BMW India sales up 34% to 8,876 units in 2021, highest growth in decade
NEW DELHI: German automaker BMW on Tuesday reported a sales growth of 34 per cent last year over 2020, its highest growth in a decade in India, with a dispatch of 8,876 units. The luxury automaker dispatched 8,236 BMW and 640 Mini units in 2021. Besides, BMW Motorrad sold 5,191 motorcycles last year. The automaker […]
Jammu and Kashmir Police to get American assault rifles, pistols for anti-terror operations
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel will soon get American Sig Sauer assault rifles and pistols to carry out anti-terror operations, officials said. The Army has already equipped its personnel guarding the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan and Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China with the state-of-the-art rifles. The Jammu and Kashmir […]
JSPL output grows 9 pc to 5.9 MT in Apr-Dec FY22
New Delhi: Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) has manufactured 5.904 million tonnes (MT) steel in the April-December period of FY 2021-22, the company said on Tuesday. At 5.904 MT, the output was 9 per cent higher as compared to the production in the same period of the preceding fiscal, JSPL said in a statement. […]
BMW India sales up 34 pc to 8,876 units in 2021
New Delhi: German automaker BMW on Tuesday reported a sales growth of 34 per cent last year over 2020, its highest growth in a decade in India, with a dispatch of 8,876 units. The luxury automaker dispatched 8,236 BMW and 640 Mini units in 2021. Besides, BMW Motorrad sold 5,191 motorcycles last year. The automaker […]
Haldia Jetty will be soon operational
NEW DELHI:India’s Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today announced that the contract has been awarded for Haldia inland waterway terminal, and the jetty will be soon operational for sending exim and inland cargo to Pandu terminal in Guwahati connecting the northeast with kolkata via National waterway 2. This will provide an […]
Vini Mahajan takes charge as secretary in Jal Shakti ministry
NEW DELHI: Vini Mahajan, IAS (Punjab: 1987) assumed the charge as Secretary in the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation here today. Mahajan is an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, where she was placed on the Roll of Honour. She did B.A. (Honours) Economics from Lady Shri Ram […]
India’s GST collection at Rs 1.29 lakh crore in December
NEW DELHI: GST revenue collected in December 2021 was over Rs 1.29 lakh crore, 13 per cent higher than the same month last year, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday. Though the collection was lower than Rs 1.31 lakh crore mopped up in November, December is the sixth month in a row when revenue from […]
PM releases Rs 20,946 cr to farmers under PM-KISAN
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday released Rs 20,946 crore to 10.09 crore farmers across India as the 10th installment of financial aid under the PM-KISAN scheme and said there was a need for innovation in agriculture along with the promotion of natural farming. Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, […]
Sanjay Kumar Singh assumes charge as Secretary Steel
NEW DELHI: Sanjay Kumar Singh today assumed charge as the Secretary, Ministry of Steel in New Delhi. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Singh succeeds P.K. Tripathi, Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training(DoPT). Tripathi was holding the additional charge of Secretary Steel.Singh was appointed as Steel Secretary as part of […]
Narendra Modi government extends FY21 GST annual return filing deadline till February 28
NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government has extended by two months till February 28 the deadline for businesses to file GST annual returns for 2020-21 fiscal ended March 2021. “The due date for furnishing annual return in FORM GSTR-9 & self-certified reconciliation statement in FORM GSTR-9C for the financial year 2020-21 has been extended from […]
Durga Shankar Mishra, a 1984 batch IAS officer, is new Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary
NEW DELHI: Durga Shankar Mishra, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, took over as the new Chief Secretary of the state on Thursday. Formerly posted as Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary at the Centre, Mishra has been proposed to be appointed as the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, according to a Personnel […]
Goa government approves policy to export rejected iron ore
NEW DELHI: The Goa cabinet on Wednesday approved a policy to permit the export of iron ore dumps, which will allow the resumption of mining activity in the coastal state for the next four to five years. Speaking to reporters, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that 10 to 20 million metric tonnes of the low-grade […]
GST Council meet on December 31, to discuss rate rationalisation
NEW DELHI: The GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will meet on December 31 and discuss, among other things, report of the panel of state ministers on rate rationalisation. This will be a physical meeting, which will also discuss correction in duty inversion in certain goods. The 46th GST Council meeting will be […]
Lulu group to invest Rs 500 crore for setting up food processing plant at Greater Noida
The UAE-based retail major Lulu group on Wednesday announced an investment of Rs 500 crore to set up a food processing plant in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The company will set up 100 per cent export-oriented food and agri-produce processing park in Greater Noida. At a formal function held at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi […]
HAL signs Rs 2400 crore contract with Bharat Electronics
NEW DELHI: In a major boost to indigenization, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for development and supply of 20 types systems for the LCA Tejas Mk1A program here today. The five-year contract spanning from 2023 to 2028 is valued at Rs 2400 crores and involves supplying critical avionics […]
Narendra Modi cabinet approves Rs 76,000 crore scheme for semiconductor manufacturing
NEW DELHI: In furtherance of the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat and positioning India as the global hub for Electronic System Design and Manufacturing, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the comprehensive program for the development of sustainable semiconductor and display ecosystem in the country. The program will usher in a […]