Manufacturing

Focus on Make in India MBDA is further strengthening its five decade of services to India with a renewed focus on the ‘Make in India’ programme by offering its latest technologies for integration. Giving an overview of the group’s India...

Contract supply commences from March 2020 Mitsubishi Elevator India Private Limited (IMEC) has secured a 64-elevator order from the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh. The order includes 48 units of a model that is exclusive...

Technical Textiles for Exports The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a Rs.1,480 crore National Technical Textiles Mission, targeting a market size of US$40-$50 billion by 2024 at a growth rate of 15-20% with export potential. The current...

UK invests $27bn in India since 2000 The United Kingdom wants to further deepen its business relationships with India, given it is hosting a strong Indian diaspora base and 890 Indian companies which are generating GBP40 billion of business a...

India to get most advanced helicopters President Donald Trump has signed US$3 billion worth of defence deals with India during state visit 24-25 Feb 2020, taking the two countries ties to a comprehensive global partnership level. India will buy 30...

Gradual pickup in 1Q20 Final quarter of 2019 (i.e. 3Q FY20) growth release is likely to reinforce that the Indian economy is in midst of bottoming out in the current growth cycle, said DBS banking group of Singapore on 25...

Focus on increasing exports Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has urged the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and Defence Public Sector Undertakings to strive further to increase their competitiveness in the global market. The Minister also urged the officials to explore new...

Projects include 16,000-km pipelines Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has invited the Japanese industry to invest in India and get into technology transfer partnerships in order to tap the opportunities arising out of growing steel demand. Hosting the Japanese delegation at...

Nurse training for tribal students Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has laid the foundation stone for ‘Ore Benficiation Plant’ at the iron ore premises of Bhilai Steel Plant at Rajhara on 21 Feb 2020. It will augment the quality of iron...

Align with world standards Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has told the industry to adopt international quality standards and scale up production to remain globally competitive. International quality standards must be adopted both for domestic industry and replacing imports,...