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Ministry of Railways
06-September, 2018 18:01 IST
Ministry of Railways organises seminar on ‘Leveraging IT for Mobility’

Piyush Goyal says “Paperless Unreserved Tickets have moved up from 195 in 2014-15 to 67,000 last year, which is a 35,000 % increase over a period of three years” Shri Piyush Goyal launches “AAPOORTI” mobile app of ‘Indian Railways e-procurement system’ This App provides information and data related to e-tendering and e-auction related activities of Indian Railways

Ministry of Railways & Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) organised a seminar on “Leveraging IT for Mobility” here today. Minister of Railways & Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Shri Goyal also launched a new app – “AAPOORTI’ mobile App of ‘Indian Railways e-procurement system’.

Speaking on this occasion, Shri Piyush Goyal said, “It's time we get the charm back to the Indian Railways and to my mind, technology can be that defining factor that will help Indian railways change both its direction and its face. There are so many new transformations that the railways is working on related to the tracks, safety, signalling, catering, punctuality, and modernizing our inspection processes which will make them more efficient and clinically sound. A rapid scale-up of technology is what the nation expects out of us, and that's where we can take the help of the private sector in helping us develop and use that technology. It is encouraging to note that Paperless Unreserved Tickets have moved up from 195 in 2014-15 to 67,000 last year, which is a 35,000 % increase over a period of three years. We have now taken Wifi to 710 railway stations, best in the country in terms of speed. I am proud of Railwaymen who have done that. We have to make Indian Railways efficient, better & customise it for better customer experience by changing the mindset.”

Shri Girish Pillai, Member Traffic, Railway Board, Shri Mukesh Nigam, MD, CRIS, Shri V.P.Pathak, DG/Store, Railway Board, Shri Anand Mathur, DG/Personnel, Railway Board, Ms. Sunira Bassi, Additional Member, C&IS, Railway Board & other senior Railway officers were also present on the occasion. The seminar was organised in four sessions namely i) Mobility for Passenger Business, ii) Continuous Cargo Visibility, iii) Network Optimisation, iv) IoT (Internet of Things) and Mobile Data in Maintenance, Repair and Operations.

About the seminar:

During the sessions in the seminar, it was deliberated how IT can be leveraged to facilitate mobility in a number of ways. Speakers during the sessions spoke how IT can be used to enhance mobility can give rise to a number of solutions for the Railways such as continuous information availability to customers, network optimisation, end-to-end visibility of cargo, and maintenance of assets using IoT. These solutions which came during seminar can help to make Railway operations more effective to serve customers.

Apart from computers and information processing systems, communication networks play a crucial role in leveraging IT for mobility. Efficient communication networks can be designed using latest technologies, to provide reliable high-bandwidth channels for fixed and moving devices.

Similarly, modern IoT devices provide high processing power in small packages with low power consumption to ensure that workers are facilitated even while working in harsh environments.

Mobility being such an important part of the overall productivity of the nation’s enterprises, this seminar served a good platform to deliberate upon the technology alternatives that can best facilitate it.

Background material:

IT can be leveraged to facilitate such mobility in a number of ways.

Firstly, mobile apps on hand-held devices connected through reliable networks to central IT systems can provide information to consumers while they are on the move. Such devices also facilitate collection of information for further processing. Secondly, IT systems can help to optimise the resources that make mobility possible. Examples are information systems that can optimise the routing of traffic through the rail network. Thirdly, IoT (the Internet of Things) enables data to be collected automatically using remote devices placed on fixed or moving assets to ensure that these are optimally utilised. This helps to provide reliable transportation systems for mobility. Fourthly, the use of IT can enable information to be seamlessly exchanged across organisational, even national boundaries, to provide efficient and uninterrupted movement of goods and people across these boundaries.

About Aapoorti (IREPS Mobile App) :

The ‘Aapoorti’ mobile App of ‘Indian Railways e-procurement system’.

  • This App provides information and data related to e-tendering and e-auction related activities of Indian Railways.
  • For e-tendering activities, users can see details related to tenders published, tenders closed, purchase orders placed.
  • For activities related to e-auction of scrap sale, users can see upcoming auctions, auction schedules, sale conditions, details of material available for e-auction, auctioning units.
  • User manuals of IREPS are also made available on the App.
  • The App also provides for rating of the app and taking feedback from users which shall help us continuously improve the app.


Digitization of Railway supply chain is an ongoing program with new features and facilities being added through the e-procurement system “IREPS”. Complete tendering activity of Indian Railways for procurement of goods, services & works and e-auction of scrap sale is on IREPS. IREPS system is largest such G2B portal in India. It has helped in achieving objectives of Transparency, Efficiency and improving Ease of Doing Business. During 2017-18, Four lakh Forty Four Thousand e-tenders valuing more than Rs One lakh Fifty Thousand crores were issued on IREPS. Online scrap sale of Rs Two Thousand Eight Hundred crores was also done last year through e-auction. Ninety Thousand vendors have registered themselves on IREPS website. Central Vigilance Commission has recognized and awarded the system under “Vigilance Excellence Awards-2017” for outstanding contribution in the category of “IT initiatives for transparency in the organization”.

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The Union Minister for Railways and Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal at a Seminar on “Leveraging IT for Mobility”, in New Delhi on September 06, 2018.
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The Union Minister for Railways and Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal launching the Indian Railways ‘AAPOORTI’ an IREPS mobile app, at a Seminar on “Leveraging IT for Mobility”, in New Delhi on September 06, 2018.
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The Union Minister for Railways and Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal addressing at a Seminar on “Leveraging IT for Mobility”, in New Delhi on September 06, 2018.
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The Union Minister for Railways and Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal addressing at a Seminar on “Leveraging IT for Mobility”, in New Delhi on September 06, 2018.
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Ministry of Railways
07-September, 2018 16:30 IST
Indian Railways undertakes various IT initiatives to improve train operations and provide better passenger experience

Indian Railways has always focussed on adoption of new technologies to improve train operations and provide better passenger experience to its customers. In this series, Indian Railways has introduced various IT initiatives. Following are the major initiatives taken by Indian Railways in this regard.

Tracking of trains using newer technologies:

Railways have experimented with tracking of trains using GPS devices with these GPS devices located in the locomotive. For a sustainable solution, a Real Time Train Information System (RTIS) is being implemented, whereby GPS tracking devices would communicate using satellite communications. The trials have been successful. Apart from this, data logger systems already available in track circuited stations are being used at major interchange points to capture arrival/departure information on trains.

In an effort to computerise the transactions of the station master, a Computerised Train Signal Register is going live at 650 stations and this enables arrival/departure information to be transmitted to the Control Office Application (COA) and the National train Enquiry System (NTES) directly from the station master’s desk.

Handheld Devices on trains:

Handheld Terminals (HHTs) are being provided to the Train Ticket Examiners (TTEs) to be able to check the reserved coaches, allot the vacant berths and transmit information on available berths to the subsequent stations. The HHT can also access the ticketing application and collect excess fares as per rules. The terminal can potentially connect to a Point of Sale (POS) machine and charges can be collected digitally.

Modernisation of Ticketing Website (IRCTC):

Over the last four years, the capacity of the website has increased to 20,000 tickets per minute starting from 2000 tickets per minute in 2014, a ten-fold increase. Apart from the capacity, the entire user experience has been improved substantially with the launch a new interface with easier navigation and standard views that enable the passengers to transact smoothly. New features have been added that enable better planning of journeys aiding the passenger to obtain confirmed tickets.

Paperless Unreserved Ticketing through Mobile Phones:

Paperless Unreserved ticketing on mobile phones was launched on 25.12.2014 at Mumbai and has since been expanded to suburban sections of Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Secunderabad and New Delhi-Palwal section of Northern Railway. This has eliminated the need for passengers to stand in queue for getting tickets for journey in unreserved compartments of trains. The ticket is delivered on the Mobile Phone and is embedded with QR Code. This service has added to passenger convenience. About 4 lakh passengers per day are booking tickets on Mobile phones.



Time Period

Average per day Unreserved Tickets booked on Mobile

2014-18

2014-15 : 195 tickets per day

2015-16 : 1929 tickets per day

2016-17 : 7257 tickets per day

2017-18 : 16223 tickets per day

2018-19

67000 tickets per day



Indian Railway e-Procurement System (IREPS):

Complete tendering activity of Indian Railways for procurement of goods, services & works and e-auction of scrap sale is on IREPS. IREPS system is largest such G to B portal in India. It has helped in achieving objectives of transparency, efficiency and improving of ease of doing business. During 2017-18, 4,44,000 e-tenders valuing more than Rs.1,50,000 crore were issued on IREPS. Online scrap sale of Rs.2800 crores was also done last year through e-auction. 90,000 vendors have registered themselves on IREPS website. Central Vigilance Commission has recognized and awarded the system under “Vigilance Excellence Award – 2017” for outstanding contribution in the category of “IT initiatives for transparency in the organization”.

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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
14-September, 2018 18:48 IST
INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE: August 2018

India’s overall exports (Merchandise and Services combined) in April-August 2018-19* are estimated to be USD 221.83 Billion, exhibiting a positive growth of 20.70 per cent over the same period last year. Overall imports in April-August 2018-19* are estimated to be USD 269.54 Billion, exhibiting a positive growth of 21.01 per cent over the same period last year.



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*Note: Services data pertains to April-July 2018-19 as July 2018 is the latest data available as per RBI’s Press Release dated 14th September 2018. It is arrived at by adding Month-wise QE data of RBI’s press release for April to July 2018-19. This data is provisional and subject to revision by RBI. In addition, it may be noted that data for August 2018 is estimated and added to the April-July 2018-19 data of RBI to calculate the Overall Trade Deficit for April-August 2018-19. It will be revised based on RBI’s next press release for August 2018.



I. MERCHANDISE TRADE

EXPORTS (including re-exports)

Exports in August 2018 were US $ 27.84 Billion, as compared to US $ 23.36 Billion in August 2017, exhibiting a positive growth of 19.21 per cent. In Rupee terms, exports were Rs. 1,93,624.74 Crore in August 2018, as compared to Rs. 1,49,398.90 Crore in August 2017, registering a positive growth of 29.60 per cent.

In August 2018, major commodity groups of export showing positive growth over the corresponding month of last year are

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Cumulative value of exports for the period April-August 2018-19 was US $ 136.09 Billion (Rs 9,23,447.82 Crore) as against US $ 117.19 Billion (Rs 7,54,218.89 Crore) during the period April-August 2017-18, registering a positive growth of 16.13 per cent in Dollar terms (22.44 per cent in Rupee terms).

Non-petroleum and Non Gems and Jewellery exports in August 2018 were US $ 20.70 Billion, as compared to US $ 17.78 Billion in August 2017, exhibiting a positive growth of 16.45 per cent. Non-petroleum and Non Gems and Jewellery exports in April-August 2018-19 were US $ 99.24 Billion, as compared to US $ 87.60 Billion for the corresponding period in 2017-18, an increase of 13.28 %.

IMPORTS

Imports in August 2018 were US $ 45.24 Billion (Rs 3,14,597.54 Crore), which was 25.41 per cent higher in Dollar terms and 36.34 per cent higher in Rupee terms over imports of US $ 36.07 Billion (Rs. 2,30,737.96 Crore) in August 2017. Cumulative value of imports for the period April-August 2018-19 was US $ 216.43 Billion (Rs. 14,69,479.24 Crore), as against US $ 184.45 Billion (Rs. 11,87,188.89 Crore) during the period April-August 2017-18, registering a positive growth of 17.34 per cent in Dollar terms (23.78 per cent in Rupee terms).

Major commodity groups of import showing high growth in August 2018 over the corresponding month of last year are:

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CRUDE OIL AND NON-OIL IMPORTS:

Oil imports in August 2018 were US $ 11.83 Billion (Rs. 82,274.22 Crore), which was 51.62 percent higher in Dollar terms (64.84 percent higher in Rupee terms), compared to US $ 7.80 Billion (Rs. 49,911.68 Crore) in August 2017. Oil imports in April-August 2018-19 were US $ 58.81 Billion (Rs. 3,99,371.93 Crore) which was 53.55 per cent higher in Dollar terms (62.01 percent higher in Rupee terms) compared to US $ 38.30 Billion (Rs. 2,46,504.68 Crore), over the same period last year.

