GUJARAT
GIDC urged not to vacate plots given to automobile sales SME units
The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) has urged the Gujarat
Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) to not vacate the plots allotted to the
automobile sales and service SMEs in south Gujarat.
According to the National Industries Classification (NIC)-2008 and the MSME Act, 2006, the
automobile sales and services units in the GIDC falls under the category of manufacturing
and service activities.
INTERNATIONAL
Four Agreements Signed Between India and Maldives
India and Maldives have concurred more than four MOUs during the visit of India's Foreign
Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla to the Maldives. The four MOUs were finished paperwork
for collaboration in sports and youth issues; availability venture, the setting of plant and soil
testing labs.
Maldives is the 6th nation visited by the secretary after the limitations because of COVID-
19. Unforgiving Vardhan Shringla was on a 2-day visit to Maldives.
Other five nations visited by Shringla after COVID-19 are-the UK, Myanmar, Bangladesh,
France and Germany. Shringla and Maldives Foreign Secretary additionally had discusses the
monetary recuperation after the effect of pandemic, accelerating the execution of the
continuous collaboration ventures, advancing the travel industry, and so forth
These MOUs will assist with improving the relations between the two nations. Maldives the
travel industry has been significantly influenced by COVID-19 and in view of this India gave
an advance of $250 million to the nation in September 2020.
The Indian unfamiliar secretary valued the "India First" strategy of Maldives and
furthermore said that it is unequivocally responded by India through "Neighborhood first"
arrangement.
NATIONAL
Thirteenth Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference was Introduced
The yearly Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference and Expo is a leader function held under
the aegis of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India.
The beginning of Urban Mobility India (UMI) is from the National Urban Transport Policy of
the Government of India, 2006 (NUTP), which lays an extremely solid accentuation on
building abilities at the State and city levels
The conference will address the issues related to the metropolitan vehicle and embrace the
assignment of creating manageable metropolitan vehicle frameworks.
India is seeing the appearance of another age of portability talks, which are nuanced
enough to give supportable metropolitan versatility.
The Ministry has given an itemized warning, regarding how the country needs to push
forward in these testing times. It lays on three columns:
– Advancement of public vehicle framework
– Utilizing innovative progressions
– Entrance of NMT (non-mechanized vehicle) frameworks in the metropolitan vehicle
worldview.
Different examinations show that around 16-57% of metropolitan suburbanites are walker
and around 30-40% of workers use bikes in the nation relying upon the size of the city.
Defence Minister unveils A-Sat Missile Model in DRDO Bhawan
'Mission Shakti' was India's first-since forever Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Missile Test effectively
directed in March 2019 from Dr AP J Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha, where a quick-moving
Indian circling objective satellite in the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) was neutralised with pinpoint
precision.
India directed an anti-satellite rocket test on March 27, 2019, which was named as Mission
Shakti. The test effectively decimated a live satellite in the Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
Mission Shakti turned into a critical accomplishment for India for it acquired the country
the line (fourth situation) with the US, Russia, and China to effectively forbid and capture a
satellite in space dependent on complete indigenous innovation.
The Mission Shakti was led to show India's ability to forbid and block a satellite in space
dependent on complete indigenous innovation.
Revenue from the Commercial Coal Mining Auction is Collected
The states of India is to gather 6,656 Crores of annual revenue from the nation’s first
commercial coal mining auction. Coal mines are spread over the five states of India.
Prime Minister Modi had launched India’s first auction of coal mines for commercial mining
in June 2020.
Out of 38 coal mines put on auction, financial bids were received for 19 coal mines.
The average success rate of the previous coal auctions remained at nearly 30% as only 35
mines could be auctioned out of 116 mines put on auction during the last 10 tranches.
Almost 65% of bidders were from the ‘non-end user’ category like Real Estate,
Infrastructure, Pharma, etc., which is a positive sentiment shared by the industry after the
removal of the ‘End Use’ criteria from the bidding process.
Nearly, 42 companies participated in the auction, out of which 40 were private players.
Out of these successfully auctioned 19 mines, 11 are opencast, 5 are underground mines
and the remaining 3 are a mix of underground and opencast mines.
These mines are spread over the five states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha,
Jharkhand and Maharashtra and have a consolidated Peak Rated Capac
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