Month: March 2023

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman virtually inaugurated Indian Customs EDI – Electronic Data Interchange – System (ICES) in recently operationalised two Land Customs Stations, Nagarakata in the districts of Jalpaiguri and Kulkuli in the district of Alipurduar in West Bengal.   In her address, the Union Finance Minister said that the electronic data interchange will facilitate data sharing on real-time basis and therefore encourage more border trade. Smt. She underlined the importance of Sashastra Seema Bal in containing the illicit trade. While referring to SAFTA…

NMDC’s iron ore mines – Kirandul Deposit – 14 MZ, Kirandul Deposit – 14 NMZ and Bacheli Deposit – 5, have been awarded 5 ratings by the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) in Nagpur on Wednesday. The Union Minister of Coal , Mines and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Pralhad Joshi, presented the award to NMDC’s Director of Production, Shri Dilip Kumar Mohanty.   NMDC’s mines consistently feature in the best performing mining leases of the country and receive a 5-star rating in the Star Rating System of IBM, the Ministry of…

India's largest integrated energy utility, NTPC, has launched the first air-cooled condenser installed supercritical power plant in the country. The first unit of the 660 MW capacity of the power plant located in Jharkhand, which commenced commercial operation on Wednesday (1 March), is equipped with an air-cooled condenser that requires almost one-third less water than traditional water-cooled condensers.   This would result in water saving of around 30.5 million cubic meters annually, enough to meet the needs of around 1.5 million people in the region. The North Karanpura plant will…