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UPSIDA and GAIL sign MoU on Auraiya’s ‘plastic city’ development Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between GAIL and U.P. State Industrial Development Authority(UPSIDA) Director Marketing GAIL Sri ES Ranganathan and CEO UPSIDA Sri Mayur Maheshwari Purpose: Development of “plastic city” Dibiyapur in Auraiya district. Date of signing: March 31, 2021 (web […]
Chenab Bridge-Cost of Construction: Rs 1,400 crore-Project Execution: Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla Rail Link(USBRL) project; arm ofNorthern Railway-Vijay Sharma, Head of USBRL National Project in Jammu and Kashmir-Location: Chenab river-Banks of the Chenab: Kauri end and Bakkal end-Height from the river: 359 meters-Length: 1/2km-Support to support distance: 467 meters.-Total weight: 29,000 metric tons.-Arch length: 550-meter arch (weighing 10,000 […]
Economy Bengal Economy collapse Why in News? One of the issues related to the state’s crumbling economy is the West Bengal assembly elections. Important Points The reasons for this are corruption, stalled industrialization, weak credit growth, lack of new jobs, lack of infrastructure development and spending on agriculture. Credit In 2019-20, the growth rate of […]
International Relation BIMSTEC Why in News? The seventeenth virtual Ministerial Meeting was in Colombo on April 1, 2021 regarding preparations of for the fifth BIMSTEC Summit to be held in Sri Lanka in 2021. The meeting was to make changes and improvement in BIMSTEC agreements, Conventions, MoUs/MoAs and other documents to be adopted in the […]
International RelationsIndia and Bangladesh RelationsWhy in News?India Bangladesh relations came into spotlight with PM’s historic visit to the country on theoccasion of Bangladesh’s 50th Anniversary of Independence.The Chief Minister of Tripura, Manik Sarkar, proposed a bridge connecting Bangladeshwith India on the Feni river be built. The NDA government led by Prime Minister NarendraModi accepted this […]
This project singed with Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and Central government with its Jalshakti ministry ABOUT THE PROJECT: The Ken betwa Link project involve the transfer of water from Ken to Betwa with construction of DAUDHAN DAM The project will provide annual irrigation of 10.62 lakhs hectare and drinking water supply to 62 lakhs […]