Manufacturing

The Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO) President Ganesh Kumar Gupta has called for early conclusion of Free Trade Agreement between India and Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).

Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh has urged international investors and technology giants to invest in the minerals and metals sector in India.

The hilly state of Uttarakhand has received Rs.70,000 crore worth of investment proposals including a Rs.5,000 crore metro rail project.

Air Asia’s flights between Malaysia and Odisha would boost tourism industry in Odisha, said the state’s chief minister Naveen Patnaik.

Japan’s Shinkansen is introducing the latest high-speed rail technology in India, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has an international conference.

Commerce & Industry Minister, Suresh Prabhu, has announced the setting up of a fast track, single-window mechanism for Russian companies to be helmed by Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).

India has signed a US$5 billion deal to procure the S-400 “Triumf” air-defence missile system from Russia, reaffirming defence ties between the two countries.

Minister of Road Transport and Highways Development, Nitin Gadkari has urged the Chemicals and Petrochemicals industry to look at ways to promote import substitution.

Indian exports hold a promising outlook on the US market which accounted for 16% of US$303 billion shipped in 2017-18, according to an industry paper.

Cobham plc, the UK's third biggest defence company, is furthering its business relations with the Indian defence sector.