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GST revenue collections enormously increased in Tripura too, says Nirmala Sitharaman Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that like other states, GST revenue collections enormously increased in Tripura too. Before the GST was introduced, Tripura received only Rs 4.21 crore as Central Sales Tax (CST) in FY 2016-17, whereas the state collected Rs 982.50 crore IGST in FY 2022-23 from inter-state trade, she said after inaugurating the newly-built GST Bhawan here. She emphasised the importance of good infrastructure which can be leveraged to serve taxpaye...
GST revenue collections enormously increased in Tripura too, says Nirmala Sitharaman
GST revenue collections enormously increased in Tripura too, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Source: IANS
22/07/2023 9:35:47 AM
Tripura government signs 8 MoUs with investment offer of Rs 312cr in various sectors  The Tripura government on Tuesday signed eight MoUs with investment proposals of Rs 312.38 crore in various sectors including rubber, bamboo, agriculture and health services in the state. The MoUs were signed during a state-level investment round table meeting, where Chief Minister Manik Saha, top central and state government officials, investors and industrialists from different parts of the country took part. The investors signed the MoUs with the Tripura government to set up a ...
Tripura government signs 8 MoUs with investment offer of Rs 312cr in various sectors
Tripura government signs 8 MoUs with investment offer of Rs 312cr in various sectors
Source: IANS
3/05/2023 9:22:30 AM
Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya Chief Minister meet President, Union Ministers in Delhi The Chief Ministers of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland on Saturday met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the national capital. Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong and Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio along with Deputy Chief Minister Y. Patton, met the President. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha also met Murmu. The three Chief Ministers along with their cabinet colleagues took oath in the respective state ...
Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya Chief Minister meet President, Union Ministers in Delhi
Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya Chief Minister meet President, Union Ministers in Delhi
Source: IANS
12/03/2023 9:36:00 AM
Manik Saha takes oath as Tripura Chief Minister; Narendra Modi, Amit Shah attend swearing-in Manik Saha on Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister, days after BJP-IPFT alliance retained power in Tripura for the second straight term by winning 32 seats in the 60-member state assembly, for which elections were held on February 16. Along with the 70-year-old Saha, eight other legislators, including a woman, assumed office as cabinet ministers against the total ministerial strength of 12. Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya administered the oath and secrecy to the Chief Minister and ot...
Manik Saha takes oath as Tripura Chief Minister; Narendra Modi, Amit Shah attend swearing-in
Manik Saha takes oath as Tripura Chief Minister; Narendra Modi, Amit Shah attend swearing-in
Source: IANS
8/03/2023 2:48:45 PM
Assam Chief Minister J P Nadda meet Amit Shah; discuss Government formation in Tripura, Nagaland Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma along with BJP president J.P. Nadda met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Sunday to discuss the formation of new governments in Tripura and Nagaland. The Assembly election in Tripura was held on February 16 while in Nagaland, the polling was held on February 27. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) managed to secure a majority with 32 seats in Tripura. In Nagaland, it bagged 12 seats in Nagaland, while its ally, the Nationalist Democratic Prog...
Assam Chief Minister J P Nadda meet Amit Shah; discuss Government formation in Tripura, Nagaland
Assam Chief Minister J P Nadda meet Amit Shah; discuss Government formation in Tripura, Nagaland
Source: IANS
6/03/2023 11:08:14 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Look East policy yields rich dividends for BJP in Nagaland The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form a coalition government in three northeastern states -- Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya. Although the poll results of all these three states are crucial for the BJP, the victory in Nagaland is somehow more important in many ways. For the second consecutive time, the BJP will form the government with the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) in Nagaland. The saffron party had won 12 seats in 2018, and has won 12 out of the 20 seats it c...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Look East policy yields rich dividends for BJP in Nagaland
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Look East policy yields rich dividends for BJP in Nagaland
Source: IANS
4/03/2023 4:50:56 PM
Counting of votes in Tripura, Meghalaya & Nagaland begins Counting of votes, polled in the February Assembly elections in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland, began on Thursday morning under three-tier security measures, including central paramilitary forces, officials said. Poll officials said that prohibitory orders have been promulgated in and around all counting centres as a precautionary measure. The Election Commission has appointed a General Observer for each Assembly constituency while several other officials, including micro-observers and...
