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S. No. Area of Co-operation Description of the Agreement Defence and Nuclear Energy 1 MoU between L&T and AREVA It is aimed at cost reduction by increasing localization, to improve the financial viability of Jaitapur project. It will also enable transfer of technology and development of indigenous nuclear energy industry in India. 2 Pre-engineering agreements between NPCIL and Areva The PEA studies intend to bring clarity on all technical aspects of the plant so that all parties (AREVA, Alstom and NPCIL) can firm up their price and optimize all provisions for risks still included at this stage in the costs of the project. Space 3. MoU between ISRO and CNES on Megha Tropiques The Indo-French Megha Tropiques satellite was launched on board the Indian launch vehicle, PSLV on October 12, 2011. The MoU shall extend by 2 more years, the joint project for sharing and use of data from the satellite. 4. ‘MOU between ISRO, CNES and ONERA for Ka-band p

To promote eco-friendly vehicles, the government today formally launched the FAME India scheme offering incentives on electric and hybrid vehicles of up to Rs 29,000 for bikes and Rs 1.38 lakh for cars. FAME India - Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles in India - is a part of the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan. The scheme envisages Rs 795 crore support in the first two fiscals starting with the current year. "We are starting the scheme in metropolitan cities. Eventually the scheme will be launched in Smart Cities and all major cities across the country," Union Heavy Industries Minister Anant Geete said. Reuters He said the heavy industries ministry has estimated a total requirement of about Rs 14,000 crore for the scheme. Source:- FAME India: Govt offers up to Rs 1.38 lakh incentives for electric, hybrid vehicles - Firstpost

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a bank with a corpus of Rs 20,000 crore to extend credit of up to Rs 10 lakh to small businesses and regulate micro-finance institutions, to promote their growth, add to the country's output and create jobs.  The move is aimed at benefiting some 58 million small businesses in the country, who account for a mere four percent of institutional funding, despite employing over 120 million people, many from unprivileged strata of society, the officials said.  "After 'banking the un-banked' with the Jan Dhan Yojana, it's time to 'fund the unfunded'," the Prime Minister said at an event to launch what is called Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency - Mudra.  Narendra Modi launches Mudra Bank for small firms with Rs 20,000 crore corpus - The Economic Times

Government plans to invest $ 10 bn in chip making facilities

While media is busy praising Anti Corruption Helpline number of Delhi (It is a nice step if it works). GOI has developed a special portal for public grievance (visit  www.pgportal.gov.in  ). Now register your complaint for any government department online to get it solved.

Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to set up 100 ‘smart cities’, beginning with the national capital, Spain has presented a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to spell out the technical support it will offer to the Ministry of Urban Development for construction of the world-class project. Source:-  eGovWatch: Spain spells out technical terms for Delhi’s smart city

Disclosing plans to link the Railways to e-pantry with an aim to provide quality food to passengers, Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu on Monday said passengers will soon be able to get the meal of their choice while travelling in trains. The meals ordered will be shipped to them by caterers who will operate through base kitchens to be set up at major stations en route, Prabhu said at a press conference after laying the foundation stone of a new building at Haridwar railway station, housing a booking office and a waiting room. Introduction of the system will not only help passengers get fresh and hygienic food during a train journey but will also give a boost to regional trade and business, he said, adding that former Director General of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Anil Kakodkar has been entrusted with the task of working out modalities of the new system. Indian Railways will be linked to e-pantry, says Suresh Prabhu

Government has completed the roll out of national optical fiber network (NOFN) in 20,000 village panchayats to provide high speed broadband connectivity. It had set target to roll out the network across all the 2.5 lakh VPs by the end of 2016. “The scale of implementation under new government has been 375 percent compared to previous regime. Under new regime 1,600km of fiber have been laid out. At present, work has been completed in 20,000 VPs and another 10,000 are almost already,” a DoT official said. The NOFN project was conceived in 2011 and deadline to connect all panchayats was fixed by end of 2013 then deferred to September 2015 by UPA government. The BJP-led government re-examined status and set target to complete roll out in 50,000 VPs by March 31, 2015, another 1 lakh by March 2016 and rest of the VPs by end of 2016. “There is no change in our target to complete NOFN roll out by 2016,” the official said. NDA Government had set up a committee under former IT Secretary J Satya

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As many as 343 companies, including global firms, have committed to building green energy capacity of 2.7-lakh MW in five years as India gives thrust to renewable energy production to ensure universal energy access for the poor. Out of this capacity proposed by the companies during a global renewable energy conference in New Delhi from February 15 to 17, financing commitments have been worked out for 69,055 MW, an official statement said. SunEdison Energy India Pvt. Ltd. tops the list with a commitment of 15,200 MW — 10,000-MW solar and 5,200-MW wind energy. The Chennai-based company is a subsidiary of U.S.-based SunEdison Inc. Other companies which made commitments in excess of 10,000 MW are: Axis Energy Group, Essel Infraprojects Ltd., Renew Power, Welspun Renewables Energy Pvt. Ltd., Azure Power, Raasi Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd. and Hindustan Clean Energy Ltd. Adani Power Ltd. and Reliance Power have committed to creating 6,000 MW each of solar energy generation capacity.

