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AP exported USD 2.1 Billionof Sea foods in FY’21
Aditya Sabharwal
Marine exports continue to be a domi-
nant sector of exports forthe state of AndhraPradesh. The sector hasgrown leaps and boundsover the past decade andcontributes overwhelm-ingly to the overall marineexports from the country.
Among the various marine
products exported frozenshrimps continued to be thedominant export product.
India exported US$ 5.96Billion worth of seafoodsduring financial yearFY’21. Out of this a sub-stantial US$ 2.154 billioncame from the state ofAndhra Pradesh therebycontributing a significant
36.17% to the overall ex-
ports value (in USD).In terms of tonnage the
country exported 11,49,341MT of marine products inthe last fiscal out of thisover half i.e. 51% of ex-ports were of frozenshrimps.
The state of AndhraPradesh continued todominate the frozenShrimps category. Out ofthe total 590, 275 tons of
frozen shrimps exported inFY’21, an astounding272,158 tons of frozenshrimps were from thestate of Andhra Pradeshalone.
While the total marineexports from AP stood at279,992 tons a whopping97% of that was of frozenshrimps.
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AP reports overUSD 4 Billionin Investments
VIS News Service
In a significant announcement made by the
Andhra Pradesh economicdevelopment board
(APEDB) it revealed thatthe state had received animpressive Rs 29,780.86crores in investments overthe past two years i.e. fromperiod June 2019 to May2021.
APEDB clarified that
these investments werenot proposed or in discus-sions but actually‘grounded’. As per thedata obtained the Rs29,780.86 crores figure is
spread across 65 projectsand said to have generatedemployment to the tune of45,049 people.
Out of the totalgrounded investments ofRs 29,780 crores a stag-
Contd. on Page ..11
Anantapur District alone rakedin USD 2.6 Billion
Details page 11
June 1-15, 2021 VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 2SteelKC Dasinterim
CMD, RINL
VIS News Service
Mr. KishoreChandra Das ,
Director (Personnel),RINL has been assignedthe additional charge ofthe post of CMD, RINL.This will be for a periodof one month from June1 to June 30 or until thejoining of a regular in-cumbent or until furtherorders by the Ministry ofSteel, Govt. of India.
Mr Das was assignedthe additional role due tothe Superannuation ofRINL CMD Mr. PKRath, on May 31, afterserving the company for38 yrs.
A Post Graduate inHumanities and an MBAMr Kishore Chandra Dastook over as Director(Personnel), RINL on 1stJanuary 2017. Prior tojoining RINL, Mr.Dashad worked in the capac-ity of Executive Director(HR) at MDL.
IN BRIEFSAIL’s jumbo COVIDcare Centre openedMinister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel,
Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan digitallyinaugurated the Ispat Nidan Kendra– the newly developed state-of-the-art jumbo COVID TreatmentCentre of SAIL, Rourkela SteelPlant (RSP). This Centre has atpresent 100 oxygenated bedsincluding 50 ventilator-attachedbeds. Pradhan said that SAIL, RSP
has once again rose to the occasion and proved itscapability by taking up host of initiatives to fight theCOVID-19 pandemic.
ISTD felicitates RINL’sK C DasOn assumption of Addl. Charge of CMD of RINL,
Mr. K C Das was felicitated by Dr ORM Rao,Chairman, the Indian Society for Training &Development (ISTD) and its ManagementCommittee Members of Visakhapatnam Chapter.Prof. K Sambasiva Rao, AU, Prof. N KishoreBabu, Dean, Academic Affairs, AU, Dr. S AppaRao Ex. GM (HR), Hindustan Shipyard Ltd and Mr.Ganapathi, DRC, GITAM were among those whofelicitated him. Mr. Das advised the Committee tointroduce an online Certificate Course forManagement Studies under tie up with ForeignUniversities.
JSHL Q4FY’ 21 sales up 23%VIS News Service
Jindal Stainless Steel(Hisar) Limited (JSHL)
results for Q4FY21 regis-tered higher sales volumeowing to a revival in domes-tic demand for stainless
steel. JSHL’s sales volumestood at 182,474 tonnes, upby 23% over the corre-sponding period last year(CPLY).
As per a release fromthe company, EBITDA andProfit after tax (PAT) of
the company stood at INR364 crore and INR 226crore, respectively.
Consistent deleveraginghelped in the reduction oflong-term debt by INR 387crore during Q4FY21,
which stood at INR 1250crore. Interest cost fell by39% over CPLY to INR 42crore stated the release.
It was informed that im-proved business sentiments,along with sustained growthin the domestic economic
activity, triggered stainlesssteel demand from seg-ments like Auto, Railways,and Wagon, along withMetro Rail.
Commenting on the per-formance of the Company,
Managing Director, JSHL,Mr Abhyuday Jindal,said, “Demand recovery,coupled with strong opera-tional performance and con-sistent deleveraging of thebalance sheet, led to a goodQ4”.
Govt offering 67 coalmines in 2nd tranche
VIS News Service
The government recently stated that the
second tranche of coalmine auction would see thebiggest ever offer of coalmines in the country.
Mr M Nagaraju, Ad-ditional Secretary & Nomi-nated Authority, Ministry ofCoal, Govt of India, said,“We are offering 67 mineswith a total resource of al-most 36 bn and exploredmines PRCs of about 150million tonnes (mt) in thesecond tranche auctions ofcoal mines for commercialmining. This is the biggestever offer of coal mines inthe country.”
He was addressing the‘1st Stakeholders’ Consul-tation on 2nd Tranche ofAuction of Coal Mines for
Commercial Mining, orga-nized by Ministry of Coal,jointly with FICCI. MrNagaraju said, “The offers,which are in almost all coal-bearing states, give greatopportunity and chance tothe industry to pick the rel-evant and use-ful mines de-pending ontheir require-ments.”
A s s u r i n gthe industry ofproviding allsupport, MrNagaraju said, “From thisongoing tranche of auction,Ministry of Coal is movingto a rolling auction mecha-nism wherein any un-auc-tioned mine shall remainavailable for auction on theportal, with more mines be-
ing added as and when avail-able.”
Mr Manoj Kumar,CMD, CMPDIL & WCL,said that there are 67 coalblocks in this tranche- 23 ofwhich are CMSP and 44 are
MMDR blocks; 37 are fullyexplored, while remaining 30are partially or regionally ex-plored.
The auction shall be heldonline through a transparenttwo-stage process. Keyhighlights of this auction pro-
cess are - market linkedmechanism wherein biddingshall be based on Percent-age Revenue Share, NationalCoal Index linked payments,ease in participation with norestriction for prior coal min-ing experience, optimizedpayment structures, effi-ciency promotion through in-centives for early productionand use of clean technology,flexible operating terms etc.
The commencement ofsale of tender documentstarted from 25 March andthe bid due date is 24 June2021. Details of the mines,auction terms, timelines,etc., can be accessedthrough the following link:
h t t p s : / /www.mstcecommerce.com/auctionhome/coalblock/index.jsp
NMDC’s May’21sales up 30%
VIS News Service
NMDC, the country’slargest Iron Ore pro-
ducer continued its growthstreak with a sturdy perfor-mance in May 2021.The company pro-duced 2.79 MT andsold 3.30 MT ironore in May 2021, se-curing a growth of22% in productionand 30% in salesagainst May 2020.
Cumulative pro-duction and salesfigures upto May ’21 stoodat 5.91 MT and 6.39 MTrespectively, therebyachieving 45% more pro-duction and 63% more salesover CPLY stated an offi-
cial release from NMDC.The Kirandul Complex
at Chhattisgarh achievedrecord production (10.45LT) and despatch (14.23
LT) in May 2021, highest inany May month since incep-tion.
Commenting on the per-formance Mr. Sumit Deb,CMD, NMDC expressed
satisfaction at the overallresults and said, “NMDCemployees have been put-ting their best efforts duringthe resurgence of the sec-
ond wave ofCOVID-19 to se-cure the raw ma-terial needs of thecountry. I at-tribute this ac-complishment tothe perseveranceand performanceof NMDC em-ployees. As the
COVID situation across ourmajor production projectsshows an improvement, Iam positive that we willperform even better in thecoming months”.