Counting of votes in Tripura, Meghalaya & Nagaland begins
Counting of votes in Tripura, Meghalaya & Nagaland begins
Source: IANS
2/03/2023 9:24:10 AM
Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur celebrate 51st Statehood Day Meghalaya, Tripura and Manipur on Friday separately celebrated their 51st Statehood Day by holding numerous colourful cultural programmes and other functions. In the poll-bound Tripura and Meghalaya, the Statehood Day functions were low key and the ministers and politicians did not attend the celebrations due to the model code of conduct. President Droupadi Murmu, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, BJ...
Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur celebrate 51st Statehood Day
Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur celebrate 51st Statehood Day
Source: IANS
22/01/2023 10:45:17 AM
Imphal to become 4th capital city in North East get rail link by December 2023 Manipur capital Imphal is expected to feature in the Indian Railways network by December 2023, making it the fourth capital city in the northeastern region to have a rail link, officials said on Friday. Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer Sabyasachi De said that over 90 per cent work of the 110 km Jiribam (near Assam)-Imphal railway line have been completed and Rs 14,322 crore project is targeted to be completed by December 2023. The construction of the Jirib...
Imphal to become 4th capital city in North East get rail link by December 2023
Imphal to become 4th capital city in North East get rail link by December 2023
Source: IANS
24/12/2022 11:04:16 AM
Ex-Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb urges government to operationalise Feni bridge linking Bangladesh BJP Rajya Sabha member and former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday urged the government to operationalise the double-lane Feni bridge, which was jointly inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina on March 9 last year. Speaking in the upper house of the Parliament, he said that the bridge would facilitate the easy connectivity to utilise Bangladesh's Chittagong sea port to boost trade and economy between the country and nor...
Ex-Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb urges government to operationalise Feni bridge linking Bangladesh
Ex-Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb urges government to operationalise Feni bridge linking Bangladesh
Source: IANS
21/12/2022 12:18:18 PM
Rs 7 lakh cr being spent in NE now: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that his government was investing Rs seven lakh crore to develop the infrastructure in the northeastern region even as the spending for the region was mere Rs two lakh crore since the independence of the country. Addressing the golden jubilee celebration of the North East Council (NEC) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Polo Ground) in Shillong, the Prime Minister said that the borders of the northeast were not the last areas but would be the secur...
Rs 7 lakh cr being spent in NE now: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Rs 7 lakh cr being spent in NE now: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Source: IANS
18/12/2022 4:52:00 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to kick-start poll campaign during day-long visit to Tripura On a day-long visit to Tripura on December 18, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick-start the campaign for the 2023 Assembly elections in the state and also hold a BJP core committee meeting. According to a source, discussions during the meeting will focus on planning of the poll strategy. "He will also meet BJP MLAs. His welcome will be grand," the source added. The Prime Minister will also address a public gathering at the Swami Vivekananda Stadium in Agartala and inaug...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to kick-start poll campaign during day-long visit to Tripura
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to kick-start poll campaign during day-long visit to Tripura
Source: IANS
15/12/2022 3:58:37 PM
After Tripura, Arunachal becomes power surplus state in NE After Tripura, another northeastern state Arunachal Pradesh became the power surplus state after Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 600 MW Kameng Hydro Power plant to the nation at a function in Itanagar on Saturday. The 600 MW Kameng Hydro Power plant was developed by the state owned North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) at a cost of more than Rs 8,450 crore and in an area spread over more than 80 kilometres in West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh and it is 90 km ...
