New banking ordinance a welcome step, but inadequate |CSE

May 2017

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is perhaps the only agency in the country which argues that environmental and social issues are closely link...

Tags: Centre for Science and Environment, Pranab Mukherjee, NPA

TERI’s World Sustainable Development Summit 2016

October 2016

In a gesture which can be seen as emphasising India’s ratification of the Paris Agreement and adoption of Agenda 2030, President of India Pranab Mukh...

Tags: India Pranab Mukherjee, WSDS 2016, Power, Coal, New, Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal, Anil Madav Dave, Jayant Sinha, Tomasz Kozlowski, Karmenu Vella, Amitabh Kant, Government of India, Dipak Dasgupta, Ministry of Finance

India plans to invest $120 billion in airport infrastructure: President

April 2016

India is planning to invest over $120 billion in the development of airport infrastructure and aviation navigation services over the next decade, sai...

Tags: Infrastructure, Aviation navigation services, Civil aviation sector, FDI, Air transport, Pranab Mukherjee

Coal India´s supply to power sector up 7% in April-Jan

March 2016

CIL´s supply of coal to the power sector rose by 6.7 to 336 mt in the first 10 months of the ongoing fiscal with the government aiming to supply 24*7...

Tags: CIL, Singareni Collieries Company, Singareni Collieries Company, Pranab Mukherjee

Aviation policy to focus on regional connectivity: Pres

March 2016

The government is working on a new civil aviation policy which seeks to provide connectivity to the smaller cities even as domestic air traffic has b...

Tags: Pranab Mukherjee, National Civil Aviation Policy, Stakeholders, FDI, VGF

Govt creates Rs 10 bn fund for local bodies

February 2013

The government decided to create a separate fund of Rs 1,000 crore in order to give a push to capacity building efforts of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs),...

Tags: Urban Local Bodies, Pranab Mukherjee, Rajiv Awas Yojana, Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission, National Rural Drinking Water Programme Fund, Infrastructure Debt Funds

Coimbatore's road laid during President's visit caves in

January 2013

A portion of Trichy road, which was blacktopped overnight in a hurry ahead of President Pranab Mukherjee's recent visit to the city, has caved in aft...

Tags: Trichy road, blacktopped overnight, President Pranab Mukherjee's recent visit, to the city, has caved in after not being able to withstand the weight of the heavy vehicles plying on the street.

Cement firms bag safety awards

November 2012

Cement firms were given awards by the President Pranab Mukherjee at a function in Delhi recently for their best safety measures taken up in their wor...

Tags: Cement firms, Pranab Mukherjee, Delhi, safety measures, Basantnagar, Karimnagar Vasavadatta Cement, Gulbarga district, Karnataka