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Land special purpose vehicle on fast track as board structure finalised

The board of NLMC would have 13 directors, of which seven would be government officials and six would be from the private sector

Govt inaugurates India's first coal to methanol plant built by BHEL

Union Minister for Heavy Industries Mahendra Nath Pandey on Saturday dedicated India's first BHEL-built 'coal to methanol' pilot plant to the nation here

Heavy industries minister inaugurates data centre at BHEL facility

Union Heavy Industries Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey has inaugurated a modern, state-of-the-art data centre at BHEL's Electronics Division in Bengaluru. Established to commemorate India's celebration of 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' and as a step in BHEL's digital transformation journey, the data centre at Electronics Division (EDN) encompasses the data centres of all the three Bengaluru-based units of BHEL, namely Solar Business Division (SBD), Industrial Systems Group (ISG), as well as EDN, a statement said. The facilities at these three units have been brought together and co-located in one place leading to optimisation of IT infrastructure, better data security and reduction in operating cost. The connectivity to SBD and ISG, located about 12 kms from EDN, is provided through high-speed multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) for increasing the speed and also to control the flow of network traffic. "Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister of Heavy Industries, inaugurated a modern, ...

Tata Steel backs new global framework for decarbonising heavy industries

Tata Steel said it has joined a network of heavy industries and civil society groups that will provide a global framework for decarbonising heavy industries as part of the Covid-19 recovery plan.

Davos: Heavy industry, transport sectors to align on net-zero climate plans

The agreement, to be announced at the virtual Davos World Economic Forum on Wednesday, includes giants like miner Arcelor Mittal, shipper Maersk, and oil behemoth Shell

Prakash Javadekar takes charge as Union heavy industries minister

Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday took charge as the Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, two days after Shiv Sena leader Arvind Sawant resigned from the Union Cabinet. Javadekar also holds information & broadcasting, and environment, forest and climate change portfolios. Speaking to reporters here, Javadekar said he hoped the additional charge was for a temporary period and there will be a regular arrangement in place thereafter. "I have assumed charge of heavy industries and the related ministries. I hope it's for temporary period because there will be a regular arrangement thereafter. But, as I was asked I have assumed the charge and will start functioning right from today (Wednesday)," Javadekar told reporters. Addressing a press conference here on Monday, Sawant accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of reneging on its promise to the Shiv Sena for equal division of seats and power and forcing the Uddhav Thackeray-led party to snap ties. He alleged that the BJP

Investment by heavy industry PSUs halved to Rs 4.3 billion in FY19

The government had estimated an expenditure of Rs 3.74 billion for the 18 PSUs, including BHEL, Cement Corporation of India and Hindustan Salts in the revised estimate of 2017-18