With the Union Industries Department set to announce a new pharma policy, the decks have been cleared to set up a pharma and a food processing park at Chanho Block of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The state has reserved 35 acres for the pharma park, with 55 plots for allocation to micro, small, medium and largescale pharma industries.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has promised that a Rs. 1,300-crore project, with World Bank funding, for sustainable development and infrastructure for Tripura's Tribal areas would be cleared soon. Tribals form a third of the state's population.

A Telangana minister has written to Union Heavy Industries Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey seeking the reopening of the closed-down unit of the Cement Corporation of India (CCI) in Adilabad. The plant is located in an area of 772 acres on the outskirts of Adilabad town and has a township of 170 acres with about 400 quarters.

The Union government has identified three places in Andhra Prades - Nagarjunakonda in Guntur district, Budhhist remains at Salihundam in Srikakulam district and Veerabhadra Temple near Lepakshi in Anantapur - for a facelift. The sites will be developed under the Adarsh Smarak project.

The Union Cabinet has approved continuation of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for the Judiciary for a further five years from 1 April 2021 at a total cost of Rs. 9,000 crore, of which the Central share will be Rs. 5,357 crore, including Rs. 50 crore for the Gram Nyayalayas Scheme.

NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC, has signed a memorandum with the Union Territory of Ladakh to set up the country’s first green hydrogen mobility project in the region. The occasion also saw the inauguration of NTPC’s first solar installations in Leh in the form of solar trees and a solar car port.

The Union cabinet has approved the Model Tenancy Act, which will help overhaul the legal framework with respect to rental housing across the country. The government said that it is expected to give a fillip to rental housing as a business model for addressing the huge housing shortage.

The Union government has released Rs. 5,968 crore to 15 states for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in the financial year 2021-22. This is the first tranche of four to be released in this financial year. Another 17 states/ Union Territories have been asked to send their proposals to the National Jal Jeevan Mission.

Union Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya has said that 25 new manufacturing sites for production of Remdesivir have been recently approved. This will ramp up production capacity to 90 lakh vials per month from the earlier 40 lakh vials a month.