Ahmedabad Apr 22 PTI The Ayush Ministry on Friday said it has received letters of intent LoI from various companies committing to the investment of Rs 9000 crore during the three-day Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit GAIIS held here The three-day summit inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 20 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar came to an end on Friday with entrepreneurs submitting LoIs to the tune of Rs 9000 crore for the sector a release by the ministry said The investments come across major categories like FMCG medical value travel MVT and services pharmaceuticals agriculture technology and diagnostics During the summit more than 70 memoranda of understanding MoUs were signed between countries prestigious research institutes farmers groups and industry The first GAIIS saw participation from more than 30 FMCG companies including Amul Dabur Kama Ayurveda Accord AyurVAID Natural Remedies Ambro Pharma and Patanjali The proposed investment in the Ayush sector is expected to create around 55 lakh jobs said the release In his address at the valedictory session of the Summit Union Minister of Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal said the Ayush sector is growing and achieving unprecedented milestones under the mentorship of PM Modi The summit organized in line with Sustainable Development Goal Number 3 of promoting good health and well-being witnessed the presence of 90 eminent speakers and 100 exhibitors said the release Sonowal added the investors and the entrepreneurs of the world have realized the comparative advantages which Ayush is offering and the Ayush sector has unprecedentedly grown to more than USD 18 billion globally PTI PJT MR

Chandigarh Feb 23 PTI Protesting employees of the city electricity department on Wednesday evening called off their strike while power supply has also been restored in the most parts of the city The decision to call off the three-day strike that was to end on Thursday night was taken after a meeting between the representatives of the UT Powermen Union and senior officials of the Chandigarh administration The city residents have faced the worst-ever electricity crisis in the history of Chandigarh as the disruption in power supply adversely affected residential industrial and commercial areas Even the government hospitals in the union territory had to reschedule elective surgeries Employees of the electricity department under the banner of the UT Powermen Union had gone on a strike on late Monday night against UT Chandigarh administrations move to privatise the department After the meeting with the officials of the administration UT Powermen Union president Dhian Singh said they have called off the strike Addressing the media on Wednesday evening Dharam Pal adviser to the UT Administrator said power to most of the areas has been restored since the staff has joined their duties Some areas might still be affected but we will restore power in those areas as well by today evening said the adviser The Chandigarh administration on Tuesday evening had invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act banning strikes by the electricity department for six months He said the armys help was also taken to restore the electricity in the city Six feeders were restored Tuesday night he said adding that by Wednesday noon power supply in 80 per cent of the area was restored Pal also read out the proceedings of the meeting with the union members and said that the union requested that the sympathetic view should be taken regarding those employees who join their duty on Wednesday itself The Deputy Commissioner Chandigarh assured that a reasonable sympathetic view will be taken regarding such employees who joined their duty today he said Appropriate legal action will be taken against those employees who will still be absent from duty he further said The adviser said on the request of the union the deputy commissioner assured that the department will not issue LoI letter of intent to a selected private agency till the next date of hearing in the Punjab and Haryana High Court The matter pertaining to the privatization of the electricity department is pending before the high court Notably in 2020 the Chandigarh administration had decided to privatize the department and later the UT Powermen Union approached the high court against this move The Chandigarh administration on Wednesday assured the Punjab and Haryana high court that it would restore 100 percent electricity by 10 pm The high court on Tuesday had taken suo-motu notice of the electricity crisis and had asked the UT chief engineer to appear before the court on Wednesday Residents of Chandigarh at some places faced power outages on Wednesday morning Harried residents of the union territory Chandigarh which is the common capital of Punjab and Haryana had blamed the city administration for remaining a mute spectator leaving them in lurch as the power outages crippled the city Congress MP from Anandpur Sahib Manish Tewari on Wednesday had sought intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the matter saying there is chaos and anarchy and all essential services have come to a standstill PTI CHS VSD MR MR

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 20 (ANI): TP Saurya Ltd (TPSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has received a letter of intent from Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd (MAHAGENCO) for setting up of a 250 MW grid-connected solar photovoltaic power plant in Maharashtra.