Increased
emphasis on Bio-fuels
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP) announced for
award of hydrocarbon acreages
134 e-Bids received for the 34 contract areas
under the Discovered small fields
A
large number of important policies, activities, decisions and initiatives were
undertaken by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in last one year. The
achievements were in downstream, midstream as well as upstream sectors. The
year was declared as the year and saw launch of a number of people-oriented
initiatives.
1.
Pradhan
Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)
Government
has approved Rs. 8000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for
release of 5 crore deposit free new LPG connections to Women of BPL families
over three years, i.e. FY 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19. The scheme will provide
an initial cost of Rs. 1600/- for providing LPG connection to poor households
in the name of women of the household. The Prime Minister launched the scheme
on 01.05.2016 at Balia, Uttar Pradesh.
LPG
connection to BPL families is being provided to the BPL family access to clean
cooking fuel. The provision of LPG as a cooking fuel helps in addressing health
problems caused by use of traditional sources of cooking fuel such as fire
wood, coal, cowdung, etc. This will in turn enhance productivity of woman,
raise their quality of life by removing drudgery associated with collection of
wood and ensure them against non-availability of cooking fuel, at times.
Under
the scheme, the Government of India provides deposit free LPG connection of BPL
families identified through the Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011 data, which includes
security of one cylinder, pressure regulator, hose pipe, installation charges
and DGCC Book. The consumer has to purchase ISI standard gas stove, which is
optional. Further, Oil Marketing Companies are also financing purchase of LPG
stove and 1st refill to BPL customers on instalment basis, if they
so desire.
To
ensure smooth supply chain of LPG cylinders to meet the demand, Government is
in process of setting up of 10,000 new distributorships. Majority of these
distributorships will come in rural areas to cater to unserved consumers.
As on
09.12.2016, Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have released 12288517 new LPG
connections under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY).
2.
Direct
Benefit Transfer in PDS Kerosene Scheme (DBTK)
Jharkhand has become first State in the
country to implement DBTK and others have been requested to join the Scheme.
Under the Scheme, the Kerosene is being sold at non-subsidised price and
subsidy, as admissible, is being transferred to consumers directly into his/her
bank account. The States would be given cash incentive of 75% of subsidy
savings during the first two years, 50% in the third year and 25% in the fourth
year. In case the States voluntarily agree to undertake cuts in kerosene
allocation, beyond the savings due to DBT, a similar incentive would be given
to those States/UTs. The initiative of the Government is aimed at rationalizing
subsidies based on approach to cut subsidy leakages, but not subsidies
themselves. The scheme will also stop diversion of Kerosene.
State Government of Karnataka had
volunteered to undertake cut in Kerosene allocation and the similar proposal
has also been received from Government of Haryana and Government of Telangana.
Further, Government of Haryana has
requested to make the State Kerosene free by 31.03.2017.
3.
Kerosene
Free Delhi and Chandigarh
NCT
of Delhi and UT of Chandigarh have been declared Kerosene Free cities effective
1st October, 2013 and 1st April, 2016 respectively and
hence no PDS SKO allocation is made to them.
4.
PAHAL: World’s largest Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme
PAHAL (Pratyaksh Hasthantarit Labh) is the world’s largest Direct
Benefit Transfer Scheme. Through PAHAL, subsidy given to consumers is directly
transferred to the registered account of the consumer without involving any
intermediary. More than 16.99 crore consumers are registered to
avail subsidy as on 28.11.2016. PAHAL Scheme has been acknowledged by the
Guinness Book of World Records as the largest cash transfer programme
(households). More than Rs. 38,276 crore of subsidy has been transferred to the
LPG consumers through 204 crore transactions since inception of the Scheme.
An intensive exercise was carried out for identifying duplicate /
fake / ghost / inactive domestic LPG connections and, as of 01/04/2015, 3.34
crore such connections were identified. As a result of implementation of DBTL
(PAHAL) mechanism, it became possible to block these 3.34 crore LPG connections
as the subsidy was transferred in the accounts of only those consumers who had
registered under PAHAL and who have been cleared after de-duplication exercise.