May seesRailwaysload high-
est everfreight
VIS News Service
Despite the Covid challenges, Freight fig-
ures continued to main-tain high momentum interms of earnings andloading in the month ofMay 2021 for Indian Rail-ways.
As per an official re-lease Indian Railways’Freight recorded i t’shighest ever loading forthe month of May.
Indian rai lwayshandled 114.8 MT in May2021 which is 9.7% morethan May 2019 (104.6MT).
Some of the importantitems transported duringMay 2021 included 54.52million tonnes of Coal,15.12 million tonnes of
Iron Ore, 5.61 milliontonnes of Food grains,3.68 million tonnes ofFertilizers, 3.18 milliontonnes of Mineral Oil,5.36 million tonnes ofCement (excluding clin-ker) and 4.2 mill iontonnes of Clinker.
In the month of May2021, Indian Railwaysearned Rs. 11604.94crores from freight load-ing.
Wagon Turnaroundtime saw an improvementof 26% in this monthwherein wagon turn-around time registered at4.81 days as compared to6.46, in May 2019.
It was mentioned thatspeed of freight trainshave been enhanced inthe exist ing networkwherein freight speedhas doubled over last 18months.
Few zones (aroundfour zones) have regis-tered average speed offreight trains even above50 Kmph said the re-lease.
An average speed of45.6 Kmph was regis-tered in May 2021 forfreight trains which is26% more as comparedto 36.19 Kmph for thesame period in 2019.
Vedanta toplant over 10lakh saplings
VIS News Service
In connection with theWorld Environment Day,
Vedanta Chairman Mr. AnilAgarwal, virtually launchedthe Vedanta Cares GreenCover initiative. More than 10lakh trees will be plantedthrough the Vedanta CaresGreen Cover initiative, whichwill be rolled out across thecompany’s business locations.
June 1-15, 2021 VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 3PortJNPT handles 454,
385 TEUs in May’21VIS News Service
India’s premier containerport continued its steady
surge in cargo handling.During the month of May’21, JNPT handled 454,385TEUs, as against 2,74,755TEUs handled in the sameperiod during the previousyear, recording growthof 65.38%.
In rail operations theport handled 86,452TEUS of ICD trafficfrom 551 rakes in May,2021 wherein the Rail-Coefficient is 19.03%.
JNPT also executedthe handling of 327.632MT of liquid medical oxy-gen and medical accesso-ries in May’21. The porthas been ensuring themovement of vessels car-rying oxygen remains un-hindered and is giving ut-most priority to such con-
signments. A total of278.272 MT liquid oxygenand 49.36 MT Medical ac-cessories have beenhandled at the port for dis-tribution to hospitals forCOVID treatment.
Commenting on theperformance, JNPTChairman Mr. Sanjay
Sethi, IAS, said, “Wemaintained our good per-formance in May 2021 andJNPT will continue to con-tribute towards the en-deavour to battle the sec-ond wave of theCoronavirus pandemic”.
Chennai port waivescharges for LMO handling
VIS News Service
In line with the guidelines of Ministry of
Ports, Shipping and Water-
ways, Chennai Port haswaived all charges forhandling Container trainsbringing LMO and is pro-viding all required assis-tance for the same.
The Government of
Tamil Nadu has also re-quested Chennai Port tohandle trains bringing liq-uid oxygen from various
parts ofthe coun-try at itsr a i l w a ysiding asthis willfacilitateq u i c k e rm o v e -ment of
oxygen to hospitals inChennai.
The first container traincarrying liquid oxygen washandled at the ChennaiPort Railway Siding onMay 31, 2021. The liquid
oxygen received in cryo-genic vessels was loaded atDolvi Steel Plant of JindalSteel Works,Maharashtra. ChennaiPort will continue to pro-vide all possible assistancefor bringing in the criticaloxygen supplies toChennai, stated a release.
Mr. Sunil Paliwal ,Chairman, Chennai PortTrust inspected these con-tainers being handled at atChennai Port. Mr. S.Balaji Arunkumar ,Deputy Chairman,Chennai Port Trust, Mr.Karthikeyan, GeneralManager, TIDCO and otherofficials were present.
Gangavaram Portplants 5000 saplings
VIS News Service
India’s deepest and multi-purpose port,
Gangavaram Port Limited,celebrated World Environ-ment Day by initiating aweek-long Green Belt de-velopment initiative at theport premises. Embracingthe World EnvironmentDay 2021 theme of ‘Eco-system Restoration’,awareness programs wereorganized for the staff alongwith a massive plantationdrive to restore and recre-ate the green surroundings.
As per a release fromthe port, Gangavaram Porthas taken up Miyawaki’smethod of plantation in one-acre land and has plantedmore than 5000 saplings
with different types of spe-cies.
Apart from the planta-tion drivethe teamsalso con-d u c t e dPond clean-ing andB e a c hcleaning ac-tivities tocreate a pol-lution-freeand sustainable environ-ment. The Port also main-tains an in-house nurserywith nearly 1 lakh saplingsof different varieties of theavenue, fruit-bearing & or-namental plants, and is con-tinuously focusing on devel-oping a green belt for theneighbouring villages said
the release. The programwas attended by Mr.G.J.Rao, Executive Direc-tor, Mr. Sambasiva Rao,
CEO, Mr. V. JanardhanRao, COO, Mr. C.S. Raju,Director (S&P), Dr. D.Jyothi, Vice President (En-vironment), Mr. DevendraThakar, Head Techno -Commercial and Mr.Avinash Patel, Head Fi-nance along with key staffmembers of the port.
SCR sets New Recordsin Parcel Earnings
VIS News Service
The South central Zonerecorded its highest
ever Parcel earnings in amonth during May 2021.The Zone earnedrevenue ofRs.19.14 croresby loading 44,374tonnes of Parcelsduring the monthof May’21.
The parcel earnings re-corded by the Zone duringthe month of May (i.e., Rs.19.14 crs) is almost Rs. 3crores (approx 19%) higherthan the previous highestParcel revenue earned dur-ing the month of January2021.
Further, the month alsowitnessed the Zone record-ing the highest ever singleday Parcel earnings byearning Rs. 1.099 crores on6th May 2021.
One of the major con-tributors for this growth hasbeen the 40 Timetabled Par-cel Trains operated by theZone during this period.These trains have helped intransportation of several es-sential commodities likeFruits, Medicines, Paddy
Seeds, Eggs, Fish, Lemonand Ghee among others todifferent destination acrossthe country said an officialrelease from SCR.
Further, this also includes62 lakhs litres ofMilk transportedthrough DoodhDuronto specialsto the NationalCapital.
Mr Gajanan Mallya,General Manager of SouthCentral Railwaycomplimented the effortsput in by the Zonal and Di-visional teams of Operatingand Commercial branchesin achieving the best everparcel revenue in themonth of May’2021.
SCR earned revenue ofRs.19.14 crs by loading 44,374tonnes of Parcels in May’21
VOC Port inks MoU forVessel Traffic software
VIS News Service
V.O ChidambaranarPort Trust, Tuticorin,
recently signed a Memo-randum of Understanding(MoU) with National
Technology Centre forPorts Waterways &Coasts (NTCPWC) andIIT Madras.
As per the MoU,NTCPWC would main-tain the existing Vessel
Traffic Service, developindigenous Vessel TrafficSystem software forVOC Port, that would fa-cilitate identification,tracking, analysis of ship-
ping traffic, real-time in-formation for Pilots, moni-toring of meteorologicalwarnings, and integrationof existing AutomaticIdentification System(AIS).
The duration of theMoU for maintenance &updating of the entire sys-tem shall be for a periodof five years, extendableby another five years
stated an official re-lease from VOC port.
The indigenousVTS software devel-opment would be car-ried out at a cost ofRs. 27,81,600.
Speaking on theoccasion, VOC PortChairman Mr. T.K.
Ramachandran, IAS ,stated that the “VOC Portis the first Indian MajorPort to sign MoU withNTCPWC for develop-ment of Indigenous soft-ware for VTS System.
VOC is 1st major Port to signMoU with NTCPWC fordevelopment of Indigenoussoftware for VTS System.
Mr. T.K. Ramachandran , IASChairman, VOC Port
Govt. toprioritizevaccina-tion to
seafarersVIS News Service
Reviewing the vaccination status, Union Min-
ister of State for Ports, Ship-ping and Waterways (I/C)Mr. MansukhMandaviya suggested thatthe seafaring industry shouldnot get hampered due to non-vaccination and emphasizedthat all efforts should bemade to get the seafarersvaccinated before joiningtheir scheduled duties onboard.