In this connection it is mentioned that the global Brent price ($/bbl) has increased by 42.36% in August 2018 vis-à-vis August 2017 as per data available from World Bank (Pink Sheet).

Non-oil imports in August 2018 were estimated at US $ 33.41 Billion (Rs. 2,32,323.32 Crore) which was 18.17 per cent higher in Dollar terms (28.48 percent higher in Rupee terms), compared to US $ 28.27 Billion (Rs. 1,80,826.29 Crore) in August 2017. Non-oil imports in April-August 2018-19 were US $ 157.62 Billion (Rs. 10,70,107.31 Crore) which was 7.84 per cent higher in Dollar terms (13.76 percent higher in Rupee terms), compared to US $ 146.15 Billion (Rs. 9,40,684.21 Crore) in April-August 2017-18.

Non-Oil and Non-Gold imports were US $ 29.77 billion in August 2018, recording a positive growth of 12.84%, as compared to Non-Oil and Non-Gold imports in August 2017. Non-Oil and Non-Gold imports were US $ 142.57 billion in April-August 2018-19, recording a positive growth of 8.93%, as compared to Non-Oil and Non-Gold imports in April-August 2017-18.



II. TRADE IN SERVICES (for July, 2018, as per the RBI Press Release dated 14th September 2018)

EXPORTS (Receipts)

Exports in July 2018 were US $ 17.55 Billion (Rs. 1,20,577.53 Crore) registering a positive growth of 4.04 per cent in dollar terms, as compared to a positive growth of 4.32 per cent in June 2018 (as per RBI’s Press Release for the respective months).

IMPORTS (Payments)

Imports in July 2018 were US $ 10.85 Billion (Rs. 74,532.34 Crore) registering a positive growth of 5.35 per cent in dollar terms, as compared to a positive growth of 0.89 per cent in June 2018 (as per RBI’s Press Release for the respective months).

III.TRADE BALANCE

MERCHANDISE: The trade deficit for August 2018 was estimated at US $ 17.39 Billion as against the deficit of US $ 12.72 Billion in August 2017.

SERVICES: As per RBI’s Press Release dated 14th September 2018, the trade balance in Services (i.e. Net Services export) for July, 2018 is estimated at US $ 6.70 Billion.

OVERALL TRADE BALANCE: Taking merchandise and services together, overall trade deficit for April-August 2018-19* is estimated at US $ 47.72 Billion as compared to US $ 38.95 Billion in April-August 2017-18.

*Note: Services data pertains to April-July 2018-19 as July 2018 is the latest data available as per RBI’s Press Release dated 14th September 2018. It is arrived at by adding Month-wise QE data of RBI’s press release for April to July 2018-19. This data is provisional and subject to revision by RBI. In addition, it may be noted that data for August 2018 is estimated and added to the April-July 2018-19 data of RBI to calculate the Overall Trade Deficit for April-August 2018-19. It will be revised based on RBI’s next press release for August 2018.



MERCHANDISE TRADE



EXPORTS & IMPORTS: (US $ Billion)

(PROVISIONAL)



AUGUST

APRIL-AUGUST

EXPORTS (including re-exports)


2017-18

23.36

117.19

2018-19

27.84

136.09

%Growth 2018-19/ 2017-18

19.21

16.13

IMPORTS


2017-18

36.07

184.45

2018-19

45.24

216.43

%Growth 2018-19/ 2017-18

25.41

17.34

TRADE BALANCE


2017-18

-12.72

-67.27

2018-19

-17.39

-80.35

EXPORTS & IMPORTS: (Rs. Crore)

(PROVISIONAL)



AUGUST

APRIL-AUGUST

EXPORTS(including re-exports)


2017-18

1,49,398.90

7,54,218.89

2018-19

1,93,624.74

9,23,447.82

%Growth 2018-19/ 2017-18

29.60

22.44

IMPORTS





2017-18

2,30,737.96

11,87,188.89

2018-19

3,14,597.54

14,69,479.24

%Growth 2018-19/ 2017-18

36.34

23.78

TRADE BALANCE





2017-18

-81,339.06

-4,32,970.00

2018-19

-1,20,972.80

-5,46,031.42



SERVICES TRADE



EXPORTS & IMPORTS (SERVICES) : (US $ Billion)

(Provisional)

JULY 2018

APRIL-JULY 2018-19

EXPORTS (Receipts)

17.55

68.16

IMPORTS (Payments)

10.85

42.27

TRADE BALANCE

6.70

25.89

EXPORTS & IMPORTS (SERVICES): (Rs. Crore)



(Provisional)

JULY 2018

APRIL-JULY 2018-19

EXPORTS (Receipts)

1,20,577.53

4,59,466.55

IMPORTS (Payments)

74,532.34

2,84,938.69

TRADE BALANCE

46,045.19

1,74,527.85



Note: Services data of 2018-19 pertains to April-July 2018-19 as July 2018 is the latest data available as per RBI’s Press Release dated 14th September 2018. April-July 2017-18 data is arrived by adding Month-wise QE data. This has been used along with the estimate of service export and import for August 2018, as explained in page-1 for the purpose of this Press note.

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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
14-September, 2018 12:00 IST
Index Numbers of Wholesale Price in India (Base: 2011-12=100)

Review for the month of August, 2018

The official Wholesale Price Index for ‘All Commodities’ (Base: 2011-12=100) for the month of August, 2018 rose by 0.3 percent to 120.0 (provisional) from 119.7 (provisional) for the previous month.



INFLATION



The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at 4.53% (provisional) for the month of August, 2018 (over August, 2017) as compared to 5.09% (provisional) for the previous month and 3.24% during the corresponding month of the previous year. Build up inflation rate in the financial year so far was 3.18% compared to a build up rate of 1.41% in the corresponding period of the previous year.



Inflation for important commodities / commodity groups is indicated in Annex-1 and Annex-II.

The movement of the index for the various commodity groups is summarized below: -



PRIMARY ARTICLES (Weight 22.62%)



The index for this major group rose by 0.1 percent to 135.1 (provisional) from 134.9 (provisional) for the previous month. The groups and items which showed variations during the month are as follows: -



The index for ‘Food Articles’ group rose by 0.1 percent to 144.8 (provisional) from 144.7 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of gram (6%), moong, ragi and bajra (4% each), urad, barley, wheat and tea (3% each), coffee, jowar and masur (2% each) and maize and rajma (1% each). However, the price of egg (6%), poultry chicken (5%), fish-inland (3%), peas/chawali, betel leaves and arhar (2% each) and beef & buffalo meat and pork (1% each) declined.



The index for ‘Non-Food Articles’ group rose by 1.2 percent to 125.0 (provisional) from 123.5 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of groundnut seed and guar seed (7% each), castor seed (4%), gingelly seed, raw rubber and floriculture (3% each), rape & mustard seed, raw wool, fodder, mesta and linseed (2% each) and cotton seed, raw jute, sunflower, safflower (kardi seed) and raw cotton (1% each). However, the price of soyabean (2%) and niger seed and hides (raw) (1% each) declined.



The index for ‘Minerals’ group declined by 4.9 percent to 123.2 (provisional) from 129.6 (provisional) for the previous month due to lower price of copper concentrate (15%), sillimanite (14%) and manganese ore (11%). However, the price of garnet (10%), zinc concentrate and lead concentrate (7% each), bauxite (6%), limestone (4%) and chromite and iron ore (1% each) moved up.



The index for ‘Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas’ group rose by 0.5 percent to 94.9 (provisional) from 94.4 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of crude petroleum (1%).



FUEL & POWER (Weight 13.15%)



The index for this major group rose by 0.5 percent to 104.9 (provisional) from 104.4 (provisional) for the previous month. The groups and items which showed variations during the month are as follows:-



The index for ‘Mineral Oils’ group rose by 0.8 percent to 98.3 (provisional) from 97.5 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of LPG (5%), petroleum coke (3%), kerosene and ATF (2% each) and naphtha and bitumen (1% each).





MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS (Weight 64.23%)



The index for this major group rose by 0.3 percent to 117.8 (provisional) from 117.4 (provisional) for the previous month. The groups and items which showed variations during the month are as follows:-



The index for ‘Manufacture of Food Products’ remained unchanged at 129.0 (provisional). Rise in price was recorded for groundnut oil, cotton seed oil cake, sooji (rawa) and maida (5% each), wheat flour (atta) (4%), salt and gram powder (besan) (3), gur, honey, coffee powder with chicory, rice bran extract, molasses, mustard oil cake and spices (including mixed spices) (2% each) and cotton seed oil, ice cream, castor oil, rice products, fish frozen [canned/processed], instant coffee, biscuit, cookies and sunflower oil (1% each). While a decline in price was recorded for chicken/duck [dressed-fresh/frozen] and palm oil (3% each), condensed milk (2%) and fruit juice including concentrates, butter, basmati rice, processed tea and soya preparations excluding oil (1% each).


The index for ‘Manufacture of Beverages’ group rose by 0.3 percent to 120 (provisional) from 119.6 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of bottled mineral water, rectified spirit and beer (1% each).


The index for ‘Manufacture of Tobacco Products’ group rose by 0.5 percent to 150.1 (provisional) from 149.3 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of other tobacco products (2%). However, the price of cigarette (1%) declined.


The index for ‘Manufacture of Textiles’ group rose by 0.4 percent to 117.6 (provisional) from 117.1 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel (2%) and synthetic yarn, texturised & twisted yarn, manufacture of knitted & crocheted fabrics and cotton yarn (1% each). However, the price of manufacture of other textiles (1%) declined.



The index for ‘Manufacture of Wearing Apparel’ group rose by 0.7 percent to 139.1 (provisional) from 138.2 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of manufacture of knitted & crocheted apparel (1%).


The index for ‘Manufacture of Leather and Related Products’ group declined by 0.4 percent to 122.5 (provisional) from 123.0 (provisional) for the previous month due to lower price of belt & other articles of leather (4%) and chrome tanned leather (2%). However, the price of travel goods, handbags, office bags, etc. (2%) and waterproof footwear, vegetable tanned leather and canvas shoes (1% each) moved up.


The index for ‘Manufacture of Wood and of Products of Wood and Cork ‘ group rose by 0.6 percent to 132.8 (provisional) from 132.0 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of lamination wooden sheets/veneer sheets (2%) and plywood block boards (1%). However, the price of timber/wooden plank, sawn/resawn (1%) declined.


The index for ‘Manufacture of Paper and Paper Products’ group rose by 0.7 percent to 122.6 (provisional) from 121.8 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of press board and pulp board (3% each), corrugated sheet box (2%) and kraft paper, map litho paper, newsprint, corrugated paper board and paper for printing & writing (1% each). However, the price of card board, paper carton/box and laminated paper (1% each) declined.


The index for ‘Printing and Reproduction of Recorded Media’ group rose by 1.8 percent to 147.9 (provisional) from 145.3 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of printed books (3%) and printed labels/posters/calendars (1%). However, the price of sticker plastic (2%) and printed form & schedule (1%) declined.


The index for ‘Manufacture of Chemicals and Chemical Products’ group rose by 0.4 percent to 118.6 (provisional) from 118.1 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of ammonium sulphate and sodium silicate (4% each), epoxy [liquid], alcohols and phthalic anhydride (3% each), printing ink, di ammonium phosphate, organic chemicals, face/body powder, fungicide [liquid], soda ash/washing soda, polystyrene [expandable] and ammonia liquid (2% each) and polyester chips or polyethylene terepthalate (pet) chips, additive, mixed fertilizer, poly propylene (pp), ammonium phosphate, amine, carbon black, adhesive excluding gum, insecticide & pesticide, powder coating material, hydrogen peroxide, superphospate/phosphatic fertilizer, others, xlpe compound, agro chemical formulation, polyester film (metalized), camphor, dye stuff/dyes incl. dye intermediates & pigments/colours, alkyl benzene, acrylic fibre, tooth paste/tooth powder, other petrochemical intermediates and urea (1% each). However, the price of menthol (7%), organic surface active agent (5%), nitric acid (4%), polyester fibre fabric and sulphuric acid (3% each), gelatine, acetic acid & its derivatives, aromatic chemicals, organic solvent, ammonia gas and aniline (including pna, ona, ocpna) (2% each) and toilet soap, ammonium nitrate, rubber chemicals, ethylene oxide and paint (1% each) declined.


