India's data centre market provides an opportunity of $4.9 billion investment by 2025, according to a JLL report. It said India's data centre capacity is expected to grow from 375 MW in H1 2020 to 1,078 MW by 2025, presenting a $4.9 billion investment opportunity, and that India's data centre market will outperform over the next five years.

Here companies have shown interest in investing over Rs. 2,000 crore in Mysuru district after the announcement of new industrial policy. Among them is an auto part company while another is a pharma company which sought more land to expand its unit in Nanjangud. The third is involved in packaged drinking water.

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.

British metals tycoon Sanjeev Gupta is aiming to buy at least half a dozen smaller steel plants in India by 2025 after losing out on bigger purchases in the second-biggest producer of the metal. GFG Alliance recently bought Metaliks Ltd under the insolvency law and plans to start production at the 500,000 tons a year facility next month.

Bengal could attract investment worth $20 billion in the logistics sector by using the state’s unique locational advantage and harnessing its vast network of rail, roads and rivers. The state government has sought feedback from industry to formulate a policy to support the growth of the multimodal logistic sector.

Delhi plans to have 2,000 electric public transport buses by the end of 2021, and owners of electric two-wheelers and cars will be able to charge their vehicles at the existing fuel stations. The state government expects to get subsidies from the Central government’s FAME II scheme for 700 more electric buses.

The state government has decided to open 323 new junior colleges across Andhra Pradesh. The high schools which had high enrolment in SSC during the last academic year will be upgraded as junior colleges. This is almost a 90 per cent jump in the strength of government junior colleges.

The Government is soon going to set up a single window system for clearances and approvals for industries in the country. This is proposed to be a genuine single window and all the concerned state governments and Central ministries are being taken on board for the system.

Walmart-owned Flipkart on Friday said it supports over six lakh artisans, weavers and craftsmen across the country through its Samarth programme and is working on onboarding more such sellers to the platform. The programme was launched last year in partnership with five NGOs.