The Defence Ministry on Friday cleared a mega project to build six conventional submarines for the Indian Navy at a cost of around ₹43,000 crores, a decision aimed at narrowing the gap with the growing naval prowess of China, government sources said. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. ...

This project under SP Model provides a unique long-term opportunity and planning certainty for the industry to invest and support submarine construction. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), in its meeting held under the Chairmanship of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh on June 04, 2021, has approved proposals concerning Capital Acquisitions of various equipment for modernisation and operational needs of the Armed Forces amounting to approx. Rs ...

The defence acquisition council (DAC), India’s apex procurement body, approved the proposal at a meeting on Friday and the navy is expected to issue requests for proposal (RFP) for the programme, called P-75 India soon, the officials said INS Karanj, the third Scorpene class submarine, was constructed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited and launched in 2018. The Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders ...

Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy at the foundation laying event of Kadapa steel plant in Jammalamadugu mandal. The Andhra Pradesh Government has issued orders to induct Essar Steel Limited as the strategic partner for developing a high-grade steel plant under a joint venture in the Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. State special Chief Secretary R Karikal Valavan, in an ...

Aims to add at least 1 million new subscribers this fiscal Senior citizens who have not yet got into the National Pension System (NPS) bandwagon may have some cause for cheer. Pension regulator PFRDA plans to soon extend the maximum entry age for availing NPS benefit to 70 years from the current 65 years, its Chairman Supratim Bandyopadhyay said on ...

Regulator also planning to raise entry and exit age limit for national pension system The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority of India plans to open a 30-45 day window to allow on-tap licences for new pension fund managers. At the same time, the pension regulator is also planning to raise the entry as well as exit age limit for ...

New Delhi: The Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Ltd. (IRSDC) has invited e-Request for Proposal (RFP) for leasing of land parcel for mixed-use development as a part of Bijwasan railway station development project. The IRSDC in a statement said that the total land area available for mixed used development is 18,000 square meter and is available for bidders on lease hold ...

The objective of RFP is to select a system integrator for implementing ITES. KOCHI: With an eye on reducing road accidents and traffic rule violations, Kerala Police have invited proposals for Integrated Traffic Enforcement System (ITES) in which advanced technology will be used for traffic rule enforcement activities. Kerala Police recently invited a Request for Proposals (RFP) from companies that have ...

The Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Ltd. (IRSDC) has invited e-Request for Proposal (RFP) for leasing of land parcel for mixed-use development as a part of Bijwasan railway station development project. The IRSDC in a statement said that the total land area available for mixed used development is 18,000 square meter and is available for bidders on lease hold rights ...

Faced with the ₹5,182-crore Kochi metro encountering a daily loss of around ₹1 crore and recording not even 10% of the passenger patronage mentioned in the DPR, urban transport experts are demanding that metro neo, metro lite, or modernised bus transport systems be adopted for its extensions and for mass rapid transport systems (MRTS) mooted for Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode. This ...

The Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Ltd. (IRSDC) has invited e-Request for Proposal (RFP) for leasing of land parcel for mixed-use development as a part of Bijwasan railway station development project. The IRSDC in a statement said that the total land area available for mixed used development is 18,000 square meter and is available for bidders on lease hold rights ...

Skill Ministry proposal contradicts the government’s commitment to handhold and stands by MSMEs in difficult Covid times With no fresh work, zero revenues and the responsibility of employee salaries during the Covid times, MSMEs will have a tough time, says industry. Hyderabad: The Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India, floated a request for proposal (RFP) on special projects ...

By Nitin SrivastavaMumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 7: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will hold its seventh Apex Council meeting on April 16 and some of the major points that are on the agenda are discussing the forthcoming domestic season, the upcoming T20 World Cup in India and BCCI’s stand on including cricket in Los Angeles 2028 ...

Mavenir India, a subsidiary of the US-based telecom giant, said that it can fulfil the demands of BSNL’s 4G mentioned in the request for proposals (RFP) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is eyeing a hybrid-4G deployment in India. The state-run telco has received the nod from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for the same. In a recent development, Mavenir India, a subsidiary ...

On Friday, March 19th, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met with Religions for Peace (RfP) senior leaders for a high-level dialogue centered on the value of multi-faith collaboration in the pandemic response, especially the role faith leaders and organizations play in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The nearly twenty RfP leaders, convened by RfP Secretary-General, Professor Azza Karam, represented all ...

