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22771. India’s 2021-22 sugar production to rise 2.90% to 31.9 million tonnes: AISTA
- Sugar production in India, the world’s second largest producing nation after Brazil, is estimated to increase by 2.90 per cent to 31.9 million tonnes in the ongoing 2021-22 marketing year, according to the first estimate released by the trade body All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA).
- the total availability of sugar in the country is expected to be 40.2 million tonnes in the current marketing year
- the total availability of sugar in the country is expected to be 40.2 million tonnes in the current marketing year
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22772. ReNew Power sells rooftop portfolio for Rs 672 crore, sets sights on larger projects
- NASDAQ-listed ReNew Power will exit the rooftop solar business by selling its portfolio of 117 megawatts (mw) to Fourth Partner Energy for an enterprise value of Rs 672 crore, the Sumant Sinha-led company said
- ReNew had a total capacity of approximately 10.3 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy projects across India, including commissioned and committed projects. The company has earlier given guidance of 8.2 GW of operational capacity by financial year 2021-22 as against around 6,315 mw now.
- India has revised its clean energy target and it now aims to build 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030.
22773. First fibre glass composite gas cylinder in Nagaland launched
- In a first in Nagaland, a fibre glass composite gas cylinder was formally launched at M/S Seyie Gas Service, D Block, Kohima on January 27.
- The new fibre-made composite cylinders, available in 5 and 10 kg sizes, are lighter and easier to handle compared to the existing steel cylinders and it come with various safety measures.
- The composite cylinder has a three-layered construction - a blow-molded High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) inner liner, covered with a composite layer of polymer-wrapped fibre glass and fitted with a HDPE outer jacket.
- Composite cylinder features: • Aesthetic look • Rust-free • Almost 50% lighter than steel cylinder • Translucent body for checking LPG liquid levels • Available in 5 kg and 10 kg sizes
22774. Reliance, BP Join Forces To Launch India’s Biggest EV Charging Hubs: Can They Beat Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum?
- The joint venture of billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and supermajor BP has opened one of the country’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging hubs in Delhi, as the duo climb up the fuel retail network. They are offering multiple fuel choices which also includes EV charging infrastructure.
- Reliance BP Mobility Limited operates under the brand name Jio-BP. The company has been working with multiple demand aggregators, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and technology partners with the mission of being the leading electric vehicle charging infrastructure player in India,
- Jio-BP has constructed and launched one of the country’s largest EV charging hubs in Dwarka, Delhi with BluSmart as its primary customer
22775. India’s gems and jewellery exports up by 71% during Apr-Dec 2021 to $ 28.9 billion
- India’s exports of gems and jewellery surged by 71 per cent to $ 28.9 billion in the first nine months of the current financial year as compared with $ 16.9 billion recorded in the corresponding period of last fiscal,
- The top five export destinations during April-November 2021 (latest available, share per cent in bracket) are: USA (38.7 per cent), Hong Kong (24.6 per cent), UAE (11.9 per cent), Belgium (6.6 per cent) and Israel (3.9 per cent).
- The gems and jewellery industry contributes about 7 per cent to India’s GDP and employs a skilled and semi-skilled workforce of more than 50 lakh people. More than 450 organised jewellery manufacturers, importers and exporters are based in Surat city of Gujarat, making it the jewellery manufacturing hub of the world.
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22776. India to stress zaid crops of pulses and oil seeds
- SC Quashes Maha Assembly's 'Unconstitutional' Resoluti…Box Office: Hridayam has an excellent week one at the box office; Trends better…After ‘Rabi’ and ‘Kharif’ crops, India is now taking a new initiative to promote ‘zaid’ (Catch crops) to ensure extra income to farmers to make India self-reliant on pulses and oilseeds, said the Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Kumar
- The initiative would not only provide extra income but would also create employment opportunities between Rabi and Kharif crops.
- in earlier initiatives taken by the government have already increased the area under cultivation of Zaid crops by more than 2.7 times from 29.71 lakh hectares in 2017-18 to 80.46 lakh hectares in 2020-21.
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22777. Government plans to have a made-in-India operating system to rival Android and iOS
- Government of India is planning to have an operating system for handsets that is completely made in India. The indigenous operating system will serve as an alternative to Google's Android and Apple's iOS, the two dominant forces in otherwise largely unexplored space.
- government is trying to frame a policy that will facilitate an ecosystem for the industry to come up with such an operating system. He mentioned "tremendous interest in MeitY and in the Government of India" to come up with the solution.
- the ministry wants to bring electronics manufacturing in India to a value of $300 billion (about Rs 22.5 lakh crore) by 2026. The goal was mentioned in the second volume of Vision Document, prepared by the industry body ICEA and released recently. At present, India's electronics manufacturing stands at $75 billion (about Rs 5 lakh crore).
22778. ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India to invest Rs 1,66,000 crore in Gujarat
- The Gujarat government said ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AMNS India), which owns a steel mill at Hazira in Surat, will invest Rs 1,66,000 crore in six different projects in the state.
- the steel giant will invest Rs 4,200 crore for the expansion and modernisation of their captive jetty in Hazira and Rs 45,000 crore to increase the Hazira plant’s steel production capacity from the current 8.6 MMTPA to 18 MMTPA, said the statement.
- The company will invest Rs 30,000 crore to expand their facility at Suvali in Surat and Rs 30,000 crore to develop Surat steel city and industrial cluster at Kidiabet in Surat, said the statement
22779. TCS Beats IBM to Become Second Most Valuable IT Firm Globally; Infosys, Wipro Shine
- IT major Tata Consultancy Services, owned by the Tata Group, has become the second-most valuable company in the IT services sector in the world, according to a valuation firm survey.
- Infosys, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies and LTI firmly established themselves among the top 25 companies in the global scenario with other IT elites across the world.
- Infosys, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies and LTI firmly established themselves among the top 25 companies in the global scenario with other IT elites across the world.
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22780. India’s renewable energy sector can employ 1 mn people by 2030: Study
- India’s renewable energy sector has the potential to employ around one million people by 2030, and most of the new jobs would be generated by small-scale renewable energy projects, according to a study.
- India’s renewable energy sector could potentially employ around one million people by 2030, which would be ten times more than the existing workforce of an estimated 1.1 lakh employed by the sector, according to an independent study released.
- The CEEW-NRDC-SCGJ analysis also highlighted the adverse impact of the pandemic on employment in the renewable energy sector. In comparison to 12,400 new workers employed in the sector in FY19, only 5,200 new workers were employed in FY20 and 6400 were employed in FY21, it said.
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