After Tripura, Arunachal becomes power surplus state in NE
After Tripura, Arunachal becomes power surplus state in NE
Source: IANS
20/11/2022 10:14:03 AM
Tripura exports 2nd consignment of natural rubber to Nepal Tripura, which is the second largest natural rubber producing state in the country after Kerala, has exported 14,550 kg of natural rubber to Nepal, Rubber Board officials said on Sunday. The Manimalayar Rubbers Pvt Ltd, promoted by the Rubber Board, had exported 18 tonne natural rubber (sheet rubber) to Nepal in 2020 and a similar quantity to Bangladesh in 2000 from Tripura. General Manager of the Manimalayar Rubbers, Arunabha Majumdar, said that 14,550 kg rubber latex (Cenex) valued at...
Tripura exports 2nd consignment of natural rubber to Nepal
Tripura exports 2nd consignment of natural rubber to Nepal
Source: IANS
14/11/2022 9:00:34 AM
Akasa Air launches Agartala-Bengaluru flight Akasa Air, India's newest airline, on Friday launched its daily flight services in the Agartala-Bengaluru route, via Guwahati. A total of 107 passengers boarded the maiden flight, which was flagged-off by Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha at a simple ceremony at Agartala's Maharaja Bir Bikram airport. Tripura Transport Minister Pranajit Singha Roy, MBB Airport Director K. C. Meena among others were present in the ceremony. According to Akasa Air co-founder Belson Coutinho, th...
Akasa Air launches Agartala-Bengaluru flight
Akasa Air launches Agartala-Bengaluru flight
Source: IANS
22/10/2022 10:27:52 AM
PM Narendra Modi likely to inaugurate greenfield airport, 600 MW power plant in Arunachal next week Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Arunachal Pradesh next week and inaugurate the greenfield airport in Itanagar and a 600 MW Kameng hydro electric power project, officials said on Wednesday. A senior official of the state government said that the Prime Minister is likely to visit Arunachal Pradesh on October 27 or 28, though his tour schedule has not been finalised yet. "The PM would visit Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh next week to inaugurate and lay foundation stones...
PM Narendra Modi likely to inaugurate greenfield airport, 600 MW power plant in Arunachal next week
PM Narendra Modi likely to inaugurate greenfield airport, 600 MW power plant in Arunachal next week
Source: IANS
20/10/2022 11:47:03 AM
Tripura to launch good governance campaign on PM Narendra Modi birthday The BJP government in Tripura would undertake a two-and-a-half months long campaign on good governance in every household from September 17, the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said on Saturday. Officials said that Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha held a meeting with the senior ministers and top officials to successfully conduct the 'Proti Ghore Shushashon' (good governance in every household) campaign to take the benefits of flagship schemes of the Central gov...
Tripura to launch good governance campaign on PM Narendra Modi birthday
Tripura to launch good governance campaign on PM Narendra Modi birthday
Source: IANS
11/09/2022 11:40:44 AM
Centre releases Rs 4,189 crore as grant in aid to 5 states The Central government on Wednesday released funds totalling Rs 4,189.58 crore to Karnataka, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Gujarat for providing grants to rural local bodies. This grant in aid is the first installment of tied grants of the current fiscal released for Karnataka, Tripura, and Uttar Pradesh, while it is the second installment of tied grants of 2021-22 released in favour of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, official sources said. Of the total grant in aid earmarked ...
Centre releases Rs 4,189 crore as grant in aid to 5 states
Centre releases Rs 4,189 crore as grant in aid to 5 states
Source: IANS
1/09/2022 11:18:28 AM
Tripura exported over 9K tonnes of pineapples in 2 years Tripura exported 9,909 tonnes of the most delicious pineapples to Dubai, Qatar, Bangladesh facilitating Rs 14 crore trade of the state's farmers during the past two years, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Pranajit Singha Roy said here on Thursday. The Agriculture Minister said that besides pineapples, Tripura also exported various other fruits and horticultural products to the UK, Germany and many other countries. Singha Roy said that to popularise the marketing of the state...
