Jyotiraditya Scindia

No relief on bank guarantee to be provided to operators, work on quality of service underway: Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia

Tue, Nov 12, 2024

The development comes at a time when Vodafone Idea has requested the government to waive the bank guarantee for spectrum allocation as the company is stressed with funds.  

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AI deployment must be guided by robust regulatory framework: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Mon, Oct 14, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the contours of how information is stored and processed, Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said. He also said that AI is enabling companies and individuals by unlocking unparalleled agility, precision and scalability.

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Telecom firms have undertaken Rs 4.26 lakh crore capex in 2 financial years: Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia

Mon, Sep 23, 2024

Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said BSNL will complete the installation of 1 lakh towers for 4G service by mid-2025.

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More airports, better connectivity bringing people closer, boosting national progress: PM Modi

Wed, Feb 22, 2023

The prime minister shared a tweet by Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia about domestic air traffic touching a new post-COVID high of nearly 4.45 lakh on February 19.

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Adopt '3S' formula in agriculture for tackling food security concerns: India appeals to G20 nations

Tue, Feb 14, 2023

Stating that India has made significant progress in agriculture, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said it is the top nation in the world in milk production, second in vegetables and fruits, and third in foodgrains production.

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Domestic air passenger traffic returns to pre-COVID level; analysts see 18% upside in IndiGo

Wed, Jan 04, 2023

December marked the highest number of passengers flown in a month since January 2020, as around 2800 flights took off in the last month of 2022.

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Domestic air passenger traffic cross pre-COVID level; touches 1.29 crore in December 2022

Tue, Jan 03, 2023

The traffic reached 1.29 crore in December last year.

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Corona Alert: India Fully Prepared To Deal With Coronavirus Situation: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Fri, Dec 23, 2022

Amidst the threat of Corona's new variant BF.7, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia made a big statement on vaccination and said, 'India is fully prepared to deal with the coronavirus situation. Work is being done on 4 vaccines.'

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Ensure additional capacity, redesign systems to handle peak passenger movement: Civil Aviation ministry tells Mumbai, Bengaluru airport operators

Wed, Dec 21, 2022

Airport operators have been advised to give daily reports on efforts, including putting sign boards to indicate the real-time basis waiting time at entry gates, security lanes and also sharing of the same through social media feeds.

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Air India's Mumbai-San Francisco direct flight inaugurated by Jyotiraditya Scindia

Thu, Dec 15, 2022

Air India: After the Tata group took over the loss-making Air India in January this year, the airline has been working on expanding its services and fleet.

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Jyotiraditya Scindia Launches DigiYatra At Delhi Airport

Thu, Dec 01, 2022

Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia launched DigiYatra today at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi. However, it has been initially launched at 3 airports i.e., Delhi, Bengaluru and Varanasi today. Know the full news from Ambarish Pandey.

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Zee Biz Exclusive Interview: Watch Anil Singhvi's Exclusive Interview With Union Minister Of Steel And Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya Scindia

Mon, Nov 21, 2022

What are the other plans to promote the steel sector? Why the decision is taken to withdraw the export duty on steel? How much domestic companies will benefit? Watch Anil Singhvi's exclusive interview with Union Minister of Steel and Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya Scindia.

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Centre urges states to reduce tax on jet fuel

Tue, Oct 18, 2022

Scindia said that Value Added Tax (VAT) on jet fuel is still high in eight states and Union Territories in the range of 20-30 per cent and urged them to reduce the rate.

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Vistara-Air India merger update: Singapore Airlines confirms talks with Tata Group

Fri, Oct 14, 2022

The SIA statement noted that any deal would need the green light from Singapore's competition watchdog and the authorities in India.

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India a key aviation market, air travel demand to be robust: IATA

Tue, Oct 11, 2022

Last month's figure is about 46 per cent higher compared to the domestic passenger traffic in September 2021 but around 10 per cent lower compared to pre-COVID levels, that is September 2019, as per the rating agency.

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India to have 92-93 carbon-neutral airports by 2024: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Wed, Sep 21, 2022

Scindia informed that currently Kochi and Delhi airports are carbon-neutral out of the total 141 airports in the country.

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Government removes cap on airfares with effect from 31 August

Wed, Aug 10, 2022

"After review of the current status of Scheduled Domestic Operations viz-a-viz passenger demand for air travel in terms of purpose specified in the initial order Order No. 02/2020 dated 21.05.2020, it has been decided to remove the fare bands notified from time to time regarding the airfares with effect from 31.08.2022," notifications said

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Whopping 1 lakh jobs on the cards in aviation and aeronautical manufacturing sector by 2024, says Minister

Tue, Aug 09, 2022

The report further said that according to the ministry of civil aviation, this is expected to increase to around 3,50,000 by 2024.

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This BJP-ruled state will soon get five international airports

Fri, Aug 05, 2022

These new projects will further strengthen connectivity between Lucknow and the key cities in the country, which will promote tourism, trade and commerce in the region, said Scindia. 

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Passenger safety paramount, DGCA measures to continue: Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia

Fri, Jul 29, 2022

The DGCA, the aviation safety regulator has conducted many spot checks and other measures and appropriate action has been taken commensurate with those checks and audits, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said.

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Charges for issuing boarding passes is not “tariff”, Government says; issues advisory asking airlines not to charge

Thu, Jul 21, 2022

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DGCA's stern directive to airlines after frequent engineering-related issues

Tue, Jul 19, 2022

Amid a series of technical snag related occurrences in planes in the last few days, aviation regulator DGCA has issued a directive to airlines.

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DIGI YATRA's Facial Recognition Technology to give contactless, seamelss processing of passengers; Ist phase in Varanasi, Bengaluru from 15 August

Mon, Jul 18, 2022

Come 15 August, there will be a digital processing of passengers at airports in Varanasi and Bengaluru. Thanks to the Digi Yatra project which will provide contactless, seamless processing of passengers at airports, based on Facial Recognition Technology (FRT)

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