The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust at Navi Mumbai, one of the 12 major ports in the country, plans to attract Rs 4,000 crore investments from public and private players for its special economic zone (SEZ), as per a draft proposal. JNPT hopes to generate about 72,600 direct job opportunities from this.

The Gujarat government and Adani Ports and SEZ have signed a memorandum for setting up a nearly 1,500-acre multi-modal logistics park at Virochan Nagar near the auto hub of Sanand. The park is expected to attract investments worth Rs. 50,000 crore in the logistics and transport space.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, one of the 12 major ports in the country, plans to attract Rs. 4,000 crore investments from public and private players for its special economic zone (SEZ), as per a draft proposal. The project is planned to be developed in a phased manner and wholly funded by JNPT. The cost is broadly estimated to be over Rs. 500 crore.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved three infrastructure proposals worth Rs 7,725 crore for setting up greenfield industrial cities with connectivity to major transportation corridors such as the eastern and western dedicated freight corridors, expressways and National Highways.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the revised cost estimate of the North Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project (NERPSIP) at an estimated cost of Rs. 6,700 crore, which will help strengthen intra-state transmission and distribution systems. The scheme is being implemented through Powergrid Corp.

The defence ministry has signed a Rs. 409 crore contract with Economic Explosive Ltd (EEL), part of the Solar Group of Nagpur, for the supply of 10 lakh multi-mode’ hand grenades. The grenades are designed by the Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratories (TBRL) of DRDO.

A proposal for the inclusion in the Odisha Economic orridor (OEC) in the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme has been approved by the National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust, the apex body of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, which has proposed to develop five industrial corridors in India

The subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd has entered into an agreement with Japanese firm Tsuzuki to set up a manufacturing facility at its Jhajjar premises in Haryana by 2021.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given approval to set up a Rs. 15,000 crore Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund, which was proposed as part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat package last month.