Investment

Technology and supervision required to tackle malpractices The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has called for a twin strategy for tackling financial frauds, involving recent banking scam, but also urged lenders not to choke the industry by halting loans. The...

Centre to support indigenous tech developments Minister Nitin Gadkari. India is setting up of a National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts (NTCPWC) at IIT Chennai, under Shipping Ministry’s flagship programme Sagarmala, which will act as a technology arm...

Capital sought to expansion programmes More than two dozen companies are working on initial public offer (IPOs) to raise Rs.25,000 crore in the coming months for expansion and working capital. The lineup is led by Industry leaders heavyweight Hindustan Aeronautics...

State to get digital infra Andhra Pradesh continues to attract big investment after hosting the three-day CII Partnership Summit which ended on 25 Feb 2018 with Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) pledging Rs.55,000 crore by 2022. RIL plans marketing gas and...

State seek private investors for tourism projects Gautam Adani. Adani Group will invest Rs.9,000 crore in projects across different sectors in Andhra Pradesh in the next five years, Chairman Gautam Adani announced on 24 Feb 2018. The group has signed...

New investment addition of US$1.1bn in AP South Korea's Kia Motors Corporation has big plans for India, with additional US$2 billion investment commitment announced by its President and Chief Executive Officer Han Woo Park. "Kia Motors has big plans for...

Renewed efforts on boosting bilateral trade-investments Trudeau-Modi in New Delhi on 23 Feb 2018. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, paid a State Visit to India from 18 to 24 February 2018 at the invitation of the Prime Minister of India...

Cooperation on intellectual property rights Prime Ministers, Justin Trudeau and Narendra Modi witnessing the exchanging of signed MoU in New Delhi on 23 Feb 2018. Canada and India have signed a number of Memoranda of Understanding that cover a wide...

Three-year project for sustainable urban development Minister of State Hardeep Puri. An Indo-German MOU has been signed for an “Implementation Agreement in Sustainable Urban Development and Smart Cities in India”, in New Delhi on 23 Feb 2018. The programme is...

Omni-channel will target voice, video and text interactions Sudhir Agarwal. Singapore-based Everise Holdings (Everise), a part of India focused Everstone Group, will partner with Microsoft to develop and roll out an Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform to disrupt the Contact Center...