For the financial year 2014-15, for 3.34 crore consumers outside the PAHAL net,
the estimated savings would be 3.34 crore x 12 cylinders x Rs.369.72 (average
subsidy per cylinder for FY 2014-15) equal to Rs.14,818.4 crore. Following a
similar principle, the savings estimated for FY 2015-16 is Rs.6,443 crore and
total savings for both the years works out to Rs.21,261 crore.
5.
Giveitup
and Giveback
Till
date, around 105 lakh households have voluntarily given up their LPG subsidy,
Nearly 63 lakh new LPG connections have been released to BPL families in
Financial Year 2015-16 linked to Giveback campaign utilizing CSR funds of OMCs.
6.
Production
of Crude oil and Natural Gas
Crude
oil production during the year 2015-16 is at 36.950 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT)
as against production of 37.461 MMT in 2014-15, showing a decline of 1.36%.
Production of natural gas during the year 2015-16 is at 32.249 Billion Cubic
Meters (BCM) which is 4.18% lower than production of 33.657 BCM during 2014-15.
Crude oil production was mainly affected due to various reasons, including
inter alia, less than envisaged production, natural decline due to mature
fields and reservoir issues in some of the fields, rise of water cut,
restricted bowser movement due to Assam bandh and power supply failure. Natural
Gas production was affected due to natural decline in some of the fields,
underperformance of wells, closure of wells for maintenance activities, less
off-take by potential consumers etc.
7.
Refining
Capacity and Production
There
has been considerable increase in refining capacity in the country over the
years. During 2015-16, there was capacity expansion by 15 Million Metric Tonnes
Per Annum (MMTPA) with the commissioning of Paradip Refinery. With this
increase, the refining capacity has now reached at 230.066 MMTPA. Refinery
Crude throughput (Crude Oil Processed) during 2015-16 was 232.854 MMT.
8.
Emphasis
on Bio-fuels
Ethanol
Blended Petrol Programme
The
Government, through Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), is implementing Ethanol
Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme under which, OMCs sell ethanol blended petrol
with percentage of ethanol upto 10%. In order to improve the
availability of ethanol, the Government on 10.12.2014, inter-alia, decided to
fix the delivered price of ethanol in the range of Rs. 48.50 per litre to 49.50
per litre, depending upon the distance of distillery from the
depot/installation of the OMCs. Further, ethanol produced from other non-food
feedstocks besides molasses, like cellulosic and lingo-cellulosic materials
including petrochemical route, has also been allowed to be procured. Due to
these efforts, for the sugar year 2014-15, a quantity of 67.42 crore litre has
been procured, almost doubling the supply of ethanol as compared to previous
sugar year. For Sugar year 2015-16, Oil Marketing Companies have contracted
130 crore litres of ethanol till 26.7.2016.
Bio-diesel
Programme
On 10th
August, 2015, the Government has issued notification to allow the
sale of Bio-diesel (B100) by private manufacturers to bulk consumers like
Railways, State Transport Corporations and other bulk consumers. Also, retailing
of bio-diesel blended diesel by Oil Marketing Companies has started on the same
day. As on 1.7.2016, 1.32 Cr Litre biodiesel (B100) has been procured by OMCs.
Second
Generation Ethanol
In
furtherance of the decision of the Government to allow procurement of ethanol
produced from cellulosic and ligno-cellulosic feedstock, Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has completed the
Detailed Feasibility Report (DFR) for a project to set up a bio-refinery for
production of 49 TMT of bio-ethanol per annum from bamboo, in collaboration
with M/s Chempolis Oy, Finland, at a project cost of Rs. 950 crores.
9.
Auto
Fuels
Ministry
of Petroleum & Natural Gas vide order dated 19.01.2015 has notified the
implementation of BS-IV auto fuels in the entire country w.e.f 01.04.2017 in a
phased manner. It has been decided that the country will leapfrog directly from
BS-IV to BS-VI fuel standards and BS-VI standards will be implemented in the
country w.e.f 01.04.2020.
10.
