JBM Renewables and Convergence Energy Services Ltd have signed a memorandum to set up an integrated ecosystem for charging electric vehicles. JBM Renewables is part of the JBM Group while CESL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL).

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently held a review meeting with the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department and discussed various aspects regarding augmenting paddy procurement. Sarma also discussed incentivising local entrepreneurs to set up mills in districts with paddy yield.

As Covid-19 patients in Andhra Pradesh rush for better health care facilities in other state capitals, Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy is planning to set up 16 health hubs across the state. This comes after the Telangana government denied entry for ambulances from Andhra Pradesh with Covid-19 patients.

Drug major Lupin will enter the digital healthcare space in India, aiming to provide a digital therapeutics platform for doctors and patients. The company said it has recently incorporated a new entity named Lupin Digital Health Ltd as a wholly owned subsidiary, which will undertake this.

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.

Construction, manufacturing, financial services and agriculture showed positive Gross Value Added (GVA) growths in the fourth quarter of last fiscal year, driven largely by pent-up demand in the first three and stupendous growth in output in the fourth, experts said, but warned that figures for the current quarter may prove weaker.

The Ministry of Steel has permitted Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd to import 5,000 tonnes of steel products for the Kolkata Metro rail project. The central government in 2017 instituted a policy favouring domestically-manufactured iron and steel products, but has granted exemption for the metro project.

FM Logistic India, the Indian arm of the French transport company FM Logistic, plans to expand its operations by another 30 lakh sq ft by the end of 2022-23. It will set up warehouses in the major consumption areas of the country, which will be developed by NG Concept, FM Logistic’s real estate sister concern.

Odisha’s Directorate of Mines has served a show-cause notice to Sarada Mines Ltd for recovery of Rs. 1,042 crore in respect of alleged excess iron ore production in Keonjhar district. Following a Supreme Court order, the company was allowed to resume mining operations, but has allegedly exceeded its limits.