Due to the recent inter-vention by the Ministry, Ma-jor Ports have started Vac-cination Centres. Six MajorPorts which includesMumbai Port Trust, CochinPort Trust, Chennai PortTrust, Visakhapatnam PortTrust, Kolkata Port Trust andTuticorin Port Trust havestarted vaccinating seafarersat their port hospital. More-over, a private hospital inKerala has also been ropedin for vaccinating seafarers.
Seafaring Unions/Asso-ciations like MASSA,FOSMA and NUSI havealso successfully organizedspecial camps for vaccina-tion.
Apart from these mea-sures, Ministry of PS&W hasbeen making efforts to takeState Governments on boardfor including seafarers in theirState ‘priority’ list, and Kerala,Tamil Nadu and Goa has al-ready provided such status.
Govt appoints panelfor GPL merger
VIS News Service
The Andhra Pradeshgovernment recently,
constituted a six-memberEmpowered Committee ofSecretaries for implementingthe merger of theGangavaram Port Limited(GPL) with the Adani PortSEZ Limited (APSEZ).The panel consists of ChiefCommissioner of LandAdministration Mr.Neerabh Kumar Prasadas Chairman and SpecialChief Secretary Infrastruc-ture and Investments) Mr.R. Karikal Valaven asConvener.
According to G.O.MSNo.5 issued by Chief Sec-
retary Mr.Aditya NathDas, the GoS is required toexamine various issuespertaining to the proposedmerger, including creationof a Special PurposeCompany (SPC) for en-tering into a revised con-cession agreement on thesame terms and condi-tions as the original con-cession agreement.
The GoS will haveSpecial Chief Secretary(Revenue and Tourism)Mr. Rajat Bhargava,Principal Secretary (Fi-nance) Mr. S.S.Rawat,and Secretaries Mr.K.V.Ramana (Public En-terprises) and Ms. V.Sunitha (Law) as its mem-bers.
June 1-15, 2021 VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 4
Brandix’s journey to Net Zero Carbon:Aims to be 100% renewable energy by2023 currently stands at 67%Solar PV: 9MW across 12 facilities11MW in Sri Lanka by 202313 MW in India by 2025Uses 100% biomass for its boilers
City / State
Brandix Lanka to be NetZero Carbon by 2023
Aditya Sabharwal
The apparel industryplays a significant role
in an economy as it not onlycreates huge employmentbut is an important sourceof foreign exchange earn-ings for a country. How-ever the apparel industry isalso an industry whereinsustainability plays a para-mount role as the sector isexpected to reduce the illeffects it causes to the en-vironment.
From being one of thelargest consumers of wa-ter to the use of varioushazardous chemicals anddischarge of harmfulwaste the industry has theonus of being environmen-tally responsible and sus-tainable.
Therefore it is crucialthat big apparel manufac-turers take the lead andshow a way that is not onlyprofitable for their share-holders but is simulta-neously sustainable andfriendly to the environment.
Making huge strides inits sustainability drive isBrandix Lanka. With over50 years of experience inApparel manufacturing inSri Lanka and providing
solutions to renownedbrands across the world thecompany has been vigor-
ously accelerating itssustainability drive over theyears.
‘We are well on ourway to become net zerocarbon by 2023 for all ourfacilities in Sri Lanka’ saidMs Naadia Buhary,sustainability lead, Brandixapparel limited, speaking atBrandix’s first eversustainability summit.
Highlighting theorganization’s achieve-ments in its sustainabilitydrive she pointed ‘We haveseen a 84% drop in our car-bon footprint from over 250tonnes of CO2 emissions/million USD in 2007/08 to
less than 50 MT in 2019/20’.
The company is said to
work on a sustainabilityf r a m e -w o r kw h i c he n c o m -p a s s e sthe 3m a i nc o m p o -nents i.e.Air, Wa-ter andearth.
‘Therehas beenan 84%reduction in GHG emis-sions, 29% reduction in oc-cupant water consumptionand 91% of our waste isrecycled and reused’ cited
Ms Naadia.Similarly the company
has been aggressive in its
use of renewable energy
with solar energy leadingthe way. The organizationhas Solar PV of 9MWacross 12 facilities which itaims to take to 11MW in Sri
We have seen a 84% drop in ourcarbon footprint from over 250tonnes of CO2 emissions/millionUSD in 2007/08 to less than 50MT in 2019/20.
Ms Naadia BuharySustainability lead, Brandix apparel limited
Lanka by 2023 and 13 MWin India by 2025. It alsouses 100% biomass for itsboilers.
Although the companycurrently uses 67% of re-newable energy it aims tobecome 100% renewableenergy by 2023.
‘These goals actuallyhelp the organization in thelong run and what is impor-tant is that our leadershipis equally inclined in gettingthis done’ said Ms Naadia.
The Brandixsustainability summit sawan expert line up of speak-
ers share their valuablethoughts and ideas on thetheme ‘Towards a NetZero Future - TranslatingTargets to Action’.
Private hospitals willing to investRs.100 crore in 3 years will be allotted5 acres of land free of cost in districtheadquarters and corporations.
GoAP to spend Rs 8k crson 14 medical colleges
VIS News Service
The Chief MinisterMr. YS
Jaganmohan Reddyrecently laid the founda-tion for construction of14 new medical collegesin the state.
These new medicalcolleges will come up atP i d u g u r a l l a ,M a c h i l i p a t n a m ,V i z i a n a g a r a m ,A n a k a p a l l e ,R a j a h m u n d r y ,Amalapuram, Palakollu,Eluru, Bapatla,M a r k a p u r a m ,M a d a n a p a l l e ,Penugonda, Nandyalaand Adoni.
It was informed thatwork is already inprogress at Pulivendulaand Paderu where thestone is laid for newmedical colleges earlier.
As per the CM plansare to complete the con-
struction work of all the16 medical colleges inthree years.
We are spendingabout Rs.8,000 crorefor construction ofmedical colleges whichare being built with theaim to extend quality
health care to the poorsaid the CM.
He further stated that
apart from these medicalcolleges, we are settingup 500-bedded hospitals.The new medical col-leges will have all themodern facilities. Al-
ready, we are changingthe face of all govern-ment hospitals under the‘ N a d u - N e d u ’programme in order toget national accredita-tion. Private hospitalswilling to invest Rs.100crore in three years willbe allotted five acres ofland free of cost in dis-trict headquarters and cor-porations. YSR VillageClinic will be set up in ev-ery village and eachmandal will have two pri-mary health centres, hesaid.
Synergies cast-ings gives 20k
face masksVIS News Service
Synergies Castings Limited a manufacturer of
Aluminium alloy wheels inIndia is contributing to thefight against COVID 19by not only manufactur-
ing Face Shields, FaceMasks and Sanitizers,apart from various otherproducts, but has alsobeen distributing them freeof cost to Frontline War-riors, COVID 19 victimsand needy people as themain focus of its CSR
goals.Dr. Prasad Chalasani,
a NRI doctor from Floridain the USA, along withfriends of the Class of 1981,Andhra Medical College,have teamed up with Syn-
e r g i e sC a s t i n g sLimited tohelp theFrontl ineWarriors ofK i n gG e o r g eH o s p i t a l( K G H ) ,V i s a k h ap a t n a m ,
who have been relentlesslyworking 24x7 to serve thepatients. Dr. Prasad andSynergies Castings Limitedhave come forward to dis-tribute 20,000 Face Masksand 2,500 Face Shields to theFrontline Warriors of KGH,Visakhapatnam.
Farmersasked to
register one-portal
The State AgricultureMinister Kursala
Kannababu has assuredthe farmers the governmentwill procure paddy fromRythu Bharosa Kendras.
He asked the farmers toregister their names in thePaddy Procurement Onlineportal on ‘This Crop’through the RBKs in eachvillage. Farmers from otherstates will not be able to selltheir crops in AP as thenames will be registered inthis portal.
