Manufacturing

It cannot be any better for the textile industry – the government is fast tracking free trade agreements and identifying export partners in new markets.

India is one of the 8 countries on the preferred list of Saudi Arabia which is keen on getting more proactive participation from Indian companies for business, trade and regional cooperation.

India has signed a protocol on Hygiene and Inspection requirements for the export of Fish Meal and Fish Oil to China in Delhi on 28 Nov 2018.

Indian exporters are facing challenges such as high cost of logistics impacting competitiveness in global market while, at home, they are dealing with underdeveloped material handling infrastructure, fragmented warehousing and lack of seamless movement of goods across modes, among others.

Overall the Indian PC market will decline due to Intel chip shortages and post Diwali slowdown, according to IDC India.

The World Bank-funded National Dairy Plan Phase-I, National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) among other schemes are being operationalised by the state governments through milk cooperative/federations related to the state, said Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh.

With the commissioning of the fourth and final 30 MW hydro generating unit, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned the 120 MW Pulichintala Hydro-Electric Project (HEP) in Telangana.

With more and more projects being announced and implemented, managing costs is going to be a bigger challenge for India's trillion dollar development programme.

China-made coaches will run on the Nagpur Metro, given the low manufacturing and steel costs which make the Chinese very competitive around the world.

The private sector has a responsibility to identify the new areas of cooperation in goods and services and not only leapfrog the bilateral trade, but also create opportunities for jobs and upgrading skill set, said Harshavardhan Neotia, past President of...