TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 5, 2021  India’s gross Good and Services Tax (GST) revenue collections remained above the psychological mark of Rs 1 lakh crore, clocking a high of Rs 1,02,709 crore in May 2021. The revenues for the month of May 2021 are 65 per cent higher than the GST revenues in the corresponding month last year. During ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, JUNE 5, 2021 Commemorating World Environment Day 2021 on the theme ‘Ecosystem Restoration’, Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) organised a massive plantation programme in the residential area and pellet plant premises at Barbil on Saturday. Adhering to COVID guidelines and maintaining physical distancing, more than 100 workers, employees and their family members of various age groups ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 5, 2021 India has advanced the target date for achieving 20 per cent ethanol-blending in petrol by five years to 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday Speaking at the release of ethanol blending road map 2020-25 on the occasion of World Environment Day today, Modi said “the target for mixing 20 per cent ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 4, 2021 Vedanta, one of the world’s leading Oil & Gas and Metals companies, will launch a mega green cover initiative to commemorate World Environment Day on Saturday. As part of the Vedanta Cares Green Cover initiative, which will be virtually inaugurated by Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal, the company’s employees and business partners will be able ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, JUNE 4, 2021 JSPL Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) has come forward to support the needy and struggling farming community in this global pandemic and distributed fertilizer among them for the Kharif paddy cultivation. About 60 marginal and Covid-hit farmers of nearby villages under Deojhar and Kandra gram panchayats of Keonjhar ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 3, 2021 Reliance Jio, the No. 1 digital service provider in Odisha, has successfully completed deployment of the additional 20 MHz spectrum acquired in the recent spectrum auctions, across Odisha, further enhancing subscriber experience in the state. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL) in March announced that it had successfully acquired the right to use spectrum in ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 3, 2021 As many as 50,000 startups have been recognised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) till date, an official statement said today. Startup India is a flagship initiative of the government launched on January 16, 2016. The initiative is intended to catalyse a startup culture and build a strong ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 3, 2021 Union Commerce Secretary Dr Anup Wadhawan on Thursday said that India’s export performance continues to be impressive, with provisional data of merchandise exports in May 2021 showing a significant growth of 67.39 per cent over May 2020 level and 7.93 per cent over May 2019 level. Talking to media, he said that Merchandise ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 3, 2021 The COVID pandemic and sluggish overseas markets cast their shadow over India’s resurgent seafood sector as the country exported 11,49,341 MT of marine products worth Rs 43,717.26 crore (US$ 5.96 billion) during FY 2020-21, registering a contraction of 10.88 per cent as compared to a year earlier. USA, China and the European Union ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 3, 2021 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India today signed a $2.5 million project readiness financing (PRF) loan to support project preparation and design activities to upgrade major district roads in Sikkim that will help improve connectivity to important towns, rural areas, and pilgrimage and tourist destinations in the northeastern state. ...