Govt. to pro-cure 45 lakhMT of paddyCivil Supplies Commis
sioner Mr. KonaShashidhar has said thegovernment has set a tar-get of procuring 45 lakhmetric tonnes of paddy forthe rabi season at a cost ofabout Rs 8,600 crore . Thegovernment has alreadyprocured over 25 lakh met-ric tonnes of paddy from3,78,206 farmers at a costof Rs 4,729 crore.
Speaking to press per-sons, Mr. Sashidhar saidthat despite untimely rainsand adverse conditions, thegovernment was takingsteps for procuring paddythrough RBKs at MinimumSupport Price.
June 1-15, 2021 VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 5
Vizag Plant:To also have the potential for exports to South East AsiaEmployment to 100 peopleEnd Clients: Refractory producers & Constructionchemical producers
The opening of theVizag plant is a majormilestone for Imerys.
Mr. Alessandro DAZZAImerys, CEO
Our Vizag plant helpsImerys to be closer toour customers, inaddition tosubscribing to the
“Make in India” drive by GoI.
Mr. Segi P. IdiculaDirector of Imerys Vizag
City / State
French Co’s Rs 350 cr Vizag unitstarts Commercial operations
Aditya Sabharwal
French multinationalc o m -
p a n yImerys re-c e n t l yl a u n c h e dcommercialsales fromits new cal-cium alu-m i n a t eplant inVizag.
A worldleader inmineral-based specialty so-lutions for industry, Imerysdelivers high value-added,functional solutions to di-versified set of industrial
sectors, from processingindustries to consumergoods.
With €3.8 billion rev-enue and 16,400 employ-ees in 2020, the group has
invested Rs. 350 crores inthis new facility in Vizag,
which will supply the re-fractory as well as the con-struction market withSECAR®70V, a calciumaluminate binder with con-
trolled chemistry andoptimised mineralogy forconventional castable ap-plications, and SECAR®68V, a calcium aluminatebinder dedicated to grow-
ing demand in low-cementcastables.
These products havebeen developed by Imerysscientists to meet the spe-cific needs of the Indianrefractory and construc-t ion industries and
adapted to the climate ofthe sub-continent statedan official release fromthe company to Vizag In-dustrial Scan.
“The opening of this
new plant is a majormilestone for Imerys. Itis another proof that theGroup continues to investin growing markets andgeographies. The fullyremote commissioning,caused by the perduringpandemic, has been anincredible achievement.Our local teams havebeen simply great, com-mented Mr. Alessandro DAZZA, ImerysC h i e fE x e c u -tive Of-ficer.”
ImerysIndia to-day em-p l o y s
8 0 0people,locatedin 16i n d u s -t r i a ls i t e sand 8s a l e soffices.In addi-
t ion tothe production of cal-cium aluminate binders,the Group produces spe-cialty solutions for ce-ramics, plastics, poly-
mers and refractoryproducts.
For the Vizag plant,the company has hired100 people from localcommunities, who havebeen trained graduallyas the commissioning ofthe plant was progress-ing.
“Our Vizag planthelps Imerys to be closerto our customers, in ad-dition to subscribing to
the “Make in India” driveby the Government ofIndia to promote self-suf-ficiency and save foreignexchange through importsubstitution” said Mr.
Segi P. Idicula, Direc-tor of Imerys Vizag.
Speaking to Vizag In-dustrial Scan Mr Idiculafurther informed that theVizag plant will also havethe potential for exports toSouth East Asia. In addi-tion he said that the plantwill also serve as a distri-bution center of importedready-to-use mortars andbentonite solutions toserve the fast growing
infrastructure sector, inparticular for applica-tions such as waste wa-ter, tunneling and civilengineering in general.
Particulars Original Date Revised DateTaxpayers requiring to furnish transfer pricing report 30 November 2021 31 December 2021Taxpayers requiring to get their accounts audited and not covered above 31 October 2021 30 November 2021Other taxpayers not covered above (e.g., individuals, firms not liable to audit etc.) 31 July 2021 30 September 2021
CBDT’s revised time linesand a new ePortal
CA. Rony Antony
As the country is grappling with second
phase of Covid-19 pan-demic, Central Board ofDirect Taxes (“CBDT”)on 20th May 2021, took afar-sighted approach andextended the due date ofvarious statutory dead-lines. This action by theCBDT will greatly helpthe taxpayer in planning
their compliance.Recent extension byCBDT on filing tax re-turns
CBDT vide circulardated 20th May 2021 hasgranted extension of
time limits in view of thesevere pandemic, ofwhich significant ones
are as follows:The CBDT has also
provided extension of ap-plicability of interest u/s.234A (i.e., interest on latepayment of advance tax)in case total income tax
liability is discharged byTDS and advance taxupto Rs 1 lakhs. This is awelcome move that willhelp alleviate the cashflow issues faced by in-dividuals and small busi-nesses.Pre filled tax returns
In order to ease theincome tax return filingthe Government haslaunched a mechanism of
pre-filled forms. Taxpay-ers will now have morepre-filled details whichincludes salary incomefrom pre-fi l led fromForm 16A, TDS creditand other income fromForm 26AS, etc.
It is expected thatwith the pre-filled form,the probabilities of er-rors while filing taxeswill be greatly reduced.Upgraded e-filing por-tal
The CBDT haslaunched the new in-come tax e-filing portal2 . 0(www.incometax.gov.in)on 7th June 2021 replac-
ing the existing e-filingportal. The new portalaims to provide speed,accuracy, convenience,and usability. Some ofthe portal’s features are:
· Integrated pro-
cessing of ITRs to issuequick refunds to taxpay-ers;
· Single dashboardfor follow-up action bytaxpayer;
· Free of cost ITRpreparation softwareavailable with interactivequestions;
The steps taken by theCBDT to ease the pan-
demic impact on compli-ance timelines as well asto is revitalize its portalare welcome moves froma taxpayer standpoint.
(The writer is Partner Tax
& Regulatory Services, BDOIndia, LLP)
‘Completeland survey
by June2023’
VIS News Service
The Chief Minister Mr.Y.S. Jagan Mohan
Reddy has instructed of-ficials to complete thefirst-of-its-kind compre-hensive land surveyprogramme in the state byJune 2023.
Reviewing the surveyimplementation at his campoffice in Tadepalli, the CMsuggested that the officialsconduct regular reviewmeetings on the progress,and ensure there are noproblems in the survey in re-mote and forest areas.
Village/ward secretari-ats should be prepared toprovide all types of servicesto the people, including pro-viding birth and death cer-tificates, he noted. The of-ficials informed that theyhave set up 70 base stationsso far, and more ground sta-tions with the help of Sur-vey of India and drones willbe established.
June 1-15, 2021 VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 6City/StateNEW APPOINTMENTS
Tirumala Rao at the helmof APSRTC
Ch Dwaraka Tirumala Rao, a 1989 batch IPSofficer, recently assumed office as vice-
chairman and managingdirector of APSRTC at RTCHouse.He took charge fromformer DGP RP Thakur. Hepreviously served as the DG-Railway Police andVijayawada Commissioner ofPolice. “I am happy that thegovernment has appointed me
as VC and MD of APSRTC and placed heavyresponsibility on my shoulders,” he said afterassuming charge. He observed he will study thefinancial situation of APSRTC thoroughly, and takeall necessary steps to bring it back from crisis andmake it profitable, besides focusing on theemployees’ welfare.
Rajabapaiah gets addl.charge of APEPDCL CMD
The government has t ransferred MsS.Nagalakshmi, IAS (RR:2012), Chairman
& Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh EasternPower Distr ibution Company Limited,Visakhapatnam as Collector & District Magistrate,Ananthapur. Mr. K. Rajabapaiah, Director(Projects), Andhra Pradesh Eastern PowerDistribution Company Limited,Visakhapatnam has been given full additionalcharge for the post of APEPDCL CMD,Visakhapatnam until further orders.
Digitization in Port EcosystemAfaq Hussain
Over the last few years,India’s rankings in the
Ease of Doing Businesshave witnessed an upwardtrend, particularly in the‘trading across borders’ pa-rameter. This has been theresult of multiple initiativesundertaken in the trade fa-cilitation realm, especiallypost India’s ratification ofthe World TradeOrganization’s (WTO)Trade Facilitation Agree-ment (TFA) in April 2016.India’s rank in ‘tradingacross borders’, improvedby 75 positions moving from143 in 2017 to 68 at present.Throughout the reform pro-cess, digitization has been acritical element in simplify-ing trade procedures acrossIndian ports. While somedigital platforms have easedthe compliance and regula-tory burden on the traders,the ground evidence sug-gests that there still exists
some scope to move to-wards fulldigitization. Terms offunctionalities, technicalglitches, lack of messageexchange between differentsystems and low levels ofawareness/training amongthe users have delayed thetransition to a paperlesstrade ecosystem for exportsand imports.
