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Project Lion: The central government has given the green signal to ‘Project Lion’, a comprehensive initiative aimed at the conservation and expansion of the Asiatic lion population in India. With this project, the government aims to take a proactive approach to secure the future of Asiatic lions. Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Government has approved […]

Agreement for Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA) between India and Japan and provides for India to access 75 billion in US dollars. The Bank of Japan, acting as agent for the Minister of Finance of Japan, and the Reserve Bank of India signed the second Amendment and Restatement Agreement of the BSA. The BSA is a

It was launched on 19th February, 2019. It was conceptualised with a clear objective of invigorating participation of women-led enterprises and youth in public procurement. It is rooted in GeM’s foundational pillar of social inclusion, SWAYATT is portal’s commitment to enhance ease of doing business and establish direct market linkages to annual public procurement for startups, women entrepreneurs, Micro

Government of India undertakes several initiatives to enhance and strengthen the National Highways network through flagship programmes such as the Bharatmala Pariyojana National Highway network grown by 60%; rising from 91,287 km in 2014 to 146,195 km National High-Speed Corridors increase from 93 km in 2014 to 2,474 km Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired

Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has $1.5 billion FDI in India, and the joint statement said that the Qatar side announced a commitment to invest USD 10 billion in India. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held talks in New Delhi Tuesday, India and Qatar decided to elevate their ties to

Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has launched the Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs (MCGS – MSME) for facilitating loans upto Rs 100 crore to MSMEs for purchase of machinery or equipment without collateral, in pursuance of the Union Budget 2024-25 announcement. The Centre on Monday launched the ‘Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme

India aims for a threefold increase in its textile exports to ₹9 lakh crore by 2030, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday, hoping that the target can be achieved even earlier with the vision of “Five Fs” and new $7.5 billion worth of global opportunities in recycling of textile waste. “Our textile exports have reached ₹3 lakh crore.

NAMASTE Scheme: Ensuring Safety and Dignity of Workers engaged in cleaning of Sewer lines and Septic Tank2,367 ULB’s attended the online training sessions on profiling process and demonstration of NAMASTE Mobile App 805 urban local bodies attended the state level NAMASTE profiling to resolve technical queries Profiling of SSWs aims to create a national database

India-EFTA Desk will function as a single-window mechanism to provide support to EFTA businesses looking to invest, expand, or establish operations in India Business Roundtable Witnessed Participation from Over 100 Companies from India and EFTA Nations India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) – comprising Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein – have taken a

RBI MPC Meeting February 2025, RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Highlights: The MPC revised the repo rate for the first time in two years, voting unanimously to cut it by 25 basis points from 6.50% to 6.25% in view of easing retail inflation and slowing growth. The rate cut comes even as the Rupee continues