The World Bank today signed a US$ 975 million loan agreement with the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, and the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd. (DFCCIL) to set-up the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor-I (a freight-only rail line) that will help faster and more efficient movement of raw materials

Government has sanctioned 21 new Textiles Parks under the Scheme for Integrated Textiles Parks with a project cost of Rs. 2100 crores to be implemented over a period of 36 months. Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles Shri Anand Sharma as Chairman of the Project Approval Committee under the Scheme accorded approval to the recommendations

Government has sanctioned 21 new Textiles Parks under the Scheme for Integrated Textiles Parks with a project cost of Rs. 2100 crores to be implemented over a period of 36 months. Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles Shri Anand Sharma as Chairman of the Project Approval Committee under the Scheme accorded approval to the recommendations

A cheque for Rs. 24.83 crore was presented today to Shri Anand Sharma, Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles by Smt Vijaylaxmi Joshi, Additional Secretary, Department. of Commerce and CMD, MMTC Limited towards 25% Final dividend for fiscal 2010-11. MMTC, the largest international trading company of India, at its 48th Annual General Meeting held on

The Union Home Minister Shri. P.Chidambaram released “Crime In India-2010” a publication of national importance brought out by National Crime Records Bureau in New Delhi today. Shri N.K. Tripathi, Director General, NCRB, Smt. B. Bhamathi, Additional Secretary, MHA and Shri.P.R.K.Naidu, Joint Director, NCRB, were present during this occasion. NCRB publishes Crime in India from the

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved setting up 15 new Mega Food Park Projects under the Infrastructure Development Scheme (in addition to 15 ongoing projects), involving a total Government grant of Rs. 787.50 Crore.
The setting up of 15 new Mega Food Parks will result in creation of state of the art infrastructure in

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved the proposal for scheme of Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) with the World Bank assistance.
Total cost of the scheme is Rs.21,000 crore (Rs.1968 crore for State component and Rs.132 crore for Central component), comprising Rs.1680 crore will be funded by World Bank, Rs.393.60 crore will be

On the occasion of Dhanteras  yesterday   three  and a half kg gold was sold by selected 23 post offices in Delhi circle. The gold coins in various denominations were available for sale as per price given against each denomination.
The price of gold coins as on 24-10-2011 (after applicable discount and 1% tax) was as follows:

Weight

The Minister of Communication & IT, Shri Kapil Sibal has said that International Telecom Union (ITU) should help each nation to develop country-specific plan for broadband networks in order to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of United Nations in time. Sh. Sibal said this while speaking in Opening Plenary Session of ‘Broadband Leadership Summit-ITU Telecom

The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal for augmenting the capital base of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) by infusing Rs.3,000 crore as Government equity in two instlaments of Rs.1,000 crore in 2011-12 and Rs.2,000 crore during 2012-13.This would raise the paid up capital to Rs.5,000 crore.
Presently, the authorised capital of NABARD