Cabinet Decisions - General, India
Memorandum of Understanding between India and China on cooperation in the fields of mining and mineral sector
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the field of mining and mineral sector.
The MOU will provide an institutional mechanism between India and... Full Document
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Revival of the Barauni and Gorakhpur Fertilizer Units
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the revival of the closed unit of the Barauni of the Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd. (HFCL) and Gorakhpur Fertilizer Unit of Fertilizers Corporation India Limited.
These units were lying defunct and were not in operation... Full Document
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Amendment of the Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the amendment of the Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973.
This amendment in the Act, will make provisions relating to granting permission by Central Government to all homoeopathic medical colleges for continuing course/courses, so as to... Full Document
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Signing and ratifying the Inter-Governmental Agreement on Dry Ports of International Importance
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for signing and ratifying of the Inter-Governmental Agreement on Dry Ports of International Importance for signature at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. This is a follow up of the Resolution of the United... Full Document
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Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy between India and Mauritius
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy between India and Mauritius.
The MoU will enhance bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the areas of traditional medicine including medicinal... Full Document
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Pooling of Gas in Fertilizer (Urea) Sector
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved a major policy intervention, to supply gas at uniform delivered price to all fertilizer plants on the gas grid for production of urea through a pooling mechanism.
It is expected that the cost of production... Full Document
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Allocation of Rs. 4948 crore for Gross Budgetary Support to the Indian Strategic Storage Programme for Crude Oil
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the allocation of Rs. 4948 crore for Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) to the scheme for the Indian Strategic Storage Programme for Storage of Crude Oil by Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL). The following... Full Document
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Amendments to guidelines for financial support to Public Private Partnerships in infrastructure
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the change in the definition of a ‘Private Sector Company’ in the guidelines for financial support to Public Private Partnerships in Infrastructure under the Viability Gap Funding Scheme (VGF Scheme). This has been done... Full Document
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Enactment of a Central legislation for declaring identified inland waterways as National Waterways
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for enactment of Central legislation for declaring 101 additional Inland Waterways as National Waterways (NW) for navigation.
This will create a logistic supply chain with intermodal (Rail, Road and Waterways) connectivity. It would positively contribute to the... Full Document
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Formation of a Special Purpose Vehicle to provide efficient rail evacuation systems to Major Ports and thereby enhance their handling capacity and efficiency
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for formation of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to provide efficient rail evacuation systems to Major Ports and thereby enhance their handling capacity and efficiency.
The SPV would undertake the following Projects:-
1. Last mile connectivity to... Full Document
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Sagarmala: Concept and implementation towards Blue Revolution
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its ‘in-principle’ approval for the concept and institutional framework of Sagarmala Project.
The prime objective of the Sagarmala project is to promote port-led direct and indirect development and to provide infrastructure to transport goods to and from ports... Full Document
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Approach and Key Components of e-Kranti : National e-Governance Plan 2.0
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the Approach and Key Components of e-Kranti : National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) 2.0. This is a follow up to the key decisions taken in the first meeting of the Apex Committee on the Digital... Full Document
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Central assistance to States/Union Territories (UTs) under National Food Security Act for meeting expenditure on intra-State movement & handling of foodgrains and Fair Price Shop (FPS) dealers’ margin
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the norms of the expenditure and pattern of central sharing on Central assistance to States/Union Territories (UTs) under the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA). This assistance is used for meeting expenditure on intra-state... Full Document
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“National Supercomputing Mission (NSM): Building Capacity and Capability” to be jointly implemented by the Department of Science and Technology and Department of Electronics and Information Technology
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the launch of the National Supercomputing Mission. This is a visionary program to enable India to leapfrog to the league of world class computing power nations. The Mission would be implemented and steered jointly... Full Document
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Approval to innovative mechanism for utilization of stranded gas based generation capacity
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved a major policy intervention, through an innovative mechanism, to revive and improve utilization of the stranded gas based power generation capacity in the country. This capacity has been lying idle or under-utilized due to... Full Document
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Approval to Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Bill 2015
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval to introduce the Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Bill, 2015 in Parliament so as to repeal 758 Appropriation Acts [including Appropriation (Railways) Acts and 111 State Appropriation Acts enacted by Parliament since 1950 to 1976]. This is... Full Document
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Reservation for women in direct recruitment in Non-Gazetted posts in police forces of all Union Territories including Delhi Police
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for making reservation of 33 percent for women, horizontally and in each category (SC/ST/OBC and others) in direct recruitment in non-gazetted posts from Constables to sub-inspector in the police forces of all Union Territories, including... Full Document
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Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) with an outlay of Rs.1500 crore.
This will be the flagship scheme for skill training of youth to be implemented by the new Ministry of Skill Development and... Full Document
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Four laning of six highways under the National Highways Development Project in the States of West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to six projects (10 packages) of a total length of 712 kilometres and a total cost of Rs. 12,646 crore were approved under various phases of National Highways Development Project. The list... Full Document
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Extension of PDS Kerosene and Domestic LPG Subsidy Scheme, 2002 and Freight Subsidy (for Far flung Areas) Scheme, 2002
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to extend the PDS Kerosene and Domestic LPG Subsidy Scheme, 2002 and Freight Subsidy (for far-flung areas) Scheme, 2002 for a period of one year that is up to 31st March,... Full Document
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