The port ecosystem inIndia consists of multiplestakeholders, including cus-toms brokers, shipping lines,freight forwarders, trans-port operators, port custo-dians, container freight sta-
tions (CFS) and bordermanagement authorities.The present COVID 19 cri-sis further highlighted theneed to boost the digital in-frastructure in India’s trad-ing environment and inte-grate all the stakeholders.During the COVID 19, thegovernment has continu-ously focussed towards ad-dressing the disruptionscaused by the pandemicthrough various initiatives.
Steps like the facelessassessment, system drivensubmission of documents byimporters/exporters, devel-opment of Port CommunitySystem (PCS) 1x are theinitiatives in the right direc-tion and will surely help ineasing the trade ecosystem.While these reform mea-sures are significant, thereis a need for further im-provement in leveraging in-formation technology to cre-ate a paperless trade eco-system. Some of the initia-
tives that could be initiatedinclude complete integrationof Port Community System(PCS) with all the stake-holders in the trade ecosys-tem including the IndianCustoms Electronic Gate-way (ICEGATE), com-pletely digitizing and inte-grating partner governmentagencies (testing agencies),real time container trackingsystems at all the ports, ca-pacity building of stakehold-ers towards effective imple-mentation of digital plat-forms, etc. Continuous fo-cus on the development ofvarious digital platforms,enhancing the use of onlinetransactions, connectingmultiple stakeholders digi-tally, etc will be important inIndia’s journey to move intothe top 50 rank of the easeof doing business.
(The writer is Co-Founder &Director of Bureau of Research onIndustry & Economic Fundamen-tals. Views expressed are per-sonal.)
Purushotham takescharge as ARC Hony. Dir.
H.Purushotham has recently taken over asHonorary Director of
Agro-Economic ResearchCentre (ARC) of AndhraUniversity. Registrar, Mr.V. Krishna Mohan andother ARC memberswelcomed him. At presentDr. Purushotham is IPRChair professor in Andhra University. Before joiningAndhra University had served as a Chairman andManaging Director of National ResearchDevelopment Corporation.
Sanjay MD of APSPHCL
The government has transferred Mr. N. Sanjay,IPS (RR:1996), Additional Director General of
Police, (Training) and posted him as ManagingDirector, AP State Police Housing Corporation Ltd..He is placed in full additional charge of the post ofAdditional Director General of Police, Personnel &Training in the O/o DGP, AP, Mangalagiri, until furtherorders.
Navya posted as Secy.APSWREIS
Ms. B. Navya, IAS, who is waiting for postingis posted as Secretary, A.P. Social Welfare
Residential Educational Institutions Society. She isalso placed in full additional charge of the post ofVice-Chairman & Managing Director, A.P. ScheduledCastes Cooperative Finance Corporation Limited,until further orders.
VADMNairNew
DGNP
VIS News Service
Vice AdmiralSreekumar Nair,
AVSM, NM, recently tookover as the Director Gen-eral Naval Projects(DGNP), Visakhapatnamfrom Vice Admiral KiranDeshmukh, AVSM, VSM.
Vice Admiral Nair hasearlier served as AdmiralSuperintendent, NavalDockyard, Visakhapatnamand Assistant Chief of Ma-teriel (Information Tech-nology and Systems), at In-tegrated Headquarters,Ministry of Defence(Navy).
Some of his other ma-jor ashore appointments in-clude Chief Staff Officer(Technical), HeadquartersSouthern Naval Com-mand., Principal DirectorShip Production, PrincipalDirector Weapon Equip-ment and Director of Per-sonnel at Integrated Head-quarters, Ministry of De-fence (Navy), New Delhi.
RADM Uthaiah asAdml Supdt, ND
VIS News Service
R ear Admiral IBUthaiah, VSM, has
taken over as the AdmiralSuperinten-dent, NavalDockyard,Visakhapatnamfrom RearA d m i r a lSreekumarNair, NMduring a for-mal cer-emony.
Rear Admiral IBUthaiah, was commis-sioned into the Indian Navyin Nov 1987.
In his 33 years of ser-
vice, the Admiral has servedthe Indian Navy in variouscapacities, with appoint-ments at the Warship De-
sign Director-ate, TrainingA c a d e m i e s ,Naval Dock-yard and at theCommand andNaval Head-quarters.
The Admiralholds a B TechDegree in Ma-
rine Engineering, an MTech Degree in Mathemati-cal Modelling and ComputerSimulation and an M PhilDegree in Strategic Studies.
New SICstake
chargeVIS News Service
Chief Secretary Mr.Aditya Nath Das
administered the oath ofoffice to U.Hariprasad
Reddya n dK.ChennaReddy,w h ow e r erecentlyappointeda s
State InformationCommissioners in APInformation Commission.He congratulated theofficials onbehalf of thegovernment.
Only 30% of IndianGold Jewelleryhallmarked.
Hallmarking of GoldJewellery begins
VIS News Service
Hallmarking of GoldJewellery has begun
from 15thJune 2021. Ear-lier it was expected to beimplemented from1stJune 2021.
Under Hallmarkingscheme of Bureau of In-dian Standards, Jewellersare registered for sellinghallmarked jewellery andrecognise testing and Hall-marking centres. BIS (Hall-marking) Regulations, wereimplemented w.e.f.14.06.2018 stated an offi-cial release from the minis-try of consumer affairs.
Hallmarking will enableJewellery buyers to make aright choice and save themfrom any unnecessary con-fusion while buying gold.
At present, only 30% ofIndian Gold Jewellery ishallmarked.
The Hallmarking ofjewellery/artefacts is re-quired to enhance the cred-ibility of gold Jewellry and
Customer satisfactionthrough third party assur-ance for the marked purity/fineness of gold , consumerprotection. This step willalso help to develop India asa leading gold market cen-ter in the World.
The number of A&Hcenters have increasedfrom 454 to 945 in the lastfive years. At present 940Assaying and Hallmarkingcenters are operative saidthe release.
According to WorldGold Council, India hasaround 4 lakh jewellers, outof this only 35879 have beenBIS certified.
June 1-15, 2021 VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 7
The frozen shrimp
c a t e g o r y
continues to have
strong demand
across the world.
Mr NageshCFO, Nekkanti Seafoods
Though there hasbeen a dip in FY'21compared to FY'20overall prospectslook strong.However it also
depends on how the pandemicturns out this year.
Mr Indra KumarPresident,SEAI & CMD Avanti Feeds
Certain issues faced by Sector:Non-Availability of ReefercontainersFluctuation in the Dollar-RupeeLabour problems due to COVIDrestrictionsRelease of incentives underMEIS
Visakhapatnamstood top in thesea food exportsduring FY’21 bothin terms ofquantity and share
in the country.
Mr Anil NarayananDy COO, VCTPL
Andhra Pradeshaccounts for about70% of theaquaculture shrimpproduced in Indiaand its fortunes are
closely linked to the overall exportprospects for the country.
Ms Pavethra PonniahVice President & Co Group head
ICRA
The aquaculture
sector performed
better during this
fiscal by
contributing 67.99
per cent of exported items in
dollar terms.
Mr. K S Srinivas, IASChairman, MPEDA
City/State
‘Andhra Pradesh ac-counts for about 70% of the
aquaculture shrimp pro-duced in India and its for-tunes are closely linked to
the overall export prospects
for the country’ MsPavethra Ponniah, VicePresident & Co Grouphead, ICRA told Vizag In-
dustrial Scan.All in all in value terms
the state exported USD2154.55 million of marineexports in the last fiscal
AP contributed 36%(in US$) of India’s Seafood exportswhile in rupee terms it wasRs. 15,831.74 crores.
Although there has beena decline in the overall sea-
food exports in FY’21 com-pared to FY’20 industry, in-siders say the effect of the
pandemic has been minimal
on this sector compared toother sectors.