 As many as 661 MPs have so far adopted a village under the Saansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 11 last year with an aim of overall development of rural areas.Of them, 485 are from Lok Sabha and 176 are from Rajya Sabha, Rural Development Minister Birendra Singh told Rajya Sabha today. "We have received very good response to the scheme and 84 per cent of the MPs which is 661 Members have shown keen interest in the scheme and have selected gram panchayats," he said during the Question Hour. The scheme is a rural development programme broadly focussing on development of villages, including in social and cultural spheres. Responding to a concern that the guidelines for adopting a village contain conflicting provisions regarding composition and constitution of national level committees overseeing implementation, the Minister said the differences could be because of the 'ready reckoner and frequently asked question booklet&

The auction for coal blocks began aggressively with Anil Ambani's Reliance Cement bagging a block with a bid of Rs 1,402 per tonne, more than nine times the floor price of Rs 150, prompting the government to call it a grand success that would generate more revenue than the Comptroller and Auditor General of India's (CAG's) estimate of Rs 1.86 lakh crore lost by free distribution. GMR Energy won the Talabira -I coal block in Odisha with a very aggressive bid of Rs 478 per tonne. Adani Power, Essar Power, Sesa Sterlite, GMR Energy and OPG Power Generation were eyeing the Talabira-I block previously allotted to Hindalco. Industry experts say companies were desperate to ensure fuel for plants and had made unsustainable bids in the online auction that kicked-off on Saturday. Reliance Cement bagged the Sial Ghogri underground mine in Madhya Pradesh, beating Hindustan Zinc and OCL Iron & Steel for the block earlier held by Prism Cement. For the other mine on offer, Talabi

The central government's effort to boost inbound tourism by including more countries under the visa on arrival scheme has paid off. In December alone, the country saw a 421.6% jump in tourist arrivals compared to the same period in 2013. The government issued 14,083 visas in December 2014 compared with 2,700 visas in December 2013, according to data from the ministry of tourism. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Visa-on-arrival-India-sees-421-6-jump-in-tourist-arrivals-in-December/articleshow/45953062.cms

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the financial inclusion scheme in his first Independence Day speech last year. It was launched in August with a target to open bank accounts for 7.5 crore poor persons by January 26, 2015. The target was later increased to 10 crore accounts.  Addressing a press conference here, Jaitley said the government would use these bank accounts to pass on benefits to individuals under its various social security schemes.  Financial Services Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said that even  Guinness Book of World Records has recognized the achievements made under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana. In its citation, the Guinness Book said: "Most bank accounts opened in one week as part of the Financial Inclusion Campaign is 18,096,130 and was achieved by the Department of Financial Services, Government of India from August 23 to 29, 2014."  Exclusion of a large number of people from the banking network was inhibiting growth, Jaitley said. "Financial Inclusi

In a proud moment for India, the United Nations will declare June 21 as World Yoga Day on Thursday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had urged the world community to celebrate Indian yoga at the international level in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in September. The decision is being seen as a huge diplomatic win for India. 170 nations had supported Modi's proposal. European Union president Herman Van Rompuy had also told Modi in November that the 28-member EU supported his idea for a Yoga Day at the UN. "Three months ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appealed to the world community that India's yoga should be celebrated as World Yoga Day. I am happy to inform you that we have received support of 170 nations and four days from today, the United Nations will declare June 21 as the World Yoga Day," Swaraj had said on last week. Keeping his focus on the importance of Yoga, Modi had named Shripad Naik as the minister for Yoga and traditio

Many  of the over 700 uninhabited islands across India will be developed for  tourism, filmmaking, entertainment activities, as honeymoon  destinations, maritime security and also for generating non-conventional  energy - both wind and solar.  This scheme will be part of the  ambitious Sagarmala project. The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the  concept note and institutional framework to implement this massive  project that Narendra Modi government has revived. The Sagarmala concept  was first mooted by Atal Bihari Vajpayee during his last tenure.  "We have a total of 1,208 islands including the uninhabited ones and  there are 185 lighthouses. These will be developed as hub of tourist  activity. We will carry out a feasibility study," shipping minister  Nitin Gadkari said.  However, sources said that before coming  out with any such plan, the government would have to consider the  environmental impact, rich and fragile ecology of those islands and in  some cases the adv