The BCCI on Tuesday invited bids for its digital properties as well as those of the Indian Premier League through a tender process The BCCI on Tuesday invited bids for its digital properties as well as those of the Indian Premier League through a tender process.CHECK IND VS ENG 3rd T20 LIVE SCORE AND MATCH UPDATES The Board said it is issuing two Request ...

IPL 2021: BCCI invites bids for board and IPL digital properties, Indian Premier League,Board of Control for Cricket in India IPL 2021 & BCCI Digital Properties: The 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) is about to begin in couple of weeks time and BCCI is looking to engage with the cricket fans on their digital platforms in bigger ...

The Thiruvananthapuram airport has been privatized disregarding the protests by the airport staff and the state government, which had later lost steam. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Thiruvananthapuram airport has been privatised disregarding the protests by the airport staff and the state government, which had later lost steam. Now it’s only a matter of months before the winning concessionaire, Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL), ...

Both shooters impressed in the final round after lacklustre performances in the qualifiers Bhavesh Shekhawat and Aakansha Bansal of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), won the Men’s and Women’s 25M Rapid Fire Pistol (RFP) T2 competitions, as the final day of the National Shooting trials concluded at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi. Bhavesh shot an impressive 32 with three 5s ...

Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL) has released the RFP for the Preparation of DPR for the development of identified Solar Parks in Madhya Pradesh RUMSL, a Joint Venture formed between Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd (SECI) and Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (MPUVNL), has issued a tender to select firms to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) ...

Service officers and defence ministry officials concede that the ‘alphabetic morse code’ that comprises communications with vendors pose a ‘formidable comprehensible’ challenge even to themselves. Every day we are assaulted by a miasma of bewildering acronyms and abbreviations in official documents, newspapers and on television, all guaranteed to drown millions of us in thick alphabet soup. But this confusion is possibly paramount in India’s ...

The Indian Air Force is set to procure 21 MiG-29s and 12 Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets from Russia. This development comes after the Indian Air Force signed a mega-deal to acquire 83 Tejas LCA. According to The Times of India, the request for proposal (RFP) for 21 MiG-29 fighter jets would soon be issued to Russian state-run defense export agency Rosoboronexport. The ...

Along with the 83 new Tejas, to be inducted in the January 2024-December 2028 timeline, the additional MiG-29s and Sukhois will curb the decline in the number of IAF fighter planes and will add more firepower to the draining strength of the air force The MiG-29s are expected to be acquired at relatively lower prices and will add to 59 ...

EDF is delighted to work with Teri and AETS, says Harmanjit Nagi, director, EDF India The other members of the consortium are India’s The Energy and Resources Institute and France’s AETS A consortium led by French state-run power utility firm Électricité de France SA (EDF) has been tasked with creating the road map for India’s ambitious global grid, two people aware ...

The CERC will be the first such quasi-judicial regulatory body to embrace AI and machine learning (ML) The CERC floated a request for proposal (RFP) in December 2020 to select a consultant working in the domain of AI. The apex power sector regulator, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), is planning to set up an artificial intelligence (AI)-based regulatory expert system tool ...

Union Budget 2021: Last year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the introduction of 150 private trains across the national rail network in the next three-four years Union Budget 2021: Tejas Express trains are among the fastest trains in the country Union Budget 2021: As part of Indian Railways’ first private investment initiative for operating passenger trains, the Railway Ministry earlier ...

With mobile phone ownership rising fast, the Indian government aims to use AI to boost access to digital services. The Indian government is seeking tech firms to build an AI-powered chatbot to help citizens access digital services, issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) last week.  According to The Times of India, the RFP ­– published by the National E-Governance Division of ...

Despite the global pandemic of Covid-19 and resultant lockdown, production activity on these helicopters has been progressing well at the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) facility in Bengaluru. These helicopters are going to be used for undertaking shore and shipborne operations, in accordance with the charter of ICG. Indian Coast Guard (ICG) will be receiving 2 out of 16 ALH ...

There would now be four slabs, each attracting charges based on the quantum of assets under management The pension regulator has also raised the minimum capital requirement to Rs 50 crore from earlier Rs 25 crore. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has raised the ceiling on fund management charges to reel in more companies in the sector ...

National e-Governance Division (NeGD) of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, has invited proposal for appointment of partner agency for developing Conversational AI Platform for delivery of UMANG/Government services.“The Partner Agency (Bidder) shall design, develop, and deploy the complete Conversational AI Platform as per SoW in this RFP and as suggested by NeGD/MeitY. The Partner Agency through this ...