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Cabinet approves schemes to boost Skill India Mission
New Delhi, Oct 12 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved two new World Bank-supported schemes of Rs 6,655 crore – Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) and Skill Strengthening for...
Mechanism for speedy completion of strategic divestment approved
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved a new mechanism to expedite strategic divestment in select public sector firms. According to CCEA, the new mechanism envisages setting up of an “Alternative...
CCEA approves rail projects worth Rs 3,600 crore
New Delhi, Aug 3 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved rail projects including doubling and electrification of 349 km of tracks at a cost of Rs 3,616 crore involving important junctions...
Cabinet approves construction of doubling of line with electrification between Thiruvananthapuram and Kanniyakumari
New Delhi, August 03 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the construction of double line with electrification between Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala and Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu. The...
Cabinet approves construction of doubling of line with electrification between Madurai-Vanchi and Maniyachchi-Tuticorin
New Delhi, August 03 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the construction of double line with electrification between Madurai-Vanchi and Maniyachchi-Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. The total length...
Cabinet approves cost revision of caste census
New Delhi, July 27 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved revision of the cost of Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 (SECC-2011) to Rs 4,893.60 crore from Rs 3,543.29 crore...
Cabinet nod for restructuring agro-food processing scheme
New Delhi, May 4 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved the re-structuring of the Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters (Sampada), said a cabinet communique. “The CCEA, chaired...
Cabinet approves six-laning of Handia-Varanasi section of national highway
New Delhi, March 16 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved the six-laning of approximately 73-km Handia-Varanasi section of National Highway-2 in Uttar Pradesh.The work will be carried out under the National Highways Development...
Cabinet nod for 1,980 MW Ghatampur thermal power plant
New Delhi, July 21 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved the construction of the 1,980 MW Ghatampur Thermal Power Project in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs 17,237 crore, an official said...
CCEA okays winding up of manufacturing competitiveness council
New Delhi, March 3 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave its approval to wind up the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) with immediate effect.An official release said...
CCEA approves Rs.3,000 crore scheme for fisheries
New Delhi, Dec 23 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Tuesday approved a Rs.3,000 crore umbrella scheme for integrated development and management of fisheries.“The central sector scheme covers...
Cabinet nod for ONGC’s Rs.5,000 crore investment in ONGC Videsh
New Delhi, Dec 23 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Tuesday approved an investment of Rs.5,000 crore to be made by public sector explorer ONGC into the equity share capital of its foreign arm ONGC Videsh.“The Cabinet Committee on Economic...
Cabinet nod for coal mines to PSUs, underground coal gasification
New Delhi, Dec 17 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved the allotment of coal mines to public sector undertakings (PSUs) for sale of coal especially to medium, small and cottage industries.“This shall also enhance...
Cabinet nod for soft finance by Exim Bank
New Delhi, Sep 16 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a scheme for provision of concessional finance by the Exim Bank of India in order to make Indian companies more competitive in bidding for infrastructure projects...
Cabinet approves doubling of Hotgi-Kudgi-Gadag railway route
New Delhi, Sep 16 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), on Wednesday has approved doubling of the Hotgi-Kudgi-Gadag railway line at an anticipated cost of Rs.1,618 crore and completion cost of Rs.2,058 crore, an official statement said here.Hotgi-Kudgi-Gadag...
Cabinet approves Rs.1,750 crore to strengthen drug regulation
New Delhi, Aug 13 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved Rs.1,750 crore for strengthening drug regulatory systems at both central and state levels. Of the amount, an amount of...
CCEA approves farmer-friendly intervention in case of less rain
New Delhi, Aug 13 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a proposal for initiating a series of farmer-friendly interventions in the wake of deficient rainfall. The CCEA, in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra...
Cabinet nod for intra-state power-transmit systems
New Delhi, July 16 The cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) on Thursday approved the setting up of intra-state electricity transmission systems in seven states at a cost of Rs.3,419 crore, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. The CCEA, at its...
Centre raises Minimum Support Prices for pulses, cotton
New Delhi, June 18 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday increased the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of crops ranging from Rs.15 to Rs.275 for this year’s kharif season. The new support prices will be effective from October 1 this...