Gas
pipeline in eastern India
The
eastern India gas corridor i.e. Jagdishpur-Haldia pipeline (JHPL) project of
1847 Km is being implemented by GAIL. The design capacity of JHPL is 16 MMSCMD.
JHPL project is considered for meeting the energy and feed stock needs of
various industries (viz. Fertilizer Plants, Power Plants, City Gas Distribution
etc.) en-route the Pipeline in Uttar Pradesh , Bihar, Jahrkhand and West
Bengals. GAIL is implementing the JHPL in a phased manner at the total cost of
about Rs. 13000 crore. Survey work for the entire project has been completed.
GAIL has started work on execution of Phase-I of JHPLTrunk line of 341 Km from
Phulpur (U.P.) to Gaya (Bihar) along with Spur-lines (414 Km) to Varanasi,
Gorakhpur, Patna and Barauni at the cost of about Rs 4000 crore. GAIL has
opened the pipeline construction office at Patna (Bihar). The activities
related to acquisition of Right of User (RoU) for pipeline laying has been
commenced. The construction work on pipeline sections of 236 Km in Bihar (Patna
and Barauni) has been commenced on September 15, 2015. Further, GAIL has taken
steps to procure Line pipe for mainline from Phulpur to Dobhi (316 Km) and work
is in progress. Phase-I of JHPL project is expected to be completed by 2018-19
in synchronization of anchor gas customer and gas sources. The matter was
considered in PIB meeting held on 6th July, 2016 and it was agreed
to provide 40% monetary support of the capital cost to GAIL from Government
Budget.
11.
Make
in India
All
Oil PSUs have formulated INDEG (Indigenisation Group) to increase the domestic
component in all kinds of procurements. MoUs have been signed with research and
academic institutions to develop indigenous technologies. The work on the
feasibility for establishing a Petroleum Economic Zone is in an advanced stage.
A concept note on use of OIDB funds for Make in India has been sent to Min. of
Finance and Niti Aayog for comments.
12.
Indian
Strategic Storage Programme for storage of crude oil by Indian Strategic
Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL).
Ministry
of Petroleum and Natural Gas, in pursuance to the decision of the Union
Cabinet on 7th January, 2004, through Indian Strategic Petroleum
Reserves Limited (ISPRL), has constructed Strategic Crude Oil Reserves with
storage capacity of 5.33 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) at three locations viz.
Visakhapatnam (storage capacity: 1.33 MMT), Mangalore (storage capacity: 1.5
MMT) and Padur (storage capacity: 2.5 MMT) to enhance the energy security of
the country. The reserves are being created
by the Government so that the crude oil will address the oil needs of the
country, in the event of a national calamity, disruption of supplies,
unforeseen global event leading to scarcity of supplies/abnormal spike in
prices etc. Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited
is a Special Purpose Vehicle, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oil
Industry Development Board (OIDB).
The crude oil storages are in underground rock caverns and are located on the
east and west coasts so that they are readily accessible to the refining
sector.
The capital cost of the three storages, namely, Visakhapatnam,
Mangalore and Padur is Rs 4098.35 crore.
As
regards filling of crude oil in these caverns, the Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs (CCEA), in its meeting held on 31st March, 2015
decided that the cost for filling crude oil in Visakhapatnam cavern will be met
by the Government of India against the 12th Plan outlay of Rs. 4948 crore
under the GBS Scheme of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas for the Indian
Strategic Storage Programme for storage of crude oil by ISPRL and the
remaining amount would be used for filling up the strategic part of the caverns
which are being constructed at Mangalore and Padur. Besides, Ministry of
Petroleum and Natural Gas would continue to explore alternative models for
filling part of the reserves in respect of Mangalore and Padur caverns
including commercial utilization by other interested parties.
The
Vishakhapatnam and Mangalore storage facilities have already been commissioned.
The facility at Vishakhapatnam has already been filled up and nearly one fourth
of Mangalore storage facility has also been filled. The storage facility at
Padur has also been completed.
13.
Production
and Consumption of Petroleum products
The
production of petroleum products is at 231.924 MMT in year 2015-16 as against
221.136 MMT achieved n 2014-15, showing an increase of 4.88%. During the year
2015-16, the consumption of petroleum products in India was 183.495 MMT with a
growth of 10.86% as compared to consumption of 165.520 MMT during 2014-15.
