Cabinet Decisions - General, India
Approval for Lucknow Metro Rail Project Phase-1A
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the Lucknow Metro Rail Project Phase - 1 A. It will cover a length of 22.878 km with 22 stations.
The cost of the project will be Rs. 6,928 crore which will be supported by Government of India... Full Document
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Revised cost estimates of Salma Dam Project in Afghanistan
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the reconstruction and completion of Salma Dam Project in Afghanistan at the Revised Cost Estimates (RCE) of Rs.1775.69 crore.
The project is scheduled to be completed by June, 2016. M/s. WAPCOS, a central Public Sector Unit under the... Full Document
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Approval of Model Agreement on exemption from visa requirements for the holders of diplomatic and official passports
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the Model Agreement on exemption from visa requirements for the holders of diplomatic and official passports. This would facilitate visa-free entry, transit and stay up to 90 days (or less) in any period of 180 days (or... Full Document
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Investment of Rs.5,000 crore by ONGC Limited in the equity of its wholly-owned subsidiary, ONGC Videsh Limited
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for investment of Rs.5,000 crore by Oil and Natural Gas Company Limited (ONGC) into the equity share capital of ONGC Videsh by conversion of existing loan of equivalent amount into equity.
The... Full Document
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Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries - a Central Sector Scheme on Blue Revolution
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for implementation of an umbrella schemefor integrated development and management of fisheries at an outlay of Rs.3,000 crore, for a period of five years. The Central Sector Scheme covers development and... Full Document
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Model Text for the Indian Bilateral Investment Treaty
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for the revised Model Text for the Indian Bilateral Investment Treaty. The revised Indian model text for Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) will replace the existing Indian Model BIT. The revised model BIT will be used... Full Document
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Approval for sale of plot of land of Air India located at Pankaja Mills Road, Coimbatore
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for sale of plot measuring 0.99 acres belonging to Air India located at Pankaja Mills Road, Coimbatore for a consideration of Rs.19.81 crore.
Background:
Air India has decided to sell its plot of land at Pankaja Mills... Full Document
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Memorandum of Understanding between India and Spain on cooperation in Port matters
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Spain on cooperation in Port matters.
Recognizing the significant mutual benefit that can be derived from cooperation in the port matters between the two countries,... Full Document
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Policy framework for development of Underground Coal Gasification in coal and lignite bearing areas in India
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved a policy framework for development of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) in coal and lignite bearing areas in the country. UCG is a method of extraction of energy from coal/lignite resources which are otherwise regarded as uneconomical to... Full Document
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Memorandum of Understanding in energy saving and energy efficiency among BRICS countries
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its ex-post facto approval to an MoU signed between India and its BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) counterparts for strengthening and further developing of energy saving and energy efficiency cooperation based on the principles... Full Document
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Amendments in the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 so as to modify the list of Scheduled Castes in respect of Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Kerala, Odisha and West Bengal and in the Central List of Other Backward Classes of Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Kerala
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction of a Bill in the Parliament for certain amendments in the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 so as to modify the list of Scheduled Castes in respect of five States namely Chhattisgarh, Haryana,... Full Document
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Consortium Agreement for Core Partnership on Unified Model Earth System Modelling for Seamless Prediction of Weather and Climate
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the signing of the Consortium Agreement by the Earth System Science Organization-Ministry of Earth Sciences (ESSO-MoES) with the U. K. Met Office (UKMO), Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) and the Commonwealth of Australia through its Bureau of Meteorology... Full Document
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Amendments in the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Bill, 2015, as introduced in the Lok Sabha
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its ex-post facto approval to official amendments in the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Bill, 2015, as introduced in the Lok Sabha.
The amendments will be as under:
i. In Clause 10 to... Full Document
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Methodology for fixing Upfront Payment and Reserve Price for allotment of coal mines/blocks for sale of coal to PSUs under the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for allotting coal mines to Central and State PSUs for sale of coal specially to Medium, Small and cottage industries under the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015.
This... Full Document
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Cabinet approves Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015, as reported by the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha. The Bill will now be taken up for consideration and passing by the Parliament.
The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill... Full Document
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Cabinet approves Central Legislation to declare 106 additional inland waterways as national waterways
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to carry out official amendments in "The National Waterways Bill, 2015". The amendments are based on the recommendations of the Department related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture and comments of State Governments.... Full Document
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Memorandum of Understanding between India and United Kingdom in the field of cooperation in the energy sector
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on cooperation in the energy sector. The areas of cooperation include the following:
(i) Market... Full Document
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Memorandum of Understanding between India and Indonesia in the field new and renewable energy cooperation
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Indonesia in the field of new and renewable energy. The MoU was signed in Jakarta last month during Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari’s visit to... Full Document
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Long term measures to increase production of pulses and for creation of buffer stock of pulses
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for creation of buffer stock of pulses. The buffer stock will be created in current year itself. It has approved procurement of about 50,000 ton pulses from the kharif crop 2015-16... Full Document
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Mandatory use of jute in packaging for the Jute Year 2015-16 (1st July, 2015 to 30th June, 2016)
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for mandatory use of jute in packaging for the Jute Year 2015-16 (1st July, 2015 to 30th June, 2016). The decision will provide relief to 3.7 lakh workers employed in Jute Mills and ancillary... Full Document
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