How Asia-Pacific is fighting a fuel shock that could get worseAsian nations are grappling with prolonged energy supply strains due to the Middle East conflict, prompting governments to implement costly...
28 Apr, 2026, 07.52 AM IST
Beyond wage protest: Bureaucracy, compliance burden strain Noida-Greater Noida MSMEsIndustry stakeholders say legacy bureaucratic systems and entrenched administrative practices are undermining MSMEs’ momentum in the region.
16 Apr, 2026, 10.30 AM IST
Coal stock adequate for 90 days available: Union Coal Minister Kishan ReddyIndia now holds over 200 million tonnes of coal, enough for 90 days, a significant increase from previous stock levels. The nation achieved...
13 Apr, 2026, 07.07 PM IST
GeM facilitates Rs 2,200 cr asset disposal for govt entities in 4 yearsA forward auction is a digital bidding process through which government departments sell assets such as scrap, e-waste, old vehicles, machi...
21 Dec, 2025, 08.16 PM IST
New record for Indian Railways, Rs 2,582 cr worth of scrap sold in 6 monthsGoing by the data, s much as 3,93,421 metric ton of iron scrap has been sold off so far in 2022-23. The amount sold during the same six mon...
17 Oct, 2022, 06.38 PM IST
Railways registers record sale in scrap in 2020-21In the Indian Railways, scrap materials are generated mainly by way of laying new tracks, converting old tracks into new ones, abandoning o...
04 Jul, 2021, 04.14 PM IST
B2B e-commerce company mjunction sold over 9,000 tonne of scrap in FY19The development follows M&M's decision to shift its sale of automotove scrap generated by its component manufacturers to the online mode fr...
09 May, 2019, 06.42 PM IST
Decline in railway earnings from scrap e-auctionRailway scrap is generated mainly from condemned wagons, coaches, locos, wheels, axles and discarded rails.
20 Apr, 2017, 06.03 PM IST
Parliamentary panel finds irregularities in railways scrap auctionRailways is a major generator of scrap, and scrap disposal is a one of the important functions of the public transporter which generates Rs...
15 Dec, 2016, 07.23 PM IST
Railways fetches Rs 3000 crore from scrap e-auctionRailways has made e-auction mandatory for scrap auction as part of the Digital India initiative even as it made over Rs 3,000 crore from su...
13 Feb, 2016, 06.20 PM IST
Goa iron ore e-auction to take off tomorrowThe department has listed mines in Codli, Sanquelim, Cuddegal, Shigao, Sonus, Collem, Coshti, Shelvona, Sulcorna, Dignem and Maina for the ...
21 Sep, 2015, 02.33 PM IST
Jharkhand restores decision to give sand mining right to panchayatsThe decision was taken by the Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Principal Secretary (Cabinet Co-ordination) J B Tubid told r...
13 Dec, 2013, 12.16 AM IST
Railways switch over to e-auction mode for scrap disposalRailways have switched over completely to e-auction system for disposal of scrap eliminating need for physical bidding by purchasers.
13 Sep, 2013, 04.51 PM IST
- Radioactive metal came from DU
If the presence of radioactive cobalt 60 at the Mayapuri scrap market wasn’t shocking enough, the police on Wednesday dropped a bigger bomb...
29 Apr, 2010, 08.37 AM IST
- MSTC plans e-auction for iron ore
State-owned trading firm Metals and Scrap Trading Corporation (MSTC) plans to offer e-commerce services for iron ore trading through e-auct...
04 Jul, 2008, 12.49 AM IST
- Railways to launch commercial portal
With plans to launch a commercial portal, Railways will soon be able to conduct all its business transactions online, including those relat...
21 Oct, 2007, 12.30 PM IST
- Railways to sell scrap by e-auction
Scrap is no crap for the Railways. In fact, it is a lucrative trade earning from which is going up year on year for the public sector behem...
17 Oct, 2007, 10.24 AM IST