14.
Import
of Crude oil
Import
of crude oil during 2015-16 was 202.851 MMT valued at Rs. 4,16,361 crore which
marked an increase of 7.08% in quantity terms and 39.43% decrease in value
terms over import of 189.435 MMT valued at Rs. 6,87,416 crore during 2014-15.
The decline in value terms is related to reduction in average crude oil price
from 84.2 US$/bbl in 2014-15 to 46.17 US$/bbl in 2015-16.
15.
Import
and Export of Petroleum Products
During
the year 2015-16 imports of petroleum products were 28.302 MMT valued at Rs.
65,803 crore which shows an increase of 32.87% in quantity terms and 11.84%
decrease in value terms against imports of 21.301 MMT valued at Rs. 74,644
crore during 2014-15.
During
the year 2015-16, exports of petroleum products were 60.536 MMT valued at Rs.
1.76,733 crore which shows a decrease of 5.31% and 38.74% decrease in quantity
and value terms against the exports of 63,932 MMT valued at Rs. 2,88,580 crore
for the corresponding period of last year.
16.
Swachh
Bharat Mission
The
Oil & Gas Central Public Sector Enterprises and its Joint Ventures
(CPSEs/JVs) under the administrative control of Ministry of Petroleum &
Natural Gas have under Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, completed construction of 20,186
school toilets with a total cost of Rs. 355.85 crore, providing services to
more than 5.5 lakh girl students. Also Oil Marketing Companies have provided
clean toilets in 51,846 Retail Outlets (ROs). Out of these, 21,750 ROs are
having separate facilities for men/women as on 30.06.2016.
17.
Policy for Discovered Small Field
Cabinet on 02.09.2015 approved Discovered Small Field Policy for
monetization of 69 hydrocarbon discoveries made by National Oil Companies ONGC
and OIL which could not be monetized for many years due to various reasons such
as isolated locations, small size of the reserves, high development costs,
technological constraints, fiscal regime etc. Policy notifications were issued.
In addition, notifications for royalty and exemption of cess and customs duty
were issued. MoP&NG decided to defer auctioning of two fields in Nagaland.
The Ministry launched the bid on 15/07/2016. National and International Road
Shows were held at various places. 134 e-Bids for the 34 contract areas under the Discovered Small Fields (DSF) Bid Round 2016 were received by the
deadline of 1200 Hours on 21st November 2016. The bid round took place in a challenging global market
environment when the oil & gas prices have been volatile and the investment
in the exploration & production sector has seen substantial decline. Out of
the total 134 e-bids received, 120 e-bids were received for onland areas and 14
e-bids were received for offshore areas. As many as 42 companies (Individually
or as member of the bidding consortium) participated in the bid round.
18.
Hydrocarbon Exploration Licensing Policy (HELP)
Cabinet on 10.3.2016 has
approved Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP) for award of
hydrocarbon acreages. The salient features are (a) Single License for exploration
and production of conventional as well as non-conventional hydrocarbon
resources; (b) Open Acreage Policy-option to select the exploration blocks
without waiting for formal bid round; (c) Revenue Sharing Model – simple, easy
to administer – no cost recovery – no micromanagement by the Government –
operational freedom to the operator; and (d) Pricing and Marketing Freedom – a
major incentive for investment.
DGH has initiated the
process of preparation of various documents such as Notice Inviting Offer and
Model Revenue Sharing Contract etc. and to operationalise the Open Acreage
Policy. On completion of preparatory work, launch of bidding round can take
place.
19.
Appraisal
of Sedimentary Basin
This
is a crucial step towards increasing India’s Hydrocarbon Production. Ministry
has approved a project to appraise about 1.5 Million Sq. Km in 24 Indian
sedimentary basins where no/scanty geo-scientific data is available. Under the
project, 2D seismic surveys are to be conducted apart from drilling of
parametric Wells. The acquired database will enable understanding of the
geology and hydrocarbon prospectively of the areas for carving out and offering
blocks for exploration. About 48,243 Line KM of 2D seismic data shall be
acquired in onland area along with 4 parametric wells at a cost of
approximately Rs. 5100 crore through the ONGC and OIL India Ltd. under the
supervision of DGH. The project duration will be for five years (2015-2020).