The index for ‘Manufacture of Pharmaceuticals, Medicinal Chemical and Botanical Products’ group rose by 1.4 percent to 123.5 (provisional) from 121.8 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of anti cancer drugs (14%), antibiotics & preparations there of (5%), anti-inflammatory preparation (4%), medical accessories and anti-malarial drugs (2% each) and antidiabetic drug excluding insulin (i.e. tolbutam), antipyretic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory formulations, ayurvedic medicaments and api & formulations of vitamins (1% each). However, the price of steroids & hormonal preparations (including anti-fungal preparations) (3%) and vials/ampoule, glass, empty or filled, anti-allergic drugs, simvastatin, plastic capsules and cotton wool (medicinal) (1% each) declined.


The index for ‘Manufacture of Rubber and Plastics Products’ group declined by 0.2 percent to 109.2 (provisional) from 109.4 (provisional) for the previous month due to lower price of rubber moulded goods (4%), elastic webbing and polypropylene film (3% each), polyester film (non-metalized), polythene film, plastic button, plastic box/container, plastic bag and solid rubber tyres/wheels (2% each) and rubberized dipped fabric, motor car tube, rubber cloth/sheet, v belt and plastic components (1% each). However, the price of rubber components & parts (4%), medium & heavy commercial vehicle tyre (3%), 2/3 wheeler tyre (2%) and tractor tyre, conveyer belt (fibre based), plastic furniture, rubber crumb, tooth brush, plastic tape and condoms (1% each) moved up.


The index for ‘Manufacture of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products’ group rose by 0.2 percent to 115.9 (provisional) from 115.7 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of ordinary sheet glass and toughened glass (3% each), railway sleeper, glass bottle, porcelain sanitary ware, clinker, non-ceramic tiles and fibre glass incl. sheet (2% each) and cement blocks (concrete), ceramic tiles (vitrified tiles) and porcelain crockery (1% each). However, the price of white cement (2%) and poles & posts of concrete, asbestos corrugated sheet, slag cement, cement superfine and granite (1% each) declined.


The index for ‘Manufacture of Basic Metals’ group declined by 0.4 percent to 111.6 (provisional) from 112.1 (provisional) for the previous month due to lower price of aluminium alloys (7%), ferrochrome (4%), brass metal/sheet/coils, MS wire rods, angles, channels, sections, steel (coated/not) and gp/gc sheet (3% each), MS bright bars and aluminium powder (2% each) and alumnium foil, copper metal/copper rings, zinc metal/zinc blocks, stainless steel pencil ingots/billets/slabs, copper shapes - bars/rods/plates/strips, hot rolled (HR) coils & sheets, including narrow strip, rails, MS pencil ingots, aluminium shapes - bars/rods/flats, aluminium ingot, alloy steel wire rods, cold rolled (CR) coils & sheets, including narrow strip, sponge iron/direct reduced iron (DRI) and aluminium castings (1% each). However, the price of steel forgings - rough and silicomanganese (3% each), MS castings and ferromanganese (2% each) and alloy steel castings, stainless steel coils, strips & sheets, stainless steel tubes and other ferro alloys (1% each) moved up.


The index for ‘Manufacture of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery and Equipment’ group rose by 0.8 percent to 115.5 (provisional) from 114.6 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of electrical stamping- laminated or otherwise and forged steel rings (3% each), steel structures, hose pipes in set or otherwise and steel door (2% each) and stainless steel utensils, steel pipes, tubes & poles, cylinders and bracket (1% each). However, the price of pressure cooker, stainless steel tank and copper bolts, screws, nuts (3% each), boilers (2%) and hand tools, stainless steel razor and jigs & fixture (1% each) declined.



The index for ‘Manufacture of Computer, Electronic and Optical Products’ group rose by 1.2 percent to 112.2 (provisional) from 110.9 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of laptops (10%), colour TV and air conditioner (2% each) and watch and sunglasses (1% each). However, the price of meter (non-electrical) (4%), electronic printed circuit board (PCB)/micro circuit (2%) and capacitors (1%) declined.


The index for ‘Manufacture of Machinery and Equipment’ group rose by 0.5 percent to 111.1 (provisional) from 110.5 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of chemical equipment & system, moulding machine, air or vacuum pump and agriculture implements (3% each), precision machinery equipment/form tools, pump sets without motor, drilling machine and grinding or polishing machine (2% each) and rice mill machinery, hydraulic pump, industrial valve, chillers, injection pump, clutches & shaft couplings, roller mill (raymond), mining, quarrying & metallurgical machinery/parts, harvesters, soil preparation & cultivation machinery (other than tractors) and deep freezers (1% each). However, the price of cranes (6%) and packing machine, gasket kit, sugar machinery, pharmaceutical machinery, oil pump, printing machinery, air gas compressor including compressor for refrigerator and hydraulic equipment (1% each) declined.


The index for ‘Manufacture of Motor Vehicles, Trailers and Semi-Trailers’ group rose by 0.7 percent to 113.3 (provisional) from 112.5 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of release valve (4%), seat for motor vehicles and shock absorbers (2% each) and passenger vehicles, body (for commercial motor vehicles), gear box & parts, radiators & coolers, engine, minibus/bus, chain and wheels/wheels & parts (1% each). However, the price of shafts of all kinds, brake pad/brake liner/brake block/brake rubber, others, cylinder liners and filter element (1% each) declined.



The index for ‘Manufacture of Other Transport Equipment’ group rose by 0.4 percent to 111.2 (provisional) from 110.8 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of tanker (2%) and bicycles of all types and motor cycles (1% each). However, the price of wagons (3%) declined.



The index for ‘Manufacture of Furniture’ group rose by 0.3 percent to 125.5 (provisional) from 125.1 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of iron/steel furniture and steel shutter gate (1% each).



The index for ‘Other Manufacturing’ group rose by 1.8 percent to 106.6 (provisional) from 104.7 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of stringed musical instruments (incl. santoor, guitars, etc.) (4%), cricket ball and plastic moulded-others toys (3% each) and gold & gold ornaments (2%). However, the price of non mechanical toys (8%) and silver (2%) declined.



WPI FOOD INDEX (Weight 24.38%)



The rate of inflation based on WPI Food Index consisting of ‘Food Articles’ from Primary Articles group and ‘Food Product’ from Manufactured Products group decreased from -0.86% in July, 2018 to -2.25% in August, 2018.



FINAL INDEX FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2018 (BASE YEAR: 2011-12=100)



For the month of June, 2018, the final Wholesale Price Index for ‘All Commodities’ (Base: 2011-12=100) stood at 119.1 as compared to 119.2 (provisional) and annual rate of inflation based on final index stood at 5.68 percent as compared to 5.77 percent (provisional) respectively as reported on 16.07.2018.





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Annexure-I

Wholesale Price Index and Rates of Inflation (Base Year: 2011-12=100)












Month of August, 2018

Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups

Weight

WPI

August-2018

Latest month over month

Build up from March

Year on year

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

ALL COMMODITIES

100.00

120.0

0.79

0.25

1.41

3.18

3.24

4.53

PRIMARY ARTICLES

22.62

135.1

2.04

0.15

6.45

5.38

2.97

-0.15

Food Articles

15.26

144.8

2.03

0.07

9.67

5.46

5.82

-4.04

Cereals

2.82

149.7

-0.07

1.42

-1.86

3.53

0.21

5.05

Paddy

1.43

155.6

-0.40

0.39

0.54

1.97

2.70

4.78

Wheat

1.03

148.6

0.59

2.55

-4.06

5.24

-1.44

8.39

Pulses

0.64

124.5

-0.27

3.06

-5.71

1.80

-28.79

-14.26

Vegetables

1.87

174.8

8.52

0.81

84.97

51.74

44.84

-20.18

Potato

0.28

226.9

-0.45

-1.82

44.90

73.87

-43.95

71.89

Onion

0.16

161.4

88.14

-0.80

99.37

2.61

88.46

-26.80

Fruits

1.60

133.0

7.79

-1.19

14.21

-12.61

7.35

-16.40

Milk

4.44

143.7

0.36

0.35

2.34

2.13

3.94

2.86

Eggs, Meat & Fish

2.40

135.7

-2.32

-2.58

0.52

1.95

4.01

0.59

Non-Food Articles

4.12

125.0

1.68

1.21

-0.90

4.08

-3.44

3.48

Oil Seeds

1.12

140.1

1.11

1.45

-1.24

1.01

-11.18

10.23

Minerals

0.83

123.2

1.09

-4.94

5.23

-10.92

-5.70

1.99

Crude Petroleum

2.41

88.4

3.60

0.68

-13.90

19.62

-6.80

53.47

FUEL & POWER

13.15

104.9

0.79

0.48

-4.81

7.04

9.86

17.73

LPG

0.64

97.0

-5.68

4.64

-29.06

13.98

4.08

46.08

Petrol

1.60

89.9

4.18

0.33

-6.08

6.39

25.69

16.30

HSD

3.10

97.0

2.66

0.21

-4.71

7.66

20.75

19.90

MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS

64.23

117.8

0.18

0.34

0.45

1.73

2.36

4.43

Manufacture of Food Products

9.12

129.0

0.47

0.00

0.08

0.86

1.92

1.26

Manufacture of Vegetable And Animal Oils and Fats

2.64

119.0

0.38

-1.08

-1.94

1.71

0.47

11.95

Sugar

1.06

116.5

0.54

-0.09

0.23

-0.26

8.53

-11.07

Manufacture of Tobacco Products

0.51

150.1

3.03

0.54

5.27

-0.13

6.25

0.27

Manufacture of Textiles

4.88

117.6

0.35

0.43

0.71

2.98

1.34

3.43

Manufacture of Wearing Apparel

0.81

139.1

0.29

0.65

2.25

1.02

4.77

2.20

Manufacture of Leather and Related Products

0.54

122.5

-1.16

-0.41

-0.91

1.74

-3.24

2.68

Manufacture of Wood And of Products of Wood and Cork

0.77

132.8

0.38

0.61

1.69

1.07

1.15

0.45

Manufacture of Paper and Paper Products

1.11

122.6

-0.67

0.66

2.07

1.91

4.42

3.81

Manufacture of Chemicals and Chemical Products

6.47

118.6

0.00

0.42

-0.54

2.68

0.36

6.75

Manufacture of Rubber and Plastics Products

2.30

109.2

0.28

-0.18

-1.10

1.49

0.84

1.49

Manufacture of other Non-Metallic Mineral Products

3.20

115.9

-0.54

0.17

1.92

1.67

1.27

4.04

Manufacture of Cement, Lime and Plaster

1.64

114.2

-0.70

-0.17

3.39

0.53

1.44

1.06

Manufacture of Basic Metals

9.65

111.6

1.55

-0.45

3.03

1.82

12.19

13.30

Mild Steel - Semi Finished Steel

1.27

99.5

0.33

0.00

1.99

1.43

3.60

8.03

Manufacture of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery and Equipment

3.15

115.5

-1.30

0.79

-2.03

3.13

2.80

8.65

Manufacture of other Transport Equipment

1.65

111.2

0.00

0.36

-0.73

0.72

1.21

1.92













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Trend of Rate of Inflation for some important items during last six months

























Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups

Weight (%)

