India will be self-reliant in fertiliser production by 2023 as new units are being set up with an investment of Rs. 40,000 crore to reduce imports, a Union minister has said. The government is promoting nano fertilisers as these are 25-30 per cent cheaper and give 18-35 per cent higher yield.

Jammu and Kashmir has decided to spend over Rs. 350 crore for improvement of infrastructure and purchase of textbooks and uniforms for children in government schools across the Union Territory. An official said the funds being released this year will be spent under a close vigil with visible action on the ground.

Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and Road Transport & Highways, has said the target is to make India a global manufacturing hub of construction equipment, focussing on reduced imports and boosting the manufacturing of various components and parts in the automobile sector.

The Union Finance Ministry is preparing a cabinet note to seek approval for a Rs. 6,000 crore equity infusion into two subsidiaries of the National Infrastructure Investment Fund (NIIF). The amount will be part of the Rs. 22,000 crore equity support promised for NIIF in the Union Budget 2020-21.

A total of 43,022 health and wellness centres have become operational in different parts of the country to ensure that an array of healthcare facilities reaches the people, the Union Health Ministry has said. A total of 43,022 HWCs are now operational across different parts of the country, it said.

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for declaration of Kushinagar Airport in Uttar Pradesh as an international airport. This will offer improved connectivity and wider choice of prices to air travellers and give a boost to tourism and economic development

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for declaration of Kushinagar Airport in Uttar Pradesh as an international airport.

A group of leading business stalwarts, top academics and senior bureaucrats plan to invest Rs. 300 crore to build Masters Union School of Business, a new age institution in Gurugram, with focus on technology to create the next gen of business professionals.

The Union government has appointed state-run lender Indian Renewable Energy Agency (IREDA) as the implementing agency for the setting up of solar power plants by Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs). The CPSU scheme, meant to promote domestic solar manufacturing, is being run by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).