20.
Marketing including Pricing freedom from the gas to be produced
from the discoveries in High Pressure-High Temperature
CCEA has approved a proposal
to grant marketing including pricing freedom for the gas produced from High
Pressure, High Temperature, Deepwater and Ultra Deepwater areas. The marketing
freedom so granted would be capped by a ceiling price arrived at on the basis
of landed price of alternative fuels. This initiative is expected to
incentivize gas production in the country.
21.
Skill
Development Initiatives
Under the Skill Development Initiative of the
Government of India, Oil & Gas PSUs under MoPNG are setting up
6 Skill Development Institutes (SDIs) in the country.
IOCL SDI at Bhuvaneshwar, Odisha was inaugurated by Hon’ble MoS
(IC) PNG, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan on 09th May, 2016. Pending
allotment of land for a full-fledged Institute, the SDI has been established by
refurbishing four sheds leased to Oil India Limited by Odisha Industrial
Development Corporation.
The first batch comprising 45 students each in Industrial Welding
and Electrician was started on 30.06.2016. The students on successful completion of the 6 months course will
be issued certificates aligned to National Skills Qualification Framework
(NSQF) of the Government of India. For Industrial Welding the certification
will be through the Mining Sector Skill Council and for Electrician through the
Capital Goods Sector Council.
Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF) has been engaged as
Training Partner. NTTF is providing faculty support and will also
provide placement support.
The students are charged a subsidized fee of Rs. 5000 each, while
IOCL will incur an expenditure of Rs. 1 lakh on each student. Free hostel
accommodation (lodging & boarding facility) has been arranged in the rented
premises in the vicinity of the Institute for the students.
22.
Start-Up
All Oil PSUs
have been requested to prepare their Action Plan to facilitate “Start-Ups” in
oil and gas sector.
23.
Indian
Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE), Visakhapattnam
As
per 13th Schedule of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, Indian
Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE) has been set up with the objective to
meet the quantitative and qualitative gap in the supply of skilled manpower for
the petroleum sector and to promote research activities needed for the growth
of the sector. The Government of Andhra Pradesh has made available an area
measuring about 200 acres of land in Visakhapatnam District for the Institute
which is free of cost. IIPE Society has been registered on 18.04.2016. College
of Engineering (Autonomous) situated in Andhra University at Visakhapatnam has
provided the resources to start the IIPE sessions during the academic year
2016-17 in two B.Tech. Programmes, viz., Petroleum Engineering and Chemical
Engineering. Rank list from JEE-Advanced, 2016 (IIT-Guwahati) has been
received and Rank holders have been invited to apply for admission to IIPE.
About 100 students have got admission in these two programmes. IIT-Kharagpur
has been roped in to act as a Mentor Institution for starting the academic
session.
The
capital expenditure for the project is estimated to be around Rs.655.46 crore
(Rs.432.37 crore for the 1st Phase and Rs.223.09 crore for the 2nd
Phase). Deficit funding against recurring Expenses for 2016/17 to 2014/25
period would be Rs.334.84 crore. The source of funding for the proposal would
be through Gross Budgetary Support (GBS). Foundation stone of the Institute has
been laid by Hon’ble MoS (IC), PNG on 20.10.2016.
24.
Rajiv
Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology
Permanent Campus of RGIPT has been
inaugurated at Jais, Amethi, Utter Pradesh by Minister of State (IC), Petroleum
& Natural Gas on 22.10.2016 in presence of Minister of HRD and Minister of
Textiles.
25.
Consumer
–Centric Initiatives
MoPNG
has launched a number of consumers empowering initiating such as MyLPG.in
providing online information to LPG consumers, rating of distributors based on
delivery performance, SMS/IVR system to facilitate refill booking, E-SV (Sahaj)
which is electronic subscription voucher released to consumer, LPG emergency
help line No.1906, online payment facility for new connections and online
portal to PNG customers for making bill payments.
26.
