CASTING OF 2ND CONCOURSE SLAB COMPLETED
The construction work of Noapara-Barasat via Bimanbandar Metro project has been going on in full swing. In recent times, a significant progress of this project has been achieved. Casting work of the 2nd concourse slab of Bimanbandar station was completed on Thursday.
SRM hosts Defence Service Hackathon for students
SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), Kattankulathur hosted a Defence Services Hackathon, the first-of-its-kind in the country. It was hosted by SRM Innovation and Incubation Center, SRMIST. The aim of this hackathon was to involve students and researchers in developing solutions for real time problems faced by our armed forces.
once-a-day’ hand sanitizer launched
Adding an altogether new dimension in the hand santizer industry, Swanrose India, a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based Swanrose Inc., on Thursday announced the launch of ‘once-a-day’ hand sanitizer – ‘Just Human’.
jammu Tourism head meets tour operators
The Director tourism Jammu, Dr Naseem Javaid Chowdhary held an interactive meeting with travel and tour operators of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi on the sidelines of SATTE at Noida. SATTE is one of the prominent travel exhibitions of South Asia in which J&K participates every year.
Cooperatives yet to lure youth: Minister
Minister of State for Agriculture Parsottham Rupala has said that Cooperatives which can be the instrument of rural development particularly agriculture are yet to catch the fancy of the youth and the Government must take efforts to attract them into this model. The government is eyeing towards cooperatives to help it achieve its goal of becoming a US$ 5 trillion economy by 2024-25 as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Numerous economic opportunities are available for the youth in the cooperative sector. But not many are coming forward. They think that cooperatives are some old-fashioned concept run by elderly people. It is our responsibility to introspect how to make them part of the cooperatives which holds huge potential to push the country's economic growth.”
“Numerous economic opportunities are available for the youth in the cooperative sector. But not many are coming forward. They think that cooperatives are some old-fashioned concept run by elderly people. It is our responsibility to introspect how to make them part of the cooperatives which holds huge potential to push the country's economic growth.”
“In fact, cooperatives are the instrument of change in society particularly agriculture,” said Rupala while addressing the first general body meeting of the Cooperative Sector Exports Promotion Council (COOPEXCIL) here recently.
The first-ever COOPEXCIL has been set up by the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), a cooperative focused financial organisation under the Union Agriculture Ministry to help cooperatives in exporting their value-added products.
National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) President Dileep Sanghani added that cooperative should be taken up as a movement to economically empower the youth while Sanjay Agrawal, Secretary Agriculture said that the gains from the first ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF) held in October 2019 need to be fully exploited to benefit the farmers in cooperatives. He suggested a broad based approach to involve all types of cooperatives in exports.
The IICTF aimed to promote cooperative trade within India and abroad while increasing exports of key agricultural commodities, leading to increased incomes for farmers.
Sundeep Nayak, Managing Director of the NCDC while acknowledging the support of all partners said that the Council would play the role of facilitator for cooperatives to export their products. The youth targeted program of NCDC, YUVA SAHAKAR will be a key driver, he added.
RBI has major concerns on cryptocurrencies: Das
The Reserve Bank has "major concerns" on the cryptocurrencies traded in the market and has conveyed the same to the government, its governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said.Underlining that both the government and the RBI are "committed to financial stability", Das said there are no differences between the central bank and the Finance Ministry on the matter, and "we should now await the final decision on the matter" from the Centre.
Economic revival to continue ‘unabated'; RBI Guv
The rising COVID-19 infections across the country are a matter of concern, but it may not impact the ongoing economic revival as one does not foresee lockdowns, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Thursday.The economic revival will continue "unabated", Das said, asserting that there is no need for a downward revision of RBI's 10.5 per cent GDP growth forecast for FY22.Speaking at Times Network's India Economic Conclave, Das said, "We have 'insurance' to protect economic revival like a fast-paced vaccination drive, greater ability among people to follow COVID protocols", and one does not see lockdowns as well.