Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a crucial high-level review meeting involving Union Cabinet ministers, ministers of state with independent charge, and ministers of state, shortly after returning from his five-nation diplomatic tour spanning the UAE, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and Italy.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Scheme for Promotion of Surface Coal/Lignite Gasification Projects with a financial outlay of Rs 37,500 crore.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 37,500 crore incentive scheme for surface coal and lignite gasification projects, aiming to strengthen India’s energy security, reduce dependence on imported fuels and chemicals, and accelerate the country’s transition towards cleaner utilisation of domestic coal resources.
The scheme is projected to create nearly 50,000 jobs, both direct and indirect, across 25 projects in coal-bearing regions.
The announcement regarding the hike in MSP for kharif crops for Marketing Season 2026-27 is in line with the Union Budget 2018-19 announcement of fixing the MSP at a level of at least 1.5 times of the all-India weighted average cost of production.
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved two new semiconductor manufacturing projects under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM). This includes the country’s first commercial Mini/Micro-LED display facility based on gallium nitride (GaN) technology, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said after the meeting.
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved an outlay of Rs 5,659.22 crore for a new “Mission for Cotton Productivity”, covering the period from 2026–27 to 2030–31, aimed at tackling structural bottlenecks, reversing declining growth, and improving quality in India’s cotton sector, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said after the meeting.
Announcing the decision, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw said the revised targets are closely aligned with India’s broader development vision.
The IVFRT platform seeks to interlink and optimize functions related to immigration, visa issuance and registration of foreigners in India.
Chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Cabinet has approved a change in guidelines on investments from countries sharing land border with India.
