Nod for eCourts 3rd phase, 7.5 mn free gas connections

Cabinet also clears Cyprus-based investor's 9,589 crore deal for 76.1% in Suven Pharma

- Rituraj Baruah & Subhash Narayan

The union cabinet on Wednesday cleared the third phase of the eCourts project with an outlay of ₹7,210 crore and allocated ₹1,650 crore for providing 7.5 million additional free cooking gas connections.

In another meeting the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs cleared a proposal for foreign direct investment of up to ₹9,589 crore by Cyprus-based Berhyanda Ltd in Suven Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Briefing the media, information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur said the e-Courts project is a central scheme that will run for four years starting 2023.

The e-Courts project is aimed at improving access to justice using technology. As part of the national e-governance plan, the e-courts project has been under implementation since 2007 for information and communications technology enablement of the Indian judiciary. Phase II concluded this year. “Phase III of the e-courts project is rooted in the philosophy of ‘access and inclusion’," the statement said,