Acquisition
of stake in Vankorneft oil block OVL /Indian Consortium
With
the approval of CCEA in December 2015, ONGC Videsh Ltd acquired 15% stake in
Vankorneft, a 100% subsidiary of Rosneft (Russia’s National Oil Company) at a
cost of US $ 1268 million and completed all related formalities on 31 May 2016.
The acquisition provides 4.53 MMTOE of hydrocarbon resources. OVL is presently
negotiating acquisition of additional stake of 11% in Vankorneft and is
expected to add 3.32 MMTOE of hydrocarbon resources.
An
Indian Consortium comprising Oil India Ltd (OIL), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
(IOCL) and Bharat Petro Resources Ltd (BPRL), a wholly owned subsidiary of
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), signed Share Sale Agreement (SSA) on
16 March 2016 in New Delhi for acquisition of 23.9% stake by the Consortium in
Vankorneft from Rosneft. This acquisition is equivalent to 7.22 MMTOE of
hydrocarbon resources. Presently, a draft ECS note is being process for
obtaining requisite approvals. Once all acquisition formalities are completed
i.r.o. 11% by OVL and 23.9% by the Indian Consortium, Indian public sector oil
companies will have total 49.9% stake in Vankorneft and over 15.09 MMTOE of
hydrocarbon resources will be added to India’s energy security.
27.
Hydrocarbon
Vision 2030 for North East India
In
tune with the Government of India’s act east policy, the Ministry of Petroleum
and natural Gas has prepared a hydrocarbon vision 2030 for the north east India
which was released on 9th February, 2016 in Guwahati. The document
has been prepared in consultation with all stakeholders including the state
governments.
The
Vision aims at doubling Oil & Gas production by 2030, making clean fuels
accessible, fast tracking projects, generating employment opportunities and
promoting cooperation with neighbouring countries. These synchronized goals and
action plans emanate from the Vision to develop North East Region as a dominant
hydrocarbon hub at the forefront of India's energy economy and a step towards
realizing our Prime Minister’s vision to develop the North East India in a
mission mode. The Vision rests on five pillars: People, Policy, Partnership,
Projects and Production. The document, not only envisages doubling the oil and
gas production, but it also chalks out an action plan to double the
availability of petroleum products such as petrol, diesel and LPG by the year
2030. It proposes for expansion of Guwahati, Bongaigaon and Numaligarh
refineries, establishment of bio-refinery at Numaligarh and development of
network of natural gas, POL and LPG pipelines in the state.
The
Hydrocarbon Vision Document 2030 provides for an investment to the tune of Rs.
1.3 lakh Cr by the year 2030 in oil and gas sector in NE. Meanwhile we have
already started implementing the action plan envisaged in the vision document.
On 17th March the MOS(IC) PNG flagged off a rake containing NRL
products for transporting to Bangladesh. NRL has done all the prep work for
establishment of its bamboo refinery. For Siliguri-Parbatpur pipeline, NRL has entered
into MOU with Bangladesh Petroleum and route survey and DFR has been completed.
Guwahati Indmax has been commissioned in April 2016. For BGR Indmax project has
been approved and will be completed by the year 2019.
Augmentation
of Gopanari bottling plant has been completed. Additional LPG tankage at
Silchar, Manipur and Nagaland has been completed. In order to address the
serious LPG shortage issues, IOCL has planned for the LPG terminal at
Chittagong and laying LPG pipeline to Agartala. IOCL has signed an MOU with M/S
Premium LPG in May 2016.
28.
Petrotech
2016
PETROTECH-2016,
the 12th International Oil & Gas Conference &
Exhibition, organised under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum &
Natural Gas, Government of India, was inaugurated by Hon'ble Prime Minister,
Shri Narendra Modi, at Vigyan Bhawan on December 5, 2016. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State (Independent Charge),
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, inaugurated
the PETROTECH-2016 Exhibition at
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi the previous evening on December 4, 2016. As the prime showcase of India's hydrocarbon sector,
the three-day mega event saw participation of over 100 eminent speakers and
6,000 delegates from 68 countries, including technologists, scientists,
planners and policy-makers, management experts, entrepreneurs,
service-providers and vendors. During the events, 11 MoUs relating to the
sector were signed.
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