Tripura exported over 9K tonnes of pineapples in 2 years
Tripura exported over 9K tonnes of pineapples in 2 years
Source: IANS
12/08/2022 9:58:04 AM
Tripura Chief Minister to quit Rajya Sabha membership, take oath as Assembly member next week Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, who was elected to the state Assembly on June 23 after winning the bypoll, will take oath as member of the Assembly next week after resigning from the Rajya Sabha, officials said here on Friday. An official from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said that Saha left for Hyderabad on Friday to attend BJP's national executive meeting and from there he would go to Delhi to resign from the Rajya Sabha. The 69-year-old Congress-turned-BJP leader was ...
Tripura Chief Minister to quit Rajya Sabha membership, take oath as Assembly member next week
Tripura Chief Minister to quit Rajya Sabha membership, take oath as Assembly member next week
Source: IANS
2/07/2022 1:31:58 PM
Krsnaa Diagnostics rises on securing contract in Tripura Krsnaa Diagnostics is currently trading at Rs. 561.30, up by 4.45 points or 0.80% from its previous closing of Rs. 556.85 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 562.05 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 567.95 and Rs. 547.00 respectively. So far 1317 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 1099.50 on 16-Aug-2021 and a 52 week low of Rs. 480.00 on 31-Mar-2022. Last one week high and low of the scrip stood...
Krsnaa Diagnostics rises on securing contract in Tripura
Krsnaa Diagnostics rises on securing contract in Tripura
Source: Accord Fintech
7/06/2022 12:39:53 PM
Tripura's Covid-hit economy sees lifeline in GST collection, resource mobilisation Even as growth has been impacted due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Tripura Finance Minister and experts said that better GST collection and efficient resource mobilisation would boost the economic situation or at least normalise the position. The latest report of Tripura's Economic Review (2019-20) said that the average annual growth rate in real terms or constant prices of the Net State Domestic Product (NSDP) for 2018-19 was 11.3 per cent. The growth rate declined in 2019-20 to 9.6 per...
Tripura's Covid-hit economy sees lifeline in GST collection, resource mobilisation
Tripura's Covid-hit economy sees lifeline in GST collection, resource mobilisation
Source: IANS
27/02/2022 11:51:35 AM
ADB to give Rs 8,000 Cr to Tripura for developmental projects The Asian Development Bank (ADB), which identified Tripura for a strategic partnership, will provide around Rs 8,000 crore over the next 4-5 years to implement various developmental projects. A Tripura finance department official said that in addition to the funding, the ADB will provide technical assistance and support for diagnostic studies. The proposed funding of Rs 8,000 crore is excluding the the current projects being implemented in Tripura. Tripura Chief Secretary Kumar Alok in ...
ADB to give Rs 8,000 Cr to Tripura for developmental projects
ADB to give Rs 8,000 Cr to Tripura for developmental projects
Source: IANS
26/02/2022 9:54:45 AM
Tantia Constructions touches roof on getting LoA from Government of Tripura Tantia Constructions is currently trading at it upper circuit limit of Rs 14.94, up by 0.71 points or 4.99% from its previous closing of Rs. 14.23 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 14.94 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 14.94 and Rs. 14.94 respectively. So far 10156 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE group 'Z ' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 14.23 on 02-Dec-2021 and a 52 week low of Rs. 1.01 on 03-Dec-2020. Last one week high and l...
Tantia Constructions touches roof on getting LoA from Government of Tripura
Tantia Constructions touches roof on getting LoA from Government of Tripura
Source: Accord Fintech
3/12/2021 11:30:49 AM
NF Railways to ferry raw natural rubber from NE across India The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has started ferrying of raw natural rubber sheets, as a new stream of goods traffic. from Tripura to various states in the country, officials said on Friday. Tripura, which is the second largest natural rubber producing state in the country after Kerala, is currently cultivating natural rubber in 87,500 hectares of land and producing 90,000 tonnes of rubber annually. Over 1.50 lakh families are directly and indirectly associated with rubber cultivation ...
NF Railways to ferry raw natural rubber from NE across India
NF Railways to ferry raw natural rubber from NE across India
Source: IANS
4/09/2021 9:29:51 AM