‘I think the state hasdone extremely well keep-
ing the current situation inmind and we expect to con-tinue to lead in this sectorgoing forward’ said Mr CHKishore, MD Sandybay
Contd. from Page 1 sea foods.Concurred Mr Nagesh,
CFO, Nekkanti seafoodsand stated ‘The frozenshrimp category continues tohave strong demand acrossthe world’.AP’s Export Markets
In terms of geographiesUSA and China continuedto be the largest importerswith USA accounting for176,488 tons worth USD1524.07 million followed byChina with 50,565 tonsworth USD 274.54 million.The European union andmiddle east were the otherlarge markets (See piechart).Vizag Port/VCTPL High-est market Share
Marine products wereexported through 30 differ-ent sea/air/land ports. Vizag,Calcutta, Kochi,Krishnapatnam, and JNPare the major ports which
have handled marine cargo.Vizag handled 28% of ex-ports from India in US$terms(See table below).
Issues faced by SectorDespite being a decent
year for the seafood export-ers, there are certain issuesthat the industry has beenfacing and pose a challengeto the sector.
The pandemic for one is
major concern as partiallockdowns still continue inmany states. ‘It is an uncer-tain situation right now andone can’t really predict howthis fiscal will pan out. It all
depends on how the pan-demic is controlled’ saidSea Food Exporters Asso-ciation of India (SEAI),President and CMD AvantiFeeds, Mr Indra Kumarspeaking to Vizag Indus-trial Scan.
Similarly issues such asavailability of reefer con-tainers, fluctuation of thedollar-rupee, labour prob-lems due to COVID restric-tions and pending release ofincentives remain a point ofconcern.
‘Even though the gov-ernment had declared theincentives under the MEISscheme it has still not beenreleased for last year. Allexporters are eagerly wait-ing for the release of theirincentives’ informed MrNagesh.Exports to RemainStrong
Ms Ponniah howeveropines that the exportprospects for the cur-rent fiscal remain strongwith the reopening indeveloped countries.‘While the 2nd wavehas disrupted farming,the impact so far hasbeen low’ said MsPonniah.
She further addedthat given the global de-mand for shrimp, Indiacan capitalise on at-tracting investments.Ms Ponniah though did
stress on meeting globalstandards on hygiene anddisease safety and usage ofquality broodstock and
traceability as other criticalglobal requirements.India’s total Exports
The country on a wholeregistered seafood exportsto the tune of USD 5.96 bil-lion in FY'21 having ex-
p o r t e d11,49,341 MTof Seafoods.
USA andChina werethe major im-porters of In-dian seafoodwhile FrozenShrimp con-tinued to be
the major export item fol-lowed by frozen fish.
The COVID pandemicand sluggish overseas mar-kets did cast their shadowover India's resurgent sea-
food sector.In 2019-20, India ex-
ported 12,89,651 MT of
seafood worth Rs 46,662.85crore (US$ 6.68 billion),
marking a decline of 6.31
per cent in rupee terms and10.81 per cent in dollarvalue in 2020-21 (See
India's exports Graph).
June 1-15, 2021 VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 8
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June 1-15, 2021 VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 10National
India’s May 2021 tradedeficit at USD 6.32 Billion
VIS News Service
Releasing the trade datafor the month of
May’21 the government
announced that India’smerchandise exports inMay 2021 stood at USD32.21 billion, an increaseof 67.39% over USD19.24 billion in May 2020and an increase of 7.93%over USD 29.85 billion in
May 2019.India’s merchandise
imports in May 2021 wasUSD 38.53 billion, an in-crease of 68.54% over
USD 22.86 billion in May2020 and a decline of17.47% over USD 46.68billion in May 2019.
India was thus a netimporter in May 2021 witha trade deficit of USD 6.32billion, increase of 74.69%
over trade deficit USD3.62 billion in May 2020and reduction by 62.49%over trade deficit USD16.84 billion in May 2019.
In May 2021, the valueof non-petroleum exportswas USD 26.94 billion, reg-istering a positive growth of54.06% over USD 17.49billion in May 2020 and apositive growth of 8.08%over USD 24.92 billion in
Total
2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 % change % change 2019-202021-22 2021-22
over 2020-21 over 2019-20
Exports 29.85 19.24 32.21 67.39 7.93 24.92
Imports 46.68 22.86 38.53 68.54 -17.47 34.09
Deficit 16.84 3.62 6.32 74.69 -62.49 9.17
MERCHANDISE TRADE: Preliminary Data, May 2021
Summary Value in USD Billion
May 2019.The value of non-petro-
leum and non-gems andjewellery exports in May2021 was USD 23.97 bil-lion, registering a positivegrowth of 45.96% overUSD 16.42 billion in May2020 and a positive growthof 11.51% over USD 21.5billion in May 2019.
In May 2021, Oil im-ports was USD 9.45 bil-lion, a positive growth of164.46% compared toUSD 3.57 billion in May2020 and a negativegrowth of 24.94 comparedto USD 12.59 billion inMay 2019.
Non-oil imports in May2021 was estimated atUSD 29.08 billion, show-ing an increase of 50.77%compared to USD 19.29billion in May 2020 and adecrease of 14.71% com-pared to USD 34.09 billionin May 2019.
GoI issues guidelinesfor PLI Scheme for
White GoodsVIS News Service
The Department forPromotion of Indus-
try and Internal Trade(DPIIT), Ministry ofCommerce and Industry,Government of India re-cently notified the Pro-duction Linked Incentive(PLI) Scheme for WhiteG o o d s( A i rC o n d i -t i o n e r sa n dL E DLights )m a n u -facturers in India.
The objective of thescheme is to create com-plete component ecosys-tem in India and makeIndia an integral part ofthe global supply chains.With due consultationswith industry and otherstakeholders, DPIIT is-
sued detailed SchemeGuidelines for effectiveoperation and smoothimplementation of theScheme. The Scheme isexpected to attract globalinvestments, enhancemanufacturing and gener-ate large scale employ-ment opportunities.
D e -t a i l e dSchemeGuide-l i n e smay bea c -c e s s e d
at https://dipp.gov.in/pro-duction-linked-incentive-scheme/production-linked-incentive-scheme-pli-white-goods.
The application win-dow for the Scheme shallbe open from 15th June2021 to 15th September,2021.
Applications Invitedfrom 15th June 2021 to15th September
Amara Raja Batter-ies sees 45% jump
in PBT for Q4
“Textiles Industry availedcredit of Rs.1.62 lakh cr”
active loans (volume),in the sector stood at 4.26lakh, as of December 2020.
MSME borrowers havea lion share of the overallcredit by volume
With 95% of the over-all credit by volume of thesector concentrated in mi-
cro, smalland me-dium seg-ment ofbor row-ers, the in-dustry hasa pres-ence ofclose to 5
lakh borrowers as of De-cember 2020.
Geographical insightson top textile hubs
At the state level,Maharashtra has the larg-est share of the credit port-folio at 25% of the creditbook to the sector.
Commenting on the re-
port MrS i v a s u b r a m a n i a nRamann, Chairman andManaging Director, SIDBIsaid, “The sector is thefifth largest in exports, con-tributing to 12% of thecountry’s export earningsand 2% to GDP. India is aworld leader in textiles andpossesses the entire manu-facturing value chain.”
Lender profiles for theIndian textile and apparelsector
Public sector banks aredominant lenders in provid-ing finance to the sectorwith a share of 62.61% involume as of December2020.
VIS News Service
The government recently announced the
numbers for Agri exportsfrom India. Interacting withthe media Secretary, de-partment of Commerce,Government of India DrAnup Wadhawan said thatAgriculture Exports haveperformed well during2020-21.
He informed that agri-culture products (exclud-ing marine and plantationproducts), witnessed agrowth of 28.36% with ex-
growth 41.88%), raw cotton(USD 1897.20 million -growth 79.43%), fresh veg-etables (USD 721.47 million- growth 10.71%) and veg-etable oils (USD 602.77 mil-lion- growth 254.39%) etc.
The organic exports dur-ing 2020-21 were USD1040
India’s Agri Exports stood at USD 29 Billion in FY’21ports of USD 29.81 billionin 2020-21 as compared to
USD 23.23 billion in 2019-20. India has been able totake advantage of the in-creased demand for staples
during the COVID-19 pe-riod he said.
