The Indian Government’s think tank, Niti Aayog, along with the Union Territory administration, has issued Rest for Qualification documents regarding plans to develop water villas at India’s popular island destinations, such as Lakshadweep and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has said that the Rs.406 crore water supply scheme for Shimla city from Satluj River would be completed by 2022.

Plan to invest Rs. 30 crore in their Kunigal factory in Tumkur district of Karnataka to support the company’s expansion plans, including upgrading of equipment, converting to natural gas, and launch of new building solutions that will enable construction practices to be simplified with less resource consumption.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) have fixed the price of the Tejas Mark 1A light combat aircraft (LCA) at about Rs 310 crore per fighter. HAL is awaiting a formal contract, worth some Rs. 26,000 crore, for 83 Tejas LCAs that the Ministry of Defence has already green-lighted for purchase.

The government of Punjab has tied up with Canada and UK-based companies to set up skills centres in the state to provide training to youth as per the needs of industry. The foreign players would be training facilitators while the state government would provide infrastructure.

Skyworth Group is investing $100 million (Rs. 700 crore) as part of the first phase of its extensive 'Make in Telangana’ plan that includes manufacturing LED TVs, set-top boxes, washing machines, air conditioners, and refrigerators as well as lithium batteries for electric vehicles.

Hospitality major Tamara Leisure Experiences Pvt Ltd plans to invest Rs. 350 crore on four new hotels in the luxury and mid-segment categories in Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the next three years.

India has secured a $277 million (Rs 1,900 crore) loan from Germany to establish an energy-efficient housing programme in the country. A loan agreement has been signed between State Bank of India (SBI) and German development bank KfW to this effect, as part of the Indo-German Development Co-operation.

The Union government has undertaken 70 road and railway projects worth Rs. 48,782 crore to augment port connectivity, of which 55 are rail connectivity projects (worth Rs. 45,883.20 crore) and 15 are road projects (worth Rs. 2,899 crore) for enhancing port connectivity at various major and minor ports.