Rate of Inflation for the last six months





Aug-18

July-18

June-18

May-18

Apr-18

Mar-18





ALL COMMODITIES

100.00

4.53

5.09

5.68

4.78

3.62

2.74





PRIMARY ARTICLES

22.62

-0.15

1.73

4.74

3.79

2.59

0.87





Food Articles

15.26

-4.04

-2.16

1.87

1.74

0.87

-0.22





Cereals

2.82

5.05

3.51

2.59

1.68

0.21

-0.41





Paddy

1.43

4.78

3.96

3.71

4.19

3.86

3.32





Wheat

1.03

8.39

6.31

5.14

3.05

-0.07

-1.19





Pulses

0.64

-14.26

-17.03

-20.23

-21.13

-22.46

-20.58





Vegetables

1.87

-20.18

-14.07

8.49

3.56

-0.40

-2.70





Potato

0.28

71.89

74.28

99.64

88.53

71.66

43.25





Onion

0.16

-26.80

38.82

21.02

13.20

13.62

42.22





Fruits

1.60

-16.40

-8.81

3.73

15.40

19.39

9.26





Milk

4.44

2.86

2.87

2.37

2.38

2.54

3.08





Eggs, Meat & Fish

2.40

0.59

0.87

-0.07

0.15

-2.00

-0.82





Non-Food Articles

4.12

3.48

3.96

3.81

0.42

-0.74

-1.48





Oil Seeds

1.12

10.23

9.86

8.80

8.16

6.54

7.77





Minerals

0.83

1.99

8.45

4.23

8.36

20.55

20.47





Crude Petroleum

1.95

53.47

57.91

59.64

44.57

26.18

10.46





FUEL & POWER

13.15

17.73

18.10

16.52

12.65

7.96

4.70





LPG

0.64

46.08

31.68

20.19

-0.74

-12.05

-9.08





Petrol

1.60

16.30

20.75

18.23

13.90

10.09

2.67





HSD

3.10

19.90

22.84

21.88

17.34

13.50

6.12





MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS

64.23

4.43

4.26

4.17

3.82

3.29

3.12





Manufacture of Food Products

9.12

1.26

1.74

1.10

0.24

0.55

0.47





Manufacture of Vegetable And Animal Oils and Fats

2.64

11.95

13.60

13.88

13.21

11.19

7.93





Sugar

1.06

-11.07

-10.51

-13.37

-19.46

-15.56

-10.64





Manufacture of Tobacco Products

0.51

0.27

2.75

4.50

5.87

3.70

5.70





Manufacture of Textiles

4.88

3.43

3.35

2.29

1.85

0.97

1.15





Manufacture of Wearing Apparel

0.81

2.20

1.84

3.71

3.79

4.77

3.46





Manufacture of Leather and Related Products

0.54

2.68

1.91

2.84

1.83

2.94

0.00





Manufacture of Wood And of Products of Wood and Cork

0.77

0.45

0.23

0.68

1.75

0.99

1.08





Manufacture of Paper and Paper Products

1.11

3.81

2.44

2.36

3.31

3.78

3.98





Manufacture of Chemicals and Chemical Products

6.47

6.75

6.30

5.47

5.10

4.21

3.40





Manufacture of Rubber and Plastics Products

2.30

1.49

1.96

0.83

0.46

-0.09

-1.10





Manufacture of other Non-Metallic Mineral Products

3.20

4.04

3.30

2.22

2.76

3.78

4.30





Manufacture of Cement, Lime and Plaster

1.64

1.06

0.53

-1.22

-0.26

1.78

3.93





Manufacture of Basic Metals

9.65

13.30

15.57

17.24

15.79

13.35

14.64





Mild Steel - Semi Finished Steel

1.27

8.03

8.39

12.63

11.76

9.66

8.64





Manufacture of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery and Equipment

3.15

8.65

6.41

6.44

4.07

2.86

3.23





Manufacture of other Transport Equipment

1.65

1.92

1.56

1.19

1.28

2.22

0.45








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UPSC
14-September, 2018 16:10 IST
Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination 2018

On the basis of the result of the written part of the Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination 2018 held by the U.P.S.C. in June/July, 2018, the candidates with the under mentioned Roll Numbers have qualified for Interview/Personality Test.

2. The candidature of these candidates is PROVISIONAL subject to their being found eligible in all respects. The candidates would be required to produce the original certificates in support of their claims relating to age, educational qualifications, community, physical disability (where applicable) etc. at the time of the Personality Test. They are, therefore, advised to keep their certificates ready and check before hand the requirement of certificates in accordance with the important instructions available on the website of the Commission before appearing in the Personality Test boards.



3. In accordance with the Rules of Examination, all these candidates are required to fill up the Detailed Application Form (D.A.F.), which will be made available on the Commission's Website i.e. http;//www.upsc.gov.in; from 28/09/2018 to 11/10/2018 till 06:00 PM. Important instructions regarding filling up of the DAF and submitting the same ONLINE to the Commission will also be made available on the website. The candidates who have been declared successful have to first get themselves registered on the relevant page of the Commission’s website before filling up the ONLINE Detailed Application Form and submit the same ONLINE alongwith uploading of the scanned copies of relevant certificates/documents in support of their eligibility, claim for reservation etc. The qualified candidates are further advised to refer to the Rules of the Indian Economic Service/ Indian Statistical Service Examination 2018 published in the e-gazette of India, dated 21.03.2018.



4. The instruction for filling up the DAF and Rules of the Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2018, must be read carefully with regard to the certificates that will be produced at the time of Interview. The candidates will be solely responsible for not producing sufficient proof in support of his/her age, date of birth, educational qualification, caste (SC/ST/OBC) and physical disability certificate (in the case of PwD candidates). In case any of the written qualified candidate fails to bring any or all the required original documents in support of his/her candidature for the Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2018, he/she will not be allowed to present himself/herself before the PT Board and no TA will be allowed.



5. The exact date of interview will be intimated to the candidates through e-Summon Letter. Roll Number-wise Interview Schedule will also be made available on the Commission's website. The candidates are requested to visit the Commission’s website (http://www.upsc.gov.in) for updates in this regard.



6. No request for change in the date and time of Personality Test intimated to the candidates will ordinarily be entertained under any circumstances.



7. The mark-sheet of candidates who have not qualified, will be uploaded on the Commission's website after the publication of final result (after conducting Personality Test) and will remain available on the website for a period of 60 days.



8. The candidates can access the marks-sheets after keying in their Roll Numbers and date of birth. The printed/hard copies of the marks-sheet would, however, be issued by UPSC to candidates based on specific request accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope. Candidates desirous of obtaining printed/hard copies of the marks sheets should make the request within thirty days of the display of the marks on the Commission's website, beyond which such requests would not be entertained.

9. The result will also be available on the U.P.S.C.'s website http://www.upsc.gov.in.

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Ministry of Rural Development
14-September, 2018 17:25 IST

Union Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Mines, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar chairs the 20th Central Employment Guarantee Council meeting in Bhopal

Banking issues that act as a hindrance for MNREGA wage payment will be removed through the recently launched India Post Payments Bank: Shri Narendra Singh Tomar

MNREGA is the largest employment generating scheme in the country. This scheme is demand based and provides employment to 5.5 to 6 crore people of the country. This was stated by the Union Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Mines, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar while addressing the 20th Central Employment Guarantee Council (CEGC) meeting that was held in Bhopal today. Shri Tomar said that the scheme is become more encompassing and 260 types of works have now been covered under it. The Union Minister asserted that most of the banking issues that act as a hindrance for MNREGA wage payment will be removed through the recently launched India Post Payments Bank.

Union Rural Development Minister further said that success of MNREGA was the result of hard work of the Central Government as well as the State Governments and the District Administration and its affiliates. Shri Tomar said that for the overall and balanced development of the villages, there is a need for advance planning by the village panchayats. He also emphasized on a better system of training to increase the quality and capacity of the Gram Panchayat Employment Assistant.

Addressing the meeting, Minister of State for Rural Development Shri Ram Kripal Yadav said that MNREGA is a very important scheme and it has played a major role in elevating the standard of living of the people of rural India. He said that in the current financial year, the budget of MNREGA has increased to 55,000 crore rupees.

During the meeting, it was suggested that insurance may be provided to the laborers working under MNREGA and such schemes should be linked to the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana. The action taken on the suggestions received in the previous meeting and the steps taken for redressal of grievances were also discussed. The achievements of MNREGA were also highlighted through a PowerPoint presentation.

Senior officials of the Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj participated in the meeting along with members from different states and senior officials of the State Government.

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Ministry of Railways
11-September, 2018 17:43 IST
Shri Piyush Goyal launches a web portal “Rail Sahyog” today

It will provide a platform for the Corporates & PSUs to contribute to creation of amenities at/near Railway Stations through CSR funds

Indian Railways, with its vast network and presence across the length and breadth of the country, has always been at the forefront to serve the society. Inspired by the vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister for a New India by 2022, Railways is taking various initiatives for upgrading its infrastructure, technology, hygiene among host of other things for an enhanced passenger experience.

The Indian Railways has identified opportunities in areas wherein corporate collaborations can be fostered which can positively impact the entire ecosystem under Railways. In this regard, the Minister of Railways and Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal launched a web portal www.railsahyog.in today. The web portal will provide a platform for the Corporates and PSUs to contribute to creation of amenities at/near Railway Stations through Corporate Social Responsibility funds. Chairman, Railway Board, Shri Ashwani Lohani with other Railway Board Members, Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Shri Dr Inder Jit Singh and Senior Officials of Railways and Coal were present on the occasion.

The companies desirous of contributing can show willingness on the portal by registering their requests. The requests will be processed by Railway officials. Based on the principle of first come first serve, the requests will be shortlisted and selected applicants will be intimated to deposit the funds with Railways/nominated agencies like RITES/RAILTEL etc. The nominated agency will get the work executed thereafter.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Piyush Goyal said that the “Rail Sahyog” portal is an example of changing times & speedy execution of projects in Railways. Salient feature of this portal is its simplicity & transparency. This portal will provide an opportunity for Industry/ Companies/ Associations to collaborate with Railways. This portal will not only be beneficial for passengers but also for neighbourhood of Railway vicinity.” The Minister emphasised that the cost indicated against each of the activities identified to be undertaken in this initiative are only indicative in nature but the main focus would be on ensuring creation of good quality assets through this collaboration. The Minister further added that the portal has been envisaged as a platform for all including individuals as also private & public organisation to contribute towards CSR activities in association with Indian Railways.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Ashwani Lohani said, “Rail Sahyog” will remove all hurdles faced by the companies for cooperation with Railways. Individuals, Private companies have the freedom to execute projects in Railways.”



The activities identified to be funded through CSR are :

  • Construction of toilets in circulating areas of all stations with provision of low cost sanitary pad vending machine & incinerator in female toilets and condom vending machine in male toilets and initial one year maintenance. Approximate Cost per station: Rs. 22-30 Lakh.


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  • Providing free Wi-Fi at stations through setting up Hotspots. Approximate cost per station: Rs. 10.30 lakhs to Rs 12.30 lakhs


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  • Provision of Benches at station Platforms as facility for senior citizens/disabled. Approximate cost per set: Rs. 17500 to Rs. 47500.


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  • Bottle crushing machines at 2175 major stations for ensuring environmental sustainability. The empty plastic water/cold drink bottles generated from the Railway passengers will be crushed in these machines to manage plastic pollution. Approximate cost per machine: Rs. 3.5 lakhs to Rs. 4.5 Lakhs.


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  • Dustbins at all stations for Swachh Bharat will help in preventing littering around. Separate dustbins for wet/dry waste need to be provided at circulating area of Station and Platforms. Approximate cost per set (two dustbins) : Rs. 4500


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Based on the response received, further additional items will be considered for funding through CSR.

For any information, kindly contact “Rail Sahyog” through e-mail mentioned below:-

Email: info@railsahyog.in

To follow “Rail Sahyog” on Facebook & Twitter, kindly see the link below:-

Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/RailSahyog

Twitter- https://twitter.com/RailSahyog

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Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)
12-September, 2018 16:11 IST
Cabinet approves continuation of Capacity Development Scheme for the period 2017-18 to 2019-20

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved continuation of the Capacity Development Scheme for the period 2017-18 to 2019-20 with an outlay of Rs 2,250 crore.

The Capacity Development Scheme is an Ongoing Central Sector Scheme of MoSPI. The overall objective of the scheme is to augment infrastructural, technical as well as manpower resources for making available credible and timely Official Statistics for policy makers and public at large.

The major ongoing activities under the Capacity Development Scheme, include augmenting resources for bringing out important statistical products, such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Consumer Price Index (CPI), Index of Industrial Production (IIP), Statistical classifications, etc.; conducting various Socio-Economic surveys, capacity building and strengthening statistical coordination, and improving IT infrastructure. Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), a continuous survey to assess quarterly labour data in urban areas and annual labour data for the whole country (urban and rural areas), was launched in April, 2017 under the scheme.