Government is notorious for delays in every step of any project. But  the final phase of gauge conversion on the challenging 210-km Lumding-Silchar hill section in Assam has been  completed at least one week earlier than the target date. I don't know about the specifics, complexity and technical details of work/project. Nevertheless completing it within the scheduled time definitely deserves an applause. This is a trend we should set. This is definitely an accomplishment. Better known for inordinate delays in completing projects, the railways – in this case Northeast Frontier Railways – have achieved a feat of sorts; the final phase of gauge conversion on the challenging 210-km Lumding-Silchar hill section in Assam has been completed at least one week sort of the target date. The rebuilt track, much of it a new alignment, took its first train – a goods train comprising 42 wagons of potatoes –  on Friday from Lumding to Silchar, with union railway minister Suresh Prabhu formally

Four months ago, a report landed on  Home Minister  Rajnath Singh's table from the Ghaziabad Police. Pleasantly surprised to find that the police unit had recovered 227  missing   children  within 30 days by launching a unique campaign,  'Operation Smile' , Singh decided to ask all states to emulate this campaign. The plan has worked as at least eight states have told the Ministry that they rescued over 2500 missing children in the month of January alone by emulating the  campaign  of Ghaziabad Police. ET has accessed the letter written by then Home Secretary Anil Goswami, on Singh's instructions, to the police chiefs of all states on December 12, detailing contours of the new plan. "Since the  Supreme Court  has been emphasizing upon the early recovery of all missing children, it is desirable that based on the experience gained in 'Operation Smile', all states may take up this initiative," the letter had said. It added that  Ghaziabad P

In a bid to boost transportation for goods and passengers through waterways, the government today gave nod to plans for enactment of a legislation for converting 101 river stretches across the country into National Waterways.  Source: Converting 101 rivers into waterways: Cabinet gives nod to plans for enactment of a legislation - The Economic Times

There are few goverment decision which reform the in dian economy.

1  Road projects worth Rs 50,000 cr to start this year in UP: Gadkari   2  200 cr trees to be planted along highways: Gadkari 3  Rs 10 Lakh Cr Investment in Highways, Shipping by 2019: Gadkari 4  Stuck Rs 1.8lakh crore road projects to be launched by Aug15: Nitin Gadkari 5  Electronic toll system can help save Rs 86K crore annually: Nitin Gadkari 6  Nitin Gadkari aims at 30 kilometre road building a day by 2016 7  Gadkari clears Rs.17,700 crore projects for Bengal 8  Toll collections scrapped at 62 plazas in 15 states: Govt

Arun Jaitley to dedicate steamboats to cremation ghats in VaranasiVaranasi: Union Minister Arun jaitley  will dedicate to the public two steamboats that will ferry bodies to cremation ghats on the banks of Ganga during his visit here on Saturday. "Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will dedicate two steamboats - 'Jal Shav Vahini' - tomorrow at Assi ghat in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency," BJP's media-in- charge of Varanasi and Eastern UP region Sanjay Bhardwaj said. PM's Principal Secretary Nipendra Misra along with other officials will also be present on the occasion, he added. These boats will ferry bodies without any fee to cremation ghats -- Manikarnika and Harishchandra -- from Badhua Ghat at Ram Nagar, Raj Ghat and Vishwa Sundari bridge. "They will help people to reach the ghats which are located in the crowded parts of the city without any hassle," Bhardwaj added.

They say it's more about the journey than the destination. And it's perhaps this mantra which has driven the road transport ministry to devise a new roadmap for more comfortable road trips on India's highways. Over the next two years, all the major highways of the country will boast of such facilities as food courts, restaurants, internet facilities, ATMs, childcare facilities as well as rooms for breaks amid l ong journeys. "While there will be separate complexes for car and bus drivers, the facilities at sites meant for truckers would be different.Their requirement is different.  "The entire scheme has been designed in a manner that people get a good place to take a break, rest and eat during long journeys. There will be more such complexes along divided highways," said a ministry official.  Sources said road transport minister Nitin Gadkari has approved the plan, and has asked for the work to start. Soon after taking charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi h

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has exhorted the domestic steel industry to raise its production capacity to bridge the gap with China and in line with the government's plans to boost the country's manufacturing sector.  India has already left the US behind to emerge as the world's third largest steel producer. However, I am not happy to remain in that position. We are behind China which is the global leader in steel. We have to take large strides to move ahead," the PM said on Wednesday.  He added, "With 65% of our population below 35 years, India's strength lies in developing adequate skills to take its development agenda forward."  China produced 780 million tonnes of steel last year while India's production was around 82 mt last year.  The PM was addressing a large public gathering attended by chief executives of some of India's top steel makers at a ceremony to dedicate the Rs 12,000-crore modernisation and expansion of Steel Authority of India