Latest Industrial Development News & Updates

Shivpuri, April 25 (IANS) In a major push to private sector-led development, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday inaugurated a state-of-the-art garment training and production centre in Badarwas town in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh.The project has been developed in collaboration with the Adani Group, underlining its role in supporting industrial growth and job creation in the region.The initiative is aimed at strengthening the local economy through skill development and increa…

Chandigarh, April 22 (IANS) Punjab is set to take a major step towards crop diversification and sustainable agriculture. ​ With the efforts of the Chief Minister, the establishment of a centre of excellence for basmati has been secured during his ongoing visit to the Netherlands. ​The initiative aims to strengthen farmers’ incomes and reduce overreliance on the wheat-paddy cycle, an official statement said. ​As part of his visit, CM Mann explored best practices in agriculture and industr…

Jaipur, April 21 (IANS) Rajasthan’s Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jogaram Patel on Tuesday announced that the inauguration of the Pachpadra Refinery has been temporarily postponed due to technical reasons, following a leakage incident at the facility.​ The refinery was scheduled to be inaugurated by PM Modi, but the event has been deferred as a precautionary measure.​Addressing a press conference, Minister Patel said the incident occurred around 1:55 p.m., when a leakage was detected with…

Bhubaneswar, April 8 (IANS) Karan Adani, Managing Director of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), on Wednesday announced to invest Rs 33,081 crore in Odisha across three projects — a data centre in Bhubaneswar and a thermal power plant and a cement manufacturing unit near Cuttack — that will create a total of 9,700 jobs.The first project is a data centre in Bhubaneswar with an investment of Rs 800 crore, which he said will support the digital economy and create around 200 jobs.The s…

Lucknow, March 24 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday that entrepreneurs are the backbone of the economy and ensuring their safety and dignity is the state government’s priority while launching the ‘Nivesh Mitra 3.0’. Launching the ‘Nivesh Mitra 3.0′ single-window system in Lucknow, the Chief Minister added that it will make the setting up of industries easier and more transparent due to investors’ growing trust in state’s potential as the leading investment desti…

Gandhinagar, Feb 26 (IANS) The Gujarat government has completed the auction of a five-acre plot in the Sanand Industrial Estate for the construction of a premium hotel, officials said on Thursday. The move is aimed at strengthening social infrastructure around the state’s expanding semiconductor and manufacturing hub.Officials said the e-auction for a 20,168.54 square metre plot in the Sanand-2 Industrial Estate concluded on December 22 last year.The plot had been specially reserved for the de…

Jaipur, Feb 26 (IANS) Calling Madhya Pradesh the “motherland of rivers”, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav expressed a strong commitment to cooperation with Rajasthan on the Parvati-Kalisindh-Chambal (PKC) Project and emphasised the importance of inter-state collaboration on water sharing.Addressing an interactive session on Investment Opportunities in Madhya Pradesh held in Bhilwara on Thursday, he said Madhya Pradesh is fully prepared to collaborate on the distribution of Chambal river water with Raj…

Guwahati, Feb 21 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that Assam is poised to emerge as the industrial hub of eastern and northeastern India, asserting that the state is witnessing a transformational phase under the BJP’s double-engine government.Addressing a public meeting after laying the foundation stone for the new campus of the 10th Battalion of Assam Police in Kamrup district, HM Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has allocated nearly Rs 15 lakh crore for Assam’s devel…

Beijing, Feb 13 (IANS) China’s pension crisis stems from demographic, economic, and institutional changes, rather than a single policy failure. The decision made in the coming years will shape the country’s “fiscal sustainability, social stability, and public trust”, a report said on Friday. “By 2040, roughly 402 million people in China are expected to be over the age of 60, more than a quarter of the population. By comparison, the total population of the United States is expected to rea…

Agartala, Feb 13 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said here that Tripura is emerging as a model state in the effective implementation of development programmes, made possible by the prevailing atmosphere of law and order, peace and harmony. The Chief Minister added on Thursday that the state government is committed to ensuring good governance and has adopted special policies to promote industrial development in Tripura. Chief Minister Saha was speaking after releasing a book titled ‘Stra…