The Capacity Development Scheme has two Sub-schemes, Economic Census and Support for Statistical Strengthening (SSS). Under Economic Census, listing of all non-agricultural establishments is undertaken periodically, which forms the basis for conducting detailed socio-economic surveys. The last (6l) Economic Census was conducted during January, 2013 to April, 2014 and the Government now aims to conduct the Census once every three years in future. The SSS Sub-scheme is to strengthen State/ Sub-State level statistical systems/ infrastructure to facilitate development of a robust national system. Funds are released to States/ UTs for this purpose after detailed examination of their proposals.

In view of the requirement for better statistical coverage of sectors/areas, in addition to the regular ongoing activities, the Ministry proposes to also take up three new surveys under the Capacity Development Scheme, namely, Time Use Survey (TUS), Annual Survey of Service Sector Enterprises (ASSSE), and Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE).

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12-September, 2018 16:09 IST
100% Electrification of Broad Gauge Routes of Indian Railways

CCEA has approved electrification of remaining unelectrified broad gauge (BG) routes of Indian Railways Upon completion of electrification of the proposed routes, Indian Railways broad gauge network will be 100% operational on electric traction Significant benefits in the areas of Safety, Capacity, Speed, Energy Security & Sustainability Proposed electrification is mainly for missing links and last mile connectivity and will increase the operational efficiency, enhance the line capacity and improve the average speed of trains Post electrification, Indian Railways is likely to save Rs 13,510 crore per annum in fuel bill Will generate direct employment of about 20.4 crore man days during the period of construction.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal for electrification of balance un-electrified BG routes of Indian Railways (IR) comprising of 108 sections covering 13,675 route kilometers (16,540 track kilometers) at a cost of Rs.12,134.50 crore. This electrification is likely to be completed by 2021-22.

The major trunk routes on IR network have already been electrified and are operational. Considering the requirement for seamless operation of rail traffic across the network, it is necessary that the bottlenecks created by the need to change traction are done away with. The proposed electrification, which is mainly for missing links and last mile connectivity will increase the operational efficiency, enhance the line capacity and improve the average speed of trains.

The approved electrification will reduce the use of imported fossil fuels thereby improve energy security to the Nation. After the planned electrification, there would be reduction in the consumption of high speed diesel oil by about 2.83 billion litres per annum and a reduction in GHG emissions. This will also reduce environmental impact of Railways.

Currently, around two thirds of freight and more than half of passenger traffic in Indian Railways moves on electric traction. However, electric traction accounts for just 37% of the total energy expenses of Indian Railways. Due to this advantage, post electrification, Indian Railways is likely to save Rs 13,510 crore per annum in fuel bill and the same will improve its finances.

The approved electrification will generate direct employment of about 20.4 crore man days during the period of construction.


The benefits from this decision are listed below:



Capacity & Speed

  • 100% electrification will provide seamless train operation by eliminating detention of trains due to change in traction from diesel to electric and vice versa.
  • It will help Railways in enhancing line capacity due to higher speed & higher haulage capacity of electric locomotives


Safety

  • Improved signalling system will lead to enhanced safety in train operation


Energy Security

  • In line with the new Auto Fuel Policy of the Government, total shift to electric traction will reduce fossil fuel consumption of about 2.83 billion liters per annum
  • Reduced dependence on imported petroleum based fuels will ensure energy security to the nation


Energy bill savings

  • Overall savings in fuel bill to the extent of Rs. 13,510 cr per annum. Electrification of sections covered under this decision will result in net savings of Rs. 3,793 cr per annum
  • Reduced expenditure on maintenance of locomotive as electric locomotive maintenance cost is Rs. 16.45 per thousand GTKM compared to diesel locomotive maintenance cost which is Rs. 32.84 per thousand GTKM
  • Regeneration facility of electric locomotives will save 15-20% energy
  • Reduced overall requirement of electric loco due to higher horse power




Sustainability

  • Reduced carbon footprint as environmental cost per Tonne Km for Electric Traction is 1.5 Paisa and for Diesel Traction 5.1 paisa
  • In line with commitment made by India in COP21, total shift to electric traction will reduce CO2 emission of Railways by 24% till 2027-28
  • Green house gas emission for electric traction will fall below diesel traction by 2019-20 making it environmentally friendly option.


Employment Generation

  • Direct employment during construction phase for about 20.4 crore Man days.


The complete electrification of railway is poised to continue the growth story of Indian Railways. Through the aforementioned benefits, complete electrification will act as a catalyst for the modernisation process and deliver greater economic benefits. It will help Indian Railways become the growth engine of India as envisaged by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.



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12-September, 2018 17:30 IST
Consumer Price Index Numbers on base 2012=100 for Rural, Urban and combined for the month of August 2018

The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has revised the Base Year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 2010=100 to 2012=100 with effect from the release of indices for the month of January 2015.

2. In this press note, the CPI (Rural, Urban, Combined) on Base 2012=100 is being released for the month of August 2018. In addition to this, Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for all India Rural, Urban and Combined are also being released for August 2018. All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e., August 2018 over August 2017), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

All India Inflation rates (%) based on CPI (General) and CFPI

Indices

August 2018 (Prov.)

July 2018 (Final)

August 2017 (Final)

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

CPI (General)

3.41

3.99

3.69

4.11

4.32

4.17

3.22

3.35

3.28

CFPI

1.22

-1.21

0.29

2.18

-0.36

1.30

1.38

1.67

1.52

Notes: Prov. – Provisional, Combd. - Combined

3. Monthly changes in the General Indices and CFPIs are given below:

Monthly changes (%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI: Aug. 2018 over July 2018

Indices

Rural

Urban

Combined

Index Value

% Change

Index Value

% Change

Index Value

% Change

Aug.18

Jul. 18

Aug.18

Jul. 18

Aug.18

Jul. 18

CPI (General)

142.5

141.8

0.49

138.0

137.5

0.36

140.4

139.8

0.43

CFPI

141.6

140.7

0.64

138.7

139.1

-0.29

140.5

140.1

0.29

Note: Figures of August 2018 are provisional.

4. Provisional indices for the month of August 2018 and also the final indices for July 2018 are being released with this note for all-India and for State/UTs. All-India provisional General (all-groups), Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for August 2018 for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure I. The inflation rates of important categories of items are given in Annexure II. State/UT wise provisional General CPI numbers for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure III. Inflation rates of major States, having population more than 50 lakhs as per population Census 2011, are given in Annexure IV. State/UT–wise Group CPIs are available on the Ministry’s website (www.mospi.gov.in).

5. Price data are collected from selected towns by the Field Operations Division of NSSO and from selected villages by the Department of Posts. Price data are received through web portals, maintained by the National Informatics Centre.

Next date of release: 12th October 2018 (Friday) for September 2018.



Annexure I

All India Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

July 18 Index
(Final)


Aug. 18 Index
(Prov.)


Weights

July 18 Index
(Final)


Aug. 18 Index
(Prov.)


Weights

July 18 Index
(Final)


Aug. 18 Index
(Prov.)


(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)



1.1.01

Cereals and products

12.35

138.4

139.2

6.59

135.6

136.5

9.67

137.5

138.3



1.1.02

Meat and fish

4.38

149.3

148.9

2.73

148.6

146.4

3.61

149.1

148.0



1.1.03

Egg

0.49

139.3

139.3

0.36

139.1

136.6

0.43

139.2

138.3



1.1.04

Milk and products

7.72

143.4

143.6

5.33

141.0

141.2

6.61

142.5

142.7



1.1.05

Oils and fats

4.21

124.1

125.0

2.81

116.7

117.4

3.56

121.4

122.2



1.1.06

Fruits

2.88

153.3

154.7

2.90

149.7

146.2

2.89

151.6

150.7



1.1.07

Vegetables

7.46

154.2

156.5

4.41

159.2

157.3

6.04

155.9

156.8



1.1.08

Pulses and products

2.95

126.4

126.8

1.73

112.6

113.6

2.38

121.7

122.4



1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

1.70

114.3

115.3

0.97

111.8

113.3

1.36

113.5

114.6



1.1.10

Spices

3.11

138.2

138.7

1.79

140.3

141.1

2.50

138.9

139.5



1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

1.37

132.8

133.8

1.13

126.8

127.4

1.26

130.3

131.1



1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

5.56

154.8

155.1

5.54

149.4

150.4

5.55

152.3

152.9

1



Food and beverages

54.18

142.0

142.8

36.29

140.3

140.1

45.86

141.4

141.8

2



Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

3.26

156.1

156.3

1.36

161.4

162.1

2.38

157.5

157.8



3.1.01

Clothing

6.32

151.5

152.1

4.72

139.6

140.0

5.58

146.8

147.3



3.1.02

Footwear

1.04

145.1

145.9

0.85

128.9

129.0

0.95

138.4

138.9

3



Clothing and footwear

7.36

150.6

151.2

5.57

137.9

138.3

6.53

145.6

146.1

4



Housing

-

-

-

21.67

143.6

144.6

10.07

143.6

144.6

5



Fuel and light

7.94

146.8

147.5

5.58

128.1

129.7

6.84

139.7

140.8



6.1.01

Household goods and services

3.75

143.1

143.7

3.87

133.6

134.4

3.80

138.6

139.3



6.1.02

Health

6.83

139.0

139.4

4.81

133.6

134.8

5.89

137.0

137.7



6.1.03

Transport and communication

7.60

127.5

128.2

9.73

120.1

120.7

8.59

123.6

124.3



6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

1.37

138.4

138.6

2.04

129.0

129.8

1.68

133.1

133.6



6.1.05

Education

3.46

145.8

146.8

5.62

144.0

145.3

4.46

144.7

145.9



6.1.06

Personal care and effects

4.25

131.4

131.3

3.47

128.2

128.3

3.89

130.1

130.1

6



Miscellaneous

27.26

136.0

136.5

29.53

130.2

131.0

28.32

133.2

133.8

General Index (All Groups)

100.00

141.8

142.5

100.00

137.5

138.0

100.00

139.8

140.4

Consumer Food Price Index

47.25

140.7

141.6

29.62

139.1

138.7

39.06

140.1

140.5

Notes:

  1. Prov. : Provisional.
  2. - : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.
  3. The weights are indicative to show relative importance of groups and sub-groups. However, all India indices have been compiled as weighted average of State indices.


Annexure II

All India annual inflation rates (%) for August 2018 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined



Aug. 17 Index
(Final)


Aug. 18

Index
(Prov.)


Inflation Rate
(%)


Aug. 17 Index
(Final)


Aug. 18

Index
(Prov.)


Inflation Rate
(%)


Aug. 17 Index
(Final)


Aug. 18

Index
(Prov.)


Inflation Rate
(%)




(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)




1.1.01

Cereals and products

134.8

139.2

3.26

133.2

136.5

2.48

134.3

138.3

2.98




1.1.02

Meat and fish

143.1

148.9

4.05

143.9

146.4

1.74

143.4

148.0

3.21




1.1.03

Egg

130.0

139.3

7.15

128.3

136.6

6.47

129.3

138.3

6.96




1.1.04

Milk and products

139.4

143.6

3.01

138.3

141.2

2.10

139.0

142.7

2.66




1.1.05

Oils and fats

120.5

125.0

3.73

114.1

117.4

2.89

118.1

122.2

3.47




1.1.06

Fruits

148.0

154.7

4.53

142.7

146.2

2.45

145.5

150.7

3.57




1.1.07

Vegetables

162.9

156.5

-3.93

179.8

157.3

-12.51

168.6

156.8

-7.00




1.1.08

Pulses and products

137.4

126.8

-7.71

123.5

113.6

-8.02

132.7

122.4

-7.76




1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

120.8

115.3

-4.55

122.1

113.3

-7.21

121.2

114.6

-5.45




1.1.10

Spices

134.7

138.7

2.97

137.5

141.1

2.62

135.6

139.5

2.88




1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

131.6

133.8

1.67

124.6

127.4

2.25

128.7

131.1

1.86




1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

148.7

155.1

4.30

144.5

150.4

4.08

146.8

152.9

4.16



1


Food and beverages

140.6

142.8

1.56

140.5

140.1

-0.28

140.6

141.8

0.85



2


Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

149.0

156.3

4.90

152.1

162.1

6.57

149.8

157.8

5.34




3.1.01

Clothing

145.3

152.1

4.68

132.7

140.0

5.50

140.3

147.3

4.99




3.1.02

Footwear

139.2

145.9

4.81

124.3

129.0

3.78

133.0

138.9

4.44



3


Clothing and footwear

144.5

151.2

4.64

131.4

138.3

5.25

139.3

146.1

4.88



4


Housing

-

-

-

134.4

144.6

7.59

134.4

144.6

7.59



5


Fuel and light

136.4

147.5

8.14

118.9

129.7

9.08

129.8

140.8

8.47




6.1.01

Household goods and services

137.3

143.7

4.66

127.7

134.4

5.25

132.8

139.3

4.89




6.1.02

Health

133.0

139.4

4.81

125.7

134.8

7.24

130.2

137.7

5.76




6.1.03

Transport and communication

120.3

128.2

6.57

114.6

120.7

5.32

117.3

124.3

5.97




6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

131.5

138.6

5.40

124.1

129.8

4.59

127.3

133.6

4.95




6.1.05

Education

140.2

146.8

4.71

135.7

145.3

7.07

137.6

145.9

6.03




6.1.06

Personal care and effects

125.4

131.3

4.70

123.3

128.3

4.06

124.5

130.1

4.50



6


Miscellaneous

129.7

136.5

5.24

123.8

131.0

5.82

126.8

133.8

5.52



General Index (All Groups)

137.8

142.5

3.41

132.7

138.0

3.99

135.4

140.4

3.69



Consumer Food Price Index

139.9

141.6

1.22

140.4

138.7

-1.21

140.1

140.5

0.29



















Notes:

  1. Prov. : Provisional.
  2. - : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.


Annexure III

State/UT wise General Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

State/UT Code

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

July 18 Index
(Final)


Aug. 18 Index
(Prov.)


