The Union government has inaugurated 22 new routes under the regional connectivity scheme, six of which have become operational in North-East India.

The Union Transport Ministry is looking to construct a separate 'e-highway' on the 1,300-km Delhi-Mumbai Expressway where trucks and buses can run at a speed of 120 kmph.

Italy has launched its first-ever mega food park project in India, involving food processing facilities.

India and Japan have signed four agreements under which Tokyo is to support health care projects funded under grant assistance for the Grassroots Projects (GGP) scheme.

Rajasthan’s recently constituted Board of Investment chaired by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has given final approvals to investment projects worth Rs 1.67 lakh crore, a majority of which are in the renewable energy sector.

Telangana Industries Minister KT Rama Rao said the government is targeting to provide jobs to four lakh unemployed youth in electronic and electric vehicle sectors by attracting about Rs. 75,000 crore investment in next four years. He said already 1.60 lakh people were employed in about 250 electronic units in the state.

South Korea Ambassador Shin Bongkil has rekindled the hope of Posco investing $12 billion (Rs. 90,000 crore) in a steel project in Odisha. Participating in a virtual roundtable, Bongkil said the Korean steel giant Posco plans to make one of the single largest foreign direct investments in India with this project.

After a brief lull in 2020 due to the pandemic and the lockdown that affected all industries, the Indian steel industry is expected to bounce back to a robust growth phase in 2021. Recovery in demand is already visible in the construction, automobile, and white goods segments.

As part of its Environment Management Plan for the integrated steel plant in Jammalamadugu mandal of Kadapa district, the Andhra Pradesh government has earmarked approximately Rs. 1,815 crore towards the capital cost of air, water and noise pollution control, green belt and open area development, rain harvesting structures, etc.