

Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on December 31, 2012, the Central Government has approved four (04) proposals of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) amounting to Rs. 1286.75 crore approximately. The following four (04) proposals have been approved: Sl. No. Name of the applicant Particulars of the proposal FDI/NRI inflows(` In ...

The total approximate earnings of Indian Railways on originating basis during 1st April to 31st December 2012 were Rs. 89906.46 crore compared to Rs. 75009.17 crore during the same period last year, registering an increase of 19.86 per cent. The total goods earnings have gone up from Rs. 49868.95 crore during 1st April – 31st December 2011 to Rs. 62413.41 crore during 1st April – 31st Decembe...

Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on December 21, 2012, the Government has approved 14 proposals of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) amounting to Rs. 1310.60 crore approximately. Following fourteen (14) proposals have been approved. Sl. No. Name of the applicant Particulars of the proposal FDI/NRI inflows(` In crore) COMM...