Weights

July 18 Index
(Final)


Aug. 18 Index
(Prov.)


Weights

July 18 Index
(Final)


Aug. 18 Index
(Prov.)


(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

01

Jammu & Kashmir

1.14

149.4

149.4

0.72

138.6

139.6

0.94

145.6

145.9

02

Himachal Pradesh

1.03

139.6

140.0

0.26

135.7

137.1

0.67

138.9

139.5

03

Punjab

3.31

139.4

140.3

3.09

133.1

133.0

3.21

136.6

137.0

04

Chandigarh

0.02

143.2

144.6

0.34

134.5

134.8

0.17

135.0

135.4

05

Uttarakhand

1.06

134.5

134.7

0.73

133.2

134.0

0.91

134.0

134.4

06

Haryana

3.30

138.6

139.7

3.35

135.7

136.1

3.32

137.2

138.0

07

Delhi

0.28

133.8

133.9

5.64

139.8

140.6

2.77

139.5

140.2

08

Rajasthan

6.63

140.2

141.1

4.23

140.9

141.1

5.51

140.4

141.1

09

Uttar Pradesh

14.83

136.6

137.7

9.54

139.7

140.0

12.37

137.7

138.5

10

Bihar

8.21

141.5

142.4

1.62

136.7

138.6

5.14

140.8

141.8

11

Sikkim

0.06

147.2

146.1

0.03

145.8

146.7

0.05

146.7

146.3

12

Arunachal Pradesh

0.14

154.9

156.8

0.06

--

--

0.10

--

--

13

Nagaland

0.14

152.8

151.2

0.12

137.7

137.7

0.13

146.4

145.5

14

Manipur

0.23

164.8

164.5

0.12

135.0

136.8

0.18

155.4

155.7

15

Mizoram

0.07

137.8

137.5

0.13

130.2

130.2

0.10

133.2

133.0

16

Tripura

0.35

147.8

148.6

0.14

142.1

143.5

0.25

146.3

147.3

17

Meghalaya

0.28

141.0

142.1

0.15

132.1

132.6

0.22

138.2

139.2

18

Assam

2.63

140.9

141.4

0.79

132.8

134.5

1.77

139.2

140.0

19

West Bengal

6.99

144.3

145.9

7.20

137.8

138.6

7.09

141.2

142.5

20

Jharkhand

1.96

147.3

147.4

1.39

136.3

136.8

1.69

143.1

143.4

21

Odisha

2.93

145.5

145.9

1.31

134.8

136.1

2.18

142.5

143.2

22

Chhattisgarh

1.68

143.9

145.6

1.22

139.3

139.4

1.46

142.1

143.2

23

Madhya Pradesh

4.93

135.9

136.4

3.97

138.4

139.1

4.48

136.9

137.5

24

Gujarat

4.54

142.3

143.3

6.82

132.5

132.9

5.60

136.8

137.4

25

Daman & Diu

0.02

163.1

164.0

0.02

133.6

133.4

0.02

150.7

151.2

26

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0.02

139.9

141.4

0.04

132.1

132.7

0.03

134.7

135.6

27

Maharashtra

8.25

143.9

144.2

18.86

132.9

133.7

13.18

136.6

137.2

28

Andhra Pradesh

5.40

145.4

145.4

3.64

138.1

138.8

4.58

142.7

143.0

29

Karnataka

5.09

141.8

141.7

6.81

142.6

143.1

5.89

142.2

142.5

30

Goa

0.14

150.1

151.7

0.25

135.4

134.5

0.19

141.1

141.2

31

Lakshadweep

0.01

137.2

139.0

0.01

133.7

135.6

0.01

135.4

137.3

32

Kerala

5.50

146.4

146.9

3.46

144.5

145.2

4.55

145.7

146.3

33

Tamil Nadu

5.55

144.0

143.9

9.20

141.2

141.3

7.25

142.3

142.4

34

Puducherry

0.08

145.8

145.8

0.27

137.8

138.3

0.17

139.8

140.2

35

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0.05

147.1

146.6

0.07

136.4

134.4

0.06

141.7

140.4

36

Telangana

3.16

146.3

146.6

4.41

137.7

138.1

3.74

141.6

141.9

99

All India

100.00

141.8

142.5

100.00

137.5

138.0

100.00

139.8

140.4

Notes:

1. Prov. : Provisional.

2. -- : indicates the receipt of price schedules is less than 80% of allocated schedules and therefore indices are not compiled.



Annexure IV



Major State/UT wise annual inflation rates (%) for August 2018 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

State/UT Code

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Aug. 17 Index
(Final)


Aug. 18

Index
(Prov.)


Inflation Rate
(%)


Aug. 17 Index
(Final)


Aug. 18

Index
(Prov.)


Inflation Rate
(%)


Aug. 17 Index
(Final)


Aug. 18

Index
(Prov.)


Inflation Rate
(%)


(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

01

Jammu & Kashmir

141.6

149.4

5.51

130.2

139.6

7.22

137.6

145.9

6.03

02

Himachal Pradesh

137.9

140.0

1.52

130.0

137.1

5.46

136.5

139.5

2.20

03

Punjab

134.3

140.3

4.47

130.4

133.0

1.99

132.6

137.0

3.32

05

Uttarakhand

131.3

134.7

2.59

126.6

134.0

5.85

129.5

134.4

3.78

06

Haryana

135.2

139.7

3.33

129.8

136.1

4.85

132.7

138.0

3.99

07

Delhi

133.6

133.9

0.22

137.5

140.6

2.25

137.3

140.2

2.11

08

Rajasthan

140.8

141.1

0.21

136.0

141.1

3.75

139.1

141.1

1.44

09

Uttar Pradesh

133.2

137.7

3.38

132.5

140.0

5.66

132.9

138.5

4.21

10

Bihar

138.0

142.4

3.19

130.7

138.6

6.04

136.9

141.8

3.58

18

Assam

132.3

141.4

6.88

130.7

134.5

2.91

132.0

140.0

6.06

19

West Bengal

135.7

145.9

7.52

132.0

138.6

5.00

134.0

142.5

6.34

20

Jharkhand

142.7

147.4

3.29

132.0

136.8

3.64

138.6

143.4

3.46

21

Odisha

141.1

145.9

3.40

131.6

136.1

3.42

138.4

143.2

3.47*

22

Chhattisgarh

143.4

145.6

1.53

131.4

139.4

6.09

138.8

143.2

3.17

23

Madhya Pradesh

132.8

136.4

2.71

132.1

139.1

5.30

132.5

137.5

3.77

24

Gujarat

141.3

143.3

1.42

129.7

132.9

2.47

134.7

137.4

2.00

27

Maharashtra

141.5

144.2

1.91

128.5

133.7

4.05

132.9

137.2

3.24

28

Andhra Pradesh

141.3

145.4

2.90

134.4

138.8

3.27

138.8

143.0

3.03

29

Karnataka

140.9

141.7

0.57

138.4

143.1

3.40

139.6

142.5

2.08

32

Kerala

139.6

146.9

5.23

137.7

145.2

5.45

138.9

146.3

5.33

33

Tamil Nadu

138.3

143.9

4.05

136.7

141.3

3.37

137.4

142.4

3.64

36

Telangana

137.8

146.6

6.39

134.6

138.1

2.60

136.0

141.9

4.34

99

All India

137.8

142.5

3.41

132.7

138.0

3.99

135.4

140.4

3.69

Notes:

  1. Prov. : Provisional.
  2. * : More than those of Rural as well as Urban due to rounding.

12-September, 2018 17:30 IST
Quick estimates of Index of Industrial Production and use-based index for the month of July, 2018 (base 2011-12=100)

The Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2011-12 for the month of July 2018 stands at 125.8, which is 6.6 percent higher as compared to the level in the month of July 2017. The cumulative growth for the period April-July 2018 over the corresponding period of the previous year stands at 5.4 percent.

2. The Indices of Industrial Production for the Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity sectors for the month of July 2018 stand at 95.8, 127.6 and 162.1 respectively, with the corresponding growth rates of 3.7 percent, 7.0 percent and 6.7 percent as compared to July 2017 (Statement I). The cumulative growth in these three sectors during April-July 2018 over the corresponding period of 2017 has been 5.0 percent, 5.6 percent and 5.3 percent respectively.

3. In terms of industries, twenty out of the twenty three industry groups (as per 2-digit NIC-2008) in the manufacturing sector have shown positive growth during the month of July 2018 as compared to the corresponding month of the previous year (Statement II). The industry group ‘Manufacture of furniture’ has shown the highest positive growth of 42.7 percent followed by 30.8 percent in ‘Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products’ and 28.4 percent in ‘Manufacture of tobacco products’. On the other hand, the industry group ‘Manufacture of paper and paper products’ and ‘Printing and reproduction of recorded media’ have shown the highest negative growth of (-) 2.7 percent followed by (-) 0.9 percent in ‘Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.’.

4. As per Use-based classification, the growth rates in July 2018 over July 2017 are 6.9 percent in Primary goods, 3.0 percent in Capital goods, 1.2 percent in Intermediate goods and 8.4 percent in Infrastructure/ Construction Goods (Statement III). The Consumer durables and Consumer non-durables have recorded growth of 14.4 percent and 5.6 percent respectively.

5. Details of item groups exhibiting larger variations in production in absolute terms and weighted terms in Statement IV.

6. Along with the Quick Estimates of IIP for the month of July 2018, the indices for June 2018 have undergone the first revision and those for April 2018 have undergone the final revision in the light of the updated data received from the source agencies.

7. Statements giving Quick Estimates of the Index of Industrial Production at Sectoral, 2-digit level of National Industrial Classification (NIC-2008) and by Use-based classification for the month of July 2018, along with the growth rates over the corresponding month of the previous year including the cumulative indices are enclosed.

8. Release of the Index for August 2018 will be on Friday, 12 October 2018.



Note: -

  1. This Press release information is also available at the Website of the Ministry - http://www.mospi.nic.in
  2. Press release in Hindi follows and shall be available at: http:// mospi.nic.in/hi


STATEMENT I: INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION - SECTORAL

(Base : 2011-12=100)


Month

Mining

Manufacturing

Electricity

General

(14.372472)

(77.63321)

(7.994318)

(100)

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

Apr

98.8

102.6

117.3

123.1

150.6

153.7

117.3

122.6

May

101.7

107.6

125.6

130.2

158.1

164.7

124.8

129.7

Jun

98.5

105.0

120.3

128.3

147.4

159.9

119.3

127.5

Jul*

92.4

95.8

119.3

127.6

151.9

162.1

118.0

125.8

Aug

92.6



124.1



155.4



122.1



Sep

94.4



125.6



150.5



123.1



Oct

100.8



123.7



149.8



122.5



Nov

107.7



127.7



140.1



125.8



Dec

115.5



132.0



143.9



130.6



Jan

114.7



133.8



149.5



132.3



Feb

110.1



129.7



136.1



127.4



Mar

131.6



140.2



156.7



140.3



Average






























Apr-Jul

97.9

102.8

120.6

127.3

152.0

160.1

119.9

126.4

















Growth over the corresponding period of previous year























Jul*

4.5

3.7

-0.1

7.0

6.6

6.7

1.0

6.6















Apr-Jul

2.0

5.0

1.2

5.6

5.6

5.3

1.7

5.4



















* Indices for Jul 2018 are Quick Estimates.


