55 Cities Approved for Solar Cities

55 cities across 27 states in India are being developed as solar cities in the country under 'Development of Solar Cities programme’, as per Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy, Mr Piyush Goyal.

Govt to start centres of excellence in Internet of Things push

The Central Government is looking to develop India as a hub for Internet of Things (IoT), by setting up (through NASSCOM) a network of six centres of excellence to allow entrepreneurs and start-ups to develop interconnected devices and products.

India's facility management market to grow at 17 per cent CAGR and cross US$ 19 billion by 2020

The Indian facilities management market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 17 per cent during 2015-2020 to reach US$ 19.4 billion in size by 2020, according to a report by Global Infrastructure Facilities and Project Managers Association (GIFPMA).
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Jan Dhan gives fillip to government's mission of financial inclusion as more people sign up

Government of India’s ‘Jan Dhan’ initiative for financial inclusion is gaining momentum, as the number of bank accounts opened by July 15, 2015 has more than doubled to 169 million from 68.7 million at end of October 2014, while account balance has quadrupled to Rs 20,288 crore (US$ 3.2 billion) from Rs 5,180 (US$ 810 million) during the same period.

India's annual solar investments to surpass those in coal by 2020-Deutsche Bank report

Investments in solar capacity addition in India are expected to exceed investments in coal based power capacity by 2019-20, as per a Deutsche Bank report, which states that US$ 35 billion of commitments have already been made by global companies such as SunEdison, SoftBank, Foxconn, Trina Solar and others. The Government of India is targeting a five-fold increase in solar power capacity to 100,000 MW by 2022 from 20,000 MW.

Atomic Minerals Directorate-led team discovers uranium reserves in Srisailam forests

A joint research team of the Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD) and Osmania University has discovered significant quantity of uranium reserves in the Srisailam forests of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, thereby boosting India's plan to build a ‘Strategic Uranium Reserve’ for generating nuclear power.