Why in News ? Overall FDI rises in FY2020 by 10 per cent. The value $42.69 billion in the year ended March 31, 2020 from $38.74 billion in the previous…

Why in News ? Foreign direct investment through automatic approval in the defence sector hiked from 49 per cent to 74 per cent and it includes National Security Clause. FDI…

Why in News ? Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved monetisation of assets of POWERGRID, a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under Ministry of Power, through Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT)…

Why in News? India-AIIB Agreement on Railway System will boost suburban railway systems. Agreement for a $500 million Mumbai Urban Transport Project-III to improve the network capacity, service quality and…

Why in news ?  Niti Aayog cleared half-a-dozen proposals of the transport ministry exploring options to improve public transport. Approval of Niti Aayog to experiment and introduce six latest mass…

In News Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for upgradation and widening of 65 kms of Imphal-Moreh Section of NH-39 in Manipur. The project will improve connectivity…

In News Indian electricity distribution companies (discoms) struggling with huge debts can together expect to save up to Rs 20,000 crore per annum with better scheduling of power, through an…

Union Ministry for Power, Coal , New & Renewable Energy and Mines launched Weather Portal for Power Sector in association with POSOCO and IMD at the meeting of the Forum…

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), approved a new transparent coal allocation policy for the power sector called Shakti or Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating ‘Koyala’ (Coal) Transparently in…

Union Cabinet cleared the proposal to construct 10 indigenous pressurised heavy water nuclear reactors (PHWR)with a total capacity of 7,000 MWe. The 10 PHWR project will result in a significant augmentation…