NOTE : Indices for the months of Apr'18 and Jun'18 incorporate updated production data.





STATEMENT II: INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION - (2-DIGIT LEVEL)

(Base: 2011-12=100)

Industry

Description

Weight

Index

Cumulative Index

Percentage growth

code





Jul'17

Jul'18*

Apr-Jul

Jul'18*

Apr-Jul











2017-18

2018-19



2018-19

10

Manufacture of food products

5.3025

93.9

94.9

91.4

99.6

1.1

9.0

11

Manufacture of beverages

1.0354

92.1

106.5

107.6

117.4

15.6

9.1

12

Manufacture of tobacco products

0.7985

68.4

87.8

96.2

86.8

28.4

-9.8

13

Manufacture of textiles

3.2913

116.4

119.8

116.4

117.9

2.9

1.3

14

Manufacture of wearing apparel

1.3225

134.2

147.3

147.9

143.8

9.8

-2.8

15

Manufacture of leather and related products

0.5021

124.0

135.5

130.2

131.7

9.3

1.2

16

Manufacture of wood and products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials

0.1930

93.5

99.4

91.9

97.2

6.3

5.8

17

Manufacture of paper and paper products

0.8724

112.2

109.2

111.0

108.9

-2.7

-1.9

18

Printing and reproduction of recorded media

0.6798

102.4

99.6

98.8

94.8

-2.7

-4.0

19

Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products

11.7749

118.2

130.9

118.9

127.4

10.7

7.1

20

Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products

7.8730

111.7

116.2

111.0

116.4

4.0

4.9

21

Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products

4.9810

200.2

214.5

199.7

201.9

7.1

1.1

22

Manufacture of rubber and plastics products

2.4222

107.3

107.6

112.8

108.2

0.3

-4.1

23

Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products

4.0853

109.2

115.1

111.8

122.9

5.4

9.9

24

Manufacture of basic metals

12.8043

131.7

135.9

133.3

137.2

3.2

2.9

25

Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment

2.6549

96.5

106.5

95.7

106.4

10.4

11.2

26

Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products

1.5704

135.2

176.8

128.0

171.4

30.8

33.9

27

Manufacture of electrical equipment

2.9983

96.3

103.9

99.9

107.0

7.9

7.1

28

Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.

4.7653

109.0

108.0

111.3

114.2

-0.9

2.6

29

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers

4.8573

109.4

124.8

103.5

124.1

14.1

19.9

30

Manufacture of other transport equipment

1.7763

131.2

156.0

130.1

148.9

18.9

14.5

31

Manufacture of furniture

0.1311

145.9

208.2

171.7

202.4

42.7

17.9

32

Other manufacturing

0.9415

89.9

93.1

126.5

90.7

3.6

-28.3



















05

Mining

14.3725

92.4

95.8

97.9

102.8

3.7

5.0

10-32

Manufacturing

77.6332

119.3

127.6

120.6

127.3

7.0

5.6

35

Electricity

7.9943

151.9

162.1

152.0

160.1

6.7

5.3





















General Index

100.00

118.0

125.8

119.9

126.4

6.6

5.4

* Figures for July 2018 are Quick Estimates.




STATEMENT III: INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION - USE-BASED

(Base :2011-12=100)



Primary goods

Capital goods

Intermediate goods

Infrastructure/ Construction goods

Consumer durables

Consumer non-durables

Month

(34.048612)

(8.223043)

(17.221487)

(12.338363)

(12.839296)

(15.329199)



2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

Apr

116.5

119.7

88.9

97.6

119.6

120.1

125.2

135.9

119.7

124.4

123.5

132.8

May

122.0

129.0

99.7

106.6

123.3

124.3

130.8

140.5

125.1

133.1

140.9

138.0

Jun

116.4

127.2

99.8

109.6

120.0

121.8

130.2

140.9

117.6

133.3

128.2

128.4

Jul*

115.7

123.7

96.5

99.4

119.8

121.2

124.6

135.1

117.0

133.8

128.3

135.5

Aug

117.8



101.7



123.0



128.3



128.1



131.4



Sep

117.0



107.6



123.8



125.3



129.9



136.9



Oct

122.1



97.6



122.6



132.0



119.0



132.1



Nov

120.9



104.3



125.4



129.3



122.0



149.1



Dec

128.0



110.1



131.0



134.0



119.3



153.4



Jan

129.2



111.1



130.6



138.3



125.6



153.3



Feb

119.5



118.8



124.8



138.5



124.0



146.6



Mar

136.5



130.5



137.4



147.9



136.1



154.5



Average













































Apr-Jul

117.7

124.9

96.2

103.3

120.7

121.9

127.7

138.1

119.9

131.2

130.2

133.7



























Growth over the corresponding period of previous year

































Jul*

2.2

6.9

-1.1

3.0

-2.8

1.2

4.3

8.4

-2.4

14.4

4.1

5.6





















Apr-Jul

2.2

6.1

-3.5

7.4

0.0

1.0

2.4

8.1

-1.5

9.4

6.8

2.7



























* Indices for Jul 2018 are Quick Estimates.


NOTE : Indices for the months of Apr'18 and Jun'18 incorporate updated production data.





STATEMENT IV



Sl No

Item Group

Weights (%)

Production Growth (%)

Item Groups with high positive growth in production

1

Stainless steel utensils

0.17

76.2

2

Vaccine for veterinary medicine

0.45

67.7

3

Commercial Vehicles

0.94

28.1

4

Bars and Rods of Alloy and Stainless Steel

0.57

23.4

Item Groups with high negative growth in production

1

Sugar

0.76

-91.4

2

Anti-malarial drugs

0.27

-73.3

3

API & formulations of hypo-lipidemic agents incl. anti-hyper-triglyceridemics (e.g. simvastatin, atorvastatin, etc); anti-hypertensive

0.31

-71.5

4

Copper electrodes

0.22

-70.1



Sl No

Item Group

Weights (%)

Contribution to IIP Growth

High Positive Contributors

1

Electricity

7.99

0.6910

2

Diesel

5.71

0.6488

3

Scientific instruments/ apparatus for drawing, calculating and measurement

0.04

0.4186

4

Mining

14.37

0.4141

5

Vaccine for veterinary medicine

0.45

0.3613

High Negative Contributors

1

Copper bars, rods & wire rods

0.64

-0.4303

2

Separators including decanter centrifuge

0.16

-0.2770

3

Pig iron

0.40

-0.2009

4

Copper electrodes

0.22

-0.1528

5

Paper of all kinds excluding newsprint

0.25

-0.1415

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Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
12-September, 2018 16:14 IST
Cabinet approves continuation of Capacity Development Scheme for the period 2017-18 to 2019-20

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved continuation of the Capacity Development Scheme for the period 2017-18 to 2019-20 with an outlay of Rs 2,250 crore.



The Capacity Development Scheme is an Ongoing Central Sector Scheme of MoSPI. The overall objective of the scheme is to augment infrastructural, technical as well as manpower resources for making available credible and timely Official Statistics for policy makers and public at large.



The major ongoing activities under the Capacity Development Scheme, include augmenting resources for bringing out important statistical products, such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Consumer Price Index (CPI), Index of Industrial Production (IIP), Statistical classifications, etc.; conducting various Socio-Economic surveys, capacity building and strengthening statistical coordination, and improving IT infrastructure. Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), a continuous survey to assess quarterly labour data in urban areas and annual labour data for the whole country (urban and rural areas), was launched in April, 2017 under the scheme.



The Capacity Development Scheme has two Sub-schemes, Economic Census and Support for Statistical Strengthening (SSS). Under Economic Census, listing of all non-agricultural establishments is undertaken periodically, which forms the basis for conducting detailed socio-economic surveys. The last (6l) Economic Census was conducted during January, 2013 to April, 2014 and the Government now aims to conduct the Census once every three years in future. The SSS Sub-scheme is to strengthen State/ Sub-State level statistical systems/ infrastructure to facilitate development of a robust national system. Funds are released to States/ UTs for this purpose after detailed examination of their proposals.



In view of the requirement for better statistical coverage of sectors/areas, in addition to the regular ongoing activities, the Ministry proposes to also take up three new surveys under the Capacity Development Scheme, namely, Time Use Survey (TUS), Annual Survey of Service Sector Enterprises (ASSSE), and Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE).

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Ministry of Railways
14-September, 2018 17:58 IST
Ministry of Railways to observe “Swachhta- Hi- Sewa Pakhwada” from 15th September to 2nd October 2018 to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the Nation

Railway stations associated with Mahatma Gandhi to be painted thematically.

Ministry of Railways is observing ‘Swachhta Hi Sewa Pakhwada’ across its entire network from15th September to 2nd October 2018 to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the Nation.

Detailed guidelines for the ‘Pakhwada’ have been formulated and circulated to each unit of Indian Railways and the entire network is gearing up to observe the ‘Pakhwada’ in the most effective manner. Minister of Railways & Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal has instructed the Railway Administration to make this Pakhwada a grand success and to give special focus on cleanliness at Railway Stations and in trains. Chairman, Railway Board, Shri Ashwani Lohani has also directed that Officers and Staff of all departments should be made aware of this campaign and should be substantially involved in various activities during ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’.

During the Swachchta Pakhwada, tree plantation on over 100 kms on railway track is planned. Cleaning of approaches to 43 stations associated with Mahatma Gandhi & 28 stations near iconic places & golden triangle Delhi, Agra, Jaipur will be undertaken during this fortnight. Railway stations associated with Mahatma Gandhi will be painted thematically. Swachhta Logo & National Flag will be displayed on all coaches by 2nd October, 2018.

The Pakhwada will commence with the administration of Swachhta pledge to all Railway personnel. Then onwards, each date of the ‘Pakhwada’ has been associated with a particular theme pertaining to cleanliness. Two days each are proposed to be devoted to Swachh Station, Swachh Train, Swachh Neer, Swachh Parisar, Swachh Samwad, Swachh Awareness across the entire network of Indian Railways.

To make “Swachta Hi Seva” initiative a grand success, it has been decided to include intensive awareness campaign using social media, Nukkad Natak, audio/video clips to motivate and involve passengers, students, families, pensioners, SHGs and other stake holders to also participate in the various activities of the “Swachhta-Hi-Sewa Pakhwada”.

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Ministry of Rural Development
14-September, 2018 17:25 IST
Union Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Mines, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar chairs the 20th Central Employment Guarantee Council meeting in Bhopal

Banking issues that act as a hindrance for MNREGA wage payment will be removed through the recently launched India Post Payments Bank: Shri Narendra Singh Tomar

MNREGA is the largest employment generating scheme in the country. This scheme is demand based and provides employment to 5.5 to 6 crore people of the country. This was stated by the Union Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Mines, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar while addressing the 20th Central Employment Guarantee Council (CEGC) meeting that was held in Bhopal today. Shri Tomar said that the scheme is become more encompassing and 260 types of works have now been covered under it. The Union Minister asserted that most of the banking issues that act as a hindrance for MNREGA wage payment will be removed through the recently launched India Post Payments Bank.

Union Rural Development Minister further said that success of MNREGA was the result of hard work of the Central Government as well as the State Governments and the District Administration and its affiliates. Shri Tomar said that for the overall and balanced development of the villages, there is a need for advance planning by the village panchayats. He also emphasized on a better system of training to increase the quality and capacity of the Gram Panchayat Employment Assistant.

Addressing the meeting, Minister of State for Rural Development Shri Ram Kripal Yadav said that MNREGA is a very important scheme and it has played a major role in elevating the standard of living of the people of rural India. He said that in the current financial year, the budget of MNREGA has increased to 55,000 crore rupees.