Growth was seen inexport of cereals with ex-port of non-basmati ricegrowing by 136.04% toUSD 4794.54 million;
wheat by 774.17% toUSD 549.16 million; and
other cereals(Millets, Maizeand other coarsegrains) by238.28% to USD694.14 million.
Other agricul-tural products,which registeredsignificant in-crease in exports,as compared to
2019-20, were oil meals(USD 1575.34 million -growth of 90.28%), sugar(USD 2789.97 million -
Non-basmati rice 136.04%Wheat 774.17%Other cereals (Millets, Maize and othercoarse grains) 238.28%Organic exports 50.94%.
Top Export markets:USA, China, Bangladesh, UAE,Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia,Nepal, Iran and Malaysia
million as against USD 689million in 2019-20, register-ing a growth of 50.94%.Organic exports include oilcake/ meals, oil seeds, ce-reals and millets, spices andcondiments, tea, medicinalplant products, dry fruits,sugar, pulses, coffee etc.
VIS News Service
One of the largestmanufacturers of
lead-acid batteries forboth industrialand automotiveapplications inthe Indian stor-age ba t t e ryindustry, AmaraRaja BatteriesLimited, recently re-ported its Q4 resultsfor FY’21.
In Q4 of FY 21 thecompany r epo r t edrevenue o f Rs2,102.70 (Rs 1,581.39crores) and profit be-fo re t ax (PBT) o f
Rs.258.79 crores (Rs.178.28 crores) therebymarking a growth of45%.
C o m m e n t -ing on t her e s u l t s , M r.J a y a d e vG a l l a , V i c eCha i rman &Managing Di-
rector, Amara Raja Bat-t e r i e s L imi t ed ,s a id “We have man-aged to perform betterthan the previous yeardespite the very chal-lenging and uncertainenvironment during thefiscal year gone by.”
VIS News Service
In its third edition of Industry Spotlight, SIDBI
and CRIF High Markanalysed the ‘Indian Tex-tile and Apparels’ industry.
According to the report,the total amount of creditavailed by the sector as ofDecember 2020 stood atRs.1.62 lakh crore, whichwitnessed a Y-o-Y declineof nearly 20%. This itstated was due to the sus-pension of manufacturingactivities in the immediateaftermath of the COVID-19 lockdown in March2020. The report alsostated that the number of
June 1-15, 2021 VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 11
Large Investments (Over Rs 500 crs) Grounded (Between June 2019-May 2021)
District Project Sector Committed Investment Committed Month/Year(Rs in Crores) Employment
Anantapur Hyundai Transys India Auto Components 847.97 619 Jul-19Anantapur Sungwoo Hightech AP P Ltd Auto Components 523.78 735 Jul-19Anantapur Kia Motors Auto Components 13500 11000 Aug-19Chittoor Toray Industries Healthcare 1000 130 Feb-20Chittoor Hero Motocorp Auto Components 1600 2500 Mar-20Chittoor Apollo Tyres Limited Auto Components 1200 750 Jun-20Chittoor Rockman Industries Auto Components 652 1000 Oct-20Krishna Mohan Spintex Textiles 751 3575 Mar-20Krishna Ashok Leyland Auto Components 1000 2000 Feb-21Visakhapatnam Divis Laboratories Pharma 500 1500 Jun-20Visakhapatnam Divis Laboratories Pharma 500 750 Jun-20
Large Investments(Over Rs 500 crs) Under ImplementationDistrict Project Sector Committed Investment Committed
(Rs in Crores) EmploymentChittoor SriKalahasti Pipes Basic Metals & Alloy Industries 596.35 2100Chittoor Linde India Other Industries 500 600Chittoor THK India P Ltd Engineering 502 400East Godavari Grasim Industries Chemical&Petro Chemical 750 3000Kurnool jairaj Ispat Ltd Basic Metals & Alloy Industries 2960 1100Kurnool Ramco Cements Non Metallic Mineral 1200 1000SPS Nellore AP Power Development Corp Power Generation 7942 450Srikakulam East Coast Energy P Ltd Power Generation 8580 1620Vizag ATC Tires P Ltd Rubber, Plastics, Petroleum 1750 2000Vizag Kansai Nerolac Paints Other Industries 510 1200Vizag Saint Gobain Non Metallic Mineral 2000 1300Vizag Rushil Décor Food, Agro, Marine Products 559 630Vizag Rain CII Carbon Chemical&Petro Chemical 750 850
Investments (Between June2019 - May 2021):
Grounded: Rs 29,780.86crs (About USD 4 Billion)Under Implementation: Rs36,384.29 crs (About USD 5Billion)
Investments ProposedUnder Active Consideration:Rs 22,338 crs (About USD 3Billion)Evinced Interest & UnderActive Discussion: Rs125,572 crs (About USD 18Billion)
Top 3 Districts of Investments*:Anantapur: Rs 18,494.8 croresVizag: Rs 4416.45 croresChittoor: Rs 2306.06 crores
*Grounded between June 2019&May 2021
City / State
gering 45% was donealone by Kia Motors in itsAnantapur plant creatingemployment for 11,000people. The company in-vested Rs 13,500 croresin August of 2019 as perthe data of APEDB. Ona whole the district ofAnantapur raked in Rs18,494 crores of invest-ments out of the total Rs29,780 crores thus regis-tering a staggering 62%of total investments re-ceived.
The distr ict ofVisakhapatnam received
an investment sum of Rs4416.45 for the same pe-
riod while Chittoor dis-
Unveiling AP’s Mega Investmentstrict received a sum of Rs2306.06 crores.
Some of the othermajor investments (Over
Rs 500 crores) made dur-
Contd. from Page 1 ing this period includedthe l ikes of AshokLeyland Rs 1000 crores,
Rockman Industries(auto components) Rs
652 crores, Divis Labo-ratories EOU Rs 500
crores, Divis Laborato-ries (Exp) Rs 500 crores,
Hero Moto Corp Rs 1600
crores, Mohan SpintexRs 751 crores, Toray In-
dustries Rs 1000 crores,Apollo Tyres Rs 1200
crores, SungwooHightech AP, Rs 523.78crores, Hyundai Transys
India Rs 847.97 crores.In addit ion the
APEDB mentioned thatanother Rs 36,384.29
crores worth of invest-
ments is under implemen-tation (June 2019-May
2021). These are saidto create employment
for over 75,000 people.
Some of the mega in-vestments in this seg-ment includeSriKalahasti Pipes PLtd Rs 596.35 crores,ATC Tires AP Rs 1750crores, Linde India LtdRs 500 crores, JairajIspat Ltd Rs 2960crores, Ramco cementsRs. 1200 crores, WalmartIndia P Ltd Rs 750 crores,Kansai Nerolac paintsLimited Rs 510 crores,AP Power developmentCompany Rs 7942 crores,Saint Gobain India Rs2000 crores, East coastenergy P ltd Rs 8580crores, Grasim IndustriesRs 750 crores, RushilDécor Rs 559 crores.
AP receives Rs 1438 crs inRevenue Deficit grant
VIS News Service
The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of
Finance recently releasedthe 3rd monthly instalment ofPost Devolution RevenueDeficit (PDRD) Grant ofRs. 9,871 crore for the year2021-22 to 17 States.
With the release of 3rd in-stalment, a total amount of Rs.29, 613 crore has been re-leased in the first three monthsof the current financial yearas Post Devolution Revenue
Deficit Grant to the states saida release from the Ministry ofFinance.
The state of AndhraPradesh received Rs 1438.08crores in the third instalment.
The Centre provides thePost Devolution RevenueDeficit Grant to the Statesunder Article 275 of the Con-stitution. The grants are re-leased as per the recommen-dations of the Finance Com-mission in monthly instalmentsto meet the gap in RevenueAccounts of the States post
devolution. The 15th FinanceCommission has recom-mended Post Devolution Re-lease Deficit grants to 17States.
Other States recom-mended for Post DevolutionRevenue Deficit Grant in-cluded: Assam, Haryana,Himachal Pradesh,Karnataka, Kerala,Manipur, Meghalaya,Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab,Rajasthan, Sikkim, TamilNadu, Tripura, Uttarakhandand West Bengal.
Over 30K MT of APBananas exported
VIS News Service
As part of the Agriculture Export Policy of
the government of India, 46unique product-district clus-ters were identified for ex-port promotion. 29 ClusterLevel Committees wereformed in different clusters.Many of these clustersspread across the countrywitnessed many success sto-ries.
