The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved winding up of National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) with immediate effect. The Council has fulfilled the mandate for which it was constituted. The NMCC was established in 2004 as a part of the Common Minimum Programme of the UPA government to provide a continuing forum for policy dialogue to energize and sustain the growth of manufacturing industry. Union Cabinet has given its approval to set up 36th International Geological Congress as a society under the Indian Society Registration Act. The society will organize 36th International Geological Congress in March 2020 and promote geo-science in Indian sub-continent. The event will be held in Delhi. The event will benefit the entire geo-scientific community and all geo-science-related domains including mineral exploration, mining, environmental management, climate change studies and management of natural hazards. It is also expected to give a boost to geo-tourism in the country. The Cabinet was apprised of three Memorandum of Cooperation and Memorandum of Understanding signed with Japan and others in Rail sector in the recent past.