During the meeting, it was suggested that insurance may be provided to the laborers working under MNREGA and such schemes should be linked to the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana. The action taken on the suggestions received in the previous meeting and the steps taken for redressal of grievances were also discussed. The achievements of MNREGA were also highlighted through a PowerPoint presentation.

Senior officials of the Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj participated in the meeting along with members from different states and senior officials of the State Government.

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Ministry of Labour & Employment
17-September, 2018 18:16 IST
DCBO to be Opened in each District of the Country in Phased Manner- Santosh Gangwar

ESIC “Chinta Se Mukti” Mobile App Now on Umang Platform

Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Union Minister of State (I/C) for Labour & Employment, participated in “Swachhata Hi Sewa Movement” at ESIC Model Hospital & Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science and Research (PGIMSR), Basaidarapur, New Delhi today.

Shri Gangwar announced that Dispensary Cum-Branch Office (DCBO) is being started in 29 districts. Gradually, it will be extended in the entire country. The DCBOs will be set up in every district to make presence of primary care services, irrespective of whether a district has already a State run Dispensary in that area.

He further informed that DCBO will perform the functions of both dispensary and branch office. Generally these are two separate units but in case of a DCBO, these will act as single unit providing Patient Services and cash benefit payments under one roof besides providing medicines to patient attending DCBO. DCBO will also distribute medicines to Insurance Medical Practitioner (IMP) and Employer Utility Dispensary (EUD) referred patients and will make referrals for secondary care, payment of bills of empanelled chemist/diagnostic center and to provide IT help care services to IPs/employers. It will reimburse the medical reimbursement claim bills of beneficiaries of medicines and lab bills outside the approved list of medicines and lab tests prescribed by the modified EUD and modified IMP/IMP. Full establishment and operational cost of DCBO would be borne by ESIC and the concerned State would not be bearing any expenditure under this head.

Shri Gangwar also informed that now ESIC “Chinta Se Mukti“ mobile app is available on UMANG platform of Govt. of India. With this app, the Insured Persons can view their contribution history, personal profile, claim status and also their entitlement to benefits. Grievances can also be lodged through this app. Besides, Insured Persons can also view knowledge bank on health topics and audio-visuals on benefits under ESI Scheme.

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Officials of Ministry of Labour & Employment, ESIC and Insured Persons & beneficiaries of ESI Scheme also observed ‘Swachhata Hi Sewa Movement’. The Minister said that cleanliness is godliness and reiterated the importance of cleanliness to prevent diseases. Shri Gangwar also planted saplings and took round of ESIC Hospital and inspected the construction work going on there.

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Ministry of Labour & Employment
17-September, 2018 15:41 IST
Workers are architects of Modern India- Santosh Gangwar

Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar and National Safety Awards Presented in New Delhi

Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment, Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar greeted everybody on Vishwakarma Jayanti and said that workers of the country are architects of modern India. He gave away 28 Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP) shared by 139 individuals and 128 National Safety Awards (NSA) for the performance year 2016 at a special function at New Delhi today. Addressing the function Shri Gangwar said that there are around six crore organized sector workers who are getting benefits of EPFO and ESIC. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is specially concerned about around 40 crore unorganized sector workers. The Union Government has taken many steps to enhance their working conditions, safety and social security in order to improve their standard of living.



An amount of Rs. 40,000 crores has been collected as cess for welfare of construction workers and this fund is being utilized by state governments for welfare of nearly five crore construction workers. Our government is concerned for well being and safety of women workers too. Recently, Crèche facility for the organization with 50 or more workers has been made compulsory. Maternity Leave has been extended up to 26 weeks from 12 weeks. The honorarium of 14 Lakh Aanganwadi workers have been increased from Rs. 3,000 per month to Rs. 4,500 per month. Likewise, honorarium of Aanganwadi helpers has also been increased from Rs. 1,500 to Rs. 2,250 per month, he added.



Shri Gangwar further said that the Ministry is making efforts to increase employment opportunities through Pradhan Manrti Rojgar Protsahan Yojana. Twelve per cent of the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) contribution of new employees is being given by government so that employees may not have to bear this cost and enhancement of employment opportunities. The government has spent Rs. 1,744 crores for this EPF contribution for around 72 Lakh employees of nearly 87,000 organizations.



Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Shri Heeralal Samariya congratulated all the award winners and appealed management of the organizations to make efforts for skill up-gradation of the workers. He said that Swatchhta Pakhwara is being observed by the Ministry and Seva Diwas is also being celebrated today.



The Ministry of Labour & Employment has been operating the “Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar” (Previously known as Shram Vir National Awards) and “National Safety awards” since 1965. VRP is awarded in recognition of outstanding suggestions given by a worker or group of workers and implemented by the management during the previous calendar year resulting improvement in quality, productivity and working conditions such as safety, health and environmental conservation in the industrial undertakings where “Suggestion Schemes” are in operation.



28 VRP awards were given in the form of cash prize and a certificate of merit in three categories: Five Awards of Rs. 75,000/- in Class ‘A’, Eight Awards of Rs. 50,000/- in Class ‘B’ and Fifteen Awards of Rs. 25,000/- in class ‘C’ categories.



The NSA is given in recognition of outstanding safety performance of industrial establishments, construction sites, ports and installations under Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) to stimulate and maintain the interests of both the management and the workers in accident prevention programmes. The awards were given under twelve schemes, out of which ten are meant for Factories /Construction sites /Installations under AERB and two are for Ports. Under each award, a Shield and a Certificate of Merit was given to each of the Award Winners and Runners-up. The establishments are classified in different schemes on the basis of working of highest man-hours. For the performance year-2016 a total of 128 Awards in twelve categories were given which include 76 winners and 52 runner-ups.



Additional Secretary, Smt. Anuradha Prasad, Trade Union Representatives, Family Members of Award Winners and senior officials of the Ministry were present on the occasion.

Click here to see VRP Awards

Click here to see NSA Awards

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Prime Minister's Office
19-September, 2018 14:51 IST
PM to lay foundation stone for India International Convention and Expo Centre, Dwarka on September 20

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, will lay the foundation stone for India International Convention and Expo Centre (IICC) at Dwarka, New Delhi, on September 20, 2018. PM will later address the gathering at the foundation ceremony.

Located in Sector 25, Dwarka, the Centre would be a world-class state-of-the-art Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre, with facilities like financial, hospitality and retail services. The estimated cost of the project is Rs.25,700 crores.

The project is implemented by India International Convention & Exhibition Centre Limited, a 100% Government owned company under Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.



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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
19-September, 2018 12:16 IST
Prime Minister to lay foundation stone of world class Convention centre in New Delhi

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, will lay the foundation stone of India International Convention and Expo Centre (IICC) in New Delhi, tomorrow. The IICC is being developed as a state of the art centre to promoteMeetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) activities to attract and promote business and industry for growth of industrial development in the country. The project is planned over an area of 221.37 acres in Sector 25 Dwarka, New Delhi,at an estimated cost of Rs.25,703 crores.



The facilities provided at the centre will be on par with the best in the world in size and quality, offering setting for international and national events, meetings, conferences, exhibitions and trade shows. It will rank among the top 10 in the world and the biggest indoor exhibition space in India. Apart from giving boost to business and industry it is also expected to generate over 5 lakh employment opportunities.



IICC will be an integrated complex with a host of mutually beneficial facilities like exhibition halls, convention centre (comprising plenary hall, ball room and meeting rooms), a multi-purpose arena, open exhibition spaces, mixed use commercial spaces like star hotels (5,4 and 3 star), retail services and high-end offices.



The facilities are designed with sustainable approaches in planning and design, transportation, alternative energy production, energy conservation, water resource management, solid waste management, efficient land use, eco-friendly building design to create cost-effective and measurable savings for the project. The construction will be in line with green building principles and Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) Platinum rating standards.



Over 40% of the area is planned to be developed as open and green area with a total built up area of 10.70 lakh square metres (sqm) comprising of convention centre which can accommodate 11,000 persons, 5 exhibition halls, 1-kilometre long foyer, multi-purpose arena with retractable roof, to accommodate 20,000 persons, 3/4/5 star hotels with 3500 rooms, office space and commercial and retail space.



The project will be developed in two phases. Phase-I will be completed by December 2019 with convention centre and two exhibition halls with adjoining foyer and related support facilities. Phase-II will be completed by December 2024 with construction of 3 exhibition complexes, arena, metro connectivity, hotels, retail and office space. The project complex will have a dedicated underground Metro station which will be an extension of the airport high speed metro corridor and is being constructed by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.



The complete project will be delivered through two distinct models. Exhibition and convention centre including the trunk infrastructure will be with investment by IICC Ltd. and the entire mixed-use infrastructure including hotels, retail, commercial/office and arena will be developed through private investment. It is expected to host more than 100 national and international events every year.



The project is being implemented by India International Convention and Exhibition Centre Limited (IICC Ltd.), a 100% Government owed company set up by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). It is connected through Dwarka Expressway and Urban Extension Road II and is about 11 kms from the Delhi International Airport.

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Ministry of Finance
19-September, 2018 19:15 IST
IRCON IPO subscribed over 9.5 times; IPO to bring Rs 466 crore revenue to the Government

The Initial Public Offering (IPO) of CPSE IRCON has been subscribed 9.5 times. In the IRCON IPO, the Government is selling 10.5 percent stake or about 99.05 lakh equity shares, including 5 lakh shares to employees. The Government is expected to raise Rs 466 crore from the issue. The issue received bids for 9.4 crore shares against the issue size of 99.05 lakh shares worth Rs 466 Crore. The segment meant for Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) was subscribed 12 times, Non-Institutional Investors 4.9 times, while the Retail Investors Segment was subscribed over 9 times. Price band for the issue has been fixed at Rs 470-475 per share, with a discount of Rs 10 for Retails Investors and Employees.


IRCON is the second CPSE to launch an IPO in the Current Fiscal besides being the second Railway CPSE to be listed on the stock markets after RITES in June this year.


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Ministry of Labour & Employment
19-September, 2018 17:26 IST
Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojna Rolled Out

Relaxation in the Eligibility Conditions for Availing Super Specialty Treatment Enhancement in Funeral Expenses

The ESI Corporation during its 175th Meeting held yesterday in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment(I/C) has taken some very important decisions towards improvements in its services and benefits being provided to Insured Persons and their dependants.
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Considering the change in employment pattern and the current scenario of employment in India which has transformed from a long term employment to fixed short term engagement in the form of contract and temping, the ESI Corporation has approved a Scheme named “ATAL BIMIT VYAKTI KALYAN YOJNA” for Insured Persons (IP) covered under the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948. This scheme is a relief payable in cash directly to their Bank Account in case of unemployment and while they search for new engagement. Detailed instructions including eligibility conditions, application format, etc. will be issued separately.

ESI Corporation has approved the proposal for reimbursement of Rs. 10/- per person to the employers to encourage the seeding of Aadhar (UID) in ESIC database of their workers and their family members. It will curtail the multiple registrations of same Insured Persons and thus enable them to avail the benefits requiring longer contributory conditions.

ESI Corporation has approved the proposal for relaxing the eligibility conditions for availing Super Specialty treatment has now been relaxed from earlier insurable employment of 2 years to 06 months with contribution requirement of only 78 days. Besides, the eligibility for availing Super Specialty treatment for dependents of Insured Person has now been relaxed to insurable employment of one year with 156 days of contributions. This relaxation will immensely help the Insured Persons and their beneficiaries to avail Super Specialty treatment free of cost as per revised eligibility.

ESI Corporation has approved the proposal for increasing the Funeral Expenses from existing Rs. 10,000/- to Rs. 15,000/- being paid on the death of Insured Person.

Shri Heera Lal Samariya, Secretary, Labour and Employment, ESI Corporation Members representing, Members of Parliament, Employees’ & Employers’ Federation/Association representatives of State Governments and Senior officials of the Ministry were also present in the meeting.

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The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh inspecting the progress of development work of Gomti Nagar Railway station, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on September 24, 2018.

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The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh inspecting the progress of development work of Gomti Nagar Railway station, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on September 24, 2018.

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The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh inspecting the progress of development work of Gomti Nagar Railway station, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on September 24, 2018.
 
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WAG 11 Locomotive on display at DLW. This loco has been converted from WDG 4 locomotive and is a twin section 8 axle locomotive rated at ~ 10000 HP


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