Two clusters in AndhraPradesh namely Anantapur
cluster for Bananas and themango cluster saw signifi-cant numbers in exports.
Anantapur Cluster(Banana): During the recentseason (Jan-April 2021),30,291 MT of banana weredispatched from Anantapurin Andhra Pradesh through9 reefer rail movements andexported to Middle East.
Mango Cluster,Andhra Pradesh - In the cur-rent season, a consignmentof Banganapalli (GI certi-
fied) & Survarnarekha man-goes sourced from farmersin Krishna & Chittoor clus-ter districts were exported toSouth Korea.
A total 109 MT mangoeswas exported to MiddleEast, EU, UK, and NewZealand from the cluster.Similarly during this mangoseason, a total quantity of4000MT of mangoes wastransported from Krishnacluster district, AndhraPradesh to Delhi by rail.
June 1-15, 2021 VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 12
HPCL’s 50 Smart TerminalsVIS News Service
With the successfultransformation of
Bahadurgarh & KolkataTerminals into ‘SmartTerminals’, HPCL hasconverted 50 of its POLTerminals into ‘SmartTerminals’.
These smart termi-nals are with full automa-
tion and seamless inte-gration of all activitieswithout needing manualinterventions to enhancethe operational efficien-cies and customer valuesaid a release fromHPCL.
Smart Terminals areaimed at strengtheningthe business competency
of HPCL’s Supply andDistribution activities andoffer superior, proven &standardized processwith industry specific so-lutions, covering all thedecisive core elements –from integrated systemsto seamless communica-tion down to the fieldlevel & stakeholders.
Update
Radm.Dhir asJt. Sec-retary
Rear Admiral KapilMohan Dhir has
taken over as the Joint Sec-retary (Navy &DefenceStaff) in the Department ofMilitary Affairs. He is thefirst Armed Forces officer totenant this assignment. He isan alumnus of National De-fence AcademyKhadakwasla, Pune andwas commissioned into theIndian Navy on 01 Jan 1985.
He has held importantoperational and staff ap-pointments, which includeFleet Operations Officer ofEastern Fleet and Commo-dore in charge Work up, In-dian Naval Workup Team(INWT), Kochi.
The officer has rich ex-perience of Ministry of De-fence, having worked in vari-ous capacities at NavalHeadquarters, as well asHeadquarters IntegratedDefence Staff.
He is also a recipient ofthe ‘VishistSeva Medal’ andthe ‘AtiVishishtSeva Medal’for distinguished service.
JSPL supplies 510MT LMO to AP
VIS News Service
Jindal Steel and PowerLtd has supplied over
1,100 tonnes of liquidmedical oxygen to bothAndhra Pradesh andTelangana.
As per the company itsupplied 600 tonnes ofliquid oxygen to Telanganaand 510 tonnes to AndhraPradesh through cryo-genic tankers via road andrailways.
Till May22, JSPL supplied morethan 2,400 tonnes of liquidmedical oxygen to hospi-tals located in variousstates from its Angul steelplant in Odisha.
The company has a ca-pacity to produce 120tonnes of liquid oxygen perday. JSPL said it can con-tribute 30 to 50 tonnes perday to both states if cryo-genic tankers are availableon time.
VIS News Service
Chief Minister Mr. Y.S.Jagan Mohan
Reddy, digitally launchedthe construction of housesfor the poor.
Among one of theNavaratnalus he had prom-ised to the weaker sectionof the society the project inthe first phase will see 15.60lakh houses constructed ata cost of Rs 28,084 crore.
After distributing freehouse site pattas to 30.76lakh beneficiaries of poorand downtrodden sections inthe state, the state govern-ment has now taken up con-
structing houses for them ina phased manner with thehelp of Pradhan MantriAwas Yojana.
Speaking on the occa-sion, the Chief Minister saidthat in the first phase 15.60
lakh houses will be builtwhich will be completed byJune 2022. In the secondphase 28.30 lakh houses willbe built at a cost ofRs.50,944 crore will betaken up,” he added.
All new colonies willhave the best infrastructurefacilities, he informed andsaid that Rs 4,128 crore willbe spent on clean drinkingwater, Rs 22,587 crore on
CM’s mega Housing projectroads and drainage, Rs4,986 crore on power sup-ply, Rs 627 crore onInternet and Rs 567 croreon other facilities for thesecolonies.
“Unlike in the past, our
government is building eachhouse in a 340 square ft areawith a bedroom, hall,kitchen, bathroom andporch. Also, each house isprovided with two fans, twotube lights, four bulbs, anda Syntex tank” said the CM.
To monitor the processthe Chief Minister has des-ignated a joint Collector ineach district apart from theexisting joint collectors.
At the CapitalVIS News Service
Chief Minister MrJagan Mohan
Reddy along with SeniorYSRCP leader andRajya Sabha MP, MrVijayasai Reddy re-cently met Union Minis-ter of Railways, Com-merce & Industry, con-sumer affairs food andpublic distribution, MrPiyush Goyal in NewDelhi.
During his visit to thecapital the CM also metseveral top leaders of thecentral government includ-ing Home Minister Mr.Amit Shah and apprisedthem of the various dues tothe state. He reiterated thestate’s demand for release offunds for Polavaram project.
In his meeting with theNiti Aayog vice chairmanMr Rajiv Kumar the CMinformed him of the state’smega housing programme
and requested to include theprovision of infrastructure in
Pradhan Mantri Avas Yojana.The CM also met union
minister of steel, MrDharmendra Pradhan andurged him not to privatiseVisakhapatnam Steel Plant(VSP).
Mr Jagan Mohan Reddyalso held over an hour-longdiscussion with Pradhan onthe Kakinada Petro Complexand VSP.
As per reports while dis-
cussing the Kakinada PetroComplex, the CM said a
promise was made to set upa petro complex at KakinadaSEZ (special economiczone) under the AndhraPradesh ReorganizationAct. It was further statedthat detailed project reports(DPRs) have been preparedfor the project by HPCL-GAIL companies togetherwith a capacity of one mil-lion tonne and at a cost ofRs 32,900 crore.
ENC inducts State ofthe art Helicopters
VIS News Service
The Eastern NavalCommand (ENC)
recently inducted threeAdvanced l ight hel i-c o p t e r s(ALHs).
The induc-tion ceremonyof ‘322 DegaF l i g h t ’ w a sh e l d i n t h ep r e s e n c e o fFlag Off icerCommanding-i n - C h i e f ,Eastern NavalC o m m a n d(ENC) Vice AdmiralA j e n d r a B a h adurSingh AVSM, VSMwith three indigenouslybuilt ALHs MK III he-l icopters f ly ing in toNaval Air Station, INSDega.
With the induction of
these Maritime Recon-naissance and CoastalSecurity (MRCS) heli-copters, the ENC got amajor boos t towards
enhancing the capabili-ties of the force, in pur-suit of the maritime in-te res t s o f the na t ionstated an off ic ial re-lease from ENC.
Built by HindustanAeronautics Ltd, thesehelicopters are state-
of- the-ar t f lying ma-chines and constitute amajor step as a part of‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.
These he l i cop t e r sare fitted withmodern surveil-lance radar andelectro-opticale q u i p m e n t ,wh ich enab lethem to under-take the role ofmaritime recon-na i s sance i naddition to pro-v id ing long -range Searchand Rescue ,
both by day and night.The flight was led by
Cdr SS Dash as the firstflight commander who isan experienced ALHQualified Flying Instruc-tor (QFI) with extensiveoperational experience.
VSEZ chief urgesCos to plant saplingsVIS News Service
In connection with
the WorldEnvironmentDay Mr. AR a m aM o h a nR e d d y ,Zona l De -v e l o p m e n tC o m m i s -s i o n e r ,VSEZ celebrated byplant ing of Plumeriaand Pomegranate sap-lings in VSEZ. He ap-pealed to all the SEZDevelopers and Unitsbesides EOUs locatedin AP, Te l angana toplant at least 5 saplings
on the eve in their pre-mises.
Later the Develop-ment commissioner,stressed the importanceof Ecosystem Restora-tion. The theme of thisyear’s World Environ-ment Day is ‘